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2021 PBA season

2021 PBA season
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 pickJoshua Munzon
Picked byTerrafirma Dyip
Season MVPScottie Thompson
(Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
Top scorerMikey Williams
(TNT Tropang Giga)
Philippine Cup championsTNT Tropang Giga
  Philippine Cup runners-upMagnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots
Governors' Cup championsBarangay Ginebra San Miguel
  Governors' Cup runners-upMeralco 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]

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

Executive board

Teams

Team Company Governor Coach Captain
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 Pambansang Manok 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 Corporation Demosthenes 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]

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

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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.

Arena City
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

  • On January 24, Cyrus Baguio announced his retirement. Baguio played for 6 franchises in his 17 seasons in the association.[15]
  • On February 1, Harvey Carey announced his retirement. Carey played for TNT Tropang Giga for 17 seasons.[16]
  • On March 21, JC Intal announced his retirement. Intal played for 4 franchises in his 13 seasons in the association.[17]
  • On May 15, Jay-R Reyes announced his retirement. Reyes played for 8 franchises in his 14 seasons in the association.[18]
  • On May 25, Marc Pingris announced his retirement. Pingris played for 3 franchises in his 15 seasons in the association.[19]
  • On December 29, Garvo Lanete announced his retirement. Lanete played for 3 franchises in his 6 seasons in the association.[20]

Coaching changes

Coaching changes
Team 2020 season 2021 season Ref.
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

  • The PBA Board of Governors approved a two-conference format this season. One All-Filipino tournament (Philippine Cup) to be held for four months and one import-laced tournament (Governors' Cup) to be held for six months.[3]
  • On March 12, Ricky Vargas of TNT KaTropa was re-elected for a fourth consecutive term as the Chairman of the PBA Board of Governors. Bobby Rosales of Terrafirma Dyip was re-elected as Vice Chairman, while Richard "Dickie" Bachmann of the Alaska Aces was elected as treasurer. Bachmann was also appointed as the chairman of the PBA 3×3 tournament. Vargas became the longest-serving head of the PBA Board of Governors since the presidency of Ginebra San Miguel's Carlos "Honeyboy" Palanca III (1983 to 1986) and the chairmanship of Formula Shell's Reynaldo Marquez (1987 to 1990).[24]
  • July 9: The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) have approved the proposal from the league to open its 46th season on July 16. The announcement came from the monthly Games and Amusements Board press conference.[25]

Philippine Cup

  • July 18: Barangay Ginebra San Miguel started wearing their "Bagong Tapang" jerseys. The jerseys replace their light uniforms. The said jerseys were launched in April and were made available to fans beginning on May 1.[26]
  • July 21: Four games involving the TNT Tropang Giga and the Terrafirma Dyip were postponed due to TNT players' inconclusive COVID-19 test results.[27]
  • August 3: The league suspended their games beginning August 4 after the government declared that Metro Manila was under Enhanced Community Quarantine from August 6 to 20. The league have appealed to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) if they can continue their tournament in Batangas, which was under a more relaxed quarantine restrictions.[28]
  • August 23: The league announced that they got the approval of Pampanga governor Dennis Pineda to resume their games at the Don Honorio Ventura State University in Bacolor starting September 1.[29]

Midseason break

  • The league announced that the inaugural 3x3 season would start on November 20.[30]
  • November 9: The PBA board of governors have approved to revise the league's policy for Fil-foreigner to be eligible for the PBA draft. Fil-foreigners are only required to submit a Philippine passport upon application to the draft.[31] The board also increased the number of Fil-foreigner players per team from five to seven.[32]

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.
  • December 10: The Quezon City government approved the PBA's request to play their games with spectators. The games were played at the Smart Araneta Coliseum with half capacity allowed starting December 15.[33]
  • December 25: The Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots retired the jersey numbers of PJ Simon (#8) and Marc Pingris (#15), during halftime of their game against Barangay Ginebra San Miguel.[34]
  • January 3, 2022: The league postpones its scheduled games for the first week of January after Metro Manila was put on Alert Level 3 due to the rising COVID-19 cases.[35]
  • January 6: The league postpones the Governors' Cup indefinitely. Team scrimmages are also suspended.[36]
  • January 30: The league announced that the Governors' Cup would resume on February 11.[37] Subsequently, the league announced on February 12 that spectators were allowed to watch the games inside the playing venues beginning February 16.[38]
  • February 16: Alaska Aces team owner Wilfred Uytengsu announced that the franchise was leaving the PBA at the end of the 2021 season.[39]
  • February 18: The PBA announced that the Hong Kong-based Bay Area Chun Yu Phoenixes from EASL would enter the league as a guest team during the Governors' Cup of season 47.[40] Their participation was formally announced on March 21.[41] It was also announced that the team would compete under the name Bay Area Dragons, so as not to confuse their nickname with current PBA team Phoenix Super LPG.[42]
  • February 28: After the IATF-EID announced that Metro Manila would be under Alert Level 1 from March 1 to 15, the league announced that the Smart Araneta Coliseum would be back to full capacity starting on March 2.[43]
  • March 6: The Alaska Aces retired the jersey number of Sonny Thoss (#7), during halftime of their game against Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots.[44]
  • March 19: The Alaska Aces played its final PBA game after being eliminated by the NLEX Road Warriors in their do-or-die quarterfinal game, 96–80. At the end of the game, the league held a short tribute to the Alaska franchise then Commissioner Willie Marcial sounded the ceremonial "final buzzer" at center court.[45]
  • March 23: The PBA Board of Governors unanimously approved the sale of the Alaska franchise to Converge ICT Solutions Inc. Former PBA commissioner Chito Salud became its team governor.[46]
  • April 20: A fire broke out at the construction area beside the Smart Araneta Coliseum at around 11:00 am while the games of the 2021 PBA 3x3 second conference grand finals was underway. The 3x3 games were postponed and subsequently, Game 6 of the Governors' Cup finals between Barangay Ginebra and Meralco were rescheduled to April 22.[47]

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

Pos Team 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[49]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Rain or Shine
  2. ^ a b c 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)
1TNT84
8Barangay Ginebra71
1TNT4
(best-of-3)
4San Miguel3
4San Miguel2
5NorthPort0
1TNT4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
3Magnolia1
2Meralco8097
7NLEX8186
2Meralco2
(best-of-3)
3Magnolia4
3Magnolia2
6Rain or Shine0

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
(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
(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.

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
(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

Finals

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

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

Pos Team 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[50]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.07, Meralco 0.99, San Miguel 0.95
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 Alaska
  3. ^ a b Eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 101–98 NorthPort

Playoffs

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-5)
Finals
(best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1Magnolia127
8Phoenix Super LPG88
1Magnolia2
(#4 twice-to-beat)
4Meralco3
4Meralco100
5San Miguel85
4Meralco2
(#2 twice-to-beat)
6Barangay Ginebra4
2NLEX7996
7Alaska9380
2NLEX1
(#3 twice-to-beat)
6Barangay Ginebra3
3TNT9295
6Barangay Ginebra104115

Quarterfinals

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.

Semifinals

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

Finals

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

Awards

Leo Awards

PBA Press Corps Annual Awards

Cumulative standings

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
Source: [citation needed]

Elimination round

Pos Team Pld W L PCT
1 TNT Tropang Giga 22 17 5 .773[a]
2 Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots 22 17 5 .773[a]
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[b]
9 Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 22 9 13 .409[b]
10 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 22 9 13 .409[b]
11 Terrafirma Dyip 22 6 16 .273
12 Blackwater Bossing 22 1 21 .045
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Elimination round head-to-head record: TNT 1–1 (GAvg 1.02–0.98) Magnolia
  2. ^ a b c 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.

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
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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