The 2024 MPBL playoffs will be the postseason tournament of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League's 2024 season, the league's sixth overall, and the fifth under the 16-team format. The postseason tournament began on October 5, four days after the conclusion of the regular season, and is expected to end sometime in December.
| 2024 MPBL Playoffs presented by Xtreme and MPBL Partylist | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Dates | October 5 – December 2024 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Defending champions | Pampanga Giant Lanterns |
For sponsorship reasons, this year's playoffs is also known as the 2024 MPBL Playoffs presented by Xtreme and MPBL Partylist.
Overview
editUpdates to playoff appearances
edit- The San Juan Knights entered the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season and also clinch the best record in the league for the first time since 2020.[1]
- The Quezon Huskers entered the playoffs for the second consecutive season and also clinch the best record in the South Division for the first time in franchise history.
- The Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters entered the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season, currently the longest playoff streak in the MPBL.
- The South Cotabato Warriors and Zamboanga Master Sardines entered the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.
- The Pampanga Giant Lanterns entered the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.
- The Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards entered the playoffs for the third consecutive season.
- The Caloocan Batang Kankaloo and Pasay Voyagers entered the playoffs for the second consecutive season.
- The Rizal Golden Coolers entered the playoffs for the first time since 2022.
- The Davao Occidental Tigers and Manila Batang Sampaloc entered the playoffs for the first time since 2020.
- The Parañaque Patriots entered the playoffs for the first time since 2018.
- The Abra Weavers, Biñan Tatak Gel, and Negros Muscovados entered the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.[2]
- Biñan and Parañaque also ended the league's longest playoff droughts to date, after both teams missed the playoffs the last four seasons.
- The Iloilo United Royals and Imus Agimat missed the playoffs after making the postseason last season.
- The Marikina Shoemasters and Muntinlupa Cagers missed the playoffs for the first time since 2020.
- The Mindoro Tamaraws missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season, the longest active playoff drought in the league and tied for the longest playoff drought overall.
- Due to their departures from the league:
- Makati missed the playoffs after making the postseason last season.
- Pasig City missed the playoffs for the first time since 2019.
- Bacoor City missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, having made the playoffs since 2019.
Notable events
edit- This marked the first time since 2018 and the second time overall that a Cavite team doesn't make the playoffs.
- The San Juan Knights, South Cotabato Warriors, and Zamboanga Master Sardines joined the Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters as the only teams to have made at least five playoff appearances in the MPBL.
- This is the first time that Western Visayas doesn't have a team make the playoffs since the region's entry into the league in the 2019–20 season.
- The San Juan Knights became the first team in league history to clinch the top seed in two seasons, with the first coming in 2020.
Format
editThe top eight teams from each division advance to the playoffs. Seeding is based on wins, with tiebreaker rules applied should multiple teams have the same record. The single-elimination bracket consists of four rounds with no reseeding. The first three rounds being best-of-three series and the national finals being a best-of-five series.
During the first two rounds, two games within the same division are played in a gameday, with homecourt advantage alternating between the higher-seeded teams of each series. A traditional homecourt format is then used for the last two rounds, with the division finals using a 1–1–1 format and the national finals using a 2–2–1 format. The designated home team may not be able to play within its home locality. Should it occur, the gameday may take place elsewhere.
Division standings
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North Division
Source: Standings
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South Division
Source: Standings Notes:
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Bracket
editTeams in bold advanced to the next round. Teams in italics have homecourt advantage for the series. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its division, while the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round.
| Division quarterfinals (best-of-3) | Division semifinals (best-of-3) | Division finals (best-of-3) | National finals (best-of-5) | ||||||||||||||||
| N1 | San Juan | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| N8 | Rizal | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Manila | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| N5 | Caloocan | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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| N2 | Pampanga | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| N7 | Abra | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Nueva Ecija | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| N6 | Pasay | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
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| S1 | Quezon | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| S8 | Negros | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| S4 | Zamboanga | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| S5 | Parañaque | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Division | |||||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Batangas City | ||||||||||||||||||
| S7 | Davao Occidental | ||||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Biñan | ||||||||||||||||||
| S6 | South Cotabato | ||||||||||||||||||
Division quarterfinals
edit- NOTE: All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00).
North Division quarterfinals
edit(1) San Juan Knights vs. (8) Rizal Golden Coolers
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October 5
8:00 pm |
| San Juan Knights | 79–64 | Rizal Golden Coolers |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 21–12, 24–22, 17–14 | ||
| Pts: Michael Calisaan 16 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Reynel Hugnatan 6 |
Pts: Alwyn Alday, Marco Balagtas 13 Rebs: Marco Balagtas 10 Asts: Kraniel Villoria, Valandre Chauca 5 | |
| San Juan leads series, 1–0 | ||
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This is the first playoff meeting between San Juan and Rizal.
(2) Pampanga Giant Lanterns vs. (7) Abra Weavers
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October 8
8:00 pm |
| Pampanga Giant Lanterns | 79–64 | Abra Weavers |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 29–10, 24–18, 13–20 | ||
| Pts: Justine Baltazar 24 Rebs: Justine Baltazar 16 Asts: Justine Baltazar, Kurt Reyson 7 |
Pts: Wendell Comboy 20 Rebs: Jappy Faundo 10 Asts: Roi Sumang 5 | |
| Pampanga wins series, 1–0 | ||
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October 16
6:00 pm |
| Abra Weavers | vs. | Pampanga Giant Lanterns |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
Nueva Ecija Coliseum, Palayan, Nueva Ecija
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This is the first playoff meeting Pampanga and Abra.
(3) Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards vs. (6) Pasay Voyagers
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October 8
6:00 pm |
| Pasay Voyagers | 72–82 | Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–28, 15–13, 19–19, 19–22 | ||
| Pts: Laurenz Victoria 24 Rebs: Warren Bonifacio 15 Asts: Warren Bonifacio 5 |
Pts: Robby Celiz 23 Rebs: Will McAloney 8 Asts: Will McAloney, JC Cullar 5 | |
| Nueva Ecija wins series, 1–0 | ||
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October 15
8:00 pm |
| Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards | vs. | Pasay Voyagers |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
Nueva Ecija Coliseum, Palayan, Nueva Ecija
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| Pasay Voyagers | vs. | Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
To be announced
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This is the second playoff meeting Nueva Ecija and Pasay with Nueva Ecija winning the previous meeting.
| Nueva Ecija leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series |
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(4) Manila Batang Sampaloc vs. (5) Caloocan Batang Kankaloo
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October 5
6:00 pm |
| Manila Batang Sampaloc | 78–79 | Caloocan Batang Kankaloo |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 17–24, 22–17, 26–19 | ||
| Pts: Greg Slaughter, Jorey Napoles 16 Rebs: Greg Slaughter, Jorey Napoles 10 Asts: Lorenzo Navarro 8 |
Pts: Jeramer Cabanag 22 Rebs: Gabby Espinas 9 Asts: Alejandrino Iñigo 5 | |
| Caloocan leads series, 1–0 | ||
Caloocan held a 20-point lead during the second quarter, but as the game went on, Manila began catching up, decreasing the Batang Kankaloo's lead to just one point. The latter part of the fourth quarter saw multiple ejections, including the leading scorers for both teams in Jeramer Cabanag and Greg Slaughter.
In the final moments, as Caloocan led by three, Jorey Napoles got fouled as Joco Tayongtong made one of two free throws to make it a two-possession game with 4.7 seconds remaining. Joshua Torralba hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer to end the game as Caloocan won game 1 by one point.
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October 12
8:00 pm |
| Caloocan Batang Kankaloo | vs. | Manila Batang Sampaloc |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
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October 19*
TBA |
| Manila Batang Sampaloc | vs. | Caloocan Batang Kankaloo |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
To be announced
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This is the first playoff meeting Manila and Caloocan.
South Division quarterfinals
edit(1) Quezon Huskers vs. (8) Negros Muscovados
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October 7
8:00 pm |
| Quezon Huskers | 73–60 | Negros Muscovados |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 17–16, 20–16, 16–17 | ||
| Pts: Judel Fuentes 17 Rebs: LJ Gonzales 10 Asts: Judel Fuentes, LJ Gonzales 4 |
Pts: Renz Palma 12 Rebs: Renz Palma 11 Asts: Renz Palma 6 | |
| Quezon leads series, 1–0 | ||
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This is the first playoff meeting between Negros and Quezon.
(2) Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters vs. (7) Davao Occidental Tigers
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October 10
8:00 pm |
| Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters | vs. | Davao Occidental Tigers |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
Batangas City Coliseum, Batangas City, Batangas
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October 17
6:00 pm |
| Davao Occidental Tigers | vs. | Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
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TBA*
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| Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters | vs. | Davao Occidental Tigers |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
To be announced
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This is the second playoff meeting Batangas City and Davao Occidental with Davao Occidental winning the previous meeting.
| Davao Occidental leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series |
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(3) Biñan Tatak Gel vs. (6) South Cotabato Warriors
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October 10
6:00 pm |
| South Cotabato Warriors | vs. | Biñan Tatak Gel |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
Batangas City Coliseum, Batangas City, Batangas
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TBA*
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| South Cotabato Warriors | vs. | Biñan Tatak Gel |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
To be announced
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(4) Zamboanga Master Sardines vs. (5) Parañaque Patriots
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October 7
6:00 pm |
| Parañaque Patriots | 83–79 | Zamboanga Master Sardines |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 17–25, 22–21, 25–22 | ||
| Pts: JP Sarao 21 Rebs: John Uduba 11 Asts: Philip Manalang 6 |
Pts: Jaycee Marcelino 18 Rebs: Joseph Gabayni 8 Asts: Jaycee Marcelino, Renzo Subido 5 | |
| Parañaque leads series, 1–0 | ||
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October 14
8:00 pm |
| Zamboanga Master Sardines | vs. | Parañaque Patriots |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
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October 21*
TBA |
| Parañaque Patriots | vs. | Zamboanga Master Sardines |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
To be announced
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This is the first playoff meeting Zamboanga and Parañaque.
References
edit- ^ "Knights hang tough, blast Zamboangueños". Daily Tribune. September 22, 2024. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ "Abra, Binan enhance MPBL playoff drive". Philippine Star. August 14, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.