1982 San Miguel Beermen season

1982 San Miguel Beermen season
Head coach	Tommy Manotoc
Owner(s)	San Miguel Corporation
Reinforced All-Filipino Conference results
Record	19–10 (65.5%)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Finals
Invitational Conference results
Record	5–2 (71.4%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Finals
Open Conference results
Record	16–14 (53.3%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Semifinals
San Miguel Beermen seasons

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

Off-season transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Manny Paner Acquired from defunct CDCP, comebacking SMC player
Anthony Dasalla Acquired from defunct CDCP
Renato Lobo Acquired from defunct CDCP
Renato Kabigting Rookie signed, played for Crispa in the MICAA
Marte Saldaña Rookie signed, played for APCOR in the MICAA
Kenneth Yap Rookie signed, played for Jag Jeans in the MICAA

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 hired former Tefilin import Norman Black as their reinforcement for the whole season. Black debut with 48 points in leading the Beermen to a 108-98 win over Great Taste on March 9. They scored their second win as Black poured in 60 points in a 125-107 San Miguel victory over Gilbey's Gin on March 13. The Beermen won nine of their first 10 games, losing only to Toyota in the first round and emerge with the best record with 13 wins and five losses at the end of the elimination phase. 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 three games to one, 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 limit of seven games.

Main article: 1982 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference Finals

In the five-team 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 Crown and their second PBA title.

Main article: 1982 PBA Invitational Conference Finals

The Beermen acquired Lim Eng Beng from U/tex in a trade with Alex Tan before the start of the Open Conference. Norman Black teamed up with Terry Sykes in the Beermen's first two games where they lost. Sykes was replaced by Marvin Johnson and the Beermen scored their first win against Gilbey's Gin on September 2. Johnson played five games in the elimination phase until former import Aaron James was recalled back to replace him. San Miguel finish 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 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 assignment on December 7 and failed to create a four-way tie for the two finals berth.

Reinforced / Invitational Conference roster

San Miguel Beer roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 4 Tan, Alex 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UE F/C 5 Migalbin, Jesus 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Agustin G/F 6 Ravanes, Biboy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Cebu Central Colleges G 7 Saldaña, Marte 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Far Eastern F 8 Lobo, Renato 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern F/C 9 Dizon, Eduardo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jose Rizal College F 13 Paner, Manny 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of Visayas G 14 Martirez, Yoyong 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SWU F/C 15 Lalota, Rodolfo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua (Jrs) F/C 17 Yap, Kenneth 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) De La Salle G/F 22 Obias, Ray 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UST F 24 Black, Norman (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Saint Joseph's University G 34 Kabigting, Renato 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Ateneo de Manila F/C 99 Dasalla, Anthony 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Far Eastern	Head coach Tommy Manotoc Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

Open Conference roster

San Miguel Beer roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 1 Beng, Lim Eng 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) De La Salle F/C 5 Migalbin, Jesus 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Agustin G/F 6 Ravanes, Biboy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Cebu Central Colleges G 7 Saldaña, Marte 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Far Eastern F 8 Lobo, Renato 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern F/C 9 Dizon, Eduardo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jose Rizal College F 13 Paner, Manny 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of Visayas G 14 Martirez, Yoyong 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SWU F/C 15 Lalota, Rodolfo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua (Jrs) F/C 17 Yap, Kenneth 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) De La Salle G/F 22 Obias, Ray 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UST G 34 Kabigting, Renato 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Ateneo de Manila F/C 99 Dasalla, Anthony 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Far Eastern F 24 Black, Norman (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Saint Joseph's University F/C 10 Sykes, Terry (I) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Grambling State F/C 21 Johnson, Marvin (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) University of New Mexico F/C 23 James, Aaron (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Grambling State	Head coach Tommy Manotoc Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured