1983 San Miguel Beermen season

1983 San Miguel Beermen season
Head coachNat Canson
Owner(s)San Miguel Corporation
All Filipino Conference results
Record3–4
(42.9%)
Place6th
Playoff finishN/A
Reinforced Conference results
Record8–10
(44.4%)
Place5th
Playoff finishQuarterfinals
Open Conference results
Record15–13
(53.6%)
Place3rd
Playoff finishSemifinals
San Miguel Beermen seasons
← 1982
1984 →

The 1983 San Miguel Beermen season was the 9th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Transactions

Players Added Signed Former team
Matthew Gaston Off-season U-Tex (disbanded)
Carlson Samlani
Federico Lauchengco Rookie N/A

Summary

The San Miguel Beermen, two-time finalist last season, will now have former national team coach Nat Canson on the bench as he took over the coaching chores from Tommy Manotoc, who moved over to Crispa Redmanizers. The Beermen missed out a berth in the semifinal round in the first two conferences.

In the Open Conference, their import Donnie Ray Koonce teamed up with another returnee Rich Adams, formerly of N-Rich last season. The Beermen had seven wins and seven losses after the double round eliminations and they made it this time as the last team to complete the semifinal cast following a 108–104 victory over Tanduay Rhum Makers in a knockout game on November 10. San Miguel were tied with three other teams; Crispa, Great Taste and Gilbey's, after the double round semifinals with three wins and three losses each. The Beermen lost to Grandslam-seeking Crispa Redmanizers, 120–130, in a playoff for a finals berth on November 26. They placed third with a 2–1 series win against Gilbey's Gin.

Notable dates

June 23: San Miguel defeated Crispa Redmanizers, 110-99, to finally ended Crispa's amazing 21-game winning streak that dates back to the previous conference and handed the Redmanizers' first loss in the conference after nine straight wins. [1]

July 21: Donnie Ray Koonce scored 57 points to lead San Miguel to a come-from-behind 135–132 win over his former team Toyota, thereby eliminating the Silver Coronas. [2]

Won-loss records vs Opponents

Team Win Loss 1st (All-Filipino) 2nd (Reinforced) 3rd (Open)
Crispa 2 6 0–1 1-1 1–4
Galerie Dominique 5 1 1-0 2-0 2-1
Gilbey’s Gin 6 6 1-0 1–2 4-4
Great Taste 3 4 0–1 0–2 3-1
Tanduay 3 5 0–1 1–2 2-2
Toyota 4 2 1-0 2-1 1-1
Manhattan/Sunkist/Winston 3 3 0–1 1–2 2-0
Total 26 27 3–4 8–10 15-13

Roster

1983 San Miguel Beermen roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 1 Philippines Beng, Lim Eng 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) De La Salle
F/C 5 Philippines Migalbin, Jesus 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) San Agustin
G/F 6 Philippines Ravanes, Biboy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Cebu
G 7 Philippines Saldaña, Marte 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 145 lb (66 kg) Far Eastern
F 8 Philippines Lobo, Renato 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 178 lb (81 kg) Far Eastern
F 99 & 9 Philippines Dasalla, Anthony 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Far Eastern
C 10 Philippines Samlani, Carlson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) San Sebastian
F 13 Philippines Paner, Manny 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Visayas
F/C 15 Philippines Lalota, Rodolfo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Mapúa
F/C 17 Philippines Yap, Kenneth 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 150 lb (68 kg) De La Salle
G 20 Philippines Gaston, Matthew 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Ateneo
G 77 Philippines Lauchengco, Federico 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 153 lb (69 kg) Far Eastern
G/F 30 United States Koonce, Donnie Ray (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) North Carolina
C 40 United States Adams, Rich (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Illinois
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Philippines Freddie Gonzales

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

Team Manager: Jose Ibazeta, Jr.

References

  1. ^ "1983 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference Stats: San Miguel stops Crispa".
  2. ^ "1983 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference Stats: San Miguel eliminates Toyota".