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1983 PBA Open Conference finals

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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.

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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.

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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

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

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
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Rosters

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