Crispa defeated Toyota in the 1980 PBA All-Filipino quarterfinal round in a match that began moments after former Redmanizer Bogs Adornado tied a then-record 64 points for U-Tex against San Miguel Beer.
Crispa tops Toyota; Adornado unloads 64
Bulletin Today
Published Monday Nov. 24, 1980
Crispa squandered a 16-point lead and had to do a lot of scrambling before coming through with a 98-91 win over Toyota that stretched its winning streak to 13 games in the PBA All-Filipino Conference at the Araneta Coliseum.
With Robert Jaworski missing the action with a foot injury, the Tamaraws looked real goners for more than two quarters but the old fire came back starting late in the third period to turn a rout into a thriller.
