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1981 PBA season

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1981 PBA season
DurationMarch 8 – November 28, 1981
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)MBS
Season MVPBogs Adornado
(U/Tex Wranglers)
Open Conference championsToyota Super Diesels
  Open Conference runners-upCrispa Redmanizers
Reinforced Filipino Conference championsCrispa Redmanizers
  Reinforced Filipino Conference runners-upU/Tex Wranglers
Seasons

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

Board of governors

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Executive committee

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Teams

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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

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  • 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]
  • 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

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Open Conference

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Elimination round

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 14 4 .778 Semifinal round
2 U-Tex Wranglers 14 4 .778
3 Crispa Redmanizers 13 5 .722 1
4 Toyota Super Diesels 12 6 .667 2
5 Tefilin Polyesters 10 8 .556 4
6 CDCP Road Builders 10 8 .556 4
7 Gilbey's Gin 7 11 .389 7
8 Finance Funders 5 13 .278 9
9 Presto Fun Drinks 4 14 .222 10
10 YCO-Tanduay 1 17 .056 13
Source: [citation needed]

Semifinal round

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Toyota Super Diesels 5 1 .833 Advance to the Finals
2 Crispa Redmanizers 4 2 .667 1
3 U-Tex Wranglers 2 4 .333 3 Proceed to third place playoff
4 San Miguel Beermen 1 5 .167 4
Source: [citation needed]

Finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
(1) Toyota Super Diesels 3–2 (2) Crispa Redmanizers 123–116 124–126 116–126 116–98 103–97

Reinforced Filipino Conference

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Elimination round

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Crispa Redmanizers 7 2 .778 Quarterfinal round
2 Toyota Super Diesels 7 2 .778
3 U-Tex Wranglers 6 3 .667 1
4 Presto Fun Drinks 5 4 .556 2
5 YCO-Tanduay 5 4 .556 2
6 Tefilin Polyesters 5 4 .556 2
7 CDCP Road Builders 4 5 .444 3
8 Finance Funders 3 6 .333 4
9 San Miguel Beermen 2 7 .222 5
10 St. George Whiskies 1 8 .111 6
Source: [citation needed]

Quarterfinal round

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 U-Tex Wranglers 4 1 .800 Semifinal round
2 Crispa Redmanizers 3 2 .600 1
3 YCO-Tanduay 3 2 .600 1
4 Presto Fun Drinks 3 2 .600 1
5 Toyota Super Diesels 2 3 .400 2
6 Tefilin Polyesters 0 5 .000 4
Source: [citation needed]

Semifinal round

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 U-Tex Wranglers 4 2 .667 Advance to the finals
2 Crispa Redmanizers 3 3 .500[a] 1
3 Presto Fun Drinks 3 3 .500[a] 1 Proceed to third-place playoff
4 YCO-Tanduay 2 4 .333 2
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Second seed playoff: Crispa 119–114 Presto

Finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
(1) U-Tex Wranglers 1–3 (2) Crispa Redmanizers 108–113 95–91 112–116 119–124 ⁠—
  • Best Import of the Conference: Russell Murray (Tanduay)

Awards

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Cumulative standings

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Team GP W L PCT
Toyota Super Diesels 43 29 14 .674
Crispa Redmanizers 54 36 18 .667
U/Tex Wranglers 53 34 19 .641
San Miguel Beermen 41 22 19 .536
CDCP Road Builders 30 16 14 .533
Tefilin Polyesters 32 15 17 .469
Presto Fun Drinks 43 17 26 .395
YCO-Tanduay 42 13 29 .309
Finance Funders 30 9 21 .300
Gilbey's Gin/St.George Whiskies 30 8 22 .267

References

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  1. ^ "Looking back: The PBA's history". Manila Standard.