1979 PBA All-Filipino Conference finals

The 1979 PBA All-Filipino Conference finals is the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 1979 PBA All-Filipino Conference. The Crispa Redmanizers and Toyota Tamaraws battled once again in the finals, this time for the All-Filipino supremacy.

1979 PBA All-Filipino Conference finals

Team Coach Wins Crispa Redmanizers Baby Dalupan 3 Toyota Tamaraws Dante Silverio 2
Dates	June 26 – July 7, 1979
Television	MBS
Radio network	DWXL

The Crispa Redmanizers won their finals series against the defending champion Toyota Tamaraws, three games to two, to regain the All-Filipino crown.

Qualification

Crispa Redmanizers		Toyota Tamaraws
Finished 14–2 (.875)	Eliminations		Finished 14–2 (.875)
Finished 5–1 (.833), 1st	Semifinals		Finished 4–2 (.667), 2nd

Games summary

MBS

June 26

Crispa Redmanizers 122, Toyota Tamaraws 107
Scoring by quarter: 40–27, 21–28, 28–26, 33–26
Pts: Co 35 Cezar 30		Pts: Tuadles 24

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

The Tamaraws once enjoyed a six-point lead in the third quarter, 75–69, after overhauling a 59–67 deficit.

MBS

June 28

Crispa Redmanizers 114, Toyota Tamaraws 121
Scoring by quarter: 28–28, 28–30, 27–30, 31–33
Pts: Fabiosa 24		Pts: Jaworski 25

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

The Redmanizers lost a 79–72 lead in the third quarter and fell behind by eight points early in the fourth frame, 83–91.

MBS

July 3

Crispa Redmanizers 112, Toyota Tamaraws 109
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 29–29, 37–28, 22–29
Pts: Co 33		Pts: Arnaiz 26

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

The Redmanizers appeared headed for an easy win when they led, 98–89, early in the final period. But Toyota’s sensational rookie Arnie Tuadles ignited a searing 18–6 Tamaraw run that wiped out Crispa’s lead and put Toyota on top, 107–104, with 2:37 remaining.

Tuadles tied the game at 109-all before Joy Dionisio scored on a long 25-foot shot that proved to be the winning shot for Crispa, 111–109.

MBS

July 5

Crispa Redmanizers 110, Toyota Tamaraws 113
Scoring by quarter: 22–27, 35–34, 28–30, 25–22
Pts: Co 31 Hubalde 30		Pts: Fernandez 27

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Robert Jaworski delivered the tie-breaking basket on his own interception while Abe King and Francis Arnaiz combined for three points each in a 7–0 blast in the last two minutes for a winning 113–108 Tamaraw lead.

MBS

July 7

Crispa Redmanizers 118, Toyota Tamaraws 111
Scoring by quarter: 32–35, 31–23, 26–28, 29–25
Pts: Co 24		Pts: Fernandez 36 Tuadles 29
Crispa wins series, 3–2

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

The Tamaraws last tasted the lead at 107–106 with 3:11 left, but then Freddie Hubalde ignited the breakaway that turned the tide of the game. Atoy Co scored on a three-point play after a miss by Ramon Fernandez to make it 111–107 and after a Toyota timeout, Philip Cezar completed another three-point play on an assist by Gregorio Dionisio for a 114–107 lead with 1:30 to go.

1979 PBA All-Filipino Conference Champions
Crispa Redmanizers Seventh title

Rosters

Crispa Redmanizers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. C 5 Guidaben, Abet 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) USJ–R G 6 Co, Jr, Fortunato 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Mapúa F 7 Soriano, Rodolfo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UE C 8 Javier, Jaime 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) José Rizal G 9 Dionisio, Gregorio 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Adamson G/F 10 Hubalde, Freddie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Mapúa G/F 11 Adornado, Bogs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UST G/F 12 Dela Cruz, Virgilio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa G 14 Varela, Luis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UE G 15 Fabiosa, Bernie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UE F 18 Cezar, Philip 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) José Rizal F 24 Gulfin, Filomeno 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Southwestern-U G 34 Espinosa, Edmundo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Southwestern-U	Head coach Baby Dalupan Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Toyota Tamaraws roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F 5 Estrada, Ernesto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Visayas F/C 6 King, Abe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda G 7 Jaworski, Robert 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) UE G 8 Arnaiz, Francis 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Ateneo F/C 10 Fernandez, Ramon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) San Carlos G/F 11 Tuadles, Arnie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Visayas G 12 Javier, Pablo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Far Eastern G/F 13 Sta.Maria, Jesus 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) José Rizal G 14 Salazar, Quirino 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Letran F 18 Legaspi, Emerito 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE F 20 Bulaong, Nicanor 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Far Eastern	Head coach Dante Silverio Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Broadcast notes

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5

External links

• Crispa-Toyota rivalry