1982 PBA season | |
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League | Philippine Basketball Association |
Sport | Basketball |
TV partner/s | Vintage Sports (City2) |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | Ramon Fernandez (Toyota) |
Top scorer | Ramon Fernandez (Toyota) |
Finals | |
Reinforced Filipino Conference champions | Toyota Super Corollas |
Reinforced Filipino Conference runners-up | San Miguel Beermen |
Invitational Championship champions | San Miguel Beermen |
Invitational Championship runners-up | Crispa Redmanizers |
Open Conference champions | Toyota Super Corollas |
Open Conference runners-up | Gilbey's Gin |
The 1982 PBA season was the eighth season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
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.
- 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 Beermen 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.
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.
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)
Individual 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)