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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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      (dark)
      (light)

First Conference standings

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# 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

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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

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The Toyota Comets won the first two conferences of the PBA's inaugural season, 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

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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 in (1.93 m)
Oscar Rocha 11 Forward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 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 Cherry Import 30 Forward-Center 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Byron Jones Import 33 Center 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)

Game log

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References

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  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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