1981 Presto Fun Drinks season

Basketball team season

1981 Presto Fun Drinks season

Head coach| Jimmy Mariano
Owner(s)| CFC Corporation
Open Conference results
Record| 4-14 (22.2%)
Place| 9th
Playoff finish| N/A
Reinforced Filipino results
Record| 13-12 (52%)
Place| 3rd
Playoff finish| Semifinals
Presto Fun Drinks seasons

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1982 ->

The 1981 Presto Fun Drinks season was the seventh season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Transactions

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ADDITIONS

Bienvenido dela Cruz Acquired from Gilbey's Gin
Filomeno Gulfin Acquired from Crispa
Larry Mumar Acquired from Galleon
Rookies | Signed | Last MICAA team

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Woodrow Jaymalin  | Off-season  | Presto
Ricardo Roces
Rafael Sison
Joey Marquez | Solidenims
Joel Banal | August 1981  | Presto
Eddie Mendoza
Jose Roslin
Manny Victorino

## Summary

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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.[1] 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

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Teams | Win | Loss | 1st (Open) | 2nd (RAF)

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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 | 6-2
Total | 17 | 26 | 4–14 | 13-12

## Awards

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Rafael "Cho" Sison was voted the season's Rookie of the year.

## Roster

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Presto Fun Drinks roster

Players | Coaches
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C | 1 |  | Victorino, Manny | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)  |  |  | José Rizal
G/F | 5 |  | Jaymalin, Woodrow | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)  |  |  | Philippine Christian
F | 6 |  | Estrada, Ernesto | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)  |  |  | Visayas
G | 7 |  | Mumar, Lawrence | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)  |  |  | UST
F | 8 |  | Chua, Jacinto | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)  |  |  | Far Eastern
G | 9 |  | Dela Cruz, Bienvenido | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)  |  |  |
G | 10 |  | Mendoza, Eduardo | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)  |  |  | Visayas
F/C | 11 |  | Ritualo, Florendo | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)  |  |  | Baguio
G | 12 |  | Sison, Rafael | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)  |  |  | Ateneo de Davao
G | 14 |  | Basilan, Danilo | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)  |  |  | Southwestern-U
G | 15 |  | Roces, Ricardo | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)  |  |  | Mapúa
F | 19−14 |  | Roslin, Jose | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)  |  |  | PCCr
G | 20 |  | Franco, Reynaldo | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)  |  |  | UE
F | 22−8 |  | Gulfin, Filomeno | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)  |  |  | Southwestern-U
F/C | 26 |  | Banal, Joel | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)  |  |  | Mapúa
F | 66 |  | Marquez, Joey | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)  |  |  | Angeles
F | 33 |  | Johnson, Harold (I)  | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)  |  |  |
F/C | 32 |  | Patrick, Myles (I)  | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)  |  |  | Auburn
F | 43 |  | Tatum, Earl (I)  | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)  |  |  | Marquette
F | 23 |  | Massey, Lew (I)  | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)  |  |  | Charlotte

Head coach

*   * Jimmy Mariano

Assistant coach(es)

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (I) Import
* Injured

## References

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1. ^ "Statistics of the Imports".

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1981 PBA season

*   * 1981 Open Conference (finals)
* 1981 Reinforced Filipino Conference (finals)

Team seasons|

* CDCP Road Builders
* Crispa Redmanizers
* Finance Funders
* Presto Fun Drinks
* San Miguel Beermen
* St. George Whiskies
* Tefilin Polyesters
* Toyota Super Diesels
* U-Tex Wranglers
* YCO-Tanduay

Succession|

* 1980
* Seasons
* 1982

* 1980
* Open Conference
* 1982

* Reinforced Filipino Conference
* 1982

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