1983 PBA Open Conference Finals

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

1983 PBA Open Conference Finals
TeamCoachWins
Crispa Redmanizers Tommy Manotoc 3
Great Taste Coffee Makers Baby Dalupan 0
DatesNovember 27 - December 1, 1983
TelevisionVintage Sports (City2)
Radio networkDWXL
Referees
Game 3:E. Cruz, F. Sta. Rina, A. dela Cruz

The Crispa Redmanizers achieved a historic 2nd Grand Slam, repeating over Great Taste Coffee Makers, this time via 3–0 sweep in their best-of-five finals series.

Qualification
Crispa RedmanizersGreat Taste Coffee Makers
Finished 9–5 (.643), outright semisEliminationsFinished 9–5 (.643), outright semis
Finished 3–3 (.500)SemifinalsFinished 3–3 (.500)
Won against San Miguel, 130-120PlayoffWon against Gilbey's, 126-118

Games summary

Game 1
November 27
Crispa Redmanizers 118, Great Taste Coffee Makers 113
Scoring by quarter: 22-26, 38-29, 28-36, 30-22
Pts: Billy Ray Bates 29 Larry Demic 28 Pts: Norman Black 43
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

The Redmanizers engaged the Coffee Makers in a nip-and-tuck battle before coming up with a 9-2 windup in the last one minute and 55 seconds to pull off the victory. Behind 109-111, the Redmanizers equalized on a jumpshot by Atoy Co with 1:39 left before Philip Cezar put Crispa ahead for good, 113-111, on a fastbreak pitch by Billy Ray Bates with 59 seconds to go, Ricardo Brown of Great Taste missed a three-point shot and Bates put in what proved to be the winning points on a foul by Brown with 11 ticks remaining.

Game 2
November 29
Crispa Redmanizers 149, Great Taste Coffee Makers 132
Scoring by quarter: 35-30, 34-21, 36-37, 44-44
Pts: Billy Ray Bates 63 Pts: Norman Black 45 Ricardo Brown 28
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

From a 35-30 first period advantage, Crispa poured on the heat and was up by 22 points early in the third quarter, 73-51. The Coffee Makers tried to mount a rally but the closest they got was within eight points twice, the last at 123-131 with 3:25 left, another 14-5 flurry by the Redmanizers wrapped up the contest.

Game 3
December 1
Crispa Redmanizers 133, Great Taste Coffee Makers 113
Scoring by quarter: 29-31, 35-31, 28-28, 41-23
Pts: Billy Ray Bates 58 Pts: Norman Black 39
Crispa wins series, 3-0
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: E. Cruz, F. Sta. Rina, A. dela Cruz

Billy Ray Bates hit all of his first five jumpers, including a three-point shot in the last quarter as the black superman unleashed 21 of his 58 points in the final 12 minutes to spark the Redmanizers' runaway victory and a second grandslam. The see-saw encounter turned into a devastating rout through a 25-13 splurge for a 117-103 Crispa advantage. [1]

1983 PBA Open Conference Champions

Crispa Redmanizers
12th title

Rosters
Crispa Redmanizers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.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
C 25 Demic, Larry (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) University of Arizona
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • Injured
Great Taste Coffee roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.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
G/F 3 Manansala, Jaime 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 160 lb (73 kg) UE
F/C 6 Banal, Joel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 163 lb (74 kg) Mapua Tech
C 7 Scott, Dawan (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Seton Hall University
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
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • Injured

Broadcast notes
GamePlay-by-playAnalyst
Game 1Pinggoy PensonAndy Jao & Steve Kattan
Game 2Joe CantadaJoaqui Trillo
Game 3Joe CantadaAndy Jao

References
  1. "It's Crispa". Interbasket.net.
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