After three straight defeats, the Crispa Redmanizers beat CFC Presto for their first victory with Atoy Co, Abet Guidaben, Philip Cezar, Bernie Fabiosa, Freddie Hubalde and Rudy Soriano joining the team.
On April 27, William "Bogs" Adornado finally had his pro debut by scoring 32 points to lead Crispa past Tanduay, 122-100, at the Loyola Center.
[1] Crispa advances to the best-of-five title series with Toyota by defeating U-Tex in the first-ever playoff for a finals berth, 121-113 on July 22.
The two teams met again in the second conference finals and with the Comets leading the series, 2-1, the Redmanizers did not show up for Game Four and forfeited the championship in favor of Toyota when the management's request for a change in choosing referees was denied by PBA Commissioner Leo Prieto.
In the third conference called All-Philippine Championship, the Redmanizers finally won over Toyota Comets in five games for their first-ever PBA crown.