1979 PBA season

Season highlights

• After a two-year absence of playing against each other in the championship between the league's most noted rivalry, Crispa and Toyota played once again in the finals during the All-Filipino Conference. Crispa prevailed in five games, winning the deciding game, 118-111 on July 7.
• On September 4, the visiting Washington Bullets, which lost to Seattle SuperSonics in the 1979 NBA Finals, played against a PBA All-Star Selection at the Araneta Coliseum in an exhibition game attended by Philippines First Lady Imelda Marcos, the Bullets with the line-up of hall of famers Elvin Hayes, Wes Unseld and among others, Greg Ballard, Dave Corzine and coach by Dick Motta, won the match, 133-123. The PBA selection were coach by Baby Dalupan and played with five imports and one locals from each of the nine ballclubs.
• Royal Tru-Orange won their first PBA title in the Open Conference by defeating Toyota Tamaraws, 102-101 in Game 4 for a 3-1 series win. The Orangemen were led by imports Otto Moore and Larry Pounds and they became the fourth team to win a championship in the 1970s.
• Three different teams emerge champions in the league's fifth season as the Toyota Tamaraws avoided a third runner-up finish by winning the Invitational championship against rival Crispa Walk Tall Jeans.

  Opening ceremonies

Champions

• All Filipino Conference: Crispa Redmanizers
• Open Conference: Royal Tru-Orange
• Invitational Championship: Toyota Tamaraws
• Team with best win-loss percentage: Toyota Tamaraws
• Best Team of the Year: Toyota Tamaraws

  Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player: Atoy Co
• Rookie of the Year: Arnie Tuadles
• Mythical Five:
• *Robert Jaworski
• *Atoy Co
• *Ramon Fernandez
• *Arnie Tuadles
• *Philip Cezar

  Board of governors

• Leopoldo Prieto
• Domingo Itchon
• Dante Silverio
• Walter Euyang
• Jose Castro, Jr.
• Pablo Carlos
• Valeriano "Danny" Floro
• Emerson Coseteng
• Leonardo "Skip" Guinto
• Porfirio Zablan
• Carlos Palanca III

  Cumulative standings