1983 Gilbey's Gin Tonics season

1983 Gilbey's Gin Tonics Arturo Valenzona All Filipino Conference 6 7 2nd Finals (lost to Crispa) Reinforced Filipino Conference 15 13 4th Semifinals Open Conference 13 14 4th Semifinals La Tondeña Incorporada 1982 1984 The 1983 Gilbey's Gin Tonics season was the 5th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as Gilbey's Gin in the All-Filipino Conference and Gilbey's Gin Gimlets in the Reinforced Filipino Conference. Transactions Players AddedSignedFormer teamTerry SaldañaOff-seasonToyotaGary VargasU-Tex (disbanded)Steve WatsonDennis Roldan RookieN/A Summary Gilbey's Gin landed in the finals of the revived All-Filipino Conference, after a two-year absence of the league's most prestigious tournament, the Gins lost to powerhouse Crispa Redmanizers via three-game sweep in the best-of-five title series. The high-scoring Lew Massey return as their import with Gilbey's now sported a new monicker "Gimlets" in the Reinforced Filipino Conference. Gilbey's split their 14 games in the eliminations with seven wins and seven loss each and won all three of their quarterfinal matches.https://pbarecordsoddities.blogspot.com/2016/03/pba-boxscores-june-july-1983.html 1983 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference Stats: Gilbey's gobbles Toyota In the semifinal round, the Gimlets create a triple tie with Crispa and Great Taste for the two finals berth. The Redmanizers enters the finals first with a higher quotient while Gilbey's lost to Great Taste in a playoff match. Gilbey's will have another monicker as the Gin Tonics in the Open Conference and two new imports suited up, Anthony Roberts, a first-round draft pick by Denver who played the entire 82-game schedule of the NBA as a rookie in the 1977–1978 season, and Jack Dorsey, a second-round pick by New Orleans Jazz in the 1976 NBA draft and who had brief stints with three NBA teams. Three games into the Open Conference, "Sweet Lew" Massey was reinstated to replace Anthony Roberts after Gilbey's dropped their first two outings. Massey teamed up with Jacky Dorsey as Gilbey's again figured in a finals playoff berth with all four semifinalist tied with three wins and three losses.https://pbarecordsoddities.blogspot.com/2016/03/pba-boxscores-october-november-1983.html 1983 PBA Open Conference Stats: Gilbey's Gin gain playoff, swamp San Miguel The Gin Tonics fell short of advancing in the championship round and were denied by Great Taste Coffee Makers for the second time in the season. Won-loss records vs Opponents Team Win Loss 1st (All-Filipino) 2nd (Reinforced Filipino) 3rd (Open) Crispa 6 7 0–5 3-1 3–1 Galerie Dominique 5 1 1-0 2-0 2–1 Great Taste 2 10 1-1 0–5 1–4 San Miguel 6 6 0–1 2-1 4-4 Tanduay 8 5 1-0 5-4 2–1 Toyota 5 2 2-0 2-1 1-1 Manhattan/Sunkist/Winston 2 3 1-0 1-1 0–2Total 34 34 6–7 15-13 13–14 Roster n Gilbey's Gin Tonics 1983 6 Conrado Pasco GF 6 2 180 FEU PHI 7 Steve Watson basketball F 6 2 190 Ateneo PHI 8 Marlowe Jacutin F 6 0 160 Visayas PHI 10 Eduardo Ducut FC 6 5 185 Letran PHI 11 Gary Vargas F 6 2 162 PSBA PHI 12 Dennis Roldan G 6 0 175 Trinity PHI 13 Antero Saldaña Terry Saldaña FC 6 3 185 UST PHI 15 Alex Clariño GF 6 2 190 Lyceum PHI 17 Joseph Herrera G 6 0 160 Letran PHI 18 Eusebio Del Rosario FC 6 2 185 UE PHI 20 Rolando Buhay F 6 3 147 NCBA PHI 24 Wilfredo Generalao G 5 8 150 Visayas PHI 23 Lew Massey GF 6 5 215 North Carolina USA I 0 Anthony Roberts basketball F 6 5 185 Oral Roberts USA I 1 Jacky Dorsey C 6 6 230 Georgia USA I PHI Arturo Valenzona PHI Guillermo Afable (I) Import Team Manager: Adolf Ferrer References Category:Barangay Ginebra San Miguel seasons Gilbey's Gin Tonics