1976 PBA First Conference Finals

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1976 PBA First Conference Finals
TeamCoachWins
Crispa Redmanizers Baby Dalupan 3
Toyota Comets Dante Silverio 1
DatesJuly 4–11, 1976
Television KBS
Announcers DWXL
PBA First Conference Finals chronology
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The 1976 PBA First Conference Finals was the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 1976 PBA First Conference, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The defending champion Toyota Comets and Crispa Redmanizers played in the finals for the fourth straight time.

Contents

The Crispa Redmanizers won their second straight championship, winning their series against the Toyota Comets, three games to one. [1]

Qualification

Crispa Redmanizers Toyota Comets
Finished 15–1 (.937), 1stEliminationsFinished 14–2 (.875), 2nd
Finished 4–2 (.667), 2ndSemifinalsFinished 5–1 (.833), 1st

Games summary

KBS
July 4
Crispa Redmanizers 115, Toyota Comets 119
Scoring by quarter: 36–30, 29–25, 27–33, 23–31
Pts: Bogs Adornado 31Pts: Fernandez 28 Arnaiz 27
KBS
July 6
Crispa Redmanizers 117, Toyota Comets 112
Scoring by quarter: 28–31, 23–28, 36–18, 30–35
Pts: Bogs Adornado 30Pts: Francis Arnaiz 32
KBS
July 8
Crispa Redmanizers 121, Toyota Comets 114
Scoring by quarter: 30–33, 38–27, 18–33, 35–21
Pts: Bogs Adornado 36Pts: Ompong Segura 36
KBS
July 11
Crispa Redmanizers 101, Toyota Comets 100
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 30–28, 36–27, 10–27
Pts: Adornado 24 Co 22Pts: Arnaiz 25 Jaworski 23
Crispa wins series, 3–1

Broadcast notes

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

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References

  1. "All that mattered for Crispa was to win". crispatoyota.blogspot.com.