1981 Tefilin Polyesters season

1981 Tefilin Polyesters Fely Fajardo Open Conference 10 8 5th N/A Reinforced Filipino 5 9 6th Round of six Filipinas Synthetic Fiber Corporation 1980 The 1981 Tefilin Polyesters season was the 2nd and final season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Summary Tefilin's import from the previous season – Ira Terrell, returned for the Open Conference, this time teaming up with former Royal Tru-Orange import Larry Pounds. Tefilin was tied with CDCP Road Builders after 18 games in the eliminations. Both sophomore ballclubs missed out a semifinal berth and were two games behind fourth qualifier Toyota Super Diesels. The Polyesters signed up Norman Black, who played for the Detroit Pistons in the Southern California Summer Pro league, as their import in the Reinforced Filipino Conference. Black led the Polyesters to move into the next round for the first time in four conferences. http://pbarecordsoddities.blogspot.com/2014/01/pba-players-career-statistics-1975-1981.html Statistics of the Imports Win–loss record vs opponents Teams Win Loss 1st (Open) 2nd (RAF) CDCP Road Builders 2 1 1-1 1-0 Crispa Redmanizers 0 4 0–2 0–2 Finance Funders 3 0 2-0 1-0 Gilbey’s Gin / St.George 1 2 0–2 1-0 Presto Fun Drinks 2 2 2-0 0–2 San Miguel Beermen 2 1 1-1 1-0 Toyota Super Diesels 2 2 1-1 1-1 U-Tex Wranglers 1 3 1-1 0–2 YCO-Tanduay 2 2 2-0 0–2Total 15 17 10-8 5–9 Scoring record Norman Black poured in 71 points in Tefilin's 129–141 loss to Crispa in their quarterfinal game on October 27. Black's 71-point total was four points shy of the 75 points made by CDCP's Ronald McCoy in this same conference just a month before on September 26. Norman Black's total output was the fourth all-time best scoring record behind the 75 points jointly shared by Ronald McCoy and Harry Rogers of 7-Up in 1976, the 74 points made by Yco-Tanduay's Russell Murray, also in this same conference and the 73 points set by Carl Bird of Royal Tru-Orange in 1976. http://pbarecordsoddities.blogspot.com/2017/02/more-pba-stats-highest-scoring-averages.html All-time One-game scoring records Roster n Tefilin black white black #eb1b22 5 Marty Tierra G 5 11 JRU PHI 6 Gregorio Gozum F 6 2 Letran PHI 7 Efren Manila G 5 11 PHI 8 Ricardo Mariano F 6 0 Mapua PHI 9 Joselito Ocampo G 6 1 PSBA PHI 10 Danilo Mendoza C 6 5 Letran PHI 11 Jose Orozco basketball G 5 9 UST PHI 14 Mario Basco C 6 3 San Sebastian PHI 20 Fernando De Guzman G 5 9 Letran PHI 21 Jovenal Francisco F 6 0 FEU PHI 24 Caesar Yabut F 6 2 Mapua PHI Amadeo Sagarbarria F 6 2 De La Salle PHI 25 Larry Pounds F 6 7 Washington USA I 32 Ira Terrell FC 6 8 SMU USA I 15 Norman Black F 6 5 Saint Joseph's USA I PHI Fely Fajardo PHI Jun Bernardino (I) Import References Tefilin Category:Tefilin Polyesters