1982 PBA Open Conference

The 1982 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Open Conference was the third conference of the 1982 PBA season. It started on August 22 and ended on December 14, 1982. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires two imports per each team.

1982 PBA Open Conference
DurationAugust 22 – December 14, 1982
TV partner(s)Vintage Sports (BBC)
Finals
ChampionsToyota Super Corollas
Runners-upGilbey's Gin
Awards
Best ImportDonnie Ray Koonce
(Toyota Super Corollas)
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Format

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The following format will be observed for the duration of the tournament:

  • The 8 participating teams are divided into two groups. Teams in the same group played each other twice while in the other group three times, totalling 18 games.[1]
  • Top two teams advances in the semifinals outright and the next four teams will dispute the last two semifinals berth in a one-round quarterfinals (back to zero standings).
  • Semifinals will be a double-round robin affairs. The top two teams in the semifinal round advance to the best-of-five finals series. The last two teams dispute the third-place trophy in a best-of-five playoff.

Imports

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Each team were allowed two imports. The first line in the table are the original reinforcements of the teams. Below the name are the replacement of the import above. Same with the third replacement that is also highlighted with a different color. GP is the number of games played.

Team Name GP Name GP
Crispa Redmanizers Mike Schultz 3 Clarence Kea 1
James Wright 5 Lew Brown 12
Mike Gibson 8
Galerie Dominique James Robinson 4 Kenny Barnes 18
Micah Blunt 14
Gilbey's Gin Rickey Brown 3 Lew Massey 27
Larry McNeill 24
N-Rich Coffee Danny Salisbury 27 Rich Adams 28
San Miguel Beermen Terry Sykes 2 Norman Black 30
Marvin Johnson 5
Aaron James 23
Toyota Super Corollas Donnie Ray Koonce 30 Andrew Fields 29
U-Tex Wranglers Ira Terrell 11 Leroy Jackson 21
Leo Cunningham 2
Francois Wise 8
Yco-Tanduay Curtis Berry 21 Jerome Henderson 21

Elimination round

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 N-Rich Coffee Creamers 13 5 .722 Advance to semifinal round
2 Gilbey's Gin 13 5 .722
3 YCO-Tanduay 11 7 .611 2 Proceed to quarterfinal round
4 San Miguel Beermen 10 8 .556 3
5 Toyota Super Corollas 8 10 .444 5
6 U-Tex Wranglers 8 10 .444 5
7 Crispa Redmanizers 6 12 .333 7
8 Galerie Dominique Artists 3 15 .167 10
Source: [citation needed]

Quarterfinal round

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
3 Toyota Super Corollas 2 1 .667 Semifinal round
4 San Miguel Beermen 2 1 .667
5 YCO-Tanduay 1 2 .333 1
6 U-Tex Wranglers 1 2 .333 1
Source: [citation needed]

Semifinal round

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Gilbey's Gin 4 2 .667 Advance to the Finals
2 Toyota Super Corollas 3 3 .500[a] 1
3 N-Rich Coffee Creamers 3 3 .500[a] 1 Proceed to third place playoff
4 San Miguel Beermen 2 4 .333 2
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Second-seed playoff: Toyota 114–87 N-Rich

On the final playing day of the semifinals, both Gilbey's and N-Rich were a win away from advancing to the championship in the closest the PBA has ever had a finale without traditional powerhouses Toyota and Crispa, but the Super Corollas forces a playoff with N-Rich Coffee and won their knockout game to play first-time finalist Gilbey's Gin.

Second seed playoff

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Finals

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December 14
Toyota Super Corollas 122, Gilbey's Gin 109
Toyota wins series, 3–0

References

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  1. ^ "Crispa nips Toyota". crispatoyota.blogspot.com.