1980 PBA season

The 1980 PBA season was the sixth season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

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.

Champions

 * Open Conference: U/Tex Wranglers
 * Invitational Championship: Nicholas Stoodley USA
 * All-Filipino Conference: Crispa Redmanizers
 * Team with best win-loss percentage: Crispa Redmanizers (44-15, .746)
 * Best Team of the Year: Crispa Redmanizers (3rd)

Individual awards

 * Most Valuable Player: Philip Cezar (Crispa)
 * Rookie of the Year: Willie Generalao (Gilbey's Gin)
 * Mythical Five:
 * Robert Jaworski (Toyota)
 * Atoy Co (Crispa)
 * Ramon Fernandez (Toyota)
 * Bogs Adornado (U/Tex)
 * Philip Cezar (Crispa)