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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.
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 |
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 |
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Crispa Redmanizers 12th title |
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