Dates December 9–18, 1984 Radio network DWXL | Television Vintage Sports (MBS) | |
Game 1: R. Bartolome, R. Victorino, W. Mateo | ||
The 1984 PBA Invitational Championship Finals was the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 1984 PBA Invitational Conference. The Great Taste Coffee Makers and Crispa Redmanizers played for the 29th championship contested by the league.
Contents
Great Taste Coffee Makers won its second consecutive title, defeating Crispa Redmanizers, 3 games to 2, as 30,000 fans at the Big Dome witnessed Crispa's last official PBA game.
Game 1
The Coffee Makers were ahead by only seven, 89-82, going into the final period, Ricardo Brown hit nine points in an 11-2 blast as their lead ballooned to 14 points, 100-86, import Jeff Collins took over the scoring chores and came up with an eight-point run for Great Taste to decide the issue, 114-92.
Game 2
The Redmanizers took a 75-71 lead in the third quarter, after trailing the Coffee Makers throughout the game. In the fourth period, after a three-point play by Freddie Hubalde to tie the count at 90-all, a 9-2 run by Great Taste, resulted to a seven-point spread with nine minutes left in the ballgame, going into the last two minutes of play, Jeff Collins' reverse dunk gave the Coffee Makers a five-point lead, but Freddie Hubalde's two unanswered baskets bring the Great Taste' lead to only one with 1:05 to go. Ricardo Brown scored two-for-two from the stripe after being hacked by Carlton Willis, 117-114 for Great Taste, Willis then scored on a short drive with 35 seconds left. The Coffee Makers became a little too lax and Ricardo Brown snapped off a jumper that was too strong, it bounced off the ring right into the hands of Abet Guidaben, a lead pass to Arturo Cristobal, who spotted Freddie Hubalde waiting in the frontcourt, and scored with 4.4 seconds on the clock. Great Taste calls two timeouts, and in the inbound play, Jeff Collins broke free and went for a three-pointer that was short. The Redmanizers evened up the series at one game each.
Game 3
From a 51-49 halftime edge in favor of Crispa, the Coffee Makers started the third period on a 8-0 run for a 57-51 lead as the Redmanizers were held scoreless in the first 1:36 of the second half. Philip Cezar scored on a lay-up that set off Crispa's own 11-2 blast that pushed them ahead, 62-59. With 1:26 left in the third quarter, Crispa got their first double-digit lead at 79-69. The Redmanizers went up by 14 points in the fourth quarter, 90-76, but Great Taste rallied to within 94-98 with still 5:28 remaining. A three-point play by Abet Guidaben off Alejo Alolor's fourth foul seal the Coffee Makers' fate, and Philip Cezar followed that up with a lay-up on a 4 on 1 fastbreak, 103-94 for Crispa.
Game 4
The Coffee Makers took a 47-36 advantage in the second quarter but the Redmanizers came back and even lead at halftime, 57-54. In the fourth quarter, from a precarious 103-97 six-point edge for Great Taste, Jeff Collins did the scoring for the Coffee Makers in a three-minute span to settle the issue, 112-99.
Game 5
Jeff Collins sparked three devastating spurts that opened a commanding 56-40 lead for the Coffee Makers late in the second quarter, a finishing 15-6 third quarter run by Great Taste put the game's outcome beyond doubt, Abet Guidaben of Crispa fouled out with 1:58 left in the third quarter to hasten the Redmanizers' downfall. Great Taste raced to a 28-point margin, 108-80 with 4:54 left in the final period.