The 1975 PBA Season was the inaugural season of the Philippine Basketball Association.
Notable events
- In 1975, nine big corporations with basketball teams in the Manila Industrial Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA) declared their independence from the Basketball Association of the Philippines and formed the first professional basketball league in Asia, the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
- On April 9, the PBA opened with its inaugural double-header at the Araneta Coliseum. With a sellout crowd of 18,000 watching, the Marisawa-Noritake Porcelainmakers defeated Concepcion Carrier, 101-98, in the opening game while Toyota won over U/Tex, 105-101, in the main game. Gregorio "Joy" Dionisio of Concepcion scores the very first basket in PBA history.[1]
- On May 10, In front of 11,000 fans at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum, 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 of the season and halted the Comets' seven-game winning streak, Bogs Adornado topscored for Crispa with 29 points.
All-Star games
In pioneering version of All-star games on December 23, the Brown team coach by Baby Dalupan beats Dante Silverio's Yellow squad, 126-123, in the third and deciding match of the PBA Ovaltine dream games, members of the Brown team were Ramon Fernandez, William Adornado, Rudolf Kutch, Rudy Soriano, Atoy Co, Francis Arnaiz, Larry Mumar, Dave Regullano, Freddie Hubalde, Reynaldo Alcantara, Estoy Estrada, Rey Franco, Cristino Reynoso, Jimmy Noblezada and Romy Cabading, the Yellow team were composed of Robert Jaworski, Rosalio Martirez, Bernie Fabiosa, Johnny Revilla, Lim Eng Beng, Gregorio Dionisio, Danny Florencio, Jimmy Mariano, Adriano Papa, Manny Paner, Abet Guidaben, Rudolfo Segura, Ricardo Cleofas, Ramon Lucindo and Romeo Frank, who replaced the suspended Philip Cezar.
Champions
- Team with best win-loss percentage: Toyota (42-15, .737)
Individual awards
Cumulative standings
References
External links
http://www.pba-online.net/season-leaders/1975/
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- 1975 PBA All-Filipino Conference (Finals)
- 1975 PBA Open Conference (Finals)
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- 1975 PBA All-Philippine Championship (Finals)
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- All-Filipino Conference
- 1976
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- All-Philippine Championship
- 1976
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