1981 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference finals

1981 Reinforced Filipino Conference Crispa Redmanizers Baby Dalupan 3 U-Tex Wranglers Glenn McDonald 1 November 19–28, 1981 MBS DWXL 1982 The 1981 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference finals was the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 1981 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Crispa Redmanizers captured their 9th PBA title with a 3–1 series win against the U/Tex Wranglers. Qualification U-Tex WranglersCrispa RedmanizersFinished 6–3 (.667) EliminationsFinished 7–2 (.778)Finished 4–1 (.800) QuarterfinalsFinished 3–2 (.600)Finished 4–2 (.667), 1st SemifinalsFinished 3–3 (.500), tied for 2ndTiebreaker Won against Presto Fun Drinks, 119–114 Games summary Game 1 #eee November 19 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City MBS Crispa Redmanizers |score1=113 U-Tex Wranglers 108 Crispa leads series, 1–0 The Redmanizers outscored the Wranglers, 33–18 in the second quarter to take a 62–45 lead at halftime. Crispa kept U/Tex at a 15-point distance in the first seven minutes of play in the third period before Bogs Adornado and Lim Eng Beng scored successively from the field to get the Wranglers to within seven points, 73–80. The Wranglers threaten once more in the final quarter with Leroy Jackson, Adornado and Lim combined for 26 points but Abet Guidaben scored twice to stop their rally as Crispa leads, 110–99. U/Tex kept on fighting back with a 9–2 run, Al Green's basket was countered by a three-point goal from Ricky Pineda to trim the lead further at 108–112, luckily for the Redmanizers, time has run out on U/Tex, Green made a charity from Jackson's backcourt foul for the final count. Game 2 #eee November 21 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City MBS Crispa Redmanizers 91 U-Tex Wranglers |score2=95 Series tied, 1–1 The Wranglers trailed for most part of the first half, reversed the trend in the second half and even led by eight points, 89–81, Freddie Hubalde spark a rally for Crispa that tied the count for the last time at 91–all, Wranglers' import Leroy Jackson came up with the key points in the last two minutes of play, after he put U/Tex back on top, Hubalde missed tying the game when he muffed an easy layup, Jackson scored on a fastbreak hit that iced the game for U/Tex with 10 seconds left. Game 3 #eee November 26 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City MBS Crispa Redmanizers |score1=116 U-Tex Wranglers 112 Crispa leads series, 2–1 Al Green, coming out of the bench in the last four minutes, tallied two three-point plays against Leroy Jackson to give Crispa a 114–108 margin, the Wranglers fell behind by 14 points in the first half and 13 in the final period. Bogs Adornado shot the last six of his 34 points in a U/Tex rally that cut down Crispa's lead to two, 101–103. It was then when Green made the first of his three-point plays.Crispa leads@Interbasket.net Game 4 #eee November 28 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City MBS recap Crispa Redmanizers |score1=124 U-Tex Wranglers 119 Crispa wins series, 3–1 A 23–10 run by Crispa in the second quarter with Atoy Co catching fire, gave them leads by 15 points, 52–37, the Wranglers fought back to within eight points at halftime, 55–63. The Redmanizers had entered penalty situation midway in the third quarter, Leroy Jackson got away with 16 points, 10 of which came from the foul line, coach Baby Dalupan was so mad at the way officiating was going that he yelled at the referees during a U/Tex timeout. Crispa led by only one, 91–90, at the end of the first 36 minutes of play. In the final quarter, the Wranglers, starring Jackson and Jimmy Noblezada, grabbed the lead and held it several times, the last at 105–103, gutsy plays gave the Redmanizers a 109–106 lead before Philip Cezar made a clever move that caused Adornado to charge into him for an offensive foul and Adornado's sixth foul to bowed out in the ballgame, a 7–4 burst gave Crispa a comfortable 119–114 edge with less than two minutes remaining. 1981 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference Champions Crispa Redmanizers Ninth title Rosters n Crispa Redmanizers #014421 white #FFB612 black 5 Abet Guidaben C 6 5 USJ-R PHI 6 Fortunato Co, Jr G 6 1 Mapua PHI 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 Al Green basketball GF 6 1 LSU USA I 13 Elpidio Villamin F 6 2 PHI 14 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 JRU PHI 19 Rudy Distrito G 5 11 UE PHI 23 Bernardo Carpio basketball F 6 3 Ateneo PHI PHI Baby Dalupan (I) Import n U/Tex Wranglers yellow black #014421 #fdd501 4 Leroy Jackson basketball GF 6 3 Cameron USA I 5 Roy Deles F 6 0 San Beda PHI 6 Ricardo Pineda G 5 9 Letran PHI 7 Manuel Pineda G 5 8 Letran PHI 8 Jaime Noblezada F 6 2 San Agustin PHI 9 Jaime Taguines FC 6 3 Holy Angel PHI 10 Jesusito Martin FC 6 3 JRU PHI 12 Reynaldo Pages F 6 1 De La Salle PHI 13 Danny Pribhdas GF 6 1 PCC PHI 14 Lim Eng Beng G 5 11 De La Salle PHI 18 Armando Arce basketball FC 6 3 PHI 21 Albert Ortiz G 6 0 UP PHI 22 Matthew Gaston G 6 1 Ateneo PHI 33 Bogs Adornado GF 6 1 UST PHI USA Glenn McDonald (I) Import Broadcast notes Game Play-by-play Analyst Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 References 1981 Category:1981 PBA season Category:Crispa Redmanizers games Category:U/Tex Wranglers games PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference Finals