 They finally had a breakthrough when the Wranglers became the second team after Mariwasa-Honda to break the Crispa-Toyota monopoly in the PBA Finals.U/Tex lost to Crispa in the Open Conference finals in five games, the Redmanizers had only Cyrus Mann as their import since his partner, Ricky Hicks, have long left.Mann went up against the Wranglers' imports Charlie Neal and Byron "Snake" Jones.