1983 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference Finals

The 1983 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference Finals was the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 1983 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs.

1983 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference Finals

Team Coach Wins Crispa Redmanizers Tommy Manotoc 3 Great Taste Coffee Makers Jimmy Mariano 2
Dates	August 11–23, 1983
Television	Vintage Sports (City2)
Radio network	DWXL

The Crispa Redmanizers won their second championship of the season and 11th league title, winning over first-time finalist Great Taste Coffee Makers, three games to two, in their best-of-five championship series. [1]

Qualification

Crispa Redmanizers		Great Taste Coffee Makers
Finished 11–3 (.786), 1st	Eliminations		Finished 10–4 (.714), 2nd
Outright semis	Quarterfinals		Outright semis
Finished 4–2 (.667), tied for 1st	Semifinals		Finished 4–2 (.667), tied for 1st
	Tiebreaker		Won against Gilbey's Gin Gimlets, 129-123

Games summary

Game 1

Vintage

August 11

Crispa Redmanizers 128, Great Taste Coffee Makers 135
Scoring by quarter: 32-41, 34-36, 32-31, 30-27
Pts: Billy Ray Bates 47		Pts: Norman Black 45, Bogs Adornado 36

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Game 2

Vintage

August 14

Crispa Redmanizers 105, Great Taste Coffee Makers 102
Scoring by quarter: 26-29, 29-24, 22-29, 28-20
Pts: Billy Ray Bates 43		Pts: Ricardo Brown 29

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Game 3

Vintage

August 16

recap

Crispa Redmanizers 123, Great Taste Coffee Makers 128
Scoring by quarter: 33-30, 27-33, 34-32, 29-33
Pts: Billy Ray Bates 47, Abet Guidaben 27		Pts: Norman Black 35, Ricardo Brown 28

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

In a closely fought contest, Crispa import Billy Ray Bates got his fifth foul with 4:08 left in the game, the Redmanizers levelled the count for the last time at 115-all with 3:27 remaining, Bogs Adornado and Ricardo Brown unloaded a 6-0 bomb to put Great Taste ahead for good, 121-115 with two minutes left.

Game 4

Vintage

August 18

Crispa Redmanizers 142, Great Taste Coffee Makers 113
Scoring by quarter: 31-26, 34-28, 33-26, 44-33
Pts: Billy Ray Bates 52, Abet Guidaben 30		Pts: Norman Black 42

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

From a 31-26 advantage for Crispa after the first period, Billy Ray Bates suddenly catch fire in the second quarter, back-to-back three-pointers and a fastbreak lay-up by Bates gave the Redmanizers a 50-32 lead. The Coffee Makers came within eight points, 76-84 in the third quarter, but Bates spearhead a 14-4 Crispa run that sent Great Taste reeling from the onslaught at the end of the crucial third period. Crispa blew the game wide open in the fourth quarter, leading by as many as 26 points, 125-99 with 3:14 left in the game.

Game 5

Vintage

August 23

Crispa Redmanizers 139, Great Taste Coffee Makers 120
Scoring by quarter: 29-23, 34-26, 34-36, 42-35
Pts: Billy Ray Bates 50		Pts: Norman Black 45
Crispa wins series, 3-2

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Crispa led 63-49 at halftime of the deciding fifth game, the Redmanizers padded their lead to 17 points, 76-59 in the third quarter, but the Coffee Makers countered with a 12-2 run to trimmed the deficit at 71-78 with 5:52 remaining, Atoy Co's turnaround jumper just before the buzzer sounded ending the third period put Crispa up front, 97-85. Great Taste were down by eight, 94-102, when Bernie Fabiosa got an easy inside basket and Bates hitting one from the left and Yoyoy Villamin making a follow-up shot as Crispa's lead were back to 14 points, 108-94, Billy Ray Bates was unstoppable as the Redmanizers answered every baskets the Coffee Makers made, Abet Guidaben finalized the count with an open lay-up for a 139-120 tally.

1983 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference Champions
Crispa Redmanizers 11th title

Rosters

Crispa Redmanizers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G/F 2 Bates, Billy Ray (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 212 lb (96 kg) Kentucky State F/C 5 Guidaben, Abet 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) San Jose-Recoletos G 6 Co, Jr, Fortunato 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 168 lb (76 kg) Mapua G/F 7 Cristobal, Arturo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Far Eastern G/F 9 Israel, Padim 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Ateneo de Manila F 10 Hubalde, Freddie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Mapua F/C 13 Villamin, Elpidio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 188 lb (85 kg) G 14 Varela, Tito 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) UE G 15 Fabiosa, Bernie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) UE F 16 Esguerra, Angelito 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Letran College F 18 Cezar, Philip 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jose Rizal College G 24 Cruz, Ramon 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 155 lb (70 kg) UE	Head coach Tommy Manotoc Assistant coach(es) Narciso Bernardo Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

Great Taste Coffee roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F/C 1 Victorino, Manny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jose Rizal College G/F 2 Alolor, Alejo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) University of Visayas F/C 6 Banal, Joel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 163 lb (74 kg) Mapua Tech G 8 Guzman, Noel 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) San Beda College G 10 Mendoza, Eduardo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) University of Visayas C 11 Ritualo, Florendo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) University of Baguio G 16 Paguntalan, Leonardo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 182 lb (83 kg) Western Institute G 23 Brown, Ricardo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Pepperdine University F 24 Black, Norman (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Saint Joseph's University F 29 Carpio, Bernardo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Ateneo de Manila G/F 33 Adornado, Bogs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) UST F 66 Marquez, Joey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Angeles University	Head coach Jimmy Mariano Assistant coach(es) Nap Flores Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

Broadcast notes

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst
Game 1
Game 2	Joe Cantada	Steve Kattan and Lauro Mumar
Game 3	Pinggoy Pengson	Andy Jao and Ramon Fernandez
Game 4
Game 5	Pinggoy Pengson	Andy Jao and Steve Kattan

References

1. "1983 Crispa finals results".