1981 PBA season

The 1981 PBA season was the seventh season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

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. ^[1]
• Arch rivals Toyota and Crispa played for the 10th time in a PBA championship during the Open Conference, the Super Diesels finally ended a string of runner-up finishes from last year by winning their finals series 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)

Individual 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

References