1982 PBA season

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. ^[1]
• A North vs South All-Star series was held in Cebu City, the North and South team split their two games, emerging as the All-Star MVP of the two-game series was Toyota's Arnie Tuadles, who scored 50 points in the first match.
• San Miguel Beer won the Invitational championship over Crispa Redmanizers, for the franchise' 2nd PBA title.
• Baby Dalupan quits as Crispa head coach after the Redmanizers got eliminated in the third conference, their season marks only the second time the multi-titled ballclub did not win any championships in all three conferences.

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

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 (40-26, .606)

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)

Cumulative standings

References