1978 PBA season explained

1978 PBA season
Year:	1978
Duration:	April 16 – December 14, 1978
No Of Teams:	8
Tv:	GTV
Mvp:	Robert Jaworski
Conf1:	All-Filipino Conference
Conf1 Link:	1978 PBA All-Filipino Conference
Conf1 Champ:	Toyota Tamaraws
Conf1 Runner-Up:	Filmanbank Bankers
Conf2:	Open Conference
Conf2 Link:	1978 PBA Open Conference
Conf2 Champ:	U/Tex Wranglers
Conf2 Runner-Up:	Crispa 400
Conf3:	Invitational championship
Conf3 Link:	1978 PBA Invitational championship
Conf3 Champ:	Toyota Tamaraws
Conf3 Runner-Up:	Tanduay Esquires
Prevseason Link:	1977 PBA season
Prevseason Year:	1977
Nextseason Link:	1979 PBA season
Nextseason Year:	1979

The 1978 PBA season was the fourth season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Executive board

In a special pre-season event, a Crispa-PBA All-Star series was played, a five-game duel decided by cumulative scores which raked in more funds to the PBA players' trust fund. Crispa won three games but lost by 12 points in the cumulative scoring. On February 26, Crispa beat the PBA-All Stars, 99–90, for a 3–2 victory in a series played in Davao, Iloilo, Cebu and Manila. The All-Stars lineup were Robert Jaworski, Francis Arnaiz, Danny Florencio, Manny Paner, Ramon Fernandez, Rudolf Kutch, Abe King, Estoy Estrada, Jun Papa, Lim Eng Beng, Freddie Webb and Johnny Revilla. Their coach was Dante Silverio.
Toyota Tamaraws wins the All-Filipino title and their fourth championship, winning in four games over newcomer Filmanbank, which reach the finals in their maiden year.
In late September, the Toyota Tamaraws with imports Bruce "Sky" King and Carlos Terry, defeated the national teams of Yugoslavia and Canada in exhibition match prior to the World Basketball Championship held in Manila, an event Yugoslavia tops and saw Canada placing fifth. ^[1]
U/Tex became the first team to break the monopoly of titles by Toyota and Crispa by winning the Open Conference crown via 3–0 sweep over Crispa 400s. The Wranglers were coach by Tommy Manotoc and reinforced by Glenn McDonald and Byron "Snake" Jones.
Toyota won their second title of the season by winning the invitational championship against Tanduay Esquires for their 5th PBA crown. ^[2]

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

style= width="45%"	Team	style= width="55%"	Muse
Crispa Redmanizers	Meg Paris
Filmanbank	Regina Prada
Great Taste Discoverers	Vilma Santos
Honda Wildcats	Maria Pilar Menendrez
	Mary Massab (Miss Magnolia)
Tanduay ESQ	Maja Bambi Arambulo (Binibining Pilipinas)
Toyota Tamaraws	Charo Santos and Dianne Jose
U/Tex Wranglers	Monette Arquiza

Most Valuable Player: Robert Jaworski (Toyota)
Rookie of the Year: Jimmy Manansala (Tanduay)
Mythical Five:
- Robert Jaworski (Toyota)
- Lim Eng Beng (U/Tex)
- Ramon Fernandez (Toyota)
- Freddie Hubalde (Crispa)
- Philip Cezar (Crispa)