1981 Toyota Super Diesels season

1981 Toyota Super Diesels Ed Ocampo Open Conference 20 9 1st Champion Reinforced Filipino 9 5 5th Round of six Delta Motor Corporation 1980 1982 The 1981 Toyota Super Diesels season was the seventh season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Colors For the Open Conference: #D81E05 white (dark) white #D81E05 (light) For the Reinforced All-Filipino: #333399 white yellow (dark) white #333399 yellow (light) Summary Former Royal Tru-Orange coach Ed Ocampo is the new head coach of Toyota now with a new moniker "Super Diesels". Import Andrew Fields is on his third year of duty, teaming up with Melton Wertz. The Superdiesels lost to Crispa, 97–112, in the opening day on March 8.https://crispatoyota.blogspot.com/1981/03/game-95-crispa-112-toyota-97-march-8.html Crispa pounds Toyota crispatoyota.blogspot.com After four games, Melton Wertz was replaced by Victor King. The Superdiesels were the last team to enter the four-team semifinal round. Toyota finished with an impressive five wins and one loss slate in the semifinals and played their arch rival the Crispa Redmanizers in the Open Conference finals. The championship series between Toyota and Crispa was the 10th and what turned out to be the final time the two rivals met in the finale. The Super Diesels won the series opener, but lost the next two games and trailed 1–2 against Crispa. The Superdiesels won Game Four 116–98 to force a deciding match.Terrado Jonas 2020-07-25 Philippine Sports History: Last Hurrah for Crispa-Toyota PBA rivalry https://mb.com.ph//2020/7/25/philippine-sports-history-last-crispa-toyota-pba-finals 2025-12-16 Manila Bulletin en On July 25, a huge turnout of fans were on hand to witness the final game of the series which were officiated by two NBA referees, Jim Capers and Lee Jones. Toyota won over Crispa, 103-97, with Andrew Fields' three-point play in the last one minute and twenty seconds of the game turning out to be the winning basket for the Superdiesels. Center Ramon Fernandez was the top local scorer for his team, averaging 23 points per game and posting his highest output in Game Two with 29 points and tallying 20 points in Game Five. 1981 PBA Open Conference finals Toyota had the smallest of imports due to the handicap ruling in the Reinforced Filipino Conference in 6–0 Archie Talley. The Super Diesels were tied with Crispa on top of the one-round elimination phase. In the round of six, the Super Diesels lost their first two matches against the Redmanizers, 110–111,https://crispatoyota.blogspot.com/1981/10/game-105-crispa-111-toyota-110-oct-15.html Crispa posts 111–110 win crispatoyota.blogspot.com and U-Tex Wranglers, 121–125. They were booted out of contention by Yco-Tanduay after suffering their third loss in four games at the hands of the Esquires. It marks the first time in seven seasons and 20 conferences that Toyota failed to advance in the semifinal round. Occurrences After back-to-back wins at the start of the semifinal round in the Open Conference, the Toyota Superdiesels went down to its first setback as they bowed to Crispa, 118–133 on July 7. The Superdiesels were seemingly affected by the shocking news a day earlier upon learning the death of their former coach Fort Acuña. The team showed up in their red uniforms with a piece of black cloth attached to their jerseys as a sign of mourning to the demise of their former coach.https://crispatoyota.blogspot.com/1981/07/game-97-crispa-133-toyota-118-july-7.html Crispa routs Toyota crispatoyota.blogspot.com Award Andrew Fields became the first recipient of the PBA Best Import Award when he powered Toyota to the Open Conference championship. Win–loss record vs opponents Teams Win Loss 1st (Open) 2nd (RAF) CDCP Road Builders 2 1 1-1 1-0 Crispa Redmanizers 5 6 4–5 1-1 Finance Funders 3 0 2-0 1-0 Gilbey’s Gin / St.George 3 0 2-0 1-0 Presto Fun Drinks 3 1 1-1 2-0 San Miguel Beermen 3 2 3-1 0–1 Tefilin Polyesters 2 2 1-1 1-1 U-Tex Wranglers 5 1 4-0 1-1 YCO-Tanduay 3 1 2-0 1-1Total 29 14 20-9 9-5 Roster n Toyota Superdiesels #b50000 white white #b50000 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 Rino 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 41 Leopoldo Herrera F 6 3 Wesleyan University Philippines PHI 1 Andrew Fields C 6 9 Cheyney USA I 33 Melton Wertz FC 6 9 USA I 34 Victor King FC 6 8 Louisiana Tech USA I 13 Archie Talley G 6 0 Salem International USA I PHI 1936 Ed Ocampo (I) Import References Toyota Category:Toyota Super Corollas seasons