1978 PBA season

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1978 PBA season
DurationApril 16 – December 14, 1978
Number of teams8
TV partner(s) GTV
Conferences
All-Filipino Conference champions Toyota Tamaraws
  Runners-upFilmanbank Bankers
Open Conference champions U/Tex Wranglers
  Runners-up Crispa 400
Invitational Championship champions Toyota Tamaraws
  Runners-up Tanduay Esquires
Awards
Season MVP Robert Jaworski
(Toyota Tamaraws)
Seasons
<  1977
1979  >

The 1978 PBA season was the fourth season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Contents

Executive board

Season highlights

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

TeamMuse
Crispa Redmanizers Meg Paris
FilmanbankRegina Prada
Great Taste Discoverers Vilma Santos
Honda WildcatsMaria 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

Individual awards

Cumulative standings

TeamGPWLPCT
Toyota Tamaraws 554015.727
Crispa Redmanizers/400s 543519.648
U/Tex Wranglers 442717.614
Tanduay Esquires 552431.436
Royal Tru-Orange 281216.428
Filmanbank421626.381
Honda Wildcats28820.285
Great Taste Discoverers 28523.178

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References

  1. "Crispa's kingdom collapses". The Manila Times Online.
  2. "Looking back:The PBA's history". Manila Standard.