1978 PBA season

none February 2023 February 2023 1978 PBA season April 16 – December 14, 1978 8 GTV Robert Jaworski (Toyota Tamaraws) All-Filipino Conference 1978 PBA All-Filipino Conference Toyota Tamaraws Filmanbank Bankers Open Conference 1978 PBA Open Conference U/Tex Wranglers Crispa 400 Invitational championship 1978 PBA Invitational championship Toyota Tamaraws Tanduay Esquires 1977 PBA season 1977 1979 PBA season 1979 The 1978 PBA season was the fourth season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Executive board Leopoldo L. Prieto (Commissioner) Domingo Y. Itchon (President, representing Elizalde & Co., Inc.) Dante Silverio (Vice President, representing Delta Motor Corporation) Walter Euyang (Treasurer, representing Universal Textile Mills, Inc.) Season highlights In a special pre-season event, a Crispa-PBA All-Star series was played, a five-game duel decided by cumulative scores which raked in more funds to the PBA players' trust fund. Crispa won three games but lost by 12 points in the cumulative scoring. On February 26, Crispa beat the PBA-All Stars, 99–90, for a 3–2 victory in a series played in Davao, Iloilo, Cebu and Manila. The All-Stars lineup were Robert Jaworski, Francis Arnaiz, Danny Florencio, Manny Paner, Ramon Fernandez, Rudolf Kutch, Abe King, Estoy Estrada, Jun Papa, Lim Eng Beng, Freddie Webb and Johnny Revilla. Their coach was Dante Silverio. Toyota Tamaraws wins the All-Filipino title and their fourth championship, winning in four games over newcomer Filmanbank, which reach the finals in their maiden year. In late September, the Toyota Tamaraws with imports Bruce "Sky" King and Carlos Terry, defeated the national teams of Yugoslavia and Canada in exhibition match prior to the World Basketball Championship held in Manila, an event Yugoslavia tops and saw Canada placing fifth.http://www.manilatimes.net/crispas-kingdom-collapses/373917/ Crispa's kingdom collapses The Manila Times Online U/Tex became the first team to break the monopoly of titles by Toyota and Crispa by winning the Open Conference crown via 3–0 sweep over Crispa 400s. The Wranglers were coach by Tommy Manotoc and reinforced by Glenn McDonald and Byron "Snake" Jones. Toyota won their second title of the season by winning the invitational championship against Tanduay Esquires for their 5th PBA crown.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tGwVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4998%2C3049265 Looking back:The PBA's history Manila Standard Opening ceremonies The muses for the participating teams are as follows: Team Muse Crispa Redmanizers Meg Paris Filmanbank Regina Prada Great Taste Discoverers Vilma Santos Honda Wildcats Maria Pilar Menendrez Royal Tru-Orange Mary Massab (Miss Magnolia) Tanduay ESQ Maja Bambi Arambulo (Binibining Pilipinas) Toyota Tamaraws Charo Santos and Dianne Jose U/Tex Wranglers Monette Arquiza Champions All Filipino Conference: Toyota Tamaraws Open Conference: U/Tex Wranglers Invitational championship: Toyota Tamaraws Team with best win–loss percentage: Toyota Tamaraws (40–15, .727) Best Team of the Year: Toyota Tamaraws (2nd) Individual awards Most Valuable Player: Robert Jaworski (Toyota) Rookie of the Year: Jimmy Manansala (Tanduay) Mythical Five: Robert Jaworski (Toyota) Lim Eng Beng (U/Tex) Ramon Fernandez (Toyota) Freddie Hubalde (Crispa) Philip Cezar (Crispa) Cumulative standings Team GP W L PCTToyota Tamaraws 55 40 15 .727Crispa Redmanizers/400s 54 35 19 .648U/Tex Wranglers 44 27 17 .614Tanduay Esquires 55 24 31 .436Royal Tru-Orange 28 12 16 .428 Filmanbank Bankers 42 16 26 .381 Honda Wildcats 28 8 20 .285Great Taste Discoverers 28 5 23 .178 +Elimination Round (All-Filipino Conference / Open Conference)TeamWLPCTCrispa226.786Toyota217.750U/Tex1711.607Tanduay1612.571Royal1216.429Filmanbank1117.393Honda820.285Great Taste523.178 References