| Year: | 1979 |
| Conference: | All-Filipino Conference |
| Champion: | Crispa Redmanizers |
| Champion Games: | 3 |
| Runnerup Games: | 2 |
| Date: | June 26 – July 7, 1979 |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
The 1979 PBA All-Filipino Conference finals is the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 1979 PBA All-Filipino Conference. 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.
| Crispa Redmanizers | Toyota Tamaraws | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finished 14–2 (.875) | Eliminations | Finished 14–2 (.875) | ||
| Finished 5–1 (.833), 1st | Semifinals | Finished 4–2 (.667), 2nd | ||
The Tamaraws once enjoyed a six-point lead in the third quarter, 75–69, after overhauling a 59–67 deficit.The Redmanizers lost a 79–72 lead in the third quarter and fell behind by eight points early in the fourth frame, 83–91.[1] 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]
| Game | Analyst | ||
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