Philippine Basketball Association (partially found broadcasting footage of Filipino basketball games; 1975-present)
Philippine Basketball Association logo.
Status: Partially Found
The Philippine Basketball Association is a Filipino men's professional basketball league and is the first professional basketball league in Asia, established in 1975.
The matches are broadcast on Philippine TV stations, and it's no exception that there is lost or missing footage.
Availability
The inaugural game of PBA on April 9, 1975 is lost, there is only a surviving photograph with Ms. PBA (Mia Montemayor) tossing the ceremonial ball between Cisco Oliver of Mariwasa and Ramon Lucindo of Concepcion. The oldest known surviving footage of PBA is from November 12, 1976, during the Toyota-Crispa fight uploaded by Jojo Bailon.[1] PBA themselves released 1980s PBA footage, the earliest is July 8, 1982,[2] while the earliest full game footage not uploaded by PBA is from 1980. Although there are scenes uploaded from the 1970s-1980s, only a few of them has a full game, with some uploaded by PBA themselves.
The first seven seasons of the league's coverages are believed to be lost. Several playoffs games, including Ginebra games, are believed to be missing on the PBA Archives. It is believed that some clips or even full matches are in the hands of private collectors.
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References
- ↑ Original Facebook post of the November 12, 1976 game. Retrieved 28 Oct '21
- ↑ Earliest footage uploaded by PBA. Retrieved 28 Oct '21