1983 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference finals

1983 Reinforced Filipino Conference Crispa Redmanizers Tommy Manotoc 3 Great Taste Coffee Makers Jimmy Mariano 2 August 11–23, 1983 Vintage Sports (City2) DZRP 1982 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, three games to two, in their best-of-five championship series.http://pbarecordsoddities.blogspot.com/2017/07/1983-crispa-finals-results.html 1983 Crispa finals results Qualification Crispa RedmanizersGreat Taste Coffee MakersFinished 11–3 (.786), 1st EliminationsFinished 10–4 (.714), 2ndOutright semis QuarterfinalsOutright semisFinished 4–2 (.667), tied for 1st SemifinalsFinished 4–2 (.667), tied for 1stTiebreaker Won against Gilbey's Gin Gimlets, 129–123 Games summary Game 1 #eee August 11 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage Crispa Redmanizers 128 Great Taste Coffee Makers |score2=135 32–41 34–36 32–31 30–27 Billy Ray Bates 47 Norman Black 45, Bogs Adornado 36 Game 2 #eee August 14 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage Crispa Redmanizers |score1=105 Great Taste Coffee Makers 102 26–29 29–24 22–29 28–20 Billy Ray Bates 43 Ricardo Brown 29 Game 3 #eee August 16 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage recap Crispa Redmanizers 123 Great Taste Coffee Makers |score2=128 33–30 27–33 34–32 29–33 Billy Ray Bates 47, Abet Guidaben 27 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 with two minutes left. Game 4 #eee August 18 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage Crispa Redmanizers |score1=142 Great Taste Coffee Makers 113 31–26 34–28 33–26 44–33 Billy Ray Bates 52, Abet Guidaben 30 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 #eee August 23 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage Crispa Redmanizers |score1=139 Great Taste Coffee Makers 120 29–23 34–26 34–36 42–35 Billy Ray Bates 50 Norman Black 45 Crispa wins series, 3–2 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 n Crispa Redmanizers #014421 white #FFB612 black 2 Billy Ray Bates GF 6 3 212 Kentucky State USA I 5 Abet Guidaben FC 6 5 180 USJ-R PHI 6 Fortunato Co, Jr G 6 1 168 Mapua PHI 7 Arturo Cristobal GF 6 1 170 FEU PHI 9 Padim Israel GF 6 3 160 Ateneo de Manila PHI 10 Freddie Hubalde F 6 1 175 Mapua PHI 13 Elpidio Villamin FC 6 2 188 PHI 14 Tito Varela G 6 1 165 UE PHI 15 Bernie Fabiosa G 5 9 160 UE PHI 16 Angelito Esguerra F 6 3 180 Letran PHI 18 Philip Cezar F 6 3 170 JRU PHI 24 Ramon Cruz G 5 11 155 UE PHI PHI Tommy Manotoc PHI Narciso Bernardo (I) Import n Great Taste Coffee #f47b34 black #FFFF99 black 1 Manny Victorino FC 6 5 200 JRU PHI 2 Alejo Alolor GF 6 1 160 Visayas PHI 6 Joel Banal FC 6 4 163 Mapua PHI 8 Noel Guzman G 5 10 165 San Beda College PHI 10 Eduardo Mendoza basketball G 6 0 165 Visayas PHI 11 Florendo Ritualo C 6 3 190 Baguio PHI 16 Leonardo Paguntalan G 6 1 182 Western Institute of Technology (Philippines) PHI 23 Ricardo Brown basketball G 6 0 175 Pepperdine USA 24 Norman Black F 6 5 190 Saint Joseph's USA I 29 Bernardo Carpio basketball F 6 3 188 Ateneo de Manila PHI 33 Bogs Adornado GF 6 1 175 UST PHI 66 Joey Marquez F 6 2 175 Angeles PHI PHI Jimmy Mariano PHI Nap Flores (I) Import Broadcast notes Game Play-by-play AnalystGame 1 Game 2 Joe Cantada Steve Kattan and Lauro MumarGame 3 Pinggoy Pengson Andy Jao and Ramon FernandezGame 4 Game 5 Pinggoy Pengson Andy Jao and Steve Kattan References Category:Crispa Redmanizers games Category:Great Taste Coffee Makers games 1983 Category:1983 PBA season PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference Finals