1981 Crispa Redmanizers season

1981 Crispa Redmanizers Baby Dalupan Open Conference 19 10 2nd Runner-up Reinforced Filipino 17 8 1st Champion P. Floro and Sons, Inc. 1980 1982 The 1981 Crispa Redmanizers season was the 7th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Colors Crispa Redmanizers (Open Conference)#014421 white #FFB612 red (dark)white #014421 #FFB612 red (light)#FFB612 #014421 white red (alternate)Crispa Redmanizers (Reinforced All-Filipino Conference)#014421 white #FFB612 (dark)#FFB612 #014421 white (light) Transactions During the Reinforced Filipino Conference, the Crispa Redmanizers recruited and signed four players from the Multi-titled APCOR ballclub in the MICAA namely; Ramon Cruz, Arturo Cristobal, Padim Israel and Elpidio Villamin, a fifth recruit from the amateurs was Rudy Distrito. With the Entry of former APCOR players, four players from Crispa who were part of the Open Conference lineup that lost to Toyota were dropped from the rosters; Virgilio Dela Cruz, Tito Varela, Jaime Javier and Gregorio Dionisio. Summary Byron "Snake" Jones is playing in his sixth PBA season and will be returning for the Redmanizers in the Open Conference after seeing action for Crispa in the short Invitational Championship last year. Jones' partner is 6-8 James Hardy, a first round pick of the New Orleans Jazz in the NBA. Crispa won their first game of the season on March 8 against rival Toyota Super Diesels, 112-97, spoiling the debut of new Toyota coach Ed Ocampo. https://crispatoyota.blogspot.com/1981/03/game-95-crispa-112-toyota-97-march-8.html Crispa pounds Toyota crispatoyota.blogspot.com The Redmanizers placed second in the team standings with 13 wins and five losses, a game behind San Miguel Beermen and U-Tex Wranglers after 18 games in the elimination round. In the semifinals, Crispa and Toyota arranged a title showdown as they raced to a similar 4–1 win–loss slates as opposed to U-Tex and San Miguel's 1-4 card with still one scheduled game left in the semifinal round. Crispa was a slight favorite to win the championship for having beaten the Super Diesels in three of their four previous meetings. The Redmanizers lost the first game of the series but scored back-to-back victories in Games two and three for a 2–1 lead and a win away from clinching the crown. Toyota came back to win the last two games of the best-of-five finals series and take home the Open Conference title. 1981 PBA Open Conference finals In the Reinforced Filipino Conference, the Redmanizers paraded 6–1 Allan Green as their import. Crispa were tied with Toyota at first place with seven wins and two losses after the one-round elimination phase and advances into the semifinals by posting a 3-2 win-loss card in the round of six. In the semifinal round, the Redmanizers had to win two of their last three matches in the second round to force a playoff with Presto Fun Drinks for the second finals berth and the right to play U-Tex, which booked the first finals seat. Crispa defeated Presto, 119-114 on November 17, to arrange a titular showdown with the Wranglers. The Redmanizers won their 9th PBA title with a 3-1 series victory over U-Tex. 1981 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference finals Win–loss record vs opponents Teams Win Loss 1st (Open) 2nd (RAF) CDCP Road Builders 2 1 1-1 1-0 Finance Funders 3 0 2-0 1-0 Gilbey’s Gin / St.George 2 1 1-1 1-0 Presto Fun Drinks 6 1 2-0 4-1 San Miguel Beermen 4 1 3-1 1-0 Tefilin Polyesters 4 0 2-0 2-0 Toyota Super Diesels 6 5 5-4 1-1 U-Tex Wranglers 5 7 1-3 4-4 YCO-Tanduay 4 2 2-0 2-2Total 36 18 19-10 17-8 Open Conference roster n Crispa Redmanizers #014421 white #FFB612 black 5 Abet Guidaben C 6 5 San Jose-Recoletos PHI 6 Fortunato Co, Jr G 6 1 Mapua PHI 8 Jaime Javier C 6 5 José Rizal PHI 9 Gregorio Dionisio G 5 9 Adamson PHI 10 Freddie Hubalde GF 6 1 Mapua PHI 11 James Hardy basketball FC 6 8 San Francisco USA I 12 Virgilio Dela Cruz GF 6 3 Mapua PHI 14 Tito Varela G 6 1 UE PHI 15 Bernie Fabiosa G 5 9 UE PHI 16 Frank Natividad G 6 1 UST PHI 17 Romulo Mamaril C 6 6 Mapua PHI 18 Philip Cezar F 6 3 José Rizal PHI 20 Bernardo Carpio basketball F 6 3 Ateneo PHI 33 Byron Jones basketball C 6 9 San Francisco USA I PHI Baby Dalupan (I) Import Reinforced All-Filipino Conference roster n Crispa Redmanizers #014421 white #FFB612 black 5 Abet Guidaben C 6 5 San Jose-Recoletos PHI 6 Fortunato Co, Jr G 6 1 Mapua PHI 8 & 7 Arturo Cristobal G 6 1 FEU PHI 9 Padim Israel F 6 2 Ateneo PHI 10 Freddie Hubalde GF 6 1 Mapua PHI 11 Allan Green basketball GF 6 1 LSU USA I 13 Elpidio Villamin F 6 2 PHI 14 & 4 Ramon Cruz G 5 11 UE PHI 15 Bernie Fabiosa G 5 9 UE PHI 17 Romulo Mamaril C 6 6 Mapua PHI 18 Philip Cezar F 6 3 José Rizal PHI 19 Rudy Distrito G 5 11 UE PHI 23 Bernardo Carpio basketball F 6 3 Ateneo PHI PHI Baby Dalupan (I) Import Note: The four players released after the Open Conference upon the acquisition of five new recruits, may have played a couple of games in the Reinforced All-Filipino but were no longer part of the championship roster. References External links Crispa team photo@interbasket.net Category:Crispa Redmanizers seasons Crispa