1980 PBA season explained

1980 PBA season
Year:	1980
Duration:	March 16 – December 13, 1980
No Of Teams:	10
Tv:	GTV/MBS
Mvp:	Philip Cezar
Conf1:	Open Conference
Conf1 Link:	1980 PBA Open Conference
Conf1 Champ:	U/Tex Wranglers
Conf1 Runner-Up:	Toyota Tamaraws
Conf2:	Invitational championship
Conf2 Link:	1980 PBA Invitational championship
Conf2 Champ:	Nicholas Stoodley (USA)
Conf2 Runner-Up:	Toyota Tamaraws
Conf3:	All-Filipino Conference
Conf3 Link:	1980 PBA All-Filipino Conference
Conf3 Champ:	Crispa Redmanizers
Conf3 Runner-Up:	Toyota Tamaraws
Prevseason Link:	1979 PBA season
Prevseason Year:	1979
Nextseason Link:	1981 PBA season
Nextseason Year:	1981

The 1980 PBA season was the sixth season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Season highlights

• The three-point field goal was introduced at the start of the year.
• From July 3 to 7, two PBA selections hosted the visiting Golden State Warriors in a series of exhibition games. Their four-game series ends in a tie with two wins apiece.
• The U/tex Wranglers wins the Open Conference title by beating Toyota in overtime, 99–98 in the deciding fifth game, best remembered for the famous "Last 16 seconds" when coach Tommy Manotoc's team wiped out a four-point deficit with 16 seconds left in regulation and winning in the extension period.
• Nicholas Stoodley/USA wins the Invitational championship with a two-game sweep over Toyota Tamaraws to become the first foreign team to capture a PBA title. ^[1]
• The season-ending tournament marked the Crispa Redmanizers' incredible 20–1 record in the All-Filipino Conference, winning their first 19 games and almost completed a conference sweep, if not for Toyota's victory in Game 3 of the finals, which saw the dismissal of their head coach Fort Acuña.

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

style= width="45%"	Team	style= width="55%"	Muse
Galleon Shippers
Gilbey's Gin
Great Taste Discoverers
Honda Hagibis	Leah Navarro
	Dina Bonnevie
Tanduay Esquires	Gina Aragon and Zalda Aragon
Tefilin Fibermakers	Charo Santos
Toyota Tamaraws	Anna Menendrez
U/Tex Wranglers	Alma Moreno
Walk Tall Jeansmakers	Vilma Santos

Champions

• Open Conference: U/Tex Wranglers
• Invitational championship: Nicholas Stoodley USA
• All-Filipino Conference: Crispa Redmanizers
• Team with best win–loss percentage: Crispa Redmanizers (44–15, .746)
• Best Team of the Year: Crispa Redmanizers (3rd)

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player: Philip Cezar (Crispa)
• Rookie of the Year: Willie Generalao (Gilbey's Gin)
• Mythical Five:
  • Robert Jaworski (Toyota)
  • Atoy Co (Crispa)
  • Ramon Fernandez (Toyota)
  • Bogs Adornado (U/Tex)
  • Philip Cezar (Crispa)

Cumulative standings

Team	GP	W	L	PCT
	59	44	15	.746
Nicholas Stoodley/USA	10	7	3	.700
Adidas/France	10	7	3	.700
	61	40	21	.656
Galleon Shippers	30	16	14	.533
Tefilin Fibermakers	30	14	16	.467
	52	24	28	.461
	39	16	23	.410
	39	16	23	.410
	39	14	25	.359
Honda Hagibis	31	9	22	.290
	32	9	23	.281

Notes and References

1. News: Looking back: The PBA's history. Manila Standard.