1975 Toyota Comets season

1975 Toyota Comets season
Head coach	Dante Silverio
Owner(s)	Delta Motor Corporation
First Conference results Record 22–4 (.846) Place 1st Playoff finish Finals Second Conference results Record 16–7 (.696) Place 1st Playoff finish Finals All-Philippine Championship results Record 4–4 (.500) Place 2nd Playoff finish Finals 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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First Conference standings

Team Record

#	Elimination round	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Toyota Comets	13	3	.812	–-
2	Crispa Redmanizers	12	4	.750	1
3	U-Tex Weavers	11	5	.688	2
4	Royal Tru-Orange	9	7	.562	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

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, 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	#	Position	Height
Fort Acuña	17	Forward	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)
Aurelio Clariño	23	Center	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Roberto Concepcion	5	Forward	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Ramon Fernandez	10	Center	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Robert Jaworski	7	Guard	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Alberto Reynoso	4	Center	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Cristino Reynoso	14	Forward	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Oscar Rocha	11	Forward	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Joaquin Rojas	22	Guard	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Rodolfo Segura	15	Forward	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)

References

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