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

Team Coach Wins Crispa Redmanizers Tommy Manotoc 3 Great Taste Coffee Makers Baby Dalupan 0
Dates	November 27 – December 1, 1983
Television	Vintage Sports (City2)
Radio network	DZRP
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 Redmanizers		Great Taste Coffee Makers
Finished 9–5 (.643), outright semis	Eliminations		Finished 9–5 (.643), outright semis
Finished 3–3 (.500)	Semifinals		Finished 3–3 (.500)
Won against San Miguel, 130–120	Playoff		Won against Gilbey's, 126–118

Games summary

Game 1

Vintage

November 27

recap

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

Vintage

November 29

recap

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

Vintage

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
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G/F 2 Billy Ray Bates (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 212 lb (96 kg) Kentucky State F/C 5 Abet Guidaben 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) USJ-R G 6 Fortunato Co, Jr 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 168 lb (76 kg) Mapúa G/F 7 Arturo Cristobal 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Far Eastern G/F 9 Padim Israel 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Ateneo F 10 Freddie Hubalde 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Mapúa F/C 13 Elpidio Villamin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 188 lb (85 kg) G 14 Tito Varela 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) UE G 15 Bernie Fabiosa 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) UE F 16 Angelito Esguerra 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Letran F 18 Philip Cezar 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) José Rizal G 24 Ramon Cruz 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 155 lb (70 kg) UE C 25 Larry Demic (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Arizona	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 Manny Victorino 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) José Rizal G/F 2 Alejo Alolor 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Visayas G/F 3 Jaime Manansala 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 160 lb (73 kg) UE F/C 6 Joel Banal 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 163 lb (74 kg) Mapúa C 7 Dawan Scott (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Seton Hall G 10 Eduardo Mendoza 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Visayas C 11 Florendo Ritualo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Baguio G 16 Leonardo Paguntalan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 182 lb (83 kg) Western Institute G 23 Ricardo Brown 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Pepperdine F 24 Norman Black (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Saint Joseph's F 29 Bernardo Carpio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Ateneo G/F 33 Bogs Adornado 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) UST F 66 Joey Marquez 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Angeles	Head coach Baby Dalupan Assistant coach(es) Jimmy Mariano Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

Broadcast notes

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst
Game 1	Pinggoy Penson	Andy Jao & Steve Kattan
Game 2	Joe Cantada	Joaqui Trillo
Game 3	Joe Cantada	Andy Jao