1982 San Miguel Beermen season explained

Pbayear:1982
Team:San Miguel Beermen
Coach:Tommy Manotoc
1C-Name:Reinforced All-Filipino Conference
1C-Wins:19
1C-Losses:10
1C-Place:2nd
1C-Playoffs:Finals (lost to Toyota)
2C-Name:Invitational Conference
2C-Wins:5
2C-Losses:2
2C-Place:1st
2C-Playoffs:Champions (def. Crispa)
No-3C:1
3C-Name:Open Conference
3C-Wins:16
3C-Losses:14
3C-Place:3rd
3C-Playoffs:Semifinals
Owners:San Miguel Corporation
Prevseason:1981
Nextseason:1983

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

Transactions

Players AddedSignedFormer team
Anthony DasallaOff-seasonCDCP (disbanded)
Renato Lobo
Manny Paner
Renato Kabigting RookieN/A
Marte Saldaña Rookie
Kenneth Yap Rookie

Awards

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.

See main article: 1982 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference finals.

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

Trades

August 1982
To U-Tex Wranglers
Alex Tan
To San Miguel Beermen
Lim Eng Beng

Notes and References

  1. News: SMB in finals. crispatoyota.blogspot.com.