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1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...

(PBA) Reinforced Filipino Conference was the first conference of the

1982 PBA season The 1982 PBA season was the eighth season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Board of governors Executive committee * Leopoldo L. Prieto (Commissioner) * Domingo Y. Itchon (President, representing YCO-Tanduay) Teams Season ...

. It started on March 7 and ended on July 13, 1982. The tournament is an Import-laden format, which requires an import with the height limit of 6"5' and below for each team.

Format

The following format was observed for the duration of the tournament: * The eight participating teams were divided into two groups; teams in the same group played each other twice, while in the other group three times, totalling 18 games. * A series of best-of-three quarterfinals, best-of-five semifinals, and the first-ever best-of-seven championship series will determine the PBA First Conference champion.

Elimination round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(3) Gilbey's Gin vs. (6) U/Tex

Bogs Adornado scored four straight points in the final 30 seconds, including two charities to seal the win and eliminated the Gins.

(4) Toyota vs. (5) Yco-Tanduay

Arnie Tuadles and Donnie Ray Koonce took over in the third quarter and gave Toyota a 95-77 advantage. The Super Corollas trailed by as many as 15 points in the first half.

Semifinals

(1) San Miguel vs. (6) U/Tex

(2) Crispa vs. (4) Toyota

Donnie Ray Koonce scored eight crucial points in a 10-2 Toyota run to give the Super Corollas a 107-99 lead in the last two minutes of the deciding fifth game of their semifinal series. Crispa fought back on a five-point burst by Atoy Co to trim down Toyota's margin to three, 104-107, but Ramon Fernandez fired the last two of his 25 points on a hard drive for a 109-104 Toyota lead with 52 seconds left.

Finals

References

{{1982 PBA season by team PBA Reinforced Conference Reinforced Filipino Conference