Philippine Basketball Association (partially found broadcasting footage of Filipino basketball games; 1975-present)

A photograph of the inaugural match on April 9, 1975

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. PBA themselves released 1980s PBA footage, the earliest is July 8, 1982, while the earliest full game footage not uploaded by PBA is from 1980. Although there are scenes uploaded from the 70s-80s, 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.

Videos

Oldest surviving PBA footage (Nov 12, 1976) uploaded by Jojo Bailon, reuploaded in YouTube

Oldest surviving full PBA Match

oldest PBA footage that uploaded it themselves, part 1

oldest PBA footage that uploaded it themselves, part 2