The 1981 PBA season was the seventh season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Board of governors
Executive committee Leopoldo L. Prieto (Commissioner) Domingo Y. Itchon (President, representing YCO-Tanduay)
Teams Team Company Governor Crispa Redmanizers P. Floro and Sons Virgilio A. Dalupan CDCP Road Builders Construction Development Corporation of the Philippines Roberto S. Cuenca Finance Funders Finance Inc. Emerson Coseteng Gilbey's Gin Tonics/St. George Whiskies La Tondeña Incorporada Carlos Palanca III Great Taste Coffee Makers Consolidated Foods Corporation Porfirio G. Zablan San Miguel Beermen San Miguel Corporation Leonardo M. Guinto Tefilin Polyesters Filipinas Synthetic Fiber Corporation Frank R. Ham Toyota Super Corollas Delta Motor Corporation Ricardo C. Silverio, Jr. YCO-Tanduay Elizalde & Company Tanduay Distillers, Inc. Domingo Y. Itchon U/Tex Wranglers Universal Textile Mills Walter Euyang Canlubang Sugar Estate Harold Hoffman
Season highlights Instead of the usual three-conference format, the season was shortened to two conferences to give way for the Philippines' hosting of the SEA Games in Manila. Rivals Toyota and Crispa played in the finals for the 10th and what turn out to be the last time during the PBA Open Conference championship series. The Super Diesels finally ended a string of three runner-up finishes from last year by winning against the Redmanizers in five games. Toyota import Andrew Fields became the first recipient of the PBA Best Import Award. William "Bogs" Adornado of U/Tex Wranglers won his 3rd Most Valuable Player Award.
Champions Open Conference: Toyota Super Diesels Reinforced Filipino Conference: Crispa Redmanizers Team with best win–loss percentage: Toyota Super Diesels (29–14, .674) Best Team of the Year: Crispa Redmanizers (4th)
Open Conference
Elimination round
Semifinal round
Finals
Best Import of the Conference: Andrew Fields (Toyota)
Reinforced Filipino Conference Elimination round
Quarterfinal round
Semifinal round
Finals
Best Import of the Conference: Russell Murray (Tanduay)
Awards Most Valuable Player: Bogs Adornado (U/Tex) Rookie of the Year: Rafael Sison (Presto) Best Import-Open Conference: Andrew Fields (Toyota) Best Import-Reinforced Conference: Russell Murray (Yco-Tanduay) Mythical Five: Robert Jaworski (Toyota) Atoy Co (Crispa) Ramon Fernandez (Toyota) Bogs Adornado (U/Tex) Philip Cezar (Crispa)
Cumulative standings Team GP W L PCTToyota Super Diesels 43 29 14 .674Crispa Redmanizers 54 36 18 .667U/Tex Wranglers 53 34 19 .641San Miguel Beermen 41 22 19 .536 CDCP Road Builders 30 16 14 .533 Tefilin Polyesters 32 15 17 .469Presto Fun Drinks 43 17 26 .395YCO-Tanduay 42 13 29 .309 Finance Funders 30 9 21 .300Gilbey's Gin/St.George Whiskies 30 8 22 .267
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