Notable events

• April 16, 1978: Opening Day, Toyota defeated Tanduay, 127-120, In the second game of the double-header, U/tex defeated Crispa, 103-94.
• November 14, 1978: U/tex Wranglers, reinforced by Byron "Snake" Jones and Glen McDonald, completed a three-game finals sweep, winning over Crispa Redmanizers in Game 3, 104-96, to become the first team, outside of Crispa and Toyota, to win the PBA title.

Champions

• All Filipino Conference: Toyota Tamaraws
  Toyota Super Corollas
  The 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: U/Tex Wranglers
• Invitational Conference: Toyota Tamaraws
  Toyota Super Corollas
  The 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...
  
  

• Team with best win-loss percentage: Toyota (40-15, .727)

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player
  Philippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player award
  The 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....
  
  : Robert Jaworski
  Robert Jaworski
  Robert Salazar Jaworski , also known as Sonny Jaworski, Bobby Jaworski, Robert Jaworski, Sr. or simply Jawo, is a former Philippine senator, basketball coach and Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association and PBA basketball player.Known as The Big J and called The Living Legend...
  
   (Toyota)
• Rookie of the Year
  Philippine Basketball Association Rookie of the Year award
  -List of awardees:...
  
  : Jimmy Manansala (Tanduay)
• Mythical Five:
  • Robert Jaworski
    Robert Jaworski
    Robert Salazar Jaworski , also known as Sonny Jaworski, Bobby Jaworski, Robert Jaworski, Sr. or simply Jawo, is a former Philippine senator, basketball coach and Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association and PBA basketball player.Known as The Big J and called The Living Legend...
    
     (Toyota)
  • Lim Eng Beng
    Lim Eng Beng
    Lim Eng Beng , is a former Philippine Basketball Association player. Played from 1975–1986, he is one of the greatest players in the history of the PBA. He is much remembered playing for the U/Tex Wranglers, where he was named to the Mythical Five on two occasions, and won two championships and...
    
     (U/Tex)
  • Ramon Fernandez
    Ramón Fernández
    Ramon S. Fernandez is generally regarded as the greatest basketball player produced by the Philippine Basketball Association. Fernandez won four Most Valuable Player awards and a record of 19 PBA championships bagged...
    
     (Toyota)
  • Freddie Hubalde
    Freddie Hubalde
    Alfredo Hubalde , also known as Freddie Hubalde, is a former Filipino professional basketball player. Hubalde played college ball for the Mapúa Institute of Technology, before eventually moving on to play professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association...
    
     (Crispa)
  • Philip Cezar
    Philip Cezar
    Philip "The Scholar" Cezar is a former Philippine Basketball Association basketball player. He 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 1980. He was also a many-time Philippine national team player in...
    
    (Crispa)

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