Game 123: Crispa 111, Toyota 96 (Oct. 9, 1983)

Crispa beat Toyota in their 123rd and final PBA meeting to boost its chances of an outright semifinals berth in the 1983 Open Conference.

Crispa over Toyota

Tempo

Published Monday Oct. 10, 1983

Crispa made maximum use of its two-import advantage to throttle blood rival Toyota, 111-96, in a game that was crucial to both teams in their quest for a quarterfinal berth in the PBA Open Conference at the Araneta Coliseum.

Billy Ray Bates teamed with Freddie Hubalde in the last three minutes after Robert Jaworski pushed Toyota to within two points, 94-96, for a 9-2 closing spurt to seal Crispa’s sixth win in 10 starts.

The Redmanizers thus revived their hope for an outright semifinal slot. Great Taste, with eight wins and two losses, appeared to have clinched the other semifinal seat.

Manotoc: It's still a long way to go (Aug. 31, 1983)

Crispa coach Tommy Manotoc lamented on losing to Toyota in the start of its Grand Slam in the 1983 PBA Open Conference.

It’s still a long way to go — Manotoc

By Clyde Mariano

Tempo

Published Wednesday Aug. 31, 1983

If there is anything that Crispa cannot live down to, it will be the humiliation it absorbed from arch rival Toyota last night at the Araneta Coliseum.

The Redmanizers failed to exploit the absence of three key Toyota players and took a shocking 102-93 defeat in the PBA Open Conference.

But Crispa coach Tommy Manotoc said it’s still a long way to go.

Ocampo: Don't count out Toyota (July 2, 1983)

Toyota coach Ed Ocampo lamented on the implications of his team’s loss to Crispa in the second phase of the 1983 PBA Reinforced Conference eliminations.

Don’t count out Toyota — Ocampo

By Raffy Japa

Tempo

Published Saturday July 2, 1983

There was no denying the pain and desperation etched in the face of the players of Toyota after the Silver Coronas bowed to Crispa last Tuesday.

With frayed nerves and heavy hearts, the Silver Coronas dragged themselves silently, most with heads bowed, to the dugout.

Never mind the prestige that accompany every Crispa-Toyota match. But Toyota’s loss to the rampaging Redmanizers put the Coronas’ back against the wall and dampened their qualifying chances.

Rodolfo Segura: He keeps his chin up (Oct. 31-Nov. 7, 1975)

Sports Weekly Magazine’s feature on Ompong Segura after his go-ahead basket gave Toyota a thrilling victory over Crispa in the 1975 PBA Second Conference.

RODOLFO SEGURA: HE KEEPS HIS CHIN UP ON THE HARDCOURT

Sports Weekly Magazine

October 31-November 7, 1975

The crowd had started sparse in the Second Conference of the PBA. But last October 9 at the Araneta Coliseum, a large crowd came to see the classic match between the top two favorites in the tournament — Toyota and Crispa-Floro.

The going was tough. The hordes of Toyota fans in the Coliseum were shrieking at the top of their voices. The score was even at 108. With barely three seconds to go, Rudy Segura received a long pass from Jake Rojas, Rudy made a line drive from the left angle and laid up to beat the gun. And Segura’s heroics clinched the game for the Comets at 110 to Crispa’s 108.