1981 PBA Open Conference finals

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1981 PBA Open Conference finals
TeamCoachWins
Toyota Super Diesels Edgardo Ocampo 3
Crispa Redmanizers Baby Dalupan 2
DatesJuly 16–25, 1981
Television MBS
Radio network DWXL
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The 1981 PBA Open Conference finals was the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 1981 PBA Open Conference, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs.

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The Toyota Super Diesels defeated Crispa Redmanizers in a five-game series to win their seventh PBA title and finally ended frustrations of last season's three runner-up finishes. New Toyota coach Edgardo Ocampo won his first title with his new team and the second overall in his PBA coaching career. Toyota and Crispa played for the 10th and last time in a finals series. [1]

Qualification

Crispa Redmanizers Toyota Super Diesels
Finished 13–5 (.722)EliminationsFinished 12–6 (.667)
Finished 4–2 (.667), 2ndSemifinalsFinished 5–1 (.833), 1st

Games summary

Game 1

MBS
July 16
Toyota Super Diesels 123, Crispa Redmanizers 116
Scoring by quarter: 33–26, 24–20, 31–33, 35–37
Pts: Ramon Fernandez 26Pts: Freddie Hubalde 30
Toyota leads series, 1–0

The Super Diesels led by as many as 16 points, 75–59. The fouling out of Jaworski, Fields and Tuadles gave the Redmanizers the chance to narrow the gap and then tie the score twice, the last at 112-all.

Toyota had to lean on the relief job of Victor King and the last-minute heroics and Danny Florencio and Ramon Fernandez to secure the hard-earned victory. [2]

Game 2

MBS
July 18
Toyota Super Diesels 124, Crispa Redmanizers 126
Scoring by quarter: 37–42, 16–30, 39–28, 32–26
Pts: Ramon Fernandez 29Pts: Atoy Co 28
Series tied, 1–1

Robert Jaworski missed a desperation three-point shot with one second left that could have won the game for the Super Diesels.

The Redmanizers led by 23 points late in the second quarter, 70–47, but fell behind, 100–104, in the fourth period. A see-saw battle had the lead change hands five times and the score tied three times, the last at 119-all. [3]

Game 3

MBS
July 21
Toyota Super Diesels 116, Crispa Redmanizers 126
Scoring by quarter: 34–24, 21–31, 32–29, 29–42
Pts: Francis Arnaiz 23Pts: Abet Guidaben 30
Crispa leads series, 2–1

Crispa trailed, 106–114, with 4:06 remaining. The Redmanizers went on a scoring spree and held Toyota to a lone field goal by Abe King. The Super Diesels collapsed with four straight misses and three errors.

Game 4

MBS
July 23
Toyota Super Diesels 116, Crispa Redmanizers 98
Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 36–26, 29–28, 31–18
Pts: Andrew Fields 26Pts: Atoy Co 18 Freddie Hubalde 18
Series tied, 2–2

Andrew Fields triggered Toyota’s blazing 13–1 windup with his four-point cluster that put the Super Diesels on top, 107–97, with 2:52 to go.

Game 5

MBS
July 25
Toyota Super Diesels 103, Crispa Redmanizers 97
Scoring by quarter: 28–27, 31–28, 22–24, 22–18
Pts: Ramon Fernandez 20Pts: Philip Cezar 20
Toyota wins series, 3–2

The fifth and deciding game in the best-of-five title series had more than 25,000 fans at the big dome, the fitting climax had NBA referees Lee Jones and James Capers officiate the match. The game was close from start to finish and was deadlocked several times, it was tied for the last time at 97-all with 3:15 to go. After Ramon Fernandez scores to give Toyota a 99–97 lead, a Crispa turnover resulted to Atoy Co given a technical foul, Fernandez converted the technical free throw to make it 100–97 for the Super Diesels at the 2:00 mark. Another turnover by the Redmanizers, this time from an offensive foul from Co gives Toyota the ball possession.

With 1:20 left, Andrew Fields scores with a foul from James Hardy. Fields sank his bonus shot for a three-point play, 103–97 for Toyota. On the next play, Bernie Fabiosa slips and lost the ball to Francis Arnaiz. Both teams had a series of misses in the final minute and with 20 seconds to go, Toyota freezes the ball to end the game in jubilation.

1981 PBA Open Conference Champions

Toyota Super Diesels
Seventh title

Rosters

Toyota Super Diesels roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
C 1 Flag of the United States.svg Fields, Andrew  (I)6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Cheyney
F 6 Flag of the Philippines.svg King, Abe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda
G 7 Flag of the Philippines.svg Jaworski, Robert 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UE
G 8 Flag of the Philippines.svg Arnaiz, Francis 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Ateneo
G 9 Flag of the Philippines.svg Merced, Eduardo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) José Rizal
C 10 Flag of the Philippines.svg Fernandez, Ramon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) San Carlos
F 11 Flag of the Philippines.svg Tuadles, Arnie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Visayas
G 14 Flag of the Philippines.svg Salazar, Quirino 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Letran
G/F 18 Flag of the Philippines.svg Legaspi, Emerito 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE
F 20 Flag of the Philippines.svg Bulaong, Nicanor 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Far Eastern
G/F 22 Flag of the Philippines.svg Florencio, Danny 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) UST
F/C 34 Flag of the United States.svg King, Victor  (I)6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Louisiana Tech
F 41 Flag of the Philippines.svg Herrera, Leopoldo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Wesleyan Philippines
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (I) Import
    • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Crispa Redmanizers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
C 5 Flag of the Philippines.svg Guidaben, Abet 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) USJ–R
G 6 Flag of the Philippines.svg Co, Jr, Fortunato 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Mapúa
C 8 Flag of the Philippines.svg Javier, Jaime 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) José Rizal
G 9 Flag of the Philippines.svg Dionisio, Gregorio 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Adamson
G/F 10 Flag of the Philippines.svg Hubalde, Freddie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Mapúa
F/C 11 Flag of the United States.svg Hardy, James  (I)6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) San Francisco
G/F 12 Flag of the Philippines.svg Dela Cruz, Virgilio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa
G 14 Flag of the Philippines.svg Varela, Tito 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UE
G 15 Flag of the Philippines.svg Fabiosa, Bernie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UE
C 17 Flag of the Philippines.svg Mamaril, Romulo 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Mapúa
F 18 Flag of the Philippines.svg Cezar, Philip 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) José Rizal
F 20 Flag of the Philippines.svg Carpio, Bernardo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Ateneo
C 33 Flag of the United States.svg Jones, Byron  (I)6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) San Francisco
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (I) Import
    • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Broadcast notes

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