[1] The Crispa Redmanizers were tied with defending champion Toyota Tamaraws on top of the standings after 16 games in the eliminations with a 14–2 won-loss slate.
After a crownless season last year and a two-year absence of the league's most notable rivalry, Crispa and Toyota once again played against each other for the All-Filipino Conference finals.
Crispa lost to Great Taste in their playoff for third place with Cyrus Mann out as team owner Danny Floro announced they was sacking their import for the past four seasons.
Known as Walk Tall Jeans in the Invitational championship, the ballclub got Bernard Harris from Tanduay as their import to team up with Irvin Chatman and they made it to the finals against old rival Toyota Tamaraws.
Fortunato "Atoy" Co, Jr. won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) trophy in a closely fought and controversial race between him and Toyota center Ramon Fernandez for the prestigious award.