1980 PBA season

Season highlights

• The three-point field goal was introduced at the start of the year.
• From July 3 to 7, two PBA selections hosted the visiting Golden State Warriors in a series of exhibition games. Their four-game series ends in a tie with two wins apiece.
• The U/tex Wranglers wins the Open Conference title by beating Toyota in overtime, 99-98 in the deciding fifth game, best remembered for the famous "Last 16 seconds" when coach Tommy Manotoc's team wiped out a four-point deficit with 16 seconds left in regulation and winning in the extension period.
• Nicholas Stoodley/USA wins the Invitational Championship with a two-game sweep over Toyota Tamaraws to become the first foreign team to capture a PBA title.
• The season-ending tournament marked the Crispa Redmanizers' incredible 20-1 record in the All-Filipino Conference, winning their first 19 games and almost completed a conference sweep, if not for Toyota's victory in Game 3 of the finals, which saw the dismissal of their head coach Fort Acuña.

  Opening ceremonies

Champions

• Open Conference: U/Tex Wranglers
• Invitational Championship: Nicholas Stoodley USA
• All-Filipino Conference: Crispa Redmanizers
• Team with best win-loss percentage: Crispa Redmanizers
• Best Team of the Year: Crispa Redmanizers

  Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player: Philip Cezar
• Rookie of the Year: Willie Generalao
• Mythical Five:
• *Robert Jaworski
• *Atoy Co
• *Ramon Fernandez
• *Bogs Adornado
• *Philip Cezar

  Cumulative standings