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Steve Watson recalls playing with Robert Jaworski, his skirmish with Rey Lazaro, and winning under Baby Dalupan
Former PBA player Steve Watson said playing alongside Robert "Sonny" Jaworski was a privilege.
One would think that a 39-year-old Jaworski, who in 1985 was in his first season as playing-coach of Ginebra, was practically riding out the sunset of what had already been a great professional basketball career. By the 1985 season, Jaworski already won nine PBA championships, was named the 1978 PBA MVP and played in the finals 10 times since serving as a pioneer member of the league in 1975. During his first 10 years in the pro league, he starred for the fabled Toyota squad.
But when Toyota disbanded at the end of 1983, Jaworski ended up playing for Gilbey's Gin (now Ginebra) as the thirst for more championships was hard to resist.
On October 22, 1985, Ginebra faced a young and hungry Northern Consolidated Cement, comprised of the national squad that had naturalized playe
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Quick Brown Fox’s Untold Stories Part III: Ricky could have joined Big J, Ginebra
The Quick Brown Fox and the Big J in Ginebra’s starting backcourt? “I just love the sound of it, the Big J and the Quick Brown Fox in Ginebra’s starting line up," said Brown. “I know the fans would have loved us and I believe we would have been a major dilemma for opposing teams." When Francis Arnaiz, Jaworski’s long-time backcourt partner in Meralco, Toyota, Gilbey’s and Ginebra, left for the United States and unofficially retired at the end of the 1986 season, the idea of Brown joining the most popular player in the league’s most popular team was brought up.
Playing coach Robert Jaworski (left) and Ricardo Brown could have form up Ginebra's explosive backcourt combo. Ricardo Brown Facebook account
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1978 PBA season
Sports season
The 1978 PBA season was the fourth årstid of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Executive board
[edit]Season highlights
[edit]- In a special pre-season event, a Crispa-PBA All-Star series was played, a five-game duel decided by cumulative scores which raked in more funds to the PBA players' trust fund. Crispa won three games but lost by 12 points in the cumulative scoring. On February 26, Crispa beat the PBA-All Stars, 99–90, for a 3–2 victory in a series played in Davao, Iloilo, Cebu and Manila. The All-Stars lineup were Robert Jaworski, Francis Arnaiz, Danny Florencio, Manny Paner, Ramon Fernandez, Rudolf Kutch, Abe King, Estoy Estrada, Jun Papa, Lim Eng Beng, Freddie Webb and Johnny Revilla. Their coach was Dante Silverio.
- Toyota Tamaraws wins the All-Filipino title and their fourth championship, winning in fyra games over newcomer Filmanbank, which reach the finals in their maiden year.
- In late September, the Toyota Tamaraws