1982 PBA season

The 1982 PBA season was the eighth season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Executive committee

 * Leopoldo L. Prieto (Commissioner)
 * Domingo Y. Itchon (President, representing YCO-Tanduay)

Season highlights

 * The start of the year saw the league's membership reduced from 10 teams to just 8, following the disbandment of CDCP and Tefilin franchises.
 * Vintage Enterprises Inc. took over the league's television coverage beginning this season.
 * The PBA implement for the first time a playoff post-eliminations format with a series of best-of-three quarterfinals, best-of-five semifinals and best-of-seven finals to determine the champion in the Reinforced Filipino Conference.
 * Toyota Super Corollas won two championships in the year, capped by center Ramon Fernandez winning his first Most Valuable Player Award.
 * San Miguel Beer won the Invitational championship over Crispa Redmanizers for the franchise' 2nd PBA title.
 * Baby Dalupan resigned as Crispa head coach after the Redmanizers got eliminated in the third conference. This season became the second time the multi-titled ballclub did not win any championship.
 * Leo Prieto and Domingo Itchon stepped down as the league commissioner and board president respectively at the end of the season.

All-Star series
A PBA North vs South All-Star series were held in Cebu City and Manila. The North and South team split their two-game series. Emerging as the All-Star MVP was Toyota's Arnie Tuadles, who scored 50 points in the first match.

Opening ceremonies
The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Champions

 * Reinforced Filipino Conference: Toyota Super Corollas
 * Invitational Conference: San Miguel Beermen
 * Open Conference: Toyota Super Corollas
 * Team with best win–loss percentage: San Miguel Beermen (40-26, .606)
 * Best Team of the Year: Toyota Super Corollas (4th & Final)

Finals

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 * Best Import of the Conference: Norman Black (Magnolia)

Third-place playoffs

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Finals

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Finals

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 * Best Import of the Conference: Donnie Ray Koonce (Toyota)

Awards

 * Most Valuable Player: Ramon Fernandez (Toyota)
 * Rookie of the Year: Marte Saldaña (San Miguel)
 * Best Import-Reinforced Conference: Norman Black (San Miguel)
 * Best Import-Open Conference: Donnie Ray Koonce (Toyota)
 * Mythical Five:
 * Francis Arnaiz (Toyota)
 * Atoy Co (Crispa)
 * Ramon Fernandez (Toyota)
 * Bogs Adornado (U/Tex)
 * Abe King (Toyota)