1981 PBA season

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Open Conference champions Toyota Super Diesels Reinforced Filipino Conference champions Crispa Redmanizers Start date 1981 Season MVP Bogs Adornado		Runners-up Crispa Redmanizers Runners-up U-Tex Wranglers Number of teams 10 TV partner PBA on MBS
Duration March 8, 1981 – November 28, 1981 Similar 1998 PBA season, 2008–09 PBA season, 2000 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.

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.