Crispa defeated Toyota for the eighth straight time during the first round of the 1977 PBA Second Conference. The Redmanizers beat the Tamaraws who played without Robert Jaworski due to an injury.
Crispa makes it 8 straight over Toyota
By Bert Eljera
Bulletin Today
Published Friday Sept. 23, 1977
Crispa outlasted archrival Toyota last night, 107-99, in a rugged, physical contest to sweep the first round eliminations of the Philippine Basketball Association second conference before some 28,000 fans at the Araneta Coliseum.
The win was Crispa’s eighth straight over Toyota and widened the Redmanizers’ edge over the Tamaraws in their continuing duel to 27-21.