The 1975 Toyota Comets season was the first season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
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First Conference standings
#TeamsWLPCTGB1 Toyota Comets 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 Distillers 5 11 .312 88 Presto Ice Cream Flavorites 5 11 .312 89 Seven-Up 2 14 .125 11 The Comets were unbeaten in the semifinals, winning all their six matches.PBA season one: A look back at history, Henry Liao, philippinebasketball.ph
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.
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 by 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 Alberto Reynoso 4 Center Roberto Concepcion 5 Forward Robert Jaworski 7 Guard Francis Arnaiz 8 Guard Orlando Bauzon 9 Guard Ramon Fernandez 10 Center Oscar Rocha 11 Forward Cristino Reynoso 14 Forward Rodolfo Segura 15 Forward Fort Acuña 17 Forward Joaquin Rojas 22 Guard Aurelio Clariño 23 Center Stan "Sweet" Cherry Import 30 Forward-Center Byron "Snake" Jones Import 33 Center
References
External links Toyota team [email protected]