1982 Toyota Super Corollas season

1982 Toyota Super Corollas season
Head coach	Edgardo Ocampo
Owner(s)	Delta Motor Corporation
Reinforced All-Filipino Conference results
Record	19–13 (59.4%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	1
Invitational Conference results
Record	2–4 (33.3%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	N/A
Open Conference results
Record	17–14 (54.8%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	1
Toyota Super Corollas seasons

The 1982 Toyota Super Corollas season was the eighth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

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Off-season transactions

Recruited four rookies from the MICAA; Antero Saldana, a national youth player from multi-titled APCOR, Ricardo Relosa from Toyota's sister team MAN Diesel, Timoteo Coloso from Solid Mills and Edgardo Cordero, played for Crispa in the amateurs and was a national team member who saw action in the 11th Southeast Asian Games held in Manila.

Awards

• Center Ramon Fernandez was voted Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the season, his first MVP trophy after narrowly losing the same award to Atoy Co in 1979.
• Donnie Ray Koonce was named Best Import of the Open Conference.

Summary

The Toyota Super Corollas opened their season campaign by winning over Crispa Redmanizers by one point, 111-110, in the opening night of the league's 8th season, import Arnold Dugger scored 33 points but it was rookie Terry Saldaña's four of his 17 points in the last two minutes that sealed the win. After playing 6 games, Dugger was replaced by Donnie Ray Koonce, who led Toyota to a 102-99 win over Gilbey's Gin in his debut on April 13, the Super Corollas finish with a 10-8 won-loss record and advanced to the finals by sweeping Yco-Tanduay, 2-0, in the best-of-three quarterfinal series, defeated their rivals Crispa, 3-2, in the best-of-five semifinal series, winning the last two games, and went on to play San Miguel Beer in the first-ever best-of-seven title playoffs, the Super Corollas came back from a 0-2 series deficit to win the championship in a classic, seven-game series.

Main article: 1982 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference Finals

In the Asian Invitational Conference, Toyota lost its bid for a grandslam hopes when they bowed to Crispa in the last playing date of the one-round eliminations. The Super Corollas were swept in two games by the visiting Korean squad in the battle-for-third place wherein Toyota rookie Terry Saldaña figured in a brawl with South Korean guard Lee Minhyun in Game 2 of a 107-142 blowout loss.

Reinforced by 1981 Open Conference Best Import Andrew Fields teaming up with Donnie Ray Koonce, who earlier helped the Corollas win the Reinforced Filipino Crown, Toyota won their second title of the season and their 9th and last championship, defeating first time-finalist Gilbey's Gin, powered by Lew Massey and Larry McNeill, via 3-0 finals sweep.

Roster

Toyota Super Corollas roster

Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F/C 6 King, Abe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda College G 7 Jaworski, Robert 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) UE G 8 Arnaiz, Francis 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Ateneo de Manila G 9 Merced, Eduardo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Ateneo de Manila F/C 10 Fernandez, Ramon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) University of San Carlos G/F 11 Tuadles, Arnie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of Visayas G/F 13 Coloso, Timoteo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran College F 15 Relosa, Ricardo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Mapua Tech F/C 17 Saldaña, Antero 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Letran F 18 Legaspi, Emerito 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE F 20 Bulaong, Nicanor 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Far Eastern G/F 22 Florencio, Danny 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) UST F 41 Herrera, Leopoldo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Wesleyan University F/C 88 Cordero, Edgardo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UST G/F 33 Dugger, Arnold (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Oral Roberts University G/F 30 Koonce, Donnie Ray (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of North Carolina C 1 Fields, Andrew (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Cheyney State College	Head coach Edgardo Ocampo Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured

References

• "1982 Team Rosters".
• "Toyota nips Crispa in OT".