1982 Gilbey's Gin season

The 1982 Gilbey's Gin season was the 4th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1982 Gilbey's Gin season
Head coachArturo Valenzona
Owner(s)La Tondeña Incorporada
Reinforced All-Filipino Conference results
Record11–9
(55%)
Place5th
Playoff finishQuarterfinals
Invitational Conference results
Record0–0  
PlaceN/A
Playoff finishN/A
Open Conference results
Record17–10
(63%)
Place2nd
Playoff finishFinals (lost to Toyota)
Gilbey's Gin seasons
← 1981
1983 →

Transactions

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Rookies Signed Last MICAA team
Rolando Buhay Off-season N/A
Rudy Garcia APCOR
Conrado Pasco
Jerry Pingoy

Summary

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Gilbey's Gin has signed up former Presto import Lew Massey from last season as their reinforcement in the Reinforced Filipino Conference. The Gins finish third behind San Miguel Beer and Crispa after 18 games in the elimination phase, they were swept in two games by U/Tex Wranglers in their best-of-three quarterfinal series.

Massey return in the Open Conference, together with new recruit Rickey Brown, a Portland Trail Blazers third round draft pick in 1977, who was replaced after three games by Larry McNeill, the Gins resident import for the past three years. Gilbey's were tied with N-Rich Coffee on top of the standings with 13 wins and 5 losses and advances to the semifinal round outright.

Finals stint

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The high-scoring duo of Massey and McNeill led Gilbey's to their first championship appearance in four years of participation. On December 7, Gilbey's escape with a 102-101 win over San Miguel Beermen to gain first entry in the title playoffs. N-Rich and Toyota dispute the second finals seat in a playoff match won by the Super Corollas.

Gilbey's got swept in three games by the powerhouse Toyota ballclub in the finals series.

Scoring record

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March 25: Lew Massey surpass the previous all-time one-game scoring record of 75 points set by Harry Rogers in 1976 while playing for 7-Up by tallying 85 points, converting 36-of-70 attempts from the field in Gilbey's 123-126 loss to Crispa. Massey scored 23, 16, 24 and 22 in each of four quarters.[1]

Won-loss records vs Opponents

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Teams Win Loss 1st (Reinforced) 3rd (Open)
Crispa Redmanizers 3 2 0-2 3-0
Mariwasa-Honda / Galerie Dominique 5 1 2-1 3-0
Great Taste / N-Rich Coffee 5 2 3-0 2-2
San Miguel Beermen 5 3 1-2 4-1
Toyota Super Corollas 5 5 2-1 3-4
U-Tex Wranglers 3 3 2-2 1-1
YCO-Tanduay 2 3 1-1 1-2
Total 28 19 11-9 17-10

Roster

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1982 Gilbey's Gin roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 1   Herrera, Joseph 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Letran
F 5   Garcia, Rudy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
G/F 6   Pasco, Conrado 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern
F 8   Jacutin, Marlowe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Visayas
F/C 10   Ducut, Eduardo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Letran
F 12   Delos Santos, Valerio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern
G/F 15   Clariño, Alex 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Lyceum
F/C 17   Del Rosario, Eusebio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UE
F/C 18   Castillo, Nathaniel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran
F 20   Buhay, Rolando 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) NCBA
G 21   Pingoy, Jerry 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Visayas
G 24   Generalao, Wilfredo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Visayas
G/F 23   Massey, Lew (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) North Carolina
C 20   Brown, Rickey (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Mississippi State
C 31   McNeill, Larry (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Marquette
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Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  •   Injured

References

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  1. ^ "1982 PBA 1st Conference Team Statistics".