1981 Presto Fun Drinks season
Head coachJimmy Mariano
Owner(s)CFC Corporation
Open Conference results
Record414 (22.2%)
Place9th
Playoff finishN/A
Reinforced Filipino results
Record1312 (52%)
Place3rd
Playoff finishSemifinals
Presto Fun Drinks seasons

The 1981 Presto Fun Drinks season was the seventh 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
Rookies Signed Last MICAA team
Woodrow Jaymalin Off-season Presto
Ricardo Roces
Rafael Sison
Joey Marquez Solidenims
Joel Banal August 1981 Presto
Eddie Mendoza
Jose Roslin
Manny 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.[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.

Won-loss record vs Opponents

TeamsWinLoss1st (Open)2nd (RAF)
CDCP Road Builders030–20–1
Crispa Redmanizers160–21–4
Finance Funders121-10–1
Gilbey's Gin / St.George211-11-0
San Miguel Beermen120–21-0
Tefilin Polyesters220–22-0
Toyota Super Diesels131-10–2
U-Tex Wranglers240–22-2
YCO-Tanduay731-16-2
Total17264–1413-12

Awards

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

Roster

Presto Fun Drinks roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
C 1 Philippines Victorino, Manny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) José Rizal
G/F 5 Philippines Jaymalin, Woodrow 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Philippine Christian
F 6 Philippines Estrada, Ernesto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Visayas
G 7 Philippines Mumar, Lawrence 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UST
F 8 Philippines Chua, Jacinto 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Far Eastern
G 9 Philippines Dela Cruz, Bienvenido 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
G 10 Philippines Mendoza, Eduardo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Visayas
F/C 11 Philippines Ritualo, Florendo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Baguio
G 12 Philippines Sison, Rafael 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Ateneo de Davao
G 14 Philippines Basilan, Danilo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Southwestern-U
G 15 Philippines Roces, Ricardo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Mapúa
F 19−14 Philippines Roslin, Jose 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) PCCr
G 20 Philippines Franco, Reynaldo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UE
F 22−8 Philippines Gulfin, Filomeno 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Southwestern-U
F/C 26 Philippines Banal, Joel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Mapúa
F 66 Philippines Marquez, Joey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Angeles
F 33 United States Johnson, Harold (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
F/C 32 United States Patrick, Myles (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Auburn
F 43 United States Tatum, Earl (I) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Marquette
F 23 United States Massey, Lew (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Charlotte
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (I) Import
    • Injured Injured

    References

    1. "Statistics of the Imports".
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