Notable events

• April 17, 1977 - Opening Game of the season between Crispa and Toyota, the Redmanizers won, 122-121 in a game marred by a free-for-all in the post-game fight, sending majority of the Crispa and Toyota players detained in Camp Crame for one night on charge of "alarm and scandal" for the melee.

• July 12, 1977 - Mariwasa-Honda, led by Billy Robinson, defeated the Toyota Tamaraws in the semifinals, 121-114, to set the stage for the first non Crispa-Toyota title-showdown.

• July 24, 1977 - The Crispa Redmanizers clinch their fifth consecutive championship, defeating Mariwasa in Game 4, 139-128.

• November 29, 1977 - Crispa defeated U/Tex, 90-88 in Game 5 of the deciding series, for its sixth straight PBA title.

• December 18, 1977 - Toyota Tamaraws wins the Invitational championship, winning over Emtex Sacronel of Brazil (led by Oscar Schmidt) in Game 3, 129-108 to complete the first ever 3-0 finals sweep.

Champions

• All-Filipino Conference: Crispa Redmanizers
  Crispa Redmanizers
  The Crispa Redmanizers was a basketball team in the Manila Industrial Commercial Athletic Association , the Philippine Basketball Association and the Philippine Amateur Basketball League from the 1960s to the early 1990s.- Profile and history :...
  
  
• Open Conference: Crispa Redmanizers
  Crispa Redmanizers
  The Crispa Redmanizers was a basketball team in the Manila Industrial Commercial Athletic Association , the Philippine Basketball Association and the Philippine Amateur Basketball League from the 1960s to the early 1990s.- Profile and history :...
  
  
• Invitational Conference: Toyota Tamaraws
  Toyota Super Corollas
  The Toyota Super Corollas was a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1975-1983. The team had various monikers such as the Comets, the Silver Tamaraws, the Tamaraws, the Super Diesels, the Super Corollas and the Silver Coronas.Their nine PBA titles is the...
  
  

• Team with best win-loss percentage: Toyota (49-15, .766)

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player
  Philippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player award
  The Philippine Basketball Association awards the Most Valuable Player award at the end of the season. The winner is selected via votes from the press, players, coaches and top PBA officials....
  
  : Freddie Hubalde
  Freddie Hubalde
  Alfredo Hubalde , also known as Freddie Hubalde, is a former Filipino professional basketball player. Hubalde played college ball for the Mapúa Institute of Technology, before eventually moving on to play professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association...
  
   (Crispa)
• Rookie of the Year
  Philippine Basketball Association Rookie of the Year award
  -List of awardees:...
  
  : Jimmy Taguines (Tanduay)
• Mythical Five:
  • Robert Jaworski
    Robert Jaworski
    Robert Salazar Jaworski , also known as Sonny Jaworski, Bobby Jaworski, Robert Jaworski, Sr. or simply Jawo, is a former Philippine senator, basketball coach and Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association and PBA basketball player.Known as The Big J and called The Living Legend...
    
     (Toyota)
  • Atoy Co
    Atoy Co
    Fortunato Co, Jr., better known as Atoy Co, is a former Philippine Basketball Association basketball player and actor who was part of the fabled Crispa Redmanizers ballclub that won two Grand Slams, in 1976 and 1983. He won the Most Valuable Player award, in 1979 and a 9-time Mythical First...
    
     (Crispa)
  • Ramon Fernandez
    Ramón Fernández
    Ramon S. Fernandez is generally regarded as the greatest basketball player produced by the Philippine Basketball Association. Fernandez won four Most Valuable Player awards and a record of 19 PBA championships bagged...
    
     (Toyota)
  • Freddie Hubalde
    Freddie Hubalde
    Alfredo Hubalde , also known as Freddie Hubalde, is a former Filipino professional basketball player. Hubalde played college ball for the Mapúa Institute of Technology, before eventually moving on to play professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association...
    
     (Crispa)
  • Adriano Papa, Jr.
    Jun Papa
    Adriano R. Papa, Jr. , better known as Jun Papa, was a former Filipino basketball player. Papa was born in Manila, Philippines. He played for Crispa Floro AC in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association. Papa also appeared at the Olympic Games as a member of the country's national...
    
     (Mariwasa)

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