1982 San Miguel Beermen season
1982 San Miguel Beermen season | |
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Head coach | Tommy Manotoc |
Owner(s) | San Miguel Corporation |
Reinforced All-Filipino Conference results | |
Record | 19–10 (.655) |
Place | 2nd |
Playoff finish | Finals |
Invitational Conference results | |
Record | 5–2 (.714) |
Place | 1st |
Playoff finish | Finals |
Open Conference results | |
Record | 16–14 (.533) |
Place | 3rd |
Playoff finish | Semifinals |
San Miguel Beermen seasons | |
1981 | 1983 |
The 1982 San Miguel Beermen season was the eight season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)
Off-season transactions
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Marte Saldaña Rookie signed |
Kenneth Yap Rookie signed |
Manny Paner Acquired from defunct CDCP |
Anthony Dasalla Acquired from defunct CDCP |
Renato Lobo Acquired from defunct CDCP |
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 Beer hired former Tefilin import Norman Black as their reinforcement for the season's First Conference. The beermen top the elimination phase with a 13-5 won-loss slate. The league adopted for the first time, a best-of-three, best-of-five and best-of-seven series to determine a champion. San Miguel went on to play the U/Tex Wranglers in the best-of-five semifinal series, winning 3 games to 1, to enter the finals against the Toyota Super Corollas. The beermen led the series by winning the first two games but Toyota came back to win the championship that went to a full seven games.
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In the five-team Invitational Conference that includes a visiting team from South Korea, the beermen were on their second straight finals appearance in the season, 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 Championship.
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The beermen acquired Lim Eng Beng from U/Tex in a trade with Alex Tan before the start of the Third Conference. Norman Black is playing in his third straight conference in the season with San Miguel, teaming up with Terry Sykes in the beermen's first two games where they lost. Sykes was replace by Marvin Johnson, who led the team to their first win against Gilbey's Gin on September 2.[1] Johnson played five games in the elimination phase until former import Aaron James was recalled back to replace him. San Miguel finish with a 10-8 card 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 quarterfinals 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 match on December 7 and failed to create a four-way tie for the two finals berth. San Miguel settled for third place in the season-ending conference.
Roster
San Miguel Beer roster
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