1976 PBA season

Second PBA season February 2023 December 2022 1976 PBA season March 21 – December 21, 1976 9 BBC Bogs Adornado (Crispa Redmanizers) First Conference 1976 PBA First Conference Crispa Redmanizers Toyota Silver Tamaraws Second Conference 1976 PBA Second Conference Crispa Redmanizers Toyota Silver Tamaraws All-Philippine Championship 1976 PBA All-Philippine Championship Crispa Redmanizers Toyota Silver Tamaraws 1975 PBA season 1975 1977 PBA season 1977 The 1976 PBA season was the second season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Season highlights The Crispa Redmanizers won all three conferences in the year to cap the first Grand Slam in the PBA.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tGwVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4998%2C3049265 Looking back:The PBA's history Manila Standard On December 21, Crispa achieved the first PBA Grandslam by winning the All-Philippine championship with a 110–92 win over Toyota Tamaraws in the deciding Game five of the finals. The Redmanizers, reinforced by Cyrus Mann and Bill Bunton, were down 0–2 in the series but won the last three games against their arch rivals, which had Byron "Snake" Jones and Howard Smith as their imports. William "Bogs" Adornado wins his second Most Valuable Player Award. He also became the first player to reach the 2,000 point plateau when he scored 24 points in Crispa's title-clinching 101–100 win over Toyota in Game four of the First Conference finals on July 11. The first-ever triple-overtime game took place on August 17, Noritake outlasts Tanduay, 153–151, on a jumper by Hubert Filipinas to decide the league's longest match. Harry Rogers of 7-Up scored 75 points in their 157–134 win over Fiberlite on October 26, becoming the first PBA player/import to reach the 75-point output in a single game.http://crispatoyota.blogspot.com/1976/10/game-31-crispa-123-toyota-97-oct-26-1976.html 7-Up's Rogers fires 75 crispatoyota.blogspot.com Opening ceremonies The muses for the participating teams are as follows: Team Muse Crispa Redmanizers Valerie Floro Noritake Porcelain Makers Josephine Oppus N-Rich Coffee Creamers Vangie Sante Quasar TV Makers Carmen Ronda Royal Tru-Orange Tonette Pineda 7-Up Uncolas Alma Moreno Tanduay Distillery Jane Murphy Toyota Tamaraws Marianne de la Riva U/Tex Wranglers Mitos Viola Champions First Conference: Crispa Redmanizers Second Conference: Crispa Redmanizers All-Philippine Championship: Crispa Redmanizers Team with best win–loss percentage: Crispa Redmanizers (47–15, .758) Best Team of the Year: Crispa Redmanizers (1st) Individual awards Most Valuable Player: Bogs Adornado (Crispa) Rookie of the Year: Gil Cortez (Toyota) Mythical Five: Francis Arnaiz (Toyota) Atoy Co (Crispa) Ramon Fernandez (Toyota) Bogs Adornado (Crispa) Philip Cezar (Crispa) Cumulative standings Team GP W L PCTCrispa Redmanizers / Denims 62 47 15 .758Toyota Silver Tamaraws 61 46 15 .754U/Tex Wranglers 50 27 23 .540 Noritake Porcelain Makers / Festivals 50 27 23 .540Royal Tru-Orange 46 22 24 .478 Quasar/Fiberlite 41 13 28 .378Tanduay Distillery 32 11 21 .344 Seven-Up Uncolas 32 7 25 .219N-Rich Coffee Creamers 32 3 29 .094 +Elimination Round (First And Second Conferences)TeamWLPCTToyota284.875Crispa275.844U/Tex1913.594Noritake1814.563Royal1814.563Quasar/Fiberlite1319.406Tanduay1121.344Seven-Up725.219N-Rich329.094 Notes The first and second conference of the season were officially named as All-Filipino Conference and Open Conference respectively. The first All-Filipino Conference was reclassified as an import-laced tournament since the league gave teams the option to hire foreign players or "imports". Both tournaments were renamed as First and Second Conference based on the records under the "Winners circle over the years" section of the official PBA Annual, Hardcourt, since its 2001 edition. References PBA