1981 Presto Fun Drinks season

1981 Great Taste Coffee Makers Presto Fun Drinks Jimmy Mariano Open Conference 4 14 9th N/A Reinforced Filipino 13 12 3rd Semifinals CFC Corporation 1980 1982 The 1981 Presto Fun Drinks season was the 7th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Transactions ADDITIONS Bienvenido dela Cruz Acquired from Gilbey's Gin Filomeno Gulfin Acquired from Crispa Larry Mumar Acquired from Galleon RookiesSignedLast MICAA teamWoodrow JaymalinOff-seasonPrestoRicardo RocesRafael SisonJoey MarquezSolidenimsJoel BanalAugust 1981PrestoEddie MendozaJose RoslinManny Victorino Summary Jimmy Mariano takes over from fellow olympian Alfonso "Boy" Marquez on the Presto bench at the start of the season. The Presto Fun Drinkers had a pair of Harold Johnson and Myles Patrick for their imports in the Open Conference. After two games, Patrick was replaced by Earl Tatum, who played four games before getting injured and left without any replacement. The handicap ruling favored the team in the Reinforced Filipino Conference as the Fun Drinkers enlisted the services of Lew Massey, often called "Sweet Lew", Massey is a prolific scoring machine from North Carolina State and the second round pick of the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1978 NBA Draft. The Fun Drinkers enters the quarterfinal phase of the Reinforced Filipino Conference with a 5–4 won-loss slate.http://pbarecordsoddities.blogspot.com/2014/01/pba-players-career-statistics-1975-1981.html Statistics of the Imports Presto made it to the semifinal round along with Crispa, U-Tex and Yco-Tanduay by winning three of their five outings in the round of six. On the last playing date of the semifinals on November 14, the Fun Drinkers beat Yco-Tanduay, 121–114, to finish with three wins and three losses and tied with Crispa, which beat first finalist U-Tex in the nightcap. The CFC ballclub lost to the Redmanizers, 114–119, in the playoff game on November 17 in their closest bid to advance in the championship for the first time. Win–loss record vs opponents Teams Win Loss 1st (Open) 2nd (RAF) CDCP Road Builders 0 3 0–2 0–1 Crispa Redmanizers 1 6 0–2 1–4 Finance Funders 1 2 1-1 0–1 Gilbey's Gin / St.George 2 1 1-1 1-0 San Miguel Beermen 1 2 0–2 1-0 Tefilin Polyesters 2 2 0–2 2-0 Toyota Super Diesels 1 3 1-1 0–2 U-Tex Wranglers 2 4 0–2 2-2 YCO-Tanduay 7 3 1-1 6-2Total 17 26 4–14 13-12 Awards Rafael "Cho" Sison was voted the season's Rookie of the year. Roster n Presto Fun Drinks #005F30 #FFC11F #005F30 #FFC11F 1 Manny Victorino C 6 5 JRU PHI 5 Woodrow Jaymalin GF 5 10 Philippine Christian University PHI 6 Ernesto Estrada basketball F 5 11 Visayas PHI 7 Lawrence Mumar G 5 11 UST PHI 8 Jacinto Chua F 6 0 FEU PHI 9 Bienvenido Dela Cruz G 6 2 PHI 10 Eduardo Mendoza basketball G 6 0 Visayas PHI 11 Florendo Ritualo FC 6 3 Baguio PHI 12 Rafael Sison G 6 1 Ateneo de Davao PHI 14 Danilo Basilan G 5 9 Southwestern University (Philippines) PHI 15 Ricardo Roces G 6 2 Mapua PHI 19-14 Jose Roslin F 6 2 PCCr PHI 20 Reynaldo Franco G 5 9 UE PHI 22-8 Filomeno Gulfin F 6 2 Southwestern University (Philippines) PHI 26 Joel Banal FC 6 4 Mapua PHI 66 Joey Marquez F 6 2 Angeles PHI 33 Harold Johnson basketball, born 1958 F 6 5 USA I 32 Myles Patrick FC 6 8 Auburn USA I 43 Earl Tatum F 6 4 Marquette USA I 23 Lew Massey F 6 5 Charlotte USA I PHI Jimmy Mariano (I) Import References Presto Category:Great Taste Coffee Makers seasons