Trivia

• The PBA's fifth season saw three different teams emerging champions in each conference.
• The return of a Crispa-Toyota finale, the Redmanizers winning the All-Filipino, the Tamaraws got back at their five-time tormentors in the Invitationals.
• Royal Tru-Orange, winning its first PBA title, the fourth team to win a championship after Toyota, Crispa and U/tex.

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: Royal Tru-Orange
  San Miguel Beermen
  The Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food...
  
  
• 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 (44-18, .710)

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....
  
  : Atoy Co (Crispa)
• Rookie of the Year
  Philippine Basketball Association Rookie of the Year award
  -List of awardees:...
  
  : Arnie Tuadles (Toyota)
• 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)
  • Arnie Tuadles
    Arnie Tuadles
    Arnulfo "Arnie" Tuadles was a Filipino basketball player who once played for the fabled Philippine Basketball Association team Toyota Super Corollas. He began his career brightly as a stalwart in the MICAA, playing for the Manilabank Golden Bankers in the mid-70s before peddling his wares with the...
    
     (Toyota)
  • Philip Cezar
    Philip Cezar
    Philip "The Scholar" Cezar is a former Philippine Basketball Association basketball player. He 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 1980. He was also a many-time Philippine national team player in...
    
     (Crispa)

PBA All-Star Game

September 4, 1979, at the Araneta Coliseum

Araneta Coliseum

The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...