1975 Toyota Comets season

1975 Toyota Comets season
Head coach Dante Silverio
Owner(s) Delta Motor Corporation
First Conference results
Record 224
(.846)
Place 1st
Playoff finish Finals
Second Conference results
Record 167
(.696)
Place 1st
Playoff finish Finals
All-Philippine Championship results
Record 44
(.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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               (light)

First Conference standings

Team Record
#Elimination roundWLPCTGB
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

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