1983 PBA Open Conference

1983 Open Conference August 28 – December 1, 1983 Vintage Sports (City2) Billy Ray Bates (Crispa Redmanizers) Crispa Redmanizers Great Taste Coffee Makers 1985 PBA Open Conference 1985 1983 Reinforced Filipino 1983 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference 1984 First All-Filipino 1984 PBA First All-Filipino Conference The 1983 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Open Conference was the third and last conference of the 1983 PBA season. It started on August 28 and ended on December 1, 1983. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires two imports per each team. Format The following format was observed for the conference: Double-round eliminations; 14 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. The two teams at the bottom of the standings after the elimination round will be eliminated. The top two teams will advance outright to the semifinals. The next four teams will qualify in a single round-robin quarterfinals; the top two teams will advance to the semifinals. Semifinals will be a double round-robin affair with the four remaining teams.https://pbarecordsoddities.blogspot.com/2016/03/pba-boxscores-october-november-1983.html PBA boxscores: November 1983 The top two teams in the semifinals advance to the best-of-five finals. The last two teams dispute the third-place trophy in a best-of-five playoff. Imports Each team were allowed two imports. The first line in the table are the original reinforcements of the teams. Below the name are the replacement of the import above. Same with the third replacement that is also highlighted with a different color. GP is the number of games played. Team Name GP Name GP Crispa Redmanizers DeWayne Scales 5 Billy Ray Bates 24 Larry Demic 19 Galerie Dominique Larry Fogle 16 Donald Robinson 16 Gilbey's Gin Anthony Roberts 2 Jacky Dorsey 27 Lew Massey 25 Great Taste Coffee Charles Thompson 2 Norman Black 24 Dawan Scott 22 San Miguel Beermen Rich Adams 28 Donnie Ray Koonce 28 Tanduay Rhum Makers George Melton 18 Francois Wise 19 Toyota Super Corollas Ralph Brewster 15 Andrew Fields 15 Winston Kings Darryl Smith 2 Eddie Roberson 2 Larry McNeill 12 Maurice Williams 12 Elimination round main WL percentage yes yes none complete CRI 9 5 Crispa Redmanizers GD 7 7 Galerie Dominique Artists GIN 7 7 Gilbey's Gin Gimlets GRE 9 5 Great Taste Coffee Makers SMB 7 7 San Miguel Beermen TAN 6 8 Tanduay Rhum Makers Quarterfinal round berth playoff: Tanduay 111–110 Toyota TOY 6 8 Toyota Super Corollas TAN WIN 5 9 Winston Kings SF SF QF QF QF QF Q after green1 Advance to semifinal round yellow1 Proceed to quarterfinal round Quarterfinal round berth playoff #eee October 30 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage Tanduay Rhum Makers 111 Toyota Super Corollas 110 Quarterfinal round main WL percentage yes yes none complete GD 0 3 Galerie Dominique Artists GIN 2 1 Gilbey's Gin Gimlets Head-to-head quotient: Gilbey's 1.095, San Miguel 0.981, Tanduay 0.927; semifinal round berth playoff: San Miguel 108–104 Tanduay SMB 2 1 San Miguel Beermen GIN TAN 2 1 Tanduay Rhum Makers GIN SF SF Q after green1 Semifinal round Semifinal round berth playoff #eee November 10 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage San Miguel Beermen 108 Tanduay Rhum Makers 104 Semifinal round main WL percentage yes yes none complete CRI 3 3 Crispa Redmanizers Head-to-head quotient: Crispa 1.033, Gilbey's 1.003, Great Taste 1.000, San Miguel 0.966; first-seed playoff: Crispa 130–120 San Miguel; second-seed playoff: Great Taste 126–118 Gilbey's GIN 3 3 Gilbey's Gin Gimlets CRI GRE 3 3 Great Taste Coffee Makers CRI SMB 3 3 San Miguel Beermen CRI F F 3rd 3rd Q after green1 Advance to the Finals yellow1 Proceed to third-place playoff All four teams were tied with three wins and three losses after the double-round semifinals. The PBA had their first-ever double playoff for the two finals berths.http://www.interbasket.net/forums/album.php?albumid=144&attachmentid=9855 It's GTC vs Crispa Interbasket.net Second seed playoff #eee November 26 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage Great Taste Coffee Makers 126 Gilbey's Gin Tonics 118 First seed playoff November 26 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage Crispa Redmanizers 130 San Miguel Beermen 120 #eee Third place playoffs #eee November 27 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage San Miguel Beermen 127 Gilbey's Gin Tonics 135 November 29 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage San Miguel Beermen 141 Gilbey's Gin Tonics 121 #eee December 1 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage San Miguel Beermen 129 Gilbey's Gin Tonics 119 Series aborted; San Miguel wins series by virtue of having more wins, 2–1, when series was aborted Finals 1983 PBA Open Conference finals #eee November 27 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage Crispa Redmanizers 118 Great Taste Coffee Makers 113 November 29 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage Crispa Redmanizers 149 Great Taste Coffee Makers 132 #eee December 1 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage Crispa Redmanizers 133 Great Taste Coffee Makers 113 Crispa wins series, 3–0 References Category:PBA Open Conference Open Conference