# 1982 PBA season

The 1982 PBA season was the eighth season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Board of governors
### Executive committee

* Leopoldo L. Prieto (Commissioner)
* Domingo Y. Itchon (President, representing YCO-Tanduay)

### Teams

| Team | Company | Governor |
| Crispa Redmanizers | P. Floro and Sons | Virgilio A. Dalupan |
| Galerie Dominique Artists | Galerie Dominique | Anna Dominique Coseteng |
| Gilbey's Gin Tonics | La Tondeña Incorporada | Carlos Palanca III |
| Great Taste Coffee Makers | Consolidated Foods Corporation | Porfirio G. Zablan |
| San Miguel Beermen | San Miguel Corporation | Tomas L. Manotoc |
| Toyota Super Corollas | Delta Motor Corporation | Ricardo C. Silverio, Jr. |
| YCO-Tanduay | Elizalde & Company Tanduay Distillers, Inc. | Johnny Jose |
| U/Tex Wranglers | Universal Textile Mills | Walter Euyang |

## Season highlights

* The start of the year saw the league's membership reduced from 10 teams to just 8, following the disbandment of CDCP and Tefilin franchises.
* Vintage Enterprises Inc. took over the league's television coverage beginning this season.
* The PBA implement for the first time a playoff post-eliminations format with a series of best-of-three quarterfinals, best-of-five semifinals and best-of-seven finals to determine the champion in the Reinforced Filipino Conference.
* Toyota Super Corollas won two championships in the year, capped by center Ramon Fernandez winning his first Most Valuable Player Award.
* San Miguel Beer won the Invitational championship over Crispa Redmanizers for the franchise' 2nd PBA title.
* Baby Dalupan resigned as Crispa head coach after the Redmanizers got eliminated in the third conference. This season became the second time the multi-titled ballclub did not win any championship.
* Leo Prieto and Domingo Itchon stepped down as the league commissioner and board president respectively at the end of the season.

## All-Star series

A PBA North vs South All-Star series were held in Cebu City and Manila. The North and South team split their two-game series. Emerging as the All-Star MVP was Toyota's Arnie Tuadles, who scored 50 points in the first match.

## Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:
| Team | Muse |
| Crispa Redmanizers | Sharon Cuneta, Jackie Lou Blanco and Joyce Ann Burton |
| Gilbey's Gin | Jane Destree and Beth de Mesa |
| Great Taste Discoverers | Sharon Eddiston |
| Mariwasa-Honda TMXers | Tina Maristela |
| San Miguel Beermen | Maya Mahtani |
| Toyota Super Corollas | Vivian Veloso |
| U/Tex Wranglers | Rio Locsin |
| YCO-Tanduay | Maridol Cagdac/Alta Tan/Rosanna Zamora/Nitz Bernardez |

## Champions

* Reinforced Filipino Conference: Toyota Super Corollas
* Invitational Conference: San Miguel Beermen
* Open Conference: Toyota Super Corollas
* Team with best win–loss percentage: San Miguel Beermen (40-26, .606)
* Best Team of the Year: Toyota Super Corollas (4th & Final)

## Reinforced Filipino Conference
### Elimination round

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

### Playoffs

| 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 | | | | | | |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
| (1) San Miguel Beermen | 3–4 | (4) Toyota Super Corollas | 120–110 | 119–117 | 87–90 | 96–98 | 96–88 | 99–110 | 95–101 |
* Best Import of the Conference: Norman Black (Magnolia)

## Invitational championship
### Elimination round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 3 | 1 | .750 | — | Advance to the finals |
| 2 | Crispa Redmanizers | 3 | 1 | .750 | — | Advance to the finals |
| 3 | Nicholas Stoodley (South Korea national team) (G) | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1 | Proceed to third-place playoff |
| 4 | Toyota Super Corollas | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1 | Proceed to third-place playoff |
| 5 | U-Tex Wranglers | 0 | 4 | .000 | 3 | |

### Third-place playoffs

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| (3) South Korea | 2–0 | (4) Toyota Super Corollas | 115–107 | 142–107 | — |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| (1) San Miguel Beermen | 2–1 | (2) Crispa Redmanizers | 102–96 | 104–110 | 103–102 |

## Open Conference
### Elimination round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | N-Rich Coffee Creamers | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Advance to semifinal round |
| 2 | Gilbey's Gin | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Advance to semifinal round |
| 3 | YCO-Tanduay | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 4 | San Miguel Beermen | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 5 | Toyota Super Corollas | 8 | 10 | .444 | 5 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 6 | U-Tex Wranglers | 8 | 10 | .444 | 5 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 7 | Crispa Redmanizers | 6 | 12 | .333 | 7 | |
| 8 | Galerie Dominique Artists | 3 | 15 | .167 | 10 | |

### Quarterfinal round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 3 | Toyota Super Corollas | 2 | 1 | .667 | — | Semifinal round |
| 4 | San Miguel Beermen | 2 | 1 | .667 | — | Semifinal round |
| 5 | YCO-Tanduay | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1 | |
| 6 | U-Tex Wranglers | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1 | |

### Semifinal round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Gilbey's Gin | 4 | 2 | .667 | — | Advance to the Finals |
| 2 | Toyota Super Corollas | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1 | Advance to the Finals |
| 3 | N-Rich Coffee Creamers | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1 | Proceed to third place playoff |
| 4 | San Miguel Beermen | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2 | Proceed to third place playoff |
* 1 2 Second-seed playoff: Toyota 114–87 N-Rich

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| (1) Gilbey's Gin | 0–3 | (2) Toyota Super Corollas | 100–108 | 107–121 | 109–122 |
* Best Import of the Conference: Donnie Ray Koonce (Toyota)

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Ramon Fernandez (Toyota)
* Rookie of the Year: Marte Saldaña (San Miguel)
* Best Import-Reinforced Conference: Norman Black (San Miguel)
* Best Import-Open Conference: Donnie Ray Koonce (Toyota)
* Mythical Five:
** Francis Arnaiz (Toyota)
** Atoy Co (Crispa)
** Ramon Fernandez (Toyota)
** Bogs Adornado (U/Tex)
** Abe King (Toyota)

## Cumulative standings

| Team | GP | W | L | PCT |
| San Miguel Beermen | 66 | 40 | 26 | .606 |
| Gilbey's Gin | 47 | 28 | 19 | .596 |
| Toyota Super Corollas | 69 | 38 | 31 | .551 |
| Crispa Redmanizers | 54 | 28 | 26 | .518 |
| YCO-Tanduay | 41 | 21 | 20 | .512 |
| Great Taste/N-Rich Coffee Creamers | 46 | 19 | 27 | .413 |
| U/Tex Wranglers | 55 | 22 | 33 | .400 |
| Mariwasa-Honda/Galerie Dominique Artists | 36 | 10 | 26 | .278 |