1975 PBA season
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Notable events
- The first game was held on April 9, 1975 at the Araneta ColiseumAraneta ColiseumThe Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
with the Marisawa-Noritake Porcelainmakers beating Concepcion Carriers 101-98 in the opening game and ToyotaToyota Super CorollasThe Toyota Super Corollas was a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1975-1983. The team had various monikers such as the Comets, the Silver Tamaraws, the Tamaraws, the Super Diesels, the Super Corollas and the Silver Coronas.Their nine PBA titles is the...
edging out U/Tex, 105-101 in front of 18,000 spectators. Gregorio "Joy" Dionisio of Concepcion scored the first basket.
- May 10, 1975: The Crispa-Floro Redmanizers and Toyota Comets clash for the first time in what could be the start of their long-storied rivalry, The Redmanizers hacked out a 139-133 victory to hand the Comets their first loss at the close of the first round of eliminations in the PBA's First Conference, Bogs Adornado topscored for Crispa with 29 points.
Champions
- All-Filipino Conference: Toyota CometsToyota Super CorollasThe Toyota Super Corollas was a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1975-1983. The team had various monikers such as the Comets, the Silver Tamaraws, the Tamaraws, the Super Diesels, the Super Corollas and the Silver Coronas.Their nine PBA titles is the...
- Open Conference: Toyota CometsToyota Super CorollasThe Toyota Super Corollas was a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1975-1983. The team had various monikers such as the Comets, the Silver Tamaraws, the Tamaraws, the Super Diesels, the Super Corollas and the Silver Coronas.Their nine PBA titles is the...
- All-Philippine Championship: Crispa RedmanizersCrispa RedmanizersThe Crispa Redmanizers was a basketball team in the Manila Industrial Commercial Athletic Association , the Philippine Basketball Association and the Philippine Amateur Basketball League from the 1960s to the early 1990s.- Profile and history :...
- Team with best win-loss percentage: Toyota (42-15, .737)
Individual awards
- Most Valuable PlayerPhilippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player awardThe Philippine Basketball Association awards the Most Valuable Player award at the end of the season. The winner is selected via votes from the press, players, coaches and top PBA officials....
: Bogs AdornadoBogs AdornadoWilliam "Bogs" Adornado is a former Filipino athlete who played basketball in both the amateur and professional ranks. He made his mark playing in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1975 to 1987...
(Crispa) - Mythical Five:
- Francis ArnaizFrancis ArnaizFrancis C. Arnaiz is a former Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He played for Toyota and Ginebra San Miguel from 1975-1986...
(Toyota) - Atoy CoAtoy CoFortunato Co, Jr., better known as Atoy Co, is a former Philippine Basketball Association basketball player and actor who was part of the fabled Crispa Redmanizers ballclub that won two Grand Slams, in 1976 and 1983. He won the Most Valuable Player award, in 1979 and a 9-time Mythical First...
(Crispa) - Manny PanerManny PanerManuel Paner , better known as Manny Paner, is a former Filipino professional basketball player. Paner was born in Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines. He played for San Miguel in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association and also in the Philippine Basketball Association for Royal/San...
(Royal) - Ernesto EstradaErnesto EstradaErnesto Estrada is a Cuban-Spanish scientist. He is the Chair in Complexity Science, a full Professor at the Department of Physics and Department of Mathematics, and a member of the Institute of Complex Systems of the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom...
(Royal) - Bogs AdornadoBogs AdornadoWilliam "Bogs" Adornado is a former Filipino athlete who played basketball in both the amateur and professional ranks. He made his mark playing in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1975 to 1987...
(Crispa)
- Francis Arnaiz