2021 PBA season

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2021 PBA season
PBA 2021 logo.png
DurationJuly 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 teams12
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 Hotshots
Governors' Cup champions Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
  Governors' Cup runners-up Meralco Bolts
Seasons

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]

Contents

The first activity of the season was the PBA Season 46 draft held on March 14, 2021. [4]

Executive board

Teams

TeamCompanyGovernorCoachCaptain
Alaska Aces Alaska Milk Corporation Richard Bachmann Jeffrey Cariaso Jeron Teng
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. Alfrancis Chua Tim Cone LA Tenorio
Blackwater Bossing Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc. Silliman Sy Ariel Vanguardia (interim) KG Canaleta
Magnolia Hotshots San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc. Rene Pardo Chito Victolero Rafi Reavis
Meralco Bolts Manila Electric Company Al Panlilio Norman Black Cliff Hodge
NLEX Road Warriors Metro Pacific Investments Corporation Rodrigo Franco Yeng Guiao Kevin Alas
NorthPort Batang Pier Sultan 900 Capital, Inc.Eric Arejola Pido Jarencio Kevin Ferrer
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc. Raymond Zorrilla Topex Robinson Matthew Wright
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc.Mamerto Mondragon Chris Gavina Gabe Norwood
San Miguel Beermen San Miguel Brewery, Inc. Robert Non Leo Austria Chris Ross
Terrafirma Dyip Terrafirma Realty Development CorporationDemosthenes Rosales Johnedel Cardel Eric Camson
TNT Tropang Giga Smart Communications Ricky Vargas Chot Reyes Jayson Castro

Player quotas

Filipino-foreigners

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]

TeamPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Replaced
Alaska Aces Flag of Palestine.svg Yousef Taha Flag of the United States.svg Maverick Ahanmisi Flag of the United States.svg Michael DiGregorio Flag of the United States.svg Robbie Herndon Flag of the United States.svg Alec Stockton Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Taylor Browne
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Flag of Germany.svg Christian Standhardinger Flag of the United States.svg Joe Devance Flag of the United States.svg Jared Dillinger Flag of the United States.svg Brian Enriquez Flag of the United States.svg Stanley Pringle
Blackwater Bossing Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Semerad Flag of the United States.svg Simon Enciso Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Nabong Flag of the United States.svg Andre Paras Flag of the United States.svg Joshua Torralba
Magnolia Hotshots Flag of the United States.svg Jerrick Ahanmisi Flag of the United States.svg Loren Brill Flag of the United States.svg Rome dela Rosa Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Laput Flag of the United States.svg Rafi Reavis
Meralco Bolts Flag of the United States.svg Cliff Hodge Flag of the United States.svg Trevis Jackson Flag of the United States.svg Chris Newsome
NLEX Road Warriors Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Semerad Flag of Tonga.svg Asi Taulava
NorthPort Batang Pier Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Malonzo Flag of the United States.svg Troy Rike Flag of the United States.svg Greg Slaughter
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matthew Wright Flag of the United States.svg Chris Banchero Flag of the United States.svg Jason Perkins Flag of the United States.svg Sean Manganti Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sean Anthony
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Norbert Torres Flag of the United States.svg Franky Johnson Flag of the United States.svg Gabe Norwood Flag of the United States.svg Adrian Wong
San Miguel Beermen Flag of Hong Kong.svg CJ Perez Flag of the United States.svg Marcio Lassiter Flag of the United States.svg Chris Ross Flag of the United States.svg Moala Tautuaa
Terrafirma Dyip Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Pascual Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Cahilig Flag of the United States.svg Roosevelt Adams Flag of the United States.svg Rashawn McCarthy Flag of the United States.svg Joshua Munzon
TNT Tropang Giga Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Williams Flag of the United States.svg Mikey Williams

Imports

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.

Arenas

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.

ArenaCity
Don Honorio Ventura State University gym Bacolor, Pampanga
SM Mall of Asia Arena Pasay
Smart Araneta Coliseum Quezon City
Ynares Center Antipolo, Rizal
Ynares Sports Arena Pasig

Transactions

Retirement

Coaching changes

Coaching changes
Team2020 season2021 seasonRef.
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]

Notable events

Pre-season

Philippine Cup

Midseason break

Governors' Cup

A view of the Smart Araneta Coliseum during the halftime break of the game between the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and NorthPort Batang Pier. PBA 2021 - Araneta Coliseum - Barangay Ginebra San Miguel vs NorthPort Batang Pier.jpg
A view of the Smart Araneta Coliseum during the halftime break of the game between the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and NorthPort Batang Pier.

Opening ceremonies

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.

Philippine Cup

The Philippine Cup started on July 16, was suspended on August 3, restarted on September 1, and ended on October 29, 2021.

Elimination round

PosTeamWLPCTGBQualification
1 TNT Tropang Giga 101.909Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Meralco Bolts 92.8181
3 Magnolia Hotshots 83.7272Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 San Miguel Beermen 74.6363
5 NorthPort Batang Pier 65.545 [lower-alpha 1] 4
6 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 65.545 [lower-alpha 1] 4
7 NLEX Road Warriors 56.4555Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 47.364 [lower-alpha 2] 6
9 Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 47.364 [lower-alpha 2] 6
10 Terrafirma Dyip 47.364 [lower-alpha 2] 6
11 Alaska Aces 38.2737
12 Blackwater Bossing 011.00010
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 [49]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Rain or Shine
  2. 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.03, Barangay Ginebra 1.01, Terrafirma 0.96; eighth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 95–85 Phoenix

Playoffs

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(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 8097
7 NLEX 8186
2 Meralco 2
(Best-of-3)
3 Magnolia 4
3 Magnolia 2
6 Rain or Shine 0

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Series Team 21st leg2nd leg
(1) TNT Tropang Giga *1–0(8) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 84–71
(2) Meralco Bolts *1–1(7) NLEX Road Warriors 80–8197–86
Team 1 Series Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3
(3) Magnolia Hotshots 2–0(6) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 81–7096–86
(4) San Miguel Beermen 2–0(5) NorthPort Batang Pier 88–87100–95

*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice.

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7
(1) TNT Tropang Giga 4–3(4) San Miguel Beermen 89–8896–98115–9890–116110–9090–10397–79
(2) Meralco Bolts 2–4(3) Magnolia Hotshots 79–8878–9291–8669–81102–9885–93

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7
(1) TNT Tropang Giga 4–1(3) Magnolia Hotshots 88–70105–9398–106106–8994–79

Governors' Cup

The Governors' Cup started on December 6, 2021, was suspended on January 5, 2022, restarted on February 11, and ended on April 22.

Elimination round

PosTeamWLPCTGBQualification
1 Magnolia Hotshots 92.818Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2 NLEX Road Warriors 83.7271
3 TNT Tropang Giga 74.636 [lower-alpha 1] 2
4 Meralco Bolts 74.636 [lower-alpha 1] 2
5 San Miguel Beermen 74.636 [lower-alpha 1] 2Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 65.545 [lower-alpha 2] 3
7 Alaska Aces 65.545 [lower-alpha 2] 3
8 Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 56.455 [lower-alpha 3] 4
9 NorthPort Batang Pier 56.455 [lower-alpha 3] 4
10 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 38.2736
11 Terrafirma Dyip 29.1827
12 Blackwater Bossing 110.0918
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 [50]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.07, Meralco 0.99, San Miguel 0.95
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 Alaska
  3. 1 2 Eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 101–98 NorthPort

Playoffs

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(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 7996
7 Alaska 9380
2 NLEX 1
(#3 twice-to-beat)
6 Barangay Ginebra 3
3 TNT 9295
6 Barangay Ginebra 104115

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Series Team 21st leg2nd leg
(1) Magnolia Hotshots *1–0(8) Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 127–88
(2) NLEX Road Warriors *1–1(7) Alaska Aces 79–9396–80
(3) TNT Tropang Giga*0–2(6) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 92–10495–115
(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.

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5
(1) Magnolia Hotshots 2–3(4) Meralco Bolts 94–8075–8195–10194–7381–94
(2) NLEX Road Warriors 1–3(6) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 86–9594–10486–8593–112

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7
(4) Meralco Bolts 2–4(6) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 104–9193–9983–7484–95110–11592–103

Awards

Leo Awards

PBA Press Corps Annual Awards

Cumulative standings

PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1 TNT Tropang Giga 372611.703Champions
2 Magnolia Hotshots 412714.659Finalist
3 Meralco Bolts 422517.595
4 San Miguel Beermen 321913.594Semifinalist
5 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 362016.556Champions
6 NLEX Road Warriors 301614.533Semifinalist
7 NorthPort Batang Pier 251114.440Quarterfinalist
8 Alaska Aces 241014.417
9 Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 251015.400
10 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 24915.375
11 Terrafirma Dyip 22616.273Elimination round
12 Blackwater Bossing 22121.045
Source: [ citation needed ]

Elimination round

PosTeamPldWLPCT
1 TNT Tropang Giga 22175.773 [lower-alpha 1]
2 Magnolia Hotshots 22175.773 [lower-alpha 1]
3 Meralco Bolts 22166.727
4 San Miguel Beermen 22148.636
5 NLEX Road Warriors 22139.591
6 NorthPort Batang Pier 221111.500
7 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 221012.455
8 Alaska Aces 22913.409 [lower-alpha 2]
9 Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 22913.409 [lower-alpha 2]
10 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 22913.409 [lower-alpha 2]
11 Terrafirma Dyip 22616.273
12 Blackwater Bossing 22121.045
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Elimination round head-to-head record: TNT 1–1 (GAvg 1.02–0.98) Magnolia
  2. 1 2 3 Elimination round head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.06, Phoenix 1.04, Rain or Shine 0.90

Playoffs

This includes one-game playoffs to determine the last playoff participant.

PosTeamPldWL
1 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 14104
2 Magnolia Hotshots 19109
3 TNT Tropang Giga 1596
4 Meralco Bolts 20911
5 San Miguel Beermen 1055
6 NLEX Road Warriors 835
7 Alaska Aces 211
8 Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 312
9 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 202
10 NorthPort Batang Pier 303
11 Terrafirma Dyip 000
12 Blackwater Bossing 000
Source: [ citation needed ]

3x3

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.

Notes

  1. Nationality indicates the player's place of birth, and may not necessarily hold the associated foreign citizenship. All players have Filipino citizenship.

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