1983 Toyota Silver Coronas season

1983 Toyota Super Corollas Edgardo Ocampo All-Filipino Conference 5 8 4th Semifinals Reinforced Conference 7 10 6th Quarterfinals Open Conference 6 9 7th N/A Delta Motor Corporation 1982 The 1983 Toyota Silver Coronas season was the ninth and final season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Return to Toyota Super Corollas in the Open Conference. The team would disband in February 1984 and its PBA franchise was sold to the Lucio Tan group of companies. Colors #D81E05 white #333399 (dark) white #D81E05 #333399 (light) Summary Toyota defeated Crispa, 86–84, in the main game of the season's first Conference on March 6, the All-Filipino, which was shelved for two years as the Silver Coronas spoiled Tommy Manotoc's debut as coach of the Redmanizers. Toyota had a 4–3 won-loss slate after the one-round eliminations, they did not win a single match in the short semifinal round and placed fourth behind Great Taste Discoverers. Kevin Porter, an outstanding former Washington Bullet quarterback, was Toyota's import in the Reinforced Filipino Conference. After scoring 50 points in his debut in the 135–141 Toyota loss to Tanduay on May 17, Porter went into a slump before leaving the Silver Coronas after eight games. Former U/tex import Julius Wayne came in to replace Porter. The Silver Coronas had seven wins against seven defeats after the eliminations and lost all their quarterfinal matches and were eliminated.https://pbarecordsoddities.blogspot.com/2016/03/pba-boxscores-june-july-1983.html 1983 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference Stats: Gilbey's gobbles Toyota In the Open Conference, former best import awardee Andrew Fields is back with Toyota in his fifth PBA season. The Super Corollas are allowed to field in one import at the time and Toyota's other import was newcomer Ralph Brewster. The Super Corollas played without Ramon Fernandez, Sonny Jaworski and Francis Arnaiz when they beat an off-form Crispa, 102–93, in both teams' first game on August 30 with the Redmanizers still showing signs of their championship hangover and failed to cash on their two-import edge.https://crispatoyota.blogspot.com/1983/08/game-122-toyota-102-crispa-93-aug-30.html Toyota downs Crispa crispatoyota.blogspot.com After overpowering Great Taste in their second outing, they lost their next four assignments, starting with Galerie Dominique's 108–104 upset win and consecutive defeats to Tanduay, Gilbey's and Winston. Going into their last two games in the eliminations, the Super Corollas were coming off a two-game winning streak and a 136–130 triple-overtime win against Gilbey's on October 20 when they were beaten by San Miguel Beermen in overtime, 117–122 on October 23. The Tanduay Rhum Makers forced a knockout game with Toyota four nights later by winning over the Super Corollas, 131–119. Both teams finished with identical six wins and eight losses. On October 30, Toyota seemed headed into the quarterfinal round as they led most of the way in the playoff match, but the Rhum Makers suddenly came alive in the final quarter and escaped with a 111–110 win. Tanduay import George Melton partially blocked Ramon Fernandez's final attempt with four seconds left to preserve the victory. Occurrences After being booted out for the second straight conference and suffered their worst finish, seventh in the Open Conference, the Toyota Super Corollas were nearly resurrected as a team with a possible stint in the quarterfinal round when an internal problem surfaced over at the Galerie Dominique camp, the surprise team who made it to the quarterfinals. It was suggested the Super Corollas instead take the place of Galerie Dominique. The Toyota management seemed to be receptive, especially after coming off from a sorry playoff loss to Tanduay, but the jubilation for Toyota fans was short-lived as the PBA board voted in favor of giving financial assistance to the Artists. On the same day the PBA had its board meeting, the Toyota management called for a top-level meeting to discuss the possible disbandment of the team due to financial problems within their parent company Delta Motor Corporation.https://rpbasketballphotos.blogspot.com/2010/12/trivia-on-big-j-toyotas-last-pba-game.html Trivia on Big J Sports Flash issues Won-loss records vs Opponents Team Win Loss 1st (All-Filipino) 2nd (Reinforced) 3rd (Open) Crispa 2 4 1-1 0–2 1-1 Galerie Dominique 4 1 1-0 2-0 1-1 Gilbey's Gin 2 5 0–2 1–2 1-1 Great Taste 4 5 2–3 1-1 1-1 San Miguel 2 4 0–1 1–2 1-1 Tanduay 1 6 0–1 1–2 0–3 Manhattan/Sunkist/Winston 3 2 1-0 1-1 1-1Total 18 27 5–8 7–10 6–9 Roster n Toyota Silver Coronas #b50000 white #b50000 white 4 Chito Loyzaga GF 6 2 210 San Beda PHI 6 Abe King FC 6 3 187 San Beda PHI 7 Robert Jaworski G 6 0 180 UE PHI 8 Francis Arnaiz G 5 10 160 Ateneo PHI 10 Ramon Fernandez FC 6 4 162 San Carlos PHI 11 Arnie Tuadles GF 6 2 170 Visayas PHI 13 Timoteo Coloso GF 6 2 175 Letran PHI 14 Leopoldo Herrera FC 6 2 170 Wesleyan University Philippines PHI 15 Ricky Relosa FC 6 4 192 Mapua PHI 18 Emerito Legaspi F 5 11 150 UE PHI 20 Nicanor Bulaong F 6 3 164 FEU PHI 88 Edgardo Cordero FC 6 4 175 UST PHI 2 Kevin Porter basketball, born 1950 G 6 0 150 Saint Francis College USA I 3 Julius Wayne GF 6 1 176 Texas-El Paso USA I 1 Andrew Fields C 6 8 200 Cheyney USA I 34 Ralph Brewster basketball C 6 8 215 Texas Tech University USA I PHI Edgardo Ocampo PHI Rino Salazar (I) Import Team Manager: Jack Rodriguez / Ricardo Silverio Jr References Category:Toyota Super Corollas seasons Toyota