1982 PBA Open Conference Finals

1982 PBA Open Conference Finals

Team Coach Wins Toyota Super Corollas Edgardo Ocampo 3 Gilbey's Gin Arturo Valenzona 0
Dates	December 11–14, 1982
Television	Vintage Sports (City2)
Radio network	DWXL
PBA Open Conference Finals chronology
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The 1982 PBA Open Conference Finals was the best-of-7 basketball championship series of the 1982 PBA Open Conference, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs.

Toyota Super Corollas scored a 3–0 sweep over first time finalist Gilbey's Gin, to capture their second championship of the season and 9th PBA title.

Qualification

Gilbey's Gin		Toyota Super Corollas
Finished 13–5 (.722), tied for 1st	Eliminations		Finished 8–10 (.444), tied for 4th
Outright semis	Quarterfinals		Finished 2–1 (.667)
Finished 4–2 (.667), 1st	Semifinals		Finished 3–3 (.500), tied for 2nd
	Tiebreaker		Won against N-Rich, 114–97

Games summary

Game 1

Vintage

December 11

Toyota Super Corollas 108, Gilbey's Gin 100

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Game 2

Vintage

December 12

Toyota Super Corollas 121, Gilbey's Gin 107
Pts: Abe King 34 Donnie Ray Koonce 31		Pts: Larry McNeill 34

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Francis Arnaiz and Abe King combined for an 8–0 blast late in the second half to bail the Corollas out of trouble, 114–103, with time down to 2:13.

Game 3

Vintage

December 14

Toyota Super Corollas 122, Gilbey's Gin 109

Toyota wins series, 3–0

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Gilbey's led by 17 points late in the second quarter, Donnie Ray Koonce scored six straight points to cut down the Gin's lead to 57–66 at halftime. The tide went in Toyota's favor in the second half with Arnie Tuadles powering a 13–2 run to give Toyota the lead for good, 70–68, the Super Corollas' fastbreaks worked wonders and they steadily pulled away and were ahead, 96–83, at the end of the third period. Toyota posted their biggest lead at 106–90 in the last quarter. ^[1]

1982 PBA Open Conference Champions
Toyota Super Corollas 9th title

Rosters

Toyota Super Corollas roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. C 1 Fields, Andrew  (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Cheyney F/C 6 King, Abe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda G 7 Jaworski, Robert   6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) UE G 8 Arnaiz, Francis 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Ateneo F/C 10 Fernandez, Ramon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) San Carlos G/F 11 Tuadles, Arnie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Visayas G/F 13 Coloso, Timoteo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran F 15 Relosa, Ricky 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Mapúa F/C 17 Saldaña, Antero 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Letran F 18 Legaspi, Emerito 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE F 20 Bulaong, Nicanor 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Far Eastern G/F 22 Florencio, Danny 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) UST G/F 30 Koonce, Donnie Ray  (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) North Carolina F 41 Herrera, Leopoldo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Wesleyan Philippines F/C 88 Cordero, Edgardo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UST	Head coach Ed Ocampo Assistant coach(es) Rino Salazar Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

Gilbey's Gin roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. 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/F 23 Massey, Lew  (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) North Carolina G 24 Generalao, Wilfredo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Visayas C 31 McNeill, Larry  (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Marquette	Head coach Arturo Valenzona Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

Broadcast notes

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst	Courtside reporters
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3

References

1. "It's Toyota by a sweep". interbasket.net.