The 1980 Tanduay Esquires season was the 6th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Occurrences Tanduay's seven-foot import Paul Zaretsky sprained his ankle in a workout and as a result, Tanduay lost their first game of the season to Honda, playing with only one import, Kevin Cluess. Zaretsky never got a chance to play and was sent home in favor of 6-8 Odell Ball, a former center of Marquette University.
Semifinal stint For the third straight season, Tanduay advances into the round of four of the league's most prestigious tournament, the All-Filipino. The Esquires posted a 5-4 and 3-2 won-loss slates in the eliminations and quarterfinal phase. In the one-round robin among the four semifinalist, the Esquires lost to unbeaten Crispa Redmanizers, 98-101, in the last playing date on December 4 as they failed to create a three-way tie and a playoff with Toyota for the second finals berth. Tanduay placed third by winning their series against Gilbey's Gin.
Win–loss record vs opponents Teams Win Loss 1st (Open) 3rd (All-Filipino) Galleon Shippers 2 1 1-1 1-0 Gilbey’s Gin 5 4 0-2 5-2 Great Taste / Presto 1 2 0-2 1-0 Honda 2 1 1-1 1-0 Royal / San Miguel 3 1 1-1 2-0 Tefilin 0 3 0-2 0-1 Toyota Tamaraws 0 5 0-2 0-3 U-Tex Wranglers 2 2 0-2 2-0 Walk Tall / Crispa 1 4 1-1 0-3Total 16 23 4-14 12-9
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