1975 Toyota Comets season

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

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First Conference standings

#TeamsWL PCT GB
1 Toyota Comets 133.812–-
2 Crispa Redmanizers 124.7501
3 U-Tex Weavers 106.6253
4 Royal Tru-Orange 106.6253
5Mariwasa-Noritake88.5005
6Concepcion Carrier79.4386
7 Tanduay Distillers 511.3128
8 Presto Ice Cream Flavorites 511.3128
9Seven-Up214.12511

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.

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#PositionHeight
Alberto Reynoso 4Center6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Roberto Concepcion5Forward6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Robert Jaworski 7Guard6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Francis Arnaiz 8Guard5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Orlando Bauzon 9Guard6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Ramon Fernandez 10Center6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Oscar Rocha11Forward6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Cristino Reynoso14Forward6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Rodolfo Segura15Forward6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Fort Acuña 17Forward6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Joaquin Rojas22Guard5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Aurelio Clariño23Center6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Stan "Sweet" Cherry Import 30Forward-Center6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Byron "Snake" Jones Import 33Center6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)

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References

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