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1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...
Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Open Conference was the third and last conference of the
1983 PBA season The 1983 PBA season was the 9th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Board of governors Executive committee * Mariano A. Yenko, Jr. (Commissioner) * Carlos Palanca III (President, representing Gilbey's Gin) * Jose Ibazeta, J ...
. 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 will be observed for the duration of 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. * 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.


Elimination round


Quarterfinal berth playoff


Quarterfinals


Semifinal berth playoff


Semifinals

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.


Second seed playoff


First seed playoff


Third place playoffs


Finals


References

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