2021 PBA Governors' Cup finals

The 2021 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup finals (or PBA Season 46 Governors' Cup finals) was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2021 PBA Governors' Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The playoffs were delayed into 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1][2]

2021 PBA Governors' Cup finals

Team Coach Wins (6) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Tim Cone 4 (4) Meralco Bolts Norman Black 2
Dates	April 6–22, 2022
MVP	Scottie Thompson (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
Television	Local: One Sports TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International
Announcers	see Broadcast notes
Radio network	Radyo5 (DWFM)
Announcers	see Broadcast notes
Referees
Game 1: Rommel Gruta, Bing Oliva, Mike Flordeliza, Gomer Obina Game 2: Nol Quilingen, Mardy Montoya, Mike Flordeliza, Janine Nicandro Game 3: Peter Balao, Sherwin Pineda, Rommel Gruta, Albert Nubla Game 4: Peter Balao, Mardy Montoya, Mike Flordeliza, Niño Cortez Game 5: Nol Quilingen, Rommel Gruta, Mike Flordeliza, Albert Nubla Game 6: Peter Balao, Sherwin Pineda, Mardy Montoya, Niño Cortez

The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and the Meralco Bolts competed for the 20th Governors' Cup championship and the 130th overall championship contested by the league. This was the fourth time that Barangay Ginebra and Meralco competed for the Governors' Cup championship in the span of six seasons. Barangay Ginebra won the three previous championships against Meralco in 2016, 2017, and 2019. Barangay Ginebra defeated Meralco in six games to win their fourth Governors' Cup title in five seasons. They are the lowest-seeded team since the San Miguel Beermen in the 2019 Commissioner's Cup to win a PBA title.^[3] Scottie Thompson was named the finals' MVP.^[4]

Background

Further information: 2021 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season § Governors' Cup, and 2021 Meralco Bolts season § Governors' Cup

Road to the finals

Main article: 2021 PBA Governors' Cup

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel		Meralco Bolts
Finished 6–5 (.636) in 6th place	Elimination round		Finished 7–4 (.636) in 4th place
win over the other against Alaska	Tiebreaker		—
Def. TNT in two games (twice-to-win disadvantage)	Quarterfinals		Def. San Miguel in one game (twice-to-beat advantage)
Def. NLEX, 3–1	Semifinals		Def. Magnolia, 3–2

Head-to-head matchup

One Sports

February 13, 2022 6:45 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 95, Meralco Bolts 101
Scoring by quarter: 22–29, 24–16, 30–34, 19–22
Pts: Brownlee 27 Rebs: Brownlee 14 Asts: Pinto 9		Pts: Bishop 30 Rebs: Bishop 13 Asts: Bishop, Newsome 7

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: Rommel Gruta, Bing Oliva, Mike Flordeliza, Gomer Obina

Series summary

Game	Date	Venue	Winner	Result
Game 1	April 6, 2022	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Meralco	104–91
Game 2	April 8	SM Mall of Asia Arena	Barangay Ginebra	99–93
Game 3	April 10		Meralco	83–74
Game 4	April 13	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Barangay Ginebra	95–84
Game 5	April 17			115–110
Game 6	April 22	SM Mall of Asia Arena		103–92

Game summaries

Game 1

One Sports

April 6, 2022 6:00 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 91, Meralco Bolts 104
Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 19–28, 18–25, 31–26
Pts: Brownlee 27 Rebs: Standhardinger 14 Asts: Thompson 10		Pts: Maliksi 22 Rebs: Bishop 12 Asts: Newsome 7
Meralco leads series, 1–0

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 12,457 Referees: Jimmy Mariano, Sherwin Pineda, Albert Nubla, Joel Baldago

Game 2

One Sports

April 8, 2022 6:00 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 99, Meralco Bolts 93
Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 40–19, 22–29, 17–22
Pts: Brownlee 36 Rebs: Brownlee 13 Asts: Brownlee 9		Pts: Bishop 31 Rebs: Bishop 13 Asts: Black 6
Series tied, 1–1

SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 12,248 Referees: Nol Quilingen, Mardy Montoya, Mike Flordeliza, Janine Nicandro

Game 3

One Sports

April 10, 2022 6:30 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 74, Meralco Bolts 83
Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 21–18, 13–22, 13–21
Pts: Brownlee 19 Rebs: Brownlee 15 Asts: Brownlee 7		Pts: Bishop 30 Rebs: Bishop 16 Asts: Newsome 6
Meralco leads series, 2–1

SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 16,104 Referees: Peter Balao, Sherwin Pineda, Rommel Gruta, Albert Nubla

Game 4

Prior to the game, Barangay Ginebra's Scottie Thompson was awarded his first Best Player of the Conference award,^[5] and Barangay Ginebra import and Thompson's teammate Justin Brownlee was awarded the Best Import of the Conference award for the second time.^[6]

One Sports

April 13, 2022 6:00 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 95, Meralco Bolts 84
Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 17–20, 27–13, 27–30
Pts: Brownlee, Thompson 27 Rebs: Brownlee 18 Asts: Brownlee 7		Pts: Bishop 25 Rebs: Almazan, Black 9 Asts: Newsome 5
Series tied, 2–2

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 17,298 Referees: Peter Balao, Mardy Montoya, Mike Flordeliza, Niño Cortez

Game 5

One Sports

April 17, 2022 6:30 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 115, Meralco Bolts 110
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 29–21, 28–30, 33 –37
Pts: Brownlee 40 Rebs: Brownlee 11 Asts: Thompson 11		Pts: Bishop 30 Rebs: Bishop 15 Asts: Black, Newsome 5
Barangay Ginebra leads series, 3–2

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 18,251 Referees: Nol Quilingen, Rommel Gruta, Mike Flordeliza, Albert Nubla

Game 6

The game was initially scheduled on April 20, 2022, at Smart Araneta Coliseum, but was later postponed to April 22 as fire broke out in one area of the arena during the preliminary round of the 2021 PBA 3x3 season – Second conference Grand Finals earlier in the day.^[7][8]

One Sports

April 22, 2022 6:00 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 103, Meralco Bolts 92
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 28–23, 31–26, 25–19
Pts: Tenorio 30 Rebs: Brownlee 16 Asts: Brownlee 6		Pts: Bishop 21 Rebs: Bishop 16 Asts: Newsome 6
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–2

SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 20,224 Referees: Peter Balao, Sherwin Pineda, Mardy Montoya, Niño Cortez

Rosters

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel roster

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Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G/F 2 Dillinger, Jared  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1984–01–06 Hawaiʻi G 3 Salado, Kent 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 1994–11–10 Arellano G 5 Tenorio, LA (C) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 151 lb (68 kg) 1984–07–09 Ateneo G 6 Thompson, Scottie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1993–07–12 UPHSD F 10 Tolentino, Arvin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1995–11–05 Far Eastern G 11 Pringle, Stanley  6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987–03–05 Penn State F/C 12 Caperal, Prince 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1993–06–12 Arellano G/F 14 Enriquez, Brian (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1995–10–19 William Woods G/F 16 Chan, Jeff 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–02–11 Far Eastern G 17 Pinto, John 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1990–10–15 Arellano F 23 Aguilar, Raymond 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1985–07–27 National-U F/C 25 Aguilar, Japeth 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1987–01–25 Western Kentucky F 27 Onwubere, Sidney 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 1993–08–01 Emilio Aguinaldo F 31 Mariano, Aljon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1992–08–03 UST F 32 Brownlee, Justin (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1988–04–23 St. John's F/C 34 Standhardinger, Christian 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989–07–04 Hawaiʻi F 38 Devance, Joe 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1982–02–19 UTEP G 50 Ayaay, MJ 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 1993–08–03 Lyceum	Head coach Tim Cone Assistant coach(es) Richard del Rosario (1st assistant) Olsen Racela Freddie Abuda Kirk Collier Team manager Alfrancis Chua[a] Raymond Rodriguez (assistant) 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

• ^a Also serves as Barangay Ginebra's board governor.

Meralco Bolts roster

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Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 1 Black, Aaron 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1996–12–03 Ateneo F 3 Bishop, Tony (I) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989–07–16 Texas State G 5 Banchero, Chris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1989–01–24 Seattle Pacific F 6 Jose, Raymar 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1992–08–06 Far Eastern F 7 Hodge, Cliff (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1988–02–03 Reedley G/F 11 Newsome, Chris 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990–07–25 Ateneo F 12 Belo, Mac 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1993–02–12 Far Eastern F 14 Cañete, Michael 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 1993–08–14 Arellano G 17 Caram, Anjo 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 159 lb (72 kg) 1991–01–14 San Beda G/F 19 Quinto, Bong 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 1994–12–15 Letran C 20 Almazan, Raymond 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1989–08–02 Letran F/C 21 Hugnatan, Reynel 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1978–11–03 Manila G/F 22 Maliksi, Allein 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1987–09–18 UST G/F 23 Pasaol, Alvin (R) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1995–05–06 UE F/C 50 Baclao, Nonoy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987–06–15 Ateneo F 81 Jamito, Jammer 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990–09–01 St. Clare	Head coach Norman Black Assistant coach(es) Ronnie Magsanoc (1st assistant) Luigi Trillo Gene Afable Patrick Fran Charles Tiu Team manager Paolo Trillo 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

Broadcast notes

The Governors' Cup Finals was aired on TV5 with simulcast on PBA Rush (both in standard and high definition). TV5's radio arm, Radyo5 provided the radio play-by-play coverage. The One Sports network did not air games 1 and 2 as it aired the 2022 PVL Open Conference Finals, which happened on the same time as the PBA finals.

One Sports provided online livestreaming via the PusoPilipinas and Smart Sports Facebook pages using the TV5 and PBA Rush feeds respectively.

The PBA Rush broadcast provided English-language coverage of the Finals.

Game	TV5 and One Sports			SMART Sports (English & Filipino)
	Play-by-play	Analyst(s)	Courtside reporters	Play-by-play	Analyst(s)
Game 1	Charlie Cuna	Dominic Uy	Denise Tan and Ysa Chong	Jutt Sulit	Vince Hizon
Game 2	Jutt Sulit	Joaquin Henson	Denise Tan and Eileen Shi	Carlo Pamintuan	Mark Molina
Game 3	Magoo Marjon	Andy Jao	Denise Tan and Ysa Chong	Jinno Rufino	Jolly Escobar
Game 4	Charlie Cuna	Andy Jao	Denise Tan and Ira Pablo-Neypes	Anthony Suntay	Vince Hizon
Game 5	Sev Sarmenta	Dominic Uy	Denise Tan and Ysa Chong	Andre Co	Jolly Escobar
Game 6	Magoo Marjon	Joaquin Henson	Denise Tan and Ira Pablo-Neypes	Jinno Rufino	Mark Molina

• Additional Game 6 crew:
  • Trophy presentation: Jutt Sulit
  • Celebration interviewer: Denise Tan

References

1. "PBA postpones all scheduled games this week". PBA.ph. January 3, 2022. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
2. "PBA postpones games temporarily, suspends team scrimmages". PBA.ph. January 6, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
3. Denison Rey A. Dalupang (April 22, 2022). "PBA: Ginebra wins Governors' Cup crown anew, closes out Meralco in Game 6". Inquirer Sports. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
4. Delfin Dioquino (April 22, 2022). "Scottie Thompson crowned Finals MVP as Ginebra reigns". Rappler. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
5. "Thompson wins first BPC plum in runaway fashion". www.pba.ph.
6. "Brownlee is Governors Cup Best Import". www.pba.ph.
7. Ramos, Gerry (April 20, 2022). "PBA 3x3 Grand Finals suspended due to fire at Big Dome". Spin.ph. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
8. "Ginebra-Meralco IV Game 6 postponed due to Big Dome fire". PBA.ph. April 20, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022.

External links

• PBA official website