1982 PBA Open Conference

The 1982 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Open Conference was the third conference of the 1982 PBA season. It started on August 22 and ended on December 14, 1982. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires two imports per each team.

1982 PBA Open Conference
Duration	August 22 – December 14, 1982
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (BBC)
Finals
Champions	Toyota Super Corollas
Runners-up	Gilbey's Gin
Awards
Best Import	Donnie Ray Koonce (Toyota Super Corollas)
PBA Open Conference chronology
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Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the tournament:

• The 8 participating teams are divided into two groups. Teams in the same group played each other twice while in the other group three times, totalling 18 games.^[1]
• Top two teams advances in the semifinals outright and the next four teams will dispute the last two semifinals berth in a one-round quarterfinals (back to zero standings).
• Semifinals will be a double-round robin affairs. The top two teams in the semifinal round advance to the best-of-five finals series. The last two teams dispute the third-place trophy in a best-of-five playoff.

Imports

Each team were allowed two imports. The first line in the table are the original reinforcements of the teams. Below the name are the replacement of the import above. Same with the third replacement that is also highlighted with a different color. GP is the number of games played.

Team	Name	GP	Name	GP
Crispa Redmanizers	Mike Schultz	3	Clarence Kea	1
	James Wright	5	Lew Brown	12
	Mike Gibson	8
Galerie Dominique	James Robinson	4	Kenny Barnes	18
	Micah Blunt	14
Gilbey's Gin	Rickey Brown	3	Lew Massey	27
	Larry McNeill	24
N-Rich Coffee	Danny Salisbury	27	Rich Adams	28
San Miguel Beermen	Terry Sykes	2	Norman Black	30
	Marvin Johnson	5
	Aaron James	23
Toyota Super Corollas	Donnie Ray Koonce	30	Andrew Fields	29
U-Tex Wranglers	Ira Terrell	11	Leroy Jackson	21
	Leo Cunningham	2
	Francois Wise	8
Yco-Tanduay	Curtis Berry	21	Jerome Henderson	21

Elimination round

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	N-Rich Coffee Creamers	13	5	.722	—	Advance to semifinal round
2	Gilbey's Gin	13	5	.722	—
3	YCO-Tanduay	11	7	.611	2	Proceed to quarterfinal round
4	San Miguel Beermen	10	8	.556	3
5	Toyota Super Corollas	8	10	.444	5
6	U-Tex Wranglers	8	10	.444	5
7	Crispa Redmanizers	6	12	.333	7
8	Galerie Dominique Artists	3	15	.167	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Quarterfinal round

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
3	Toyota Super Corollas	2	1	.667	—	Semifinal round
4	San Miguel Beermen	2	1	.667	—
5	YCO-Tanduay	1	2	.333	1
6	U-Tex Wranglers	1	2	.333	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinal round

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Gilbey's Gin	4	2	.667	—	Advance to the Finals
2	Toyota Super Corollas	3	3	.500[a]	1
3	N-Rich Coffee Creamers	3	3	.500[a]	1	Proceed to third place playoff
4	San Miguel Beermen	2	4	.333	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Second-seed playoff: Toyota 114–87 N-Rich

On the final playing day of the semifinals, both Gilbey's and N-Rich were a win away from advancing to the championship in the closest the PBA has ever had a finale without traditional powerhouses Toyota and Crispa, but the Super Corollas forces a playoff with N-Rich Coffee and won their knockout game to play first-time finalist Gilbey's Gin.

Second seed playoff

Vintage

December 9

Toyota Super Corollas 114, N-Rich Coffee Creamers 97

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Finals

Main article: 1982 PBA Open Conference finals

Vintage

December 11

Toyota Super Corollas 108, Gilbey's Gin 100

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Vintage

December 12

Toyota Super Corollas 121, Gilbey's Gin 107

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Vintage

December 14

Toyota Super Corollas 122, Gilbey's Gin 109

Toyota wins series, 3–0

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City