The 1975 Royal Tru-Orange season was the 1st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
First Conference standings #TeamsWLPCTGB1 Toyota Tamaraws 13 3 .812 –-2 Crispa Redmanizers 12 4 .750 13 U-Tex Weavers 10 6 .625 34 Royal Tru-Orange 10 6 .625 35 Mariwasa-Noritake 8 8 .500 56 Concepcion Carrier 7 9 .438 67 Tanduay Distillery 5 11 .312 88 CFC-Presto 5 11 .312 89 Seven-Up 2 14 .125 11
Summary The Royal Tru-Orangemen were among the top four teams which made it to semifinal round in the PBA's very first conference. They lost all their six games in the two-round semifinals and placed fourth behind champion Toyota, runner-up Crispa, and third place U-Tex.PBA season one: A look back at history, Henry Liao, philippinebasketball.ph In the second conference, Royal had a pair of Harry Brown and Steve Smith as their imports. The Orangemen were in their second semifinal stint and this time, they won two out of their six assignments, not enough to make it even in a playoff berth. Royal played Noritake in the best-of-five series for third place and after winning Game One, 125-122, the Orangemen lost the next two games and with Crispa forfeiting Game four of the finals against Toyota, the Orangemen ended up fourth place again. They completed a fourth place finish in all three conferences of the season as the Orangemen, despite beating U-Tex in the round-robin All-Philippine championship, they lost to U-Tex in five games in their series for third place.
Roster Roster # Position Height Bienvenido Alenton 4 Center-Forward Maximino Baguio 2 Guard Santiago Capa 9 Center Worley Cuevas 11 Forward Ernesto Estrada 5 Forward Rolando Marcelo 6 Guard-Forward Rosalio Martirez 14 Guard Alejandrito Miego 1 Guard Manny Paner 13 Forward-Center Manuel Pineda 8 Guard David Regullano 15 Center-Forward Norberto Rivera 3 Forward Wilfredo Velasco 7 Forward Stephen Smith Import 10 Forward Harry Brown Import 12 Guard-Forward
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External links Crispa-Toyota rivalry