The 1979 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals is the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the . The Crispa Redmanizers and Toyota Tamaraws battled once again in the finals, this time for the All-Filipino supremacy.
The Crispa Redmanizers won their finals series against the defending champion Toyota Tamaraws, three games to two, to regain the All-Filipino crown.
The Redmanizers appeared headed for an easy win when they led, 98-89, early in the final period. But Toyota’s sensational rookie Arnie Tuadles ignited a searing 18-6 Tamaraw run that wiped out Crispa’s lead and put Toyota on top, 107-104, with 2:37 remaining.
Tuadles tied the game at 109-all before Joy Dionisio scored on a long 25-foot shot that proved to be the winning shot for Crispa, 111-109.
Robert Jaworski delivered the tie-breaking basket on his own interception while Abe King and Francis Arnaiz combined for three points each in a 7-0 blast in the last two minutes for a winning 113-108 Tamaraw lead.
The Tamaraws last tasted the lead at 107-106 with 3:11 left, but then Freddie Hubalde ignited the breakaway that turned the tide of the game. Atoy Co scored on a three-point play after a miss by Ramon Fernandez to make it 111-107 and after a Toyota timeout, Philip Cezar completed another three-point play on an assist by Gregorio Dionisio for a 114-107 lead with 1:30 to go. [2]
