1980 PBA season

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

Season highlights[]

• The three-point field goal was introduced at the start of the year.
• From July 3 to 7, two PBA selections hosted the visiting Golden State Warriors in a series of exhibition games. Their four-game series ends in a tie with two wins apiece.
• 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 Championship with a two-game sweep over Toyota Tamaraws to become the first foreign team to capture a PBA title. ^[1]
• 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)

Cumulative standings[]

References[]