ANOTHER BIG NIGHT FOR THE BIG J (June 12, 1980)

AFTER 5,000 POINTS HIS 300TH PRO GAME

ANOTHER BIG NIGHT FOR THE BIG J

By Peter N. Acosta

Sports Weekly Magazine

Published June 20-27, 1980

“If you mean did I toss in my sleep the night before or was I edgy when I woke up that day, thje answer is, frankly, no,” said Sonny Jaworski, laughing.

“One thing, though, I knew that June 12 was Independence Day, it’s a holiday and the kids will get a kick watching the parade on TV.”

It was an hour after last Thursday’s second Toyota-Crispa encounter in the PBA first conference, the 82nd in the running gun battle between the local pro league’s top two ballclubs, and Jaworski, whose brilliant all-around performance in that game had powered the Tamaraws to a hairline 107-105 decision over the Jeansmakers, was being asked how it felt to reach another milestone in his five-year pro basketball career.

The milestone was the 300th game in his career which he reached by playing against Crispa.

Game 82: Toyota 107, Walk Tall 105 (June 12, 1980)

Toyota, already assured of a berth in the semifinal round, held off Crispa Walk Tall in their second meeting in the eliminations of the 1980 PBA first conference.

Toyota edges Crispa by 2

By Bert Eljera

Bulletin Today

Published Friday June 13, 1980

Toyota lost a pair of 17-point leads in the third quarter but held on to a 107-105 victory over arch rival Crispa last night, before some 32,000 fans — the biggest crowd to watch a PBA game this season.

It was a game that had all the ingredients of the fabled Toyota-Crispa rivalry as the Tamaraws, already assured of a semifinal berth, elected to mix it up with the Jeansmakers in a thrill-packed running game.