Unbeaten Crispa edged shorthanded Toyota in their first meeting since an infamous brawl marred their previous meeting two months earlier.
Crispa shades Toyota
Bulletin Today
Published Wednesday June 22, 1977
Crispa outsteadied Toyota in a pulsating down-to-the-wire contest last night, 116-114, and moved to within a game of sweeping the two-round robin eliminations of the PBA first conference at the Araneta Coliseum.
Clutch hits by Fortunato Co, Jr., charities by Alfredo Hubalde and a dribbling error by Toyota’s Oscar Rocha in the dying minutes of the game decided the thriller in favor of the Redmanizers.
The victory, a repeat of Crispa’s 122-121 win over Toyota in a tumultuous season opener last April 17, was the Redmanizers’ 13th straight — just one win shy of a 14-game sweep.
