1979 PBA Invitational championship

1979 Invitational championship November 20 – December 15, 1979 MBS Toyota Tamaraws Walk Tall Jeansmakers 1978 PBA Invitational championship 1978 1980 PBA Invitational championship 1980 1979 Open 1979 PBA Open Conference 1980 Open 1980 PBA Open Conference The 1979 PBA Invitational championship was the third conference of the 1979 PBA season. It started on November 20 and ended on December 15, 1979. Toyota Tamaraws won the Invitational crown for the third straight year, defeating arch rival Crispa Walk Tall Jeans, three games to one. Format The following format will be observed for the duration of the tournament: Top four teams in the second conference are qualified in the Invitational championship. The five eliminated ballclubs in the second conference earlier played in a single round robin to determined the other two qualifiers. The top two teams at the end of the single round eliminations advance to the best-of-five finals. The third and fourth-place finishers play in the best-of-five series for third place. Elimination round Qualified for finals Qualified for battle for third #Team standingsWLPCTGB1 Walk Tall Jeans 4 1 .800 --2 Toyota Tamaraws 4 1 .800 --3 Gilbey's Gin 3 2 .600 14 U/Tex Wranglers 2 3 .400 25 Royal Tru-Orange 1 4 .200 36 Great Taste Discoverers 1 4 .200 3 Battle for third #eee December 8 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City GTV U/Tex Wranglers 129 Gilbey's Gin 123 December 11 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City GTV U/Tex Wranglers 122 Gilbey's Gin 119 #eee December 13 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City GTV U/Tex Wranglers 123 Gilbey's Gin 115 James Robinson 47 Larry McNeill 48 U/Tex wins series, 3-0 Finals 1979 Invitational Championship Toyota Tamaraws Dante Silverio 3 Walk Tall Jeansmakers Baby Dalupan 1 December 8 to 15, 1979 MBS 1978 1982 1980 Open 1979 Open The 1979 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Invitational Championship finals was the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 1979 PBA Invitational Conference, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. Toyota and Crispa Redmanizers played for the 25th championship contested by the league. Toyota Tamaraws won the championship. Series scoring summary The following scoring summary is written in a line score format, except that the quarter numbers are replaced by game numbers. TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Wins Toyota 101 123 107 98 3Walk Tall 129 95 102 87 1 † denotes the number of overtimes #eee December 8 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City GTV Toyota Tamaraws 101 Walk Tall Jeans 129 22-33 25-25 31-32 23-39 Robert Jaworski 23 Bernard Harris 38 Fortunato Co shot 22 points and Abet Guidaben added 10 as half of the players fielded by Crispa coach Baby Dalupan hit in double figures. Philip Cezar also starred with 18 points for the Jeansmakers, nine in the second quarter as Walk Tall took the half by 11 points, 58–47.http://crispatoyota.blogspot.com/1979/12/game-77-walk-tall-129-toyota-101-dec-8.html Harris, Chatman shine as Crispa wins by 28 CrispaToyota.blogspot.com #eee December 11 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City GTV Toyota Tamaraws 123 Walk Tall Jeans 95 34-26 32-14 28-27 29-28 Francis Arnaiz 25 Harris 18 Hubalde 18 Walk Tall Jeans faced an intact Toyota lineup by virtue of a management decision to reactivate three players suspended at the start of the third conference by coach Dante Silverio. Ramon Fernandez, Abe King and Estoy Estrada reported for their first game but the Tamaraws found themselves without a coach as Dante Silverio resigned earlier in the day as both manager and coach. Crispa played with only one import as Irvin Chatman was in sick bay. Toyota led by 10 points, 36–26 at the end of the first quarter. The Tamaraws went full steam in the second quarter and posted a 22-point lead at the half. With Andy Fields and Bruce King running rings around the lone Walk Tall Jeans import Bernard Harris, the Tamaraws upped their lead to 27 at the close of the third quarter, 94–67. Early in the fourth, Crispa coach Baby Dalupan went All-Filipino to signify he was throwing in the towel. With still 6:30 to go, Toyota held its biggest lead in the game at 37 points, 107–70. #eee December 13 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City GTV Toyota Tamaraws 107 Walk Tall Jeans 102 21-22 31-20 32-29 23-31 Andrew Fields 29 Philip Cezar 30 The Tamaraws outscored the Jeansmakers, 31–20, in the second quarter for a 52–42 halftime lead from which Crispa never recovered. The defending champions went on to post their biggest lead, 82–63, and then held off a rally by the Jeansmakers in the closing minutes.http://crispatoyota.blogspot.com/1979/12/game-79-toyota-107-walk-tall-102-dec-13.html Toyota subdues Crispa CrispaToyota.blogspot.com #eee December 15 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City GTV Toyota Tamaraws 98 Walk Tall Jeans 87 21-17 29-28 17-14 31-28 Robert Jaworski 30 Bernard Harris 19 Toyota wins series, 3-1 Robert Jaworski lobbed in seven straight points as Toyota tried to breakaway, 83–75, midway in the final quarter. The Tamaraws were up by four points when Andrew Fields capped a 9-4 binge with a towering dunkshot that took out the pressure, 94–85, with 1:54 to go.http://crispatoyota.blogspot.com/1979/12/game-80-toyota-98-walk-tall-87-dec-15.html Toyota whips Crispa, retains PBA crown CrispaToyota.blogspot.com References Category:PBA Invitational Championship Invitational Championship