1982 San Miguel Beermen season

1982 San Miguel Beermen season
1982 San Miguel Beermen season
Head coach	Tommy Manotoc
Owner	San Miguel Corporation
Reinforced All-Filipino Conference results
Record	19–10 ; (65.5%)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Finals (lost to Toyota)
Invitational Conference results
Record	5–2 ; (71.4%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Champions (def. Crispa)
Open Conference results
Record	16–14 ; (53.3%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Semifinals
San Miguel Beermen seasons
	← 1981 1983 →

Last updated October 16, 2025

The 1982 San Miguel Beermen season was the 8th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)

Transactions

Players Added	Signed	Former team
Anthony Dasalla	Off-season	CDCP (disbanded)
Renato Lobo
Manny Paner
Renato Kabigting ^Rookie		N/A
Marte Saldaña ^Rookie
Kenneth Yap ^Rookie

Awards

Marte Saldana was named the season's Rookie of the Year.
Norman Black was voted the Reinforced Filipino Conference Best Import.

Summary

San Miguel had signed up Norman Black, who played for the disbanded Tefilin ballclub in the previous conference from last season, as their import for all three conferences of the 1982 PBA season. The Beermen emerge with the best record in the elimination phase of the Reinforced Filipino Conference with 13 wins and five losses. San Miguel went on to play the U/tex Wranglers in the best-of-five semifinal series, winning three games to one, to enter the finals against the Toyota Super Corollas.^[1] The Beermen led the series by winning the first two games, but Toyota came back to win the championship that went to a full limit of seven games.

In the five-team Asian Invitational Championship that includes a visiting squad from South Korea, the Beermen were on their second straight finals appearance in the season, they played the Crispa Redmanizers in the best-of-three title series. San Miguel beat Crispa, 103–102, in the deciding third game to win the Invitational title and their second PBA crown.

Norman Black would teamed up with Terry Sykes in the Open Conference. Sykes was replaced by Marvin Johnson after the Beermen lost their first two games. Johnson played five games in the elimination phase until former import Aaron James was recalled back and played together with Norman Black for the rest of the conference. San Miguel finish the elimination phase with 10 wins and eight losses and advances to the semifinal round along with Toyota and early qualifiers N-Rich Coffee and Gilbey's by posting a 2-1 won-loss slate in the quarterfinal round and winning their do-or-die encounter with U/tex. In the semifinal round, the Beermen lost to Gilbey's Gin, 101–102, in their last assignment on December 7 and failed to create a four-way tie for the two finals berth.

Won-loss records vs Opponents

Team	Win	Loss	1st (Reinforced)	2nd (Invitational)	3rd (Open)
Crispa Redmanizers	8	1	3-0	3-1	2–0
Mariwasa-Honda / Galerie Dominique	4	0	2-0	N/A	2–0
Gilbey's Gin	3	5	2-1	N/A	1–4
Great Taste / N-Rich Coffee	5	5	2-0	N/A	3–5
Toyota Super Corollas	8	8	4-5	1-0	3-3
U-Tex Wranglers	8	4	4-3	1-0	3–1
YCO-Tanduay	4	2	2-1	N/A	2–1
Korea (Guest squad)	0	1	N/A	0-1	N/A
Total	40	26	19-10	5-2	16-14

Roster

1982 San Miguel Beermen roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	From
G	1	Lim Eng Beng	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	De La Salle
F/C	5	Jesus Migalbin	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	San Agustin
G/F	6	Biboy Ravanes	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Cebu
G	7	Marte Saldaña	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	Far Eastern
F	8	Renato Lobo	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Far Eastern
F/C	9	Eduardo Dizon	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	José Rizal
F	13	Manny Paner	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Visayas
G	14	Yoyong Martirez	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Southwestern-U
F/C	15	Rodolfo Lalota	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Mapúa
F/C	17	Kenneth Yap	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	De La Salle
G/F	22	Ray Obias	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	UST
G	34	Renato Kabigting	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Ateneo
F/C	99	Anthony Dasalla	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Far Eastern
F	24	Norman Black (I)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Saint Joseph's
F/C	10	Terry Sykes (I)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Grambling State
F/C	21	Marvin Johnson (I)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	New Mexico
F/C	23	Aaron James (I)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Grambling State