# 1982 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference

The 1982 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Reinforced Filipino Conference was the first conference of the 1982 PBA season. It started on March 7 and ended on July 13, 1982. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import with the height limit of 6"5' and below for each team.

## Format

The following format was observed for the duration of the tournament:
* The eight participating teams were divided into two groups; teams in the same group played each other twice, while in the other group three times, totalling 18 games.
* A series of best-of-three quarterfinals, best-of-five semifinals, and the first-ever best-of-seven championship series will determine the PBA First Conference champion.

## Elimination round

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Crispa Redmanizers | 12 | 6 | .667 | 1 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Gilbey's Gin | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2 | Proceed to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Toyota Super Corollas | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3 | Proceed to quarterfinals |
| 5 | YCO-Tanduay | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4 | Proceed to quarterfinals |
| 6 | U-Tex Wranglers | 8 | 10 | .444 | 5 | Proceed to quarterfinals |
| 7 | Mariwasa-Honda TMXers | 7 | 11 | .389 | 6 | |
| 8 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 2 | 16 | .111 | 11 | |

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Finals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) |
| | | | 1 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Gilbey's | 0 | 6 | U-Tex | 1 | | | |
| 6 | U-Tex | 2 | | | | 1 | San Miguel | 3 |
| | | | | | | 4 | Toyota | 4 |
| | | | 2 | Crispa | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Toyota | 2 | 4 | Toyota | 3 | | | |
| 5 | YCO-Tanduay | 0 | | | | | | |

## Quarterfinals
### (3) Gilbey's Gin vs. (6) U/Tex

* Vintage
* June 10
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* June 12
Gilbey's Gin 100, U/Tex Wranglers 104 :
* U/Tex wins series, 2–0 ||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Bogs Adornado scored four straight points in the final 30 seconds, including two charities to seal the win and eliminated the Gins.

### (4) Toyota vs. (5) Yco-Tanduay

* Vintage
* June 10
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* June 12
Toyota Super Corollas 128, Yco-Tanduay 120 :
* Toyota wins series, 2–0 ||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Arnie Tuadles and Donnie Ray Koonce took over in the third quarter and gave Toyota a 95-77 advantage. The Super Corollas trailed by as many as 15 points in the first half.

## Semifinals
### (1) San Miguel vs. (6) U/Tex

* Vintage
* June 15
San Miguel Beermen 119, U/Tex Wranglers 111 :
| Pts: Norman Black 46 | Pts: Julius Wayne 31 |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* June 17
San Miguel Beermen 95, U/Tex Wranglers 97 :
| Pts: Norman Black 40 | Pts: Bogs Adornado 25 |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* June 19
* recap
San Miguel Beermen 122, U/Tex Wranglers 91 :
* Pts: Norman Black 35
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* June 22
San Miguel Beermen 118, U/Tex Wranglers 99 :
| Pts: Norman Black 45 | Pts: Julius Wayne 32 |
| San Miguel wins series, 3–1 |||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (2) Crispa vs. (4) Toyota

* Vintage
* June 15
Crispa Redmanizers 115, Toyota Super Corollas 101 :
| Scoring by quarter: 38-23, 18-30, 21-17, 38-31 |||
| Pts: Glenn Hagan 18 | Pts: Donnie Ray Koonce 30 |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* June 17
Crispa Redmanizers 114, Toyota Super Corollas 122 :
| Scoring by quarter: 20-27, 33-28, 34-35, 27-32 |||
| Pts: Glenn Hagan 41 | Pts: Donnie Ray Koonce 41 |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* June 19
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* June 22
Crispa Redmanizers 114, Toyota Super Corollas 125 :
| Scoring by quarter: 23-22, 31-32, 32-36, 28-35 |||
| Pts: Atoy Co 27 | Pts: Ramon Fernandez 38 |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* June 24
Crispa Redmanizers 104, Toyota Super Corollas 111 :
| Scoring by quarter: 28-23, 26-29, 30-26, 20-33 |||
| Pts: Philip Cezar 25 | Pts: Donnie Ray Koonce 39 |
| Toyota wins series, 3–2 |||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Donnie Ray Koonce scored eight crucial points in a 10-2 Toyota run to give the Super Corollas a 107-99 lead in the last two minutes of the deciding fifth game of their semifinal series. Crispa fought back on a five-point burst by Atoy Co to trim down Toyota's margin to three, 104-107, but Ramon Fernandez fired the last two of his 25 points on a hard drive for a 109-104 Toyota lead with 52 seconds left.

## Finals

* Vintage
* June 29
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* July 1
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* July 3
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* July 6
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* July 8
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* July 10
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* July 13
San Miguel Beermen 95, Toyota Super Corollas 101 :
* Toyota wins series, 4–3 ||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City