1982 PBA season

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Reinforced Filipino Conference champions Toyota Super Corollas Invitational Conference champions San Miguel Beermen Open Conference champions Toyota Super Corollas Number of teams 8		Runners-up San Miguel Beermen Runners-up Crispa Redmanizers Start date 1982 Season MVP Ramon Fernandez
Duration March 7, 1982 – December 14, 1982 TV partner PBA on Vintage Sports (Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation) Similar 1994 PBA season, 1998 PBA season, 2008–09 PBA season, 2000 PBA season

The 1982 PBA season was the eighth season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Season highlights

The start of the year saw the league's membership reduced from 10 teams to just 8, following the disbandment of CDCP and Tefilin franchises.

The PBA implement for the first time a playoff post-eliminations format with a series of best-of-three quarterfinals, best-of-five semifinals and best-of-seven finals to determine the champion in the Reinforced Filipino Conference.

Toyota Super Corollas won their final two championships in the year, capped by center Ramon Fernandez winning his first Most Valuable Player Award.

San Miguel Beer won the Invitational championship over Crispa Redmanizers, for the franchise' 2nd PBA title.

Baby Dalupan resigned as Crispa head coach after the Redmanizers got eliminated in the third conference. This season became the second time the multi-titled ballclub did not win any championship during the entire season.

All-Star series

A PBA North vs South All-Star series were held in Cebu City and Manila. The North and South team split their two-game series. Emerging as the All-Star MVP was Toyota's Arnie Tuadles, who scored 50 points in the first match.

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Champions

Reinforced Filipino Conference: Toyota Super Corollas

Invitational Conference: San Miguel Beermen

Open Conference: Toyota Super Corollas

Team with best win-loss percentage: San Miguel Beermen (40-26, .606)

Best Team of the Year: Toyota Super Corollas (4th & Final)

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player: Ramon Fernandez (Toyota)

Rookie of the Year: Marte Saldaña (San Miguel)

Best Import-Reinforced Conference: Norman Black (San Miguel)

Best Import-Open Conference: Donnie Ray Koonce (Toyota)

Mythical Five:

Francis Arnaiz (Toyota)

Atoy Co (Crispa)

Ramon Fernandez (Toyota)

Bogs Adornado (U/Tex)

Abe King (Toyota)

References

1982 PBA season Wikipedia

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