2021 Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots season

The 2021 Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots season was the 33rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2021 Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots season
Head coach	Chito Victolero
Owner(s)	San Miguel-Pure Foods Co., Inc. (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	8–3 (72.7%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Runner-up (lost to TNT, 1–4)
Governors' Cup results
Record	9–2 (81.8%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Semifinalist (lost to Meralco, 2–3)
Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots seasons
← 2020 2022–23 →

Key dates

• March 14: The PBA season 46 draft was held at the TV5 Media Center in Mandaluyong.^[1]

Draft picks

Main article: PBA season 46 draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Place of birth	College
1	10	Jerrick Ahanmisi	G	USA	Adamson
3	30	Ronnie de Leon	F	Philippines	UE
4	41	Andrew Estrella	G	Philippines	Mapúa

Roster

2021 Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots roster

Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 00 Loren Brill (R) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 1997–01–14 Old Dominion F 1 Jackson Corpuz 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1989–02–08 Philippine Christian G 3 Paul Lee 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1989–02–14 UE C 4 Rafi Reavis (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1977–07–26 Coppin State G 5 Jerrick Ahanmisi (R) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1997–10–16 Adamson G 6 Jio Jalalon 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1992–08–02 Arellano F/C 10 Ian Sangalang 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1991–12–20 San Sebastian F 11 Ronnie de Leon (R) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1994–02–24 UE F 13 Calvin Abueva 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1988–02–04 San Sebastian G 14 Mark Barroca 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986–04–25 Far Eastern G/F 17 Alvin Capobres 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 1994–08–19 San Sebastian F 19 Rome dela Rosa 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1990–12–11 San Beda G/F 21 Adrian Wong 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1996–02–10 Ateneo C 42 James Laput (R) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1996–08–26 De La Salle F 57 Aris Dionisio 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 1995–07–21 St. Clare F/C 88 Russel Escoto 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1992–12–04 Far Eastern	Head coach Chito Victolero Assistant coach(es) Jason Webb (1st Assistant) Johnny Abarrientos Antonio Espinosa Mon Jose Juno Sauler Angelito Esguerra Paul Sorongon Team manager Alvin Patrimonio Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
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[a]	4
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	5	.545[a]	4
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	4	7	.364[b]	6
9	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	4	7	.364[b]	6
10	Terrafirma Dyip	4	7	.364[b]	6
11	Alaska Aces	3	8	.273	7
12	Blackwater Bossing	0	11	.000	10

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss^[2]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Rain or Shine
2. Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.03, Barangay Ginebra 1.01, Terrafirma 0.96; eighth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 95–85 Phoenix

Game log

2021 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 8–3
July: 4–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 July 17 Phoenix Super LPG W 80–73 Calvin Abueva (26) Calvin Abueva (10) Jio Jalalon (6) Ynares Sports Arena 1–0 2 July 21 Alaska W 84–82 Ian Sangalang (26) Calvin Abueva (10) Mark Barroca (6) Ynares Sports Arena 2–0 3 July 25 Barangay Ginebra W 89–79 Paul Lee (22) Corpuz, Reavis (12) Mark Barroca (6) Ynares Sports Arena 3–0 4 July 30 Terrafirma W 105–83 Ian Sangalang (18) Calvin Abueva (8) Jio Jalalon (9) Ynares Sports Arena 4–0
September: 4–3 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 September 1 Meralco L 94–95 Paul Lee (21) Calvin Abueva (14) Mark Barroca (4) DHVSU Gym 4–1 6 September 3 Blackwater W 94–78 Barroca, Sangalang (16) Calvin Abueva (10) Mark Barroca (7) DHVSU Gym 5–1 7 September 5 TNT L 76–83 Calvin Abueva (23) Ian Sangalang (10) Jio Jalalon (4) DHVSU Gym 5–2 8 September 8 NLEX W 112–105 (2OT) Calvin Abueva (23) Calvin Abueva (12) Jio Jalalon (9) DHVSU Gym 6–2 9 September 10 Rain or Shine L 72–75 Ian Sangalang (21) Calvin Abueva (13) Paul Lee (5) DHVSU Gym 6–3 10 September 17 NorthPort W 90–89 Ian Sangalang (26) Ian Sangalang (10) Mark Barroca (8) DHVSU Gym 7–3 11 September 19 San Miguel W 100–90 Paul Lee (32) Ian Sangalang (12) Paul Lee (5) DHVSU Gym 8–3

Playoffs

Bracket

	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

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Game log

2021 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log Total: 7–6
Quarterfinals: 2–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 September 26 Rain or Shine W 81–70 Paul Lee (20) Abueva, Sangalang (13) Mark Barroca (5) DHVSU Gym 1–0 2 September 30 Rain or Shine W 96–86 Paul Lee (24) Calvin Abueva (19) Jio Jalalon (6) DHVSU Gym 2–0
Semifinals: 4–2 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 October 3 Meralco W 88–79 Ian Sangalang (18) Rafi Reavis (10) Mark Barroca (6) DHVSU Gym 1–0 2 October 6 Meralco W 92–78 Paul Lee (28) Calvin Abueva (11) Mark Barroca (6) DHVSU Gym 2–0 3 October 8 Meralco L 86–91 Paul Lee (18) Abueva, Sangalang (7) Jio Jalalon (9) DHVSU Gym 2–1 4 October 10 Meralco W 81–69 Abueva, Barroca, Sangalang (17) Calvin Abueva (12) Mark Barroca (6) DHVSU Gym 3–1 5 October 13 Meralco L 98–102 Mark Barroca (25) Ian Sangalang (14) Calvin Abueva (6) DHVSU Gym 3–2 6 October 15 Meralco W 93–85 Ian Sangalang (19) Ian Sangalang (14) Ian Sangalang (6) DHVSU Gym 4–2
Finals: 1–4 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 October 20 TNT L 70–88 Corpuz, Lee (12) Abueva, Corpuz (11) Jio Jalalon (3) DHVSU Gym 0–1 2 October 22 TNT L 93–105 Ian Sangalang (25) Calvin Abueva (11) Jio Jalalon (8) DHVSU Gym 0–2 3 October 24 TNT W 106–98 Paul Lee (21) Rafi Reavis (9) Ian Sangalang (5) DHVSU Gym 1–2 4 October 27 TNT L 89–106 Calvin Abueva (28) Ian Sangalang (10) Jio Jalalon (8) DHVSU Gym 1–3 5 October 29 TNT L 79–94 Ian Sangalang (18) Rafi Reavis (10) Mark Barroca (6) DHVSU Gym 1–4

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
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[a]	2
4	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636[a]	2
5	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636[a]	2	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545[b]	3
7	Alaska Aces	6	5	.545[b]	3
8	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	5	6	.455[c]	4
9	NorthPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455[c]	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

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss^[2]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.07, Meralco 0.99, San Miguel 0.95
2. Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 Alaska
3. Eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 101–98 NorthPort

Game log

2021 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 9–2
December: 3–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 15 Terrafirma W 114–87 Mike Harris (30) Mike Harris (15) Mark Barroca (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0 2 December 19 Rain or Shine W 109–98 Mike Harris (26) Calvin Abueva (9) Jio Jalalon (10) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–0 3 December 25 Barangay Ginebra W 117–94 Mike Harris (29) Mike Harris (15) Jio Jalalon (9) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4,843 3–0
February: 4–1 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 February 11, 2022 TNT W 96–93 Mike Harris (41) Mike Harris (18) Mark Barroca (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–0 5 February 16, 2022 NLEX W 112–109 Mike Harris (31) Mike Harris (10) Jio Jalalon (11) Smart Araneta Coliseum 5–0 6 February 19, 2022 Phoenix Super LPG W 103–83 Mike Harris (20) Mike Harris (13) Barroca, Jalalon (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 6–0 7 February 24, 2022 NorthPort L 101–103 Mike Harris (34) Mike Harris (12) Mark Barroca (8) Ynares Center 6–1 8 February 27, 2022 San Miguel W 104–87 Harris, Lee (26) Mike Harris (13) Mark Barroca (9) Ynares Center 3,561 7–1
March: 2–1 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 9 March 2, 2022 Meralco W 88–85 Mike Harris (30) Mike Harris (22) Jio Jalalon (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 8–1 10 March 6, 2022 Alaska W 118–91 Mike Harris (38) Mike Harris (10) Jio Jalalon (11) Smart Araneta Coliseum 6,502 9–1 11 March 9, 2022 Blackwater L 100–101 Mark Barroca (27) Mike Harris (17) Barroca, Lee (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 9–2

Playoffs

Bracket

	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

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2021 PBA Governors' playoffs game log Total: 3–3
Quarterfinals: 1–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 March 18, 2022 Phoenix Super LPG W 127–88 Paul Lee (25) Calvin Abueva (9) Mark Barroca (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0
Semifinals: 2–3 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 March 23, 2022 Meralco W 94–80 Mike Harris (26) Mike Harris (16) Jio Jalalon (6) SM Mall of Asia Arena 1–0 2 March 25, 2022 Meralco L 75–81 Mike Harris (25) Mike Harris (17) Jio Jalalon (6) SM Mall of Asia Arena 1–1 3 March 27, 2022 Meralco L 95–101 Mike Harris (24) Mike Harris (17) Mark Barroca (6) SM Mall of Asia Arena 13,272 1–2 4 March 30, 2022 Meralco W 94–73 Mike Harris (34) Mike Harris (18) Jio Jalalon (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 10,353 2–2 5 April 1, 2022 Meralco L 81–94 Calvin Abueva (21) Mike Harris (11) Jio Jalalon (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–3

Transactions

Free agency

Signings

Player	Date signed	Contract amount	Contract length	Former team
Mark Barroca	January 14, 2021[3]	Not disclosed	3 years	Re-signed
Rome dela Rosa	November 27, 2021[4]
Russel Escoto	November 30, 2021[5]		1 year

Trades

Pre-season

February
February 17, 2021[6]	To Magnolia Calvin Abueva 2020 Phoenix first-round pick (No. 10)	To Phoenix Chris Banchero 2020 Magnolia first-round pick (No. 6) 2020 Magnolia second-round pick (No. 18)

Philippine Cup

July
July 16, 2021[7]	To Magnolia Russel Escoto	To Terrafirma 2022 second-round pick

Mid-season

November
November 25, 2021[8]	To Magnolia James Laput	To Terrafirma Justin Melton Kyle Pascual

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Governors' Cup	Mike Harris	December 15, 2021 (vs. Terrafirma)	April 1, 2022 (vs. Meralco)	12–5