1975 Toyota Comets season

1975 Toyota Comets season
Head coachDante Silverio
Owner(s)Delta Motor Corporation
First Conference results
Record22–4
(84.6%)
Place1st
Playoff finishFinals
Second Conference results
Record16–7
(69.6%)
Place1st
Playoff finishFinals
All-Philippine Championship results
Record4–4
(50%)
Place2nd
Playoff finishFinals
Toyota Comets seasons
1976 →

The 1975 Toyota Comets season was the maiden season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Colors

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First Conference standings

# Teams W L PCT GB
1 Toyota Comets 13 3 .812 –-
2 Crispa Redmanizers 12 4 .750 1
3 U-Tex Weavers 10 6 .625 3
4 Royal Tru-Orange 10 6 .625 3
5 Mariwasa-Noritake 8 8 .500 5
6 Concepcion Carrier 7 9 .438 6
7 Tanduay Distillers 5 11 .312 8
8 Presto Ice Cream Flavorites 5 11 .312 8
9 Seven-Up 2 14 .125 11

The Comets were unbeaten in the semifinals, winning all their six matches.[1]

Notable dates

April 9: The very first double-header of the PBA season had 18,000 fans trooped to the Araneta Coliseum, Toyota Comets beat U/Tex Weavers, 105-101, in the second game, Ompong Segura topscored for the Comets with 23 points and Francis Arnaiz added 22 points.[2]

May 4: Toyota whips Concepcion Carrier, 116-100, for their seventh straight win, the Comets are riding high on a 24-game winning run, counting its stint in the amateur league.

July 15: Toyota finally beats Crispa, 106-104, in their third meeting.

July 17: Toyota beats U/tex, 127-112, to become the first team to reach the PBA finals.

Championships

The Toyota Comets won the first two conferences of the PBA's inaugural season by defeating their rivals Crispa Redmanizers.

Main article: 1975 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals
Main article: 1975 PBA Open Conference Finals

In the All-Philippine championship, Toyota and Crispa played for the third straight time in the finals and the Comets were denied of a Grandslam season by the Redmanizers, which took the deciding fifth game for a 3-2 series victory.

Roster

Roster # Position Height
Alberto Reynoso 4 Center 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Roberto Concepcion 5 Forward 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Robert Jaworski 7 Guard 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Francis Arnaiz 8 Guard 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Orlando Bauzon 9 Guard 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Ramon Fernandez 10 Center 6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m)
Oscar Rocha 11 Forward 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Cristino Reynoso 14 Forward 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Rodolfo Segura 15 Forward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Fort Acuña 17 Forward 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Joaquin Rojas 22 Guard 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Aurelio Clariño 23 Center 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Stan "Sweet" Cherry Import 30 Forward-Center 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Byron "Snake" Jones Import 33 Center 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)

References

  1. ^ PBA season one: A look back at history, Henry Liao, philippinebasketball.ph
  2. ^ "The Very first PBA games". basketball.exchange.ph.