Game 71: Crispa 118, Toyota 111 (July 7, 1979)

Crispa saw its main weapons along with the unlikely lift from Bogs Adornado to beat Toyota in the deciding fifth game and capture the 1979 PBA All-Filipino title. It was the Redmanizers’ first championship in four conferences.

Crispa beats Toyota, wins All-Filipino title

By Bert Eljera

Bulletin Today

Published Sunday July 8, 1979

Crispa ended the frustrations of over a year as a non-winner last night with a stunning 118-111 conquest of bitter rival Toyota to capture the All-Filipino conference of the Philippine Basketball Association before a sell-out crowd at the Araneta Coliseum.

It was a classic display of the Crispa of old as the Redmanizers, for once flaunting the might of their big bench, outsteadied the Tamaraws in a pulse-stopping finish that rightfully served as the climax of a savagely fought best-of-five championship series.

Assign more cops in Big Dome (July 6, 1979)

Additional security was assigned for the deciding fifth game of the 1979 PBA All-Filipino championship series between Crispa and Toyota as a measure to prevent fans from throwing objects as witnessed in the last two games.

Assign more cops in Big Dome today

Bulletin Today

Published Saturday July 7, 1979

Uniformed policemen will be assigned to maintain order in various sections of the Araneta Coliseum during today’s Toyota-Crispa game, it was learned yesterday from the assistant to the Metro Manila governor and MMC chairman, Ismael A. Mathay, Jr.

Mathay said that upon request of Commissioner Louie Tabuena, and in consultation with Col. Luis Riad of the Metropolitan Command (Metrocom), he directed Brig. General Tomas Karinga, superintendent of northern police district, to deploy peace officers inside the Araneta Coliseum during the championship game between the country’s foremost professional cage teams.

The request of Tabuena was an offshoot of the behavior of the crowd during the past two encounters between Toyota and Crispa in which coins, corn cobs, and other debris were thrown into the hardcourt.

He sounded an appeal to those who will witness today’s final game of the All-Filipino series and to the players, team officials, and arbiters to cooperate in making the game as enjoyable as it should be.

Game 70: Toyota 113, Crispa 110 (July 5, 1979)

Robert Jaworski came with key plays on both ends down the stretch to help Toyota force a deciding fifth game in their 1979 PBA All-Filipino championship series with Crispa.

Toyota beats Crispa, evens series

By Ding Marcelo

Bulletin Today

Published Friday July 6, 1979

Toyota came off with a consummate endgame brilliance last night to escape with a heart-stopping 113-110 triumph that derailed Crispa’s championship drive and elevated the PBA All-Filipino Conference titular series to its fifth and deciding game tomorrow at the Araneta Coliseum.

Foul riddled and their backs to the wall, the Tamaraws produced an awesome performance that makes tomorrow’s championship open to great expectations.

Robert Jaworski nursed five fouls midway in the third quarter, but he delivered the tie-breaking basket on his own interception while Abe King and Francis Arnaiz combined for three points in a 7-0 blast in the last two minutes for a winning 113-108 Tamaraw lead.

PBA's 2nd biggest spot (July 5, 1979)

Bulletin Today sports editor Lito Fernandez with his take officiating woes that have prompted the Games and Amusements Board to take over in the selection of game officials for the remainder of the 1979 PBA All-Filipino championship series.

PBA’s 2nd biggest spot

THE NEUTRAL CORNER

By Lito P. Fernandez

Bulletin Today

Published Thursday July 5, 1979

Next to suspected game-fixing and point-shaving, what ails the Philippine Basketball Association most is poor officiating.

This particular problem has been the cause of complaints not only from the players and team officials but also from fans, whose tremendous support has made the PBA the No. 1 sports attraction in the country.

Game 69: Crispa 112, Toyota 109 (July 3, 1979)

Philip Cezar, Atoy Co and Joy Dionisio came through for Crispa to top Toyota and move on the threshold of winning the 1979 PBA All-Filipino title with a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series.

Crispa shades Toyota

By Ding Marcelo

Bulletin Today

Published Wednesday July 4, 1979

Crispa clawed back from the brink of disaster last night as the Redmanizers outsteadied the Toyota Tamaraws, 112-109, to gain a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five series for the PBA All-Filipino Conference championship at the Araneta Coliseum.

Philip Cezar and Fortunato Co, Jr. sparkled throughout the evening of tense, bruising basketball but the Redmanizers found a new hero in Gregorio Dionisio whose last two baskets broke the backs of the defending champion Tamaraws.