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Pasig City MCW Sports | |
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League | MBA (1998–2000) MPBL (2018–present) FilBasket (2021–2022) |
Founded | 1998 2018 (second incarnation) | (first incarnation)
History | Pasig Blue Pirates 1998 Pasig-Rizal Pirates 1999–2000 Pasig Pirates 2018–2019 Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors 2019–2021 Pasig City 2022 Pasig City MCW Sports 2022–2023 |
Arena | Ynares Sports Arena |
Location | Pasig |
Team colors | |
Main sponsor | MCW Sports |
Pasig City MCW Sports was a Filipino professional basketball team based in Pasig. The team last competed in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) and played their home games at both Pasig Sports Center and Ynares Sports Arena.
The team's first incarnation was established in 1998 with the Pasig Blue Pirates of the Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA), which ran until 2000. The Pirates would later be revived with an MPBL expansion team for the 2018–19 season. [1] Since the 2022 MPBL playoffs, the team has been sponsored by MCW Sports, an online sports news portal in the Philippines. [2]
The Pasig-based franchise also took part in FilBasket and in the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3.
Pasig's basketball franchise was established in 1998 with the Pasig Blue Pirates of the Metropolitan Basketball Association. In 1999, the team was renamed as the Pasig-Rizal Pirates and would remain in the league until 2000.
The Pasig Pirates were revived in 2018, when they became one of sixteen teams that were part of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League's national expansion for its 2018–19 season. The Mark Andaya-led Pirates finished with a league-worst 4–21 record.
In the 2019–20 season, Sta. Lucia Land became the title sponsors of the Pasig franchise, becoming the Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors, reviving the Realtors moniker used in the Philippine Basketball Association and Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League.
Pasig City MCW Sports notable players | ||||
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Player | Position | Tenure | Awards | All-Star |
Mark Andaya | 2018–2019 | — | 1 (2019) | |
Jeric Teng | 2019–2020 | 1x All-MPBL First Team (2020) | 1 (2020) | |
Carlo Lastimosa | 2022 | — | 1 (2022) | |
Jason Ballesteros | 2022–2023 | 1x Defensive Player of the Year (2023) | 1 (2023) | |
Ryan Costelo | 2022–2023 | 1x All-MPBL Second Team (2023) | 1 (2023) |
League champions | |
Division champions | |
Qualified for playoffs | |
Best regular season record |
Season | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||
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Division | Finish | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Stage | Results | |
Pasig Pirates | |||||||||
2018–19 Datu Cup | North | 13th | 25 | 4 | 21 | .160 | 19 | Did not qualify | |
Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors | |||||||||
2019–20 Lakan Season | North | 7th | 30 | 18 | 12 | .600 | 8 | First Round | lost vs. Manila, 0–2 |
Pasig City MCW Sports | |||||||||
2022 | North | 2nd | 21 | 14 | 7 | .667 | 7 | First Round Division Semifinals | won vs. Quezon City, 2–0 lost vs. San Juan, 0–2 |
2023 | North | 5th | 28 | 19 | 9 | .679 | 7 | First Round | lost vs. Caloocan, 1–2 |
2024 | Did not participate | ||||||||
All-time regular season record | 104 | 55 | 49 | .529 | 3 playoff appearances | ||||
All-time playoff record | 9 | 3 | 6 | .333 | 0 Finals appearances | ||||
All-time overall record | 113 | 58 | 55 | .513 | 0 championships |
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