1979 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals
The 1979 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals is the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 1979 PBA All-Filipino Conference. The Crispa Redmanizers and Toyota Tamaraws battled once again in the finals, this time for the All-Filipino supremacy.
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| Dates | June 26–July 7, 1979 | |||||||||
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| Television | MBS | |||||||||
| Radio network | DWXL | |||||||||
The Crispa Redmanizers won their finals series against the defending champion Toyota Tamaraws, three games to two, to regain the All-Filipino crown.
Qualification
| Crispa Redmanizers | Toyota Tamaraws | ||
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| Finished 14–2 (.875) | Eliminations | Finished 14–2 (.875) | |
| Finished 5–1 (.833), 1st | Semifinals | Finished 4–2 (.667), 2nd | |
Games summary
MBS |
June 26 |
| Crispa Redmanizers 122, Toyota Tamaraws 107 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 40-27, 21-28, 28-26, 33-26 | ||
| Pts: Co 35 Cezar 30 | Pts: Tuadles 24 | |
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
The Tamaraws once enjoyed a six-point lead in the third quarter, 75-69, after overhauling a 59-67 deficit.
MBS |
June 28 |
| Crispa Redmanizers 114, Toyota Tamaraws 121 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 28-28, 28-30, 27-30, 31-33 | ||
| Pts: Fabiosa 24 | Pts: Jaworski 25 | |
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
The Redmanizers lost a 79-72 lead in the third quarter and fell behind by eight points early in the fourth frame, 83-91. [1]
MBS |
July 3 |
| Crispa Redmanizers 112, Toyota Tamaraws 109 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 24-23, 29-29, 37-28, 22-29 | ||
| Pts: Co 33 | Pts: Arnaiz 26 | |
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
The Redmanizers appeared headed for an easy win when they led, 98-89, early in the final period. But Toyota’s sensational rookie Arnie Tuadles ignited a searing 18-6 Tamaraw run that wiped out Crispa’s lead and put Toyota on top, 107-104, with 2:37 remaining.
Tuadles tied the game at 109-all before Joy Dionisio scored on a long 25-foot shot that proved to be the winning shot for Crispa, 111-109.
MBS |
July 5 |
| Crispa Redmanizers 110, Toyota Tamaraws 113 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 22-27, 35-34, 28-30, 25-22 | ||
| Pts: Co 31 Hubalde 30 | Pts: Fernandez 27 | |
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
Robert Jaworski delivered the tie-breaking basket on his own interception while Abe King and Francis Arnaiz combined for three points each in a 7-0 blast in the last two minutes for a winning 113-108 Tamaraw lead.
MBS |
July 7 |
| Crispa Redmanizers 118, Toyota Tamaraws 111 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 32-35, 31-23, 26-28, 29-25 | ||
| Pts: Co 24 | Pts: Fernandez 36 Tuadles 29 | |
| Crispa wins series, 3-2 | ||
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
The Tamaraws last tasted the lead at 107-106 with 3:11 left, but then Freddie Hubalde ignited the breakaway that turned the tide of the game. Atoy Co scored on a three-point play after a miss by Ramon Fernandez to make it 111-107 and after a Toyota timeout, Philip Cezar completed another three-point play on an assist by Gregorio Dionisio for a 114-107 lead with 1:30 to go. [2]
| 1979 PBA All-Filipino Conference Champions |
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Crispa Redmanizers Seventh title |
Broadcast notes
| Game | Play-by-play | Analyst |
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| Game 1 | ||
| Game 2 | ||
| Game 3 | ||
| Game 4 | ||
| Game 5 |
References
- "Toyota blasts Crispa, evens series". Crispa-Toyota blogspot.
- "Crispa downs Toyota, wins All-Filipino crown". Crispa-Toyota blogspot.
External links
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