Crispa Redmanizers achieved the Grand Slam again in the 1983 season . The team still comprised many of the same players as the 1976 Grand Slam team , but they were now coached by former U/Tex Wranglers tactician Tommy Manotoc . Crispa began the season by winning 12 consecutive games in the All-Filipino Conference , losing only their first game to Toyota in the start of the elimination round . They finished the elimination round with a 7 – 1 record , then won all of their playoff games , including their best-of-five series against Gilbey 's Gin Tonics . The team 's winning streak continued into the next conference , the Reinforced Filipino Conference , as Crispa won their first nine games in the elimination round and ended their streak with 21 wins . Also this conference , they hired former Portland Trail Blazer player Billy Ray Bates as their import . Crispa Redmanizers have won the conference championship against former Redmanizer Bogs Adornado and the Great Taste Coffee Makers by three games to two
Reinforced Filipino Conference
1983 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference
Grand Slam (PBA)