1982 PBA season explained

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
	P. Floro and Sons	Virgilio A. Dalupan
Galerie Dominique Artists	Galerie Dominique	Anna Dominique Coseteng
		Carlos Palanca III
		Porfirio G. Zablan
		Tomas L. Manotoc
		Ricardo C. Silverio, Jr.
		Johnny Jose
	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. ^[1]
• 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.

See main article: 1982 PBA All-Star Series.

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

style= width="45%"	Team	style= width="55%"	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
	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

See main article: 1982 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference.

Finals

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• Best Import of the Conference: Norman Black (Magnolia)

Invitational championship

See main article: 1982 PBA Invitational championship.

Third-place playoffs

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Finals

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Open Conference

See main article: 1982 PBA Open Conference.

Finals

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• 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
	66	40	26	.606
	47	28	19	.596
	69	38	31	.551
	54	28	26	.518
	41	21	20	.512
	46	19	27	.413
	55	22	33	.400
Mariwasa-Honda/Galerie Dominique Artists	36	10	26	.278

Notes and References

1. News: Looking back: The PBA's history. Manila Standard.