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The 2021 PBA season was the 46th season of the Philippine Basketball Association. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season's start, originally scheduled on April 11, 2021,[1] has been delayed until July 16, 2021.[2] The league's Board of Governors announced that the season had two conferences: the Philippine Cup and the Governors' Cup.[3]
2021 PBA season | |
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Duration | July 16 – August 3, 2021 (before first suspension) September 1, 2021 – December 26, 2021 (first resumption, second suspension) February 11, 2022 – April 22, 2022 (second resumption) |
Number of teams | 12 |
TV partner(s) | Local: One Sports TV5 One Sports PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International Online: Cignal Play |
PBA season 46 | |
Top draft pick | Joshua Munzon |
Picked by | Terrafirma Dyip |
Season MVP | Scottie Thompson (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) |
Top scorer | Mikey Williams (TNT Tropang Giga) |
Philippine Cup champions | TNT Tropang Giga |
Philippine Cup runners-up | Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots |
Governors' Cup champions | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel |
Governors' Cup runners-up | Meralco Bolts |
The first activity of the season was the PBA season 46 draft held on March 14, 2021.[4]
The PBA allows for each team to have up to five players classified as "Filipino-foreigners" in their roster. Filipino-foreigners are natural-born Filipinos who are born outside the Philippines. Natural-born Filipinos born inside the Philippines are not classified as such, and a team can as many of them as roster size permits.[n 1][5]
Naturalized Filipinos and foreigners can play as imports. They can only play in import-laced conferences, and usually a team is mandated to have at least one for the duration of the tournament.
A list of imports was provided on those conferences' articles.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Metro Manila, the season started to be played at Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig, in a closed-circuit format, with no spectators allowed for the meantime.[6] On August 6, Metro Manila (of which Pasig is included) was placed under enhanced community quarantine, the highest level of quarantine; the league originally planned to continue at Lipa, Batangas.[7] The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) allowed the PBA to resume in places which were under either modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) or regular general community quarantine (GCQ); with the placement of Batangas under GCQ with heightened restrictions, this removed it from the places the league can play at.[8] The PBA settled in their choice to play in Pampanga for the meantime, as they don't see the quarantine classification in Metro Manila from going to regular GCQ.[9] The PBA then got permission to play in the Don Honorio Ventura State University gym in Bacolor.[10]
For the first two weeks of the 2021 PBA Governors' Cup, the league returned to the Ynares Sports Arena. Quezon City then gave the permission for sports events to be held there with spectators; the PBA was expected to play at the Araneta Coliseum for the rest of the year starting December 15.[11] At the start of 2022, the PBA was also expected to return at the Mall of Asia Arena.[12] However, with the rise of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila, the IATF-EID placed Metro Manila under alert level 3, causing the league to postpone the games for the week starting January 3.[13]
When the Governors' Cup resumed on February 11, the league announced that the games would be played at the Ynares Center in Antipolo for the duration of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification round to be played from February 24 to 28 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.[14]
The league began playing at Mall of Asia Arena on March 23 during the Governors' Cup semifinals.
Team | 2020 season | 2021 season | Ref. |
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Off-season | |||
TNT Tropang Giga | Bong Ravena | Chot Reyes | [21] |
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Caloy Garcia | Chris Gavina | [22] |
In-season | |||
Blackwater Bossing | Nash Racela | Ariel Vanguardia | [23] |
The opening ceremony for this season was held at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig on July 16, 2021. Due to COVID-19 related restrictions, the traditional parade of teams with muses was not done and a “simple” opening ceremonies were held instead.[48]
The first game of the Philippine Cup between the Alaska Aces and the Blackwater Bossing was played after the opening ceremonies.
The Philippine Cup started on July 16, was suspended on August 3, restarted on September 1, and ended on October 29, 2021.
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | TNT Tropang Giga | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Meralco Bolts | 9 | 2 | .818 | 1 | |
3 | Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | |
5 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 6 | 5 | .545[lower-alpha 1] | 4 | |
6 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 6 | 5 | .545[lower-alpha 1] | 4 | |
7 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 4 | 7 | .364[lower-alpha 2] | 6 | |
9 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 4 | 7 | .364[lower-alpha 2] | 6 | |
10 | Terrafirma Dyip | 4 | 7 | .364[lower-alpha 2] | 6 | |
11 | Alaska Aces | 3 | 8 | .273 | 7 | |
12 | Blackwater Bossing | 0 | 11 | .000 | 10 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
1 | TNT | 84 | ||||||||||||
8 | Barangay Ginebra | 71 | ||||||||||||
1 | TNT | 4 | ||||||||||||
(best-of-3) | ||||||||||||||
4 | San Miguel | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | San Miguel | 2 | ||||||||||||
5 | NorthPort | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | TNT | 4 | ||||||||||||
(#2 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
3 | Magnolia | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Meralco | 80 | 97 | |||||||||||
7 | NLEX | 81 | 86 | |||||||||||
2 | Meralco | 2 | ||||||||||||
(best-of-3) | ||||||||||||||
3 | Magnolia | 4 | ||||||||||||
3 | Magnolia | 2 | ||||||||||||
6 | Rain or Shine | 0 | ||||||||||||
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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(1) TNT Tropang Giga* | 1–0 | (8) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 84–71 | — |
(2) Meralco Bolts* | 1–1 | (7) NLEX Road Warriors | 80–81 | 97–86 |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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(3) Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots | 2–0 | (6) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 81–70 | 96–86 | — |
(4) San Miguel Beermen | 2–0 | (5) NorthPort Batang Pier | 88–87 | 100–95 | — |
*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice.
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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(1) TNT Tropang Giga | 4–3 | (4) San Miguel Beermen | 89–88 | 96–98 | 115–98 | 90–116 | 110–90 | 90–103 | 97–79 |
(2) Meralco Bolts | 2–4 | (3) Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots | 79–88 | 78–92 | 91–86 | 69–81 | 102–98 | 85–93 | — |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1) TNT Tropang Giga | 4–1 | (3) Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots | 88–70 | 105–93 | 98–106 | 106–89 | 94–79 | — | — |
The Governors' Cup started on December 6, 2021, was suspended on January 5, 2022, restarted on February 11, and ended on April 22.
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
2 | NLEX Road Warriors | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | |
3 | TNT Tropang Giga | 7 | 4 | .636[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | |
4 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 4 | .636[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | |
5 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 4 | .636[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
6 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545[lower-alpha 2] | 3 | |
7 | Alaska Aces | 6 | 5 | .545[lower-alpha 2] | 3 | |
8 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 5 | 6 | .455[lower-alpha 3] | 4 | |
9 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455[lower-alpha 3] | 4 | |
10 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
11 | Terrafirma Dyip | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
12 | Blackwater Bossing | 1 | 10 | .091 | 8 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
1 | Magnolia | 127 | ||||||||||||
8 | Phoenix Super LPG | 88 | ||||||||||||
1 | Magnolia | 2 | ||||||||||||
(#4 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
4 | Meralco | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Meralco | 100 | ||||||||||||
5 | San Miguel | 85 | ||||||||||||
4 | Meralco | 2 | ||||||||||||
(#2 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
6 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 | NLEX | 79 | 96 | |||||||||||
7 | Alaska | 93 | 80 | |||||||||||
2 | NLEX | 1 | ||||||||||||
(#3 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
6 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | TNT | 92 | 95 | |||||||||||
6 | Barangay Ginebra | 104 | 115 | |||||||||||
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
(1) Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots* | 1–0 | (8) Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 127–88 | — |
(2) NLEX Road Warriors* | 1–1 | (7) Alaska Aces | 79–93 | 96–80 |
(3) TNT Tropang Giga* | 0–2 | (6) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 92–104 | 95–115 |
(4) Meralco Bolts* | 1–0 | (5) San Miguel Beermen | 100–85 | — |
*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice.
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1) Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots | 2–3 | (4) Meralco Bolts | 94–80 | 75–81 | 95–101 | 94–73 | 81–94 |
(2) NLEX Road Warriors | 1–3 | (6) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 86–95 | 94–104 | 86–85 | 93–112 | — |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(4) Meralco Bolts | 2–4 | (6) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 104–91 | 93–99 | 83–74 | 84–95 | 110–115 | 92–103 | – |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | TNT Tropang Giga | 37 | 26 | 11 | .703 | Champions |
2 | Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots | 41 | 27 | 14 | .659 | Finalist |
3 | Meralco Bolts | 42 | 25 | 17 | .595 | |
4 | San Miguel Beermen | 32 | 19 | 13 | .594 | Semifinalist |
5 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 36 | 20 | 16 | .556 | Champions |
6 | NLEX Road Warriors | 30 | 16 | 14 | .533 | Semifinalist |
7 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 25 | 11 | 14 | .440 | Quarterfinalist |
8 | Alaska Aces | 24 | 10 | 14 | .417 | |
9 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 25 | 10 | 15 | .400 | |
10 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 24 | 9 | 15 | .375 | |
11 | Terrafirma Dyip | 22 | 6 | 16 | .273 | Elimination round |
12 | Blackwater Bossing | 22 | 1 | 21 | .045 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | TNT Tropang Giga | 22 | 17 | 5 | .773[lower-alpha 1] |
2 | Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots | 22 | 17 | 5 | .773[lower-alpha 1] |
3 | Meralco Bolts | 22 | 16 | 6 | .727 |
4 | San Miguel Beermen | 22 | 14 | 8 | .636 |
5 | NLEX Road Warriors | 22 | 13 | 9 | .591 |
6 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 22 | 11 | 11 | .500 |
7 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 22 | 10 | 12 | .455 |
8 | Alaska Aces | 22 | 9 | 13 | .409[lower-alpha 2] |
9 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 22 | 9 | 13 | .409[lower-alpha 2] |
10 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 22 | 9 | 13 | .409[lower-alpha 2] |
11 | Terrafirma Dyip | 22 | 6 | 16 | .273 |
12 | Blackwater Bossing | 22 | 1 | 21 | .045 |
This includes one-game playoffs to determine the last playoff participant.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 14 | 10 | 4 |
2 | Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots | 19 | 10 | 9 |
3 | TNT Tropang Giga | 15 | 9 | 6 |
4 | Meralco Bolts | 20 | 9 | 11 |
5 | San Miguel Beermen | 10 | 5 | 5 |
6 | NLEX Road Warriors | 8 | 3 | 5 |
7 | Alaska Aces | 2 | 1 | 1 |
8 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 3 | 1 | 2 |
9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 2 | 0 | 2 |
10 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 3 | 0 | 3 |
11 | Terrafirma Dyip | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Blackwater Bossing | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The 3x3 season started on November 20, 2021, and ended on July 3, 2022. The final legs of the third conference were held in concurrence with the Philippine Cup of the succeeding PBA season.
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