1976 Toyota Tamaraws season

1976 Toyota Tamaraws season
Head coach	Dante Silverio
Owner(s)	Delta Motor Corporation
First Conference results Record 20–6 (.769) Place 2nd Playoff finish Finals Second Conference results Record 20–6 (.769) Place 2nd Playoff finish Finals All-Philippine Championship results Record 6–3 (.667) Place 2nd Playoff finish Finals Toyota Tamaraws seasons 1975 1977

The 1976 Toyota Tamaraws season was the second season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Names and colors

Toyota Comets (First and Second conferences)
               (dark)
               (light)

Toyota Silver Tamaraws (All-Philippine Championship)
               (dark)
               (light)

Off-season transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Gil Cortez ^Rookie; former national team mainstay
Rollie Marcelo ^Acquired from Royal Tru-Orange
Elias Tolentino ^Rookie; acquired from Yco Painters in the MICAA [1]

Finals stint

Toyota placed runner-up to Crispa in all three contested championships for the season. In the first conference finals, the Comets won the series opener but were beaten three straight by the Redmanizers. In the second conference, Crispa and Toyota meet again in the final series, the Redmanizers took the first two games, the Silver Tamaraws avoided a sweep by taking the third game, ^[2] two nights later on November 18, Crispa clinch its third straight crown with a 3-1 series victory.

In the All-Philippine championship, Toyota led the series, 2 games to none, but Crispa came back and win the final three games to capture the league's first Grandslam as the Tamaraws ended up bridesmaid for the third time in the year and had lost to their arch rivals in the last four conferences.

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)
Virgilio Cortez	16	Center-Forward	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Ramon Fernandez	10	Center	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Robert Jaworski	7	Guard	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Rolando Marcelo	6	Forward-Guard	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Joaquín Rojas	22	Guard	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Rodolfo Segura	15	Forward	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Elias Tolentino	19	Center-Forward	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Byron Jones ^Import	33	Center	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Howard Smith ^Import	35	Forward	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)

References

1. Toyota Comets: still a team to beat
2. Toyota overwhelms Crispa