1981 PBA Open Conference finals

1981 Open Conference Toyota Super Diesels Edgardo Ocampo 3 Crispa Redmanizers Baby Dalupan 2 July 16–25, 1981 MBS DWXL 1980 1982 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. 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.https://rpbasketballphotos.blogspot.com/2016/09/trivia-on-big-j.html Trivia on Big J Qualification Crispa RedmanizersToyota Super DieselsFinished 13–5 (.722) EliminationsFinished 12–6 (.667)Finished 4–2 (.667), 2nd SemifinalsFinished 5–1 (.833), 1st Games summary Game 1 #eee July 16 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City MBS Toyota Super Diesels |score1=123 Crispa Redmanizers 116 33–26 24–20 31–33 35–37 Ramon Fernandez 26 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.http://crispatoyota.blogspot.com/1981/07/game-99-toyota-123-crispa-116-july-16.html Toyota tops Crispa crispatoyota.blogspot.com Game 2 #eee July 18 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City MBS Toyota Super Diesels 124 Crispa Redmanizers |score2=126 37–42 16–30 39–28 32–26 Ramon Fernandez 29 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.http://crispatoyota.blogspot.com/1981/07/game-100-crispa-126-toyota-124-july-18.html Crispa shades Toyota crispatoyota.blogspot.com Game 3 #eee July 21 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City MBS Toyota Super Diesels 116 Crispa Redmanizers |score2=126 34–24 21–31 32–29 29–42 Francis Arnaiz 23 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 #eee July 23 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City MBS Toyota Super Diesels |score1=116 Crispa Redmanizers 98 20–26 36–26 29–28 31–18 Andrew Fields 26 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 #eee July 25 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City MBS Toyota Super Diesels |score1=103 Crispa Redmanizers 97 28–27 31–28 22–24 22–18 Ramon Fernandez 20 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 n Toyota Super Diesels #b50000 white white #b50000 1 Andrew Fields C 6 9 Cheyney USA I 6 Abe King F 6 3 San Beda PHI 7 Robert Jaworski G 6 1 UE PHI 8 Francis Arnaiz G 5 11 Ateneo PHI 9 Eduardo Merced G 6 0 JRU PHI 10 Ramon Fernandez C 6 4 San Carlos PHI 11 Arnie Tuadles F 6 2 Visayas PHI 14 Quirino Salazar G 5 9 Letran PHI 18 Emerito Legaspi GF 5 11 UE PHI 20 Nicanor Bulaong F 6 4 FEU PHI 22 Danny Florencio GF 5 10 UST PHI 34 Victor King basketball FC 6 8 Louisiana Tech USA I 41 Leopoldo Herrera F 6 3 Wesleyan University Philippines PHI PHI 1936 Ed Ocampo (I) Import 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 8 Jaime Javier C 6 5 JRU 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 17 Romulo Mamaril C 6 6 Mapua PHI 18 Philip Cezar F 6 3 JRU 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 Broadcast notes Game Play-by-play Analyst Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 References 1981 Category:1981 PBA season Category:Toyota Super Corollas games Category:Crispa Redmanizers games Category:Crispa–Toyota rivalry PBA Open Conference Finals