1982 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference

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1982 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference
DurationMarch 7 – July 13, 1982
TV partner(s) Vintage Sports (BBC)
Finals
Champions Toyota Super Corollas
Runners-up San Miguel Beermen
Awards
Best Import Norman Black
(San Miguel Beermen)
PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference chronology
PBA conference chronology
< 1981 Reinforced Filipino

The 1982 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Reinforced Filipino Conference was the first conference of the 1982 PBA season. It started on March 7 and ended on July 13, 1982. The tournament is an Import-laden format, which requires an import with the height limit of 6"5' and below for each team.

Contents

Format

The following format was observed for the duration of the tournament:

Elimination round

PosTeamWLPCTGBQualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 135.722—Advance to semifinals
2 Crispa Redmanizers 126.6671
3 Gilbey's Gin 117.6112Proceed to quarterfinals
4 Toyota Super Corollas 108.5563
5 YCO-Tanduay 99.5004
6 U-Tex Wranglers 810.4445
7 Mariwasa-Honda TMXers 711.3896
8 Great Taste Coffee Makers 216.11111
Source: [ citation needed ]

Bracket

Quarterfinals
(Best-of-3) 		Semifinals
(Best-of-5) 		Finals
(Best-of-7)
1 San Miguel 3
3 Gilbey's 0 6 U-Tex 1
6 U-Tex 21 San Miguel 3
4 Toyota 4
2 Crispa 2
4 Toyota 24 Toyota 3
5 YCO-Tanduay 0

Quarterfinals

(3) Gilbey's Gin vs. (6) U/Tex

June 10
Gilbey's Gin 110, U/Tex Wranglers 116
June 12
Gilbey's Gin 100, U/Tex Wranglers 104
U/Tex wins series, 2–0

Bogs Adornado scored four straight points in the final 30 seconds, including two charities to seal the win and eliminated the Gins.

(4) Toyota vs. (5) Yco-Tanduay

June 10
Toyota Super Corollas 124, Yco-Tanduay 115
June 12
Toyota Super Corollas 128, Yco-Tanduay 120
Toyota wins series, 2–0

Arnie Tuadles and Donnie Ray Koonce took over in the third quarter and gave Toyota a 95-77 advantage. The Super Corollas trailed by as many as 15 points in the first half. [1]

Semifinals

(1) San Miguel vs. (6) U/Tex

(2) Crispa vs. (4) Toyota

June 15
Crispa Redmanizers 115, Toyota Super Corollas 101
Scoring by quarter: 38-23, 18-30, 21-17, 38-31
Pts: Glenn Hagan 18Pts: Donnie Ray Koonce 30
June 17
Crispa Redmanizers 114, Toyota Super Corollas 122
Scoring by quarter: 20-27, 33-28, 34-35, 27-32
Pts: Glenn Hagan 41Pts: Donnie Ray Koonce 41
June 19
Crispa Redmanizers 117, Toyota Super Corollas 114
June 22
Crispa Redmanizers 114, Toyota Super Corollas 125
Scoring by quarter: 23-22, 31-32, 32-36, 28-35
Pts: Atoy Co 27Pts: Ramon Fernandez 38
June 24
Crispa Redmanizers 104, Toyota Super Corollas 111
Scoring by quarter: 28-23, 26-29, 30-26, 20-33
Pts: Philip Cezar 25Pts: Donnie Ray Koonce 39
Toyota wins series, 3–2

Donnie Ray Koonce scored eight crucial points in a 10-2 Toyota run to give the Super Corollas a 107-99 lead in the last two minutes of the deciding fifth game of their semifinal series. Crispa fought back on a five-point burst by Atoy Co to trim down Toyota's margin to three, 104-107, but Ramon Fernandez fired the last two of his 25 points on a hard drive for a 109-104 Toyota lead with 52 seconds left. [2]

Finals

June 29
Toyota Super Corollas 110, San Miguel Beermen 120

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References

  1. ↑ "Toyota in semis". Interbasket.net.
  2. ↑ "Toyota tops Crispa". crispatoyota.blogspot.com.
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