MICAA: Crispa 103, Toyota 99 (Oct. 15, 1974)

Crispa nearly lost a 20-point lead in the latter stages of the second half before clinching the 1974 MICAA All-Filipino championship over Toyota. The match turned out to be the last for both teams in the MICAA, as they joined seven others to form the PBA.

Crispa beats Toyota, 103-99, regains title

By Danny Santillan
Bulletin Today
Published Wednesday October 16, 1974

Crispa closed the game on what looked like an unstoppable rampage by defending champion Toyota in the last 42 seconds to win, 103-99, and regain the All-Filipino basketball crown - their third - before a crowd of 14,000 last night at the Araneta Coliseum.

The Redmanizers, who smashed the Comets by 24 points, 113-89, in the opener of their best-of-three series last Sunday, saw their five 20-point leads cut to only four and had to fall back on Reynaldo Franco and Alfredo Hubalde to preserve the victory.

After Ramon Fernandez put in the last two points of a 26-12 blitz that brought the Comets to within striking distance, 97-101, with 42 seconds left, Franco rode at the helm of Crispa’s stalling maneuver from there and then set Hubalde up for a jumpshot with only 16 seconds remaining to seal Crispa’s 21st win in the tourney and its fourth straight in the playoffs.

MICAA: Crispa 113, Toyota 89 (Oct. 13, 1974)

Crispa survived a turnover-prone second half to beat Toyota in the opening game of the best-of-three series for the 1974 MICAA All-Filipino title. The opener came after controversy rocked the league when the Comets were awarded the finals berth because of the U-Tex Wranglers’ decision not to show up in the replay of their semifinal match. U-Tex had earned the right to face Crispa for the title on a highly-disputed buzzer-beater by Danny Florencio, but MICAA officials later ordered a replay of the said contest.

Crispa crushes Toyota in first game, 113-89

By Danny Santillan
Bulletin Today
Published Monday October 14, 1974

Crispa ran up 18 errors in the second half last night and still came out with a ghastly 113-89 rout of defending champion Toyota in the first game of their best-of-three titular playoff for in the controversy-rocked All-Filipino MICAA basketball tournament at the Araneta Coliseum.

A smooth 20-4 play in the first five minutes, which saw the Redmanizers put in 10 of their 13 attempts in that stretch, prefaced the rout of the Comets, who could only come to within 16 points of Crispa at best in the second half as the crowd of 12,000 watched both horrified and thrilled.

Toyota, which advanced to the finals after Universal Textiles defaulted the replay of their rubber match last Saturday, licked Crispa’s early 16-point bubble to only five late in the second quarter, but William Adornado, fresh from the bench, drilled in his four field tries in a 13-2 salvo that pushed the Redmanizers away by 16 again with nine minutes left of the first half.

MICAA: Crispa 80, Toyota 78 (June 10, 1973)

Crispa edged Toyota on Rey Pages’ jumper in overtime to win their first-ever meeting in the MICAA. The Comets eventually capture the championship in only their first tournament in the commercial league.

Yco, Mariwasa score 3rd win; Crispa nips Toyota

By Danny Santillan

Bulletin Today

Published Monday June 11, 1973

Toyota chopped a big 18-point lead by Crispa-Floro, in the last quarter but lost this and five of its men as well and dropped a close 80-78 decision in overtime last night in another MICAA thriller.

A side jumper by Rey Pages with five seconds left broke a 78-all tie forged by Comet Fortunato Acuna and sealed Crispa’s second straight victory before another full house at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.

Yco steamrolled Universal Textiles, 95-70, and defending champion Mariwasa-Akai humbled its former coach and Concepcion Industries, 84-74, to keep their two-way tie for the lead with three wins each.

Panamin: Crispa 103, Komatsu 89 (April 15, 1973)

The first-ever game between the PBA’s biggest rivals came during the 1973 Panamin basketball tournament, a series held to raise funds for cultural minorities. Crispa won the first match, 103-89, over Komatsu, the brand Delta Motors Corporation carried for the first major competition it participated. Yco emerged as champion of the six-team tourney.

Mariwasa, YCO, Crispa win 3rd

Bulletin Today
Published Monday April 16, 1973

Defending champion Mariwasa-Akai eliminated Concepcion Industries, 91-78, to clear the way for a three-way tie for the lead in the one-round six-team Panamin basketball tournament at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.

Yco turned the tables on San Miguel Corporation, 91-86, and Crispa-Floro whacked winless Komatsu Industries, 103-89, to share the lead with Mariwasa each with a 3-1 win-loss slate.