1982 Gilbey's Gin season

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1982   Gilbey's Gin season
Head coach Arturo Valenzona
Owner(s)La Tondeña Incorporada
Reinforced All-Filipino Conference results
Record119
(55%)
Place5th
Playoff finishQuarterfinals
Invitational Conference results
Record00  
PlaceN/A
Playoff finishN/A
Open Conference results
Record1710
(63%)
Place2nd
Playoff finishFinals (lost to Toyota)
Gilbey's Gin seasons
  1981
1983  

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

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RookiesSignedLast MICAA team
Rolando BuhayOff-seasonN/A
Rudy GarciaAPCOR
Conrado Pasco
Jerry Pingoy

Summary

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

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

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

TeamsWinLoss1st (Reinforced)3rd (Open)
Crispa Redmanizers320-23-0
Mariwasa-Honda / Galerie Dominique512-13-0
Great Taste / N-Rich Coffee523-02-2
San Miguel Beermen531-24-1
Toyota Super Corollas552-13-4
U-Tex Wranglers332-21-1
YCO-Tanduay231-11-2
Total281911-917-10

Roster

PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
G 1 Flag of the Philippines.svg Herrera, Joseph 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Letran
F 5 Flag of the Philippines.svg Garcia, Rudy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
G/F 6 Flag of the Philippines.svg Pasco, Conrado 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern
F 8 Flag of the Philippines.svg Jacutin, Marlowe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Visayas
F/C 10 Flag of the Philippines.svg Ducut, Eduardo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Letran
F 12 Flag of the Philippines.svg Delos Santos, Valerio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern
G/F 15 Flag of the Philippines.svg Clariño, Alex 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Lyceum
F/C 17 Flag of the Philippines.svg Del Rosario, Eusebio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UE
F/C 18 Flag of the Philippines.svg Castillo, Nathaniel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran
F 20 Flag of the Philippines.svg Buhay, Rolando 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) NCBA
G 21 Flag of the Philippines.svg Pingoy, Jerry 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Visayas
G 24 Flag of the Philippines.svg Generalao, Wilfredo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Visayas
G/F 23 Flag of the United States.svg Massey, Lew  (I)6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) North Carolina
C 20 Flag of the United States.svg Brown, Rickey  (I)6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Mississippi State
C 31 Flag of the United States.svg McNeill, Larry  (I)6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Marquette
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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    • (C) Team captain
    • (I) Import
    • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

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References

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