1983 Gilbey's Gin Tonics season

1983 Gilbey's Gin Tonics season
Head coachArturo Valenzona
Owner(s)La Tondeña Incorporada
All Filipino Conference results
Record6–7
(46.2%)
Place2nd
Playoff finishFinals (lost to Crispa)
Reinforced Filipino Conference results
Record15–13
(53.6%)
Place4th
Playoff finishSemifinals
Open Conference results
Record13–14
(48.1%)
Place4th
Playoff finishSemifinals
Gilbey's Gin Tonics seasons
← 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

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Players Added Signed Former team
Terry Saldaña Off-season Toyota
Gary Vargas U-Tex (disbanded)
Steve Watson
Dennis Roldan Rookie N/A

Summary

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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.[1] 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 replaced 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.[2] 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

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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 0–2
Total 34 34 6–7 15-13 13–14

Roster

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1983 Gilbey's Gin Tonics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G/F 6 Philippines Pasco, Conrado 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Far Eastern
F 7 Philippines Watson, Steve 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Ateneo
F 8 Philippines Jacutin, Marlowe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Visayas
F/C 10 Philippines Ducut, Eduardo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Letran
F 11 Philippines Vargas, Gary 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 162 lb (73 kg) PSBA
G 12 Philippines Roldan, Dennis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Trinity
F/C 13 Philippines Saldaña, Antero 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) UST
G/F 15 Philippines Clariño, Alex 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Lyceum
G 17 Philippines Herrera, Joseph 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Letran
F/C 18 Philippines Del Rosario, Eusebio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) UE
F 20 Philippines Buhay, Rolando 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 147 lb (67 kg) NCBA
G 24 Philippines Generalao, Wilfredo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Visayas
G/F 23 United States Massey, Lew (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) North Carolina
F 0 United States Roberts, Anthony (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Oral Roberts
C 1 United States Dorsey, Jacky (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Georgia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Philippines Guillermo Afable

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • Injured Injured

Team Manager: Adolf Ferrer

References

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  1. ^ "1983 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference Stats: Gilbey's gobbles Toyota".
  2. ^ "1983 PBA Open Conference Stats: Gilbey's Gin gain playoff, swamp San Miguel".