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U/Tex Wranglers

It was lopsided, as the Wranglers swept the Redmanizers (the first in PBA finals history as well) as Jones and Glenn McDonald, who came in on the 5th game of the conference to replace erstwhile import and ex-ABA player Henry Williams, simply took over.

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Lim Eng Beng, who could not get along with Coach Glenn McDonald, was traded to San Miguel for shooter Alex Tan.

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Julius Wayne reinforced the Wranglers in the Reinforced Conference and they brought back Francois Wise and Ira Terrell from the disbanded Tefilin franchise.

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After the first conference of the 1977 season, coach Narciso Bernardo, who replaced Caloy Loyzaga, at the start of the season when Loyzaga moved to Tanduay Distillers, decided to quit, Tommy Manotoc, who was then team manager, was assigned to handle the head coaching job, the first breakthrough came in the second conference when U/Tex became the second team after Mariwasa Honda to enter the Finals.

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