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1982 PBA season
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)
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