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| Dates | June 26 – July 7, 1979 | |||||||||
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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.
The Crispa Redmanizers won their finals series against the defending champion Toyota Tamaraws, three games to two, to regain the All-Filipino crown.
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| Finished 14–2 (.875) | Eliminations | Finished 14–2 (.875) | |
| Finished 5–1 (.833), 1st | Semifinals | Finished 4–2 (.667), 2nd | |
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 | |
The Tamaraws once enjoyed a six-point lead in the third quarter, 75–69, after overhauling a 59–67 deficit.
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 | |
The Redmanizers lost a 79–72 lead in the third quarter and fell behind by eight points early in the fourth frame, 83–91. [1]
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 | |
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.
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 | |
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.
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 | ||
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. [2]
| 1979 PBA All-Filipino Conference Champions |
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Crispa Redmanizers Seventh title |
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