1979 Royal Tru-Orange season
1979 Royal Tru-Orange season | |
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Head coach | Edgardo Ocampo |
Owner(s) | San Miguel Corporation |
All Filipino Conference results | |
Record | 6–10 (37.5%) |
Place | N/A |
Playoff finish | N/A |
Open Conference results | |
Record | 21–5 (80.8%) |
Place | 1st |
Playoff finish | Champions |
Invitational Conference results | |
Record | 1–4 (20%) |
Place | 6th |
Playoff finish | N/A |
Royal Tru-Orange seasons | |
The 1979 Royal Tru-Orange season was the 5th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Transactions
ADDITIONS |
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Ramon Dizon, Danilo Salvador & Evalson Valencia Rookies signed |
Championship
In the Second (Open) Conference, the Orangemen signed 6-7 Larry Pounds, a fifth-round draftee of the Golden State Warriors in 1975, and 6-11 Otto Moore, a veteran of NBA wars for nine seasons, as their imports. Royal emerge on top of the standings after the two-round eliminations with 13 wins and 3 losses and made it to the championship round by posting a 5-1 won-loss slate in the semifinals. On October 23, RTO defeated Crispa, 110–102, to reach the PBA finals for the first time in franchise history. [1]
On November 6, Royal Tru-Orange won their first PBA crown by defeating the Toyota Tamaraws, 102–101, rookie Ramon Dizon was the spark that ignited veterans on the team (Photographed here) Game 4 of the title playoffs for a 3–1 series victory. The Orangemen took the first two games, 104–99 and 100–95, the Tamaraws avoided a sweep by winning the third game, 99–98.
Royal Tru-Orange joins U/Tex Wranglers as the only other ballclub not named Crispa or Toyota, to have won a PBA title in the 1970s as RTO mentor and former olympian Edgardo Ocampo won his first championship as a head coach.[2]
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References
- ^ "When the San Miguel franchise won its first PBA title". rivalrynetwork.com.
- ^ "A drink down memory lane". San Miguel Brewery Inc.