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The Crispa-Toyota rivalry is that of two former Philippine Basketball Association teams, Crispa Redmanizers and the Toyota Tamaraws. Such was their popularity that whenever these two teams met on the basketball court, the streets of Metro Manila and in the provinces would be virtually deserted, as most people especially the PBA fans are glued to the TV sets. Their hardcourt battles lasted nine years, from the League's inauguration in 1975, until Toyota was disbanded in February 1984. In those years, the two teams dominated the League, with 21 out of the possible 26 PBA titles that were contested between 1975 and 1983 going to either Crispa's or Toyota's trophy cabinets. The feud began with Crispa winning its first ever meeting with Toyota on May 10, 1975. The Tamaraws and the Redmanizers would play in the championship in the first two seasons of the league. In 1976, Crispa defeated Toyota in all three conference finals ''en route'' to its first grand slam. The rivalry continued in the next two years but it was in the 1979 season where Crispa and Toyota will play against each other again in the championship. The Redmanizers beat the Tamaraws in the All-Filipino Conference while Toyota finally ended a string of five straight finals losses against their rivals by winning the Invitational third conference. In the 1980s, the two teams will play in two more memorable championship. Crispa and Toyota played their last game was on October 9, 1983, with Crispa winning, 111-96. The Redmanizers have the all-time head-to-head edge, 65 to 58. ==Memorable moments== *May 10, 1975 saw the first Crispa-Toyota game in the PBA with 11,000 fans watching at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Redmanizers won, 139-133, but not without untoward incident as Toyota's Oscar Rocha punched Crispa's Bernie Fabiosa with about three seconds left in the contest. PBA commissioner Leo Prieto handed a one-month suspension and a P500 fine to Rocha while Fabiosa was fined P50 for throwing the ball at Cristino Reynoso, who was likewise asked to pay P25 for making dirty hand gestures. *On April 17, 1977, Crispa defeated Toyota 122-121 in the opening game of the 1977 PBA season that was marred by a post-game rumble at Araneta Coliseum dugout involving players from both teams. It was reported that players from both sides were detained in Fort Bonifacio, Philippine military headquarters, and were released the next morning. Both teams were fined by then-Commissioner Leo Prieto 5,000 pesos each while Toyota coach Dante Silverio was fined for 1,000 pesos for unsportsmanlike conduct. *During game three of the 1980 PBA Championship series, Toyota coach Fort Acuña benched team captain Robert Jaworski against Crispa. At this point Crispa were leading by a large margin, and a win would give them the championship, and an unprecedented 20-game sweep of the tournament. During halftime, Acuña was fired by Toyota management for his refusal to put the star player in the game. Inspired by the return of the their team leader, Toyota went on to win the game, but lost the series the next game. Almost a year after the incident, Acuña died from an apparent suicide. *Toyota defeated Crispa, 3-2, in the 1981 PBA Open Conference with Andy Fields and Victor King as Toyota's imports and James Hardy with Byron "Snake" Jones playing for Crispa. The series marked the last time both teams met in a PBA championship series. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crispa–Toyota rivalry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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