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1980 PBA season

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Open Conference champions
  
U/Tex Wranglers

Runners-up
  
Toyota Tamaraws

Start date
  
1980

Season MVP
  
Philip Cezar

Runners-up
  
Toyota Tamaraws

All-Filipino Conference champions
  
Crispa Redmanizers

Number of teams
  
10

TV partner
  
PBA on MBS

Duration
  
March 16, 1980 – December 13, 1980

Invitational Championship champions
  
Nicholas Stoodley (USA)

Similar
  
1998 PBA season, 1990 PBA season, 2008–09 PBA season

The 1980 PBA season was the sixth season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Contents

Season highlights

  • The three-point field goal was introduced at the start of the year.
  • On July 3–7, two PBA selections host the visiting Golden State Warriors, their four-game series ends in a 2-2 tie.
  • The U/tex Wranglers wins the Open Conference title by beating Toyota in overtime, 99-98 in the deciding fifth game, best remembered for the famous "Last 16 seconds" when coach Tommy Manotoc's team wiped out a four-point deficit with 16 seconds left in regulation and winning in the extension period.
  • Nicholas Stoodley/USA wins the Invitational Conference with a two-game sweep over Toyota Tamaraws, becoming the first foreign team to capture a PBA title.
  • The season-ending tournament marked the Crispa Redmanizers' incredible 20-1 record in the All-Filipino Conference, winning their first 19 games and almost completed a conference sweep, if not for Toyota's victory in Game 3 of the finals, which saw the dismissal of their head coach Fort Acuña.

    • Opening ceremonies

    The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

    Champions

  • Open Conference: U/Tex Wranglers
  • Invitational Championship: Nicholas Stoodley USA
  • All-Filipino Conference: Crispa Redmanizers
  • Team with best win-loss percentage: Crispa Redmanizers (44-15, .746)
  • Best Team of the Year: Crispa Redmanizers (3rd)

    • Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Philip Cezar (Crispa)
  • Rookie of the Year: Willie Generalao (Gilbey's Gin)
  • Mythical Five:
  • Robert Jaworski (Toyota)
  • Atoy Co (Crispa)
  • Ramon Fernandez (Toyota)
  • Bogs Adornado (U/Tex)
  • Philip Cezar (Crispa)

    • References

    1980 PBA season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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