1983 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference Finals

1983 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference Finals
TeamCoachWins
Crispa Redmanizers Tommy Manotoc 3
Great Taste Coffee Makers Jimmy Mariano 2
Dates August 11–23, 1983
Television Vintage Sports (City2)
Radio network DWXL
PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference Finals chronology
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PBA Finals chronology

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.

The Crispa Redmanizers won their second championship of the season and 11th league title, winning over first-time finalist Great Taste Coffee Makers, 3 games to 2 in their best-of-five championship series.

Qualification

Crispa RedmanizersGreat Taste Coffee Makers
Finished 113 (.786), 1st EliminationsFinished 104 (.714), 2nd
Outright semis QuarterfinalsOutright semis
Finished 42 (.667), tied for 1st SemifinalsFinished 42 (.667), tied for 1st
Tiebreaker Won against Gilbey's Gin Gimlets, 129-123

Games summary

Game 1

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

Game 2

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

Game 3

August 16
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

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, two minutes left.[1]

Game 4

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

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

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
# Player Position
2 Billy Ray Bates Guard-Forward
5 Abet Guidaben Center-Forward
6 Fortunato Co, Jr Guard
7 Arturo Cristobal Forward
9 Padim Israel Forward
10 Freddie Hubalde Forward
13 Elpidio Villamin Forward-Center
14 Tito Varela Guard
15 Bernie Fabiosa Guard
16 Angelito Esguerra Forward
18 Philip Cezar Center-Forward
24 Ramon Cruz Guard

Great Taste
# Player Position
1 Manny Victorino Center-Forward
2 Alejo Alolor Guard-Forward
6 Joel Banal Center-Forward
8 Noel Guzman Guard
10 Eduardo Mendoza Guard
11 Florendo Ritualo Center-Forward
16 Leo Paguntalan Guard
23 Ricardo Brown Guard
24 Norman Black Forward
29 Bernardo Carpio Forward
33 Bogs Adornado Forward
66 Joey Marquez Forward

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

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