It was on February 1, 1984, when the basketball world was rocked following word that the fabled Crispa Redmanizers were disbanding after 10 seasons in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
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Veteran coach Norman Black revealed that Samboy Lim played a big part in his basketball career here in the Philippines.
For hoop fans, this is best known as the celebrated comeback win of the Wranglers who were trailing by four, 94-90, with 16 seconds left in regulation.
Toyota import, Andrew Fields, delivered the winning points that night, scoring the last three that shoved the Tamaraws to a 102-100 lead coming from a 99-100 deficit with about seven seconds to go.
On July 19, 1975, U-Tex and Crispa-Floro played in a semifinal match at the Araneta Coliseum with the former winning, 111-102.
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