1981 Presto Fun Drinks season

1981   Presto Fun Drinks season
Head coach	Jimmy Mariano
Owner(s)	CFC Corporation
Open Conference results
Record	4–14 (22.2%)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	N/A
Reinforced Filipino results
Record	13–12 (52%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Semifinals
Presto Fun Drinks seasons
←  1980 1982  →

The 1981 Presto Fun Drinks season was the seventh season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Transactions

ADDITIONS
Bienvenido dela Cruz Acquired from Gilbey's Gin
Filomeno Gulfin Acquired from Crispa
Larry Mumar Acquired from Galleon

Rookies	Signed	Last MICAA team
Woodrow Jaymalin	Off-season	Presto
Ricardo Roces
Rafael Sison
Joey Marquez		Solidenims
Joel Banal	August 1981	Presto
Eddie Mendoza
Jose Roslin
Manny Victorino

Summary

Jimmy Mariano takes over from fellow olympian Alfonso "Boy" Marquez on the Presto bench at the start of the season. The Presto Fun Drinkers had a pair of Harold Johnson and Myles Patrick for their imports in the Open Conference. After two games, Patrick was replaced by Earl Tatum, who played four games before getting injured and left without any replacement.

The handicap ruling favored the team in the Reinforced Filipino Conference as the Fun Drinkers enlisted the services of Lew Massey, often called "Sweet Lew", Massey is a prolific scoring machine from North Carolina State and the second round pick of the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1978 NBA Draft.

The Fun Drinkers enters the quarterfinal phase of the Reinforced Filipino Conference with a 5-4 won-loss slate. ^[1] Presto made it to the semifinal round along with Crispa, U-Tex and Yco-Tanduay by winning three of their five outings in the round of six.

On the last playing date of the semifinals on November 14, the Fun Drinkers beat Yco-Tanduay, 121–114, to finish with three wins and three losses and tied with Crispa, which beat first finalist U-Tex in the nightcap. The CFC ballclub lost to the Redmanizers, 114–119, in the playoff game on November 17 in their closest bid to advance in the championship for the first time.

Won-loss record vs Opponents

Teams	Win	Loss	1st (Open)	2nd (RAF)
CDCP Road Builders	0	3	0-2	0-1
Crispa Redmanizers	1	6	0-2	1-4
Finance Funders	1	2	1-1	0-1
Gilbey's Gin / St.George	2	1	1-1	1-0
San Miguel Beermen	1	2	0-2	1-0
Tefilin Polyesters	2	2	0-2	2-0
Toyota Super Diesels	1	3	1-1	0-2
U-Tex Wranglers	2	4	0-2	2-2
YCO-Tanduay	7	3	1-1	6-2
Total	17	26	4-14	13-12

Awards

Rafael "Cho" Sison was voted the season's Rookie of the year.

Roster

Presto Fun Drinks roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. C 1 Victorino, Manny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) José Rizal G/F 5 Jaymalin, Woodrow 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Philippine Christian F 6 Estrada, Ernesto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Visayas G 7 Mumar, Lawrence 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UST F 8 Chua, Jacinto 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Far Eastern G 9 Dela Cruz, Bienvenido 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) G 10 Mendoza, Eduardo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Visayas F/C 11 Ritualo, Florendo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Baguio G 12 Sison, Rafael 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Ateneo de Davao G 14 Basilan, Danilo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Southwestern-U G 15 Roces, Ricardo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Mapúa F 19−14 Roslin, Jose 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) PCCr G 20 Franco, Reynaldo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UE F 22−8 Gulfin, Filomeno 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Southwestern-U F/C 26 Banal, Joel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Mapúa F 66 Marquez, Joey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Angeles F 33 Johnson, Harold  (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) F/C 32 Patrick, Myles  (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Auburn F 43 Tatum, Earl  (I) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Marquette F 23 Massey, Lew  (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Charlotte	Head coach Jimmy Mariano Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

References

1. "Statistics of the Imports".