1976 PBA season
The 1976 PBA season was the second season of the Philippine Basketball Association.
Season highlights
- The Crispa Redmanizers won all three conferences in the year to capped the very first Grand Slam in the PBA.
- On December 21, Crispa achieved the first PBA Grandslam by winning the All-Philippine championship with a 110-92 win over Toyota Tamaraws in the deciding Game five of the finals. The Redmanizers, reinforced by Cyrus Mann and Bill Bunton, were down 0-2 in the series but won the last three games against their arch rivals, which had Byron "Snake" Jones and Howard Smith as their imports.
- William "Bogs" Adornado wins his second Most Valuable Player Award. He also became the first player to reach the 2,000 point plateau when he scored 24 points in Crispa's title-clinching 101-100 win over Toyota in Game four of the First Conference finals on July 11.
- The first-ever triple-overtime game took place on August 17, Noritake outlasts Tanduay, 153-151, on a jumper by Hubert Filipinas to decide the league's longest match.
- Harry Rogers of 7-Up scored 75 points in their 157-134 win over Fiberlite on October 26, becoming the first PBA player/import to reach the 75-point output in a single game.
Opening ceremonies
Team | Muse |
Crispa Redmanizers | Valerie Floro |
Noritake Porcelain Makers | Josephine Oppus |
N-Rich Coffee Creamers | Vangie Sante |
Quasar TV Makers | Carmen Ronda |
Royal Tru-Orange | Tonette Pineda |
7-Up Uncolas | Alma Moreno |
Tanduay Distillery | Jane Murphy |
Toyota Tamaraws | Marianne de la Riva |
U/Tex Wranglers | Mitos Viola |
Champions
- First Conference: Crispa Redmanizers
- Second Conference: Crispa Redmanizers
- All-Philippine Championship: Crispa Redmanizers
- Team with best win-loss percentage: Crispa Redmanizers
- Best Team of the Year: Crispa Redmanizers
Individual awards
- Most Valuable Player: Bogs Adornado
- Rookie of the Year: Gil Cortez
- Mythical Five:
- *Francis Arnaiz
- *Atoy Co
- *Ramon Fernandez
- *Bogs Adornado
- *Philip Cezar
Cumulative standings