1982 Toyota Super Corollas season

1982 Toyota Super Corollas season
Head coach Edgardo Ocampo
Owner(s) Delta Motor Corporation
Reinforced All-Filipino Conference results
Record 19–13
(.594)
Place 1st
Playoff finish 1
Invitational Conference results
Record 2–4
(.333)
Place 4th
Playoff finish N/A
Open Conference results
Record 17–14
(.548)
Place 1st
Playoff finish 1
Toyota Super Corollas seasons
1981 1983

The 1982 Toyota Super Corollas season was the eighth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Colors

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Off-season transactions

Recruited four rookies from the MICAA; Antero Saldana, a national youth player from multi-titled APCOR, Ricardo Relosa from Toyota's sister team MAN Diesel, Timoteo Coloso from Solid Mills and Edgardo Cordero, played for Crispa in the amateurs and was a national team member who saw action in the 11th Southeast Asian Games held in Manila.

Awards

Summary

The Toyota Super Corollas opened their season campaign by winning over Crispa Redmanizers by one point, 111-110, in the opening night of the league's 8th season, import Arnold Dugger scored 33 points but it was rookie Terry Saldaña's four of his 17 points in the last two minutes that sealed the win. After playing 6 games, Dugger was replaced by Donnie Ray Koonce, who led Toyota to a 102-99 win over Gilbey's Gin in his debut on April 13, the Super Corollas finish with a 10-8 won-loss record and advanced to the finals by sweeping Yco-Tanduay, 2-0, in the best-of-three quarterfinal series, defeated their rivals Crispa, 3-2, in the best-of-five semifinal series, winning the last two games, and went on to play San Miguel Beer in the first-ever best-of-seven title playoffs, the Super Corollas came back from a 0-2 series deficit to win the championship in a classic, seven-game series.

In the Asian Invitational Conference, Toyota lost its bid for a grandslam hopes when they bowed to Crispa in the last playing date of the one-round eliminations. The Super Corollas were swept in two games by the visiting Korean squad in the battle-for-third place wherein Toyota rookie Terry Saldaña figured in a brawl with South Korean guard Lee Minhyun in Game 2 of a 107-142 blowout loss.

Reinforced by 1981 Open Conference Best Import Andrew Fields teaming up with Donnie Ray Koonce, who earlier helped the Corollas win the Reinforced Filipino Crown, Toyota won their second title of the season and their 9th and last championship, defeating first time-finalist Gilbey's Gin, powered by Lew Massey and Larry McNeill, via 3-0 finals sweep.

Roster

Toyota Super Corollas roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F/C 6 King, Abe style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – San Beda College
G 7 Jaworski, Robert style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) – UE
G 8 Arnaiz, Francis style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) – Ateneo de Manila
G 9 Merced, Eduardo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) – Ateneo de Manila
F/C 10 Fernandez, Ramon style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) – University of San Carlos
G/F 11 Tuadles, Arnie style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) – University of Visayas
G/F 13 Coloso, Timoteo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) – Letran College
F 15 Relosa, Ricardo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) – Mapua Tech
F/C 17 Saldaña, Antero style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – Letran
F 18 Legaspi, Emerito style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) – UE
F 20 Bulaong, Nicanor style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – FEU
G/F 22 Florencio, Danny style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) – UST
F 41 Herrera, Leopoldo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) – Wesleyan University
F/C 88 Cordero, Edgardo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) – UST
G/F 33 Dugger, Arnold (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – Oral Roberts University
G/F 30 Koonce, Donnie Ray (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – University of North Carolina
C 1 Fields, Andrew (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) – Cheyney State College
Head coach
  • Philippines Edgardo Ocampo [1]
Assistant coach(es)
  • Philippines Rino Salazar


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

References

  1. ↑ Team Rosters

External links