2023–24 PBA season | |
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Duration | November 5, 2023 – June 16, 2024 |
Number of teams | 12 |
TV partner(s) | Local: RPTV[A] A2Z[B] PBA Rush (HD) International: Pilipinas Live Online: Cignal Play Pilipinas Live |
PBA Season 48 | |
Top draft pick | Stephen Holt |
Picked by | Terrafirma Dyip |
Season MVP | June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen) |
Top scorer | Robert Bolick (NLEX Road Warriors) |
Commissioner's Cup champions | San Miguel Beermen |
Commissioner's Cup runners-up | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots |
Philippine Cup champions | Meralco Bolts |
Philippine Cup runners-up | San Miguel Beermen |
The 2023–24 PBA season (or PBA Season 48) was the 48th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Due to the participation of Philippine men's national basketball team in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and 2022 Asian Games, the PBA season started on November 5, 2023[1] and would only have two conferences, first being the Commissioner's Cup, followed by the season-ending Philippine Cup.
Opening day was originally scheduled on October 15,[2] but was moved three weeks past the original date to give the players who participated in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the 2022 Asian Games time to rest and recover.[1]
The first activity of the season was the PBA Season 48 draft, held on September 17.[3]
Changes from previous season:
Under the new normal, the PBA has resumed playing in venues in Metro Manila and Rizal. The PBA also released its schedule showing its first "out-of-town" games since the pandemic, with five game days held in the provinces.[5]
Arena | City | Capacity |
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SM Mall of Asia Arena | Pasay | 20,000 |
Araneta Coliseum | Quezon City | 14,429 |
PhilSports Arena | Pasig | 10,000 |
Ynares Center | Antipolo, Rizal | 7,400 |
Rizal Memorial Coliseum | Manila | 6,100 |
Ninoy Aquino Stadium | Manila | 6,000 |
Caloocan Sports Complex | Caloocan | 3,000 |
Ynares Sports Arena | Pasig | 3,000 |
Arena | City/Town | Date | Match-up |
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Tiaong Convention Center | Tiaong, Quezon | November 25, 2023 | Converge vs. San Miguel |
April 20, 2024 | Rain or Shine vs. Magnolia | ||
FPJ Arena | San Jose, Batangas | December 9, 2023 | Phoenix Super LPG vs. Barangay Ginebra |
May 31, 2024 | Meralco vs. Barangay Ginebra | ||
Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr. International Convention Center | Cagayan de Oro | December 16, 2023 | Rain or Shine vs. Magnolia |
April 27, 2024 | Converge vs. Barangay Ginebra | ||
University of San Agustin Gymnasium | Iloilo City | January 6, 2024 | Magnolia vs. Meralco |
Ibalong Centrum for Recreation | Legazpi, Albay | January 13, 2024 | Barangay Ginebra vs. NLEX |
Candon City Arena | Candon, Ilocos Sur | April 13, 2024 | TNT vs. NLEX |
Batangas City Sports Center | Batangas City | May 4, 2024 | San Miguel vs. Meralco |
Dasmariñas Arena | Dasmariñas, Cavite | May 22, 2024 | Rain or Shine vs. San Miguel |
Meralco vs. Barangay Ginebra |
Team | 2022–23 season | 2023–24 season | Ref. |
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Off-season | |||
Blackwater Bossing | Ariel Vanguardia (interim) | Jeffrey Cariaso | [7] |
Meralco Bolts | Norman Black | Luigi Trillo | [8] |
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | Jamike Jarin (interim) | Jamike Jarin | [9] |
The PBA competition committee approved the rule changes for implementation starting in the Commissioner's Cup games:[10][11]
Rule changes (effective for the 2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup) |
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Opening ceremony for this season was held at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on November 5, 2023, hosted by comedians Jose Manalo and Wally Bayola. P-pop boy band Alamat were among the guest performers. The PBA Leo Awards for the 2022–23 season were held before the opening ceremonies.
The first game of the Commissioner's Cup between the Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots and the TNT Tropang Giga was played after the opening ceremonies.[44]
Below is the list of team muses:[45]
Team | Muse |
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Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Heaven Peralejo |
Blackwater Bossing | Herlene Budol |
Converge FiberXers | Yskaela Yaena Fujimoto |
Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | Julie Anne San Jose |
Meralco Bolts | Kaizen Dela Serna |
NLEX Road Warriors | Vanie Gandler |
NorthPort Batang Pier | Angel Santos |
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | Yukii Takahashi |
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Mary Jane Encabo and Jennelle Noblezada |
San Miguel Beermen | Franki Russell |
Terrafirma Dyip | Saira Khan |
TNT Tropang Giga | Atasha Muhlach |
The Commissioner's Cup started on November 5, 2023, and ended on February 14, 2024.
The conference is held first instead of the customary Philippine Cup, originally to accommodate guest team Bay Area Dragons[46] which later got disbanded prior to the tournament.
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
2 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
4 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
5 | Meralco Bolts | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
6 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 3 | |
7 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 3 | |
8 | TNT Tropang Giga | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | |
9 | NLEX Road Warriors | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
10 | Terrafirma Dyip | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
11 | Blackwater Bossing | 1 | 10 | .091[c] | 8 | |
12 | Converge FiberXers | 1 | 10 | .091[c] | 8 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
1 | Magnolia | 109 | ||||||||||||
8 | TNT | 94 | ||||||||||||
1 | Magnolia | 3 | ||||||||||||
(#4 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
4 | Phoenix Super LPG | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Phoenix Super LPG | 107 | 88 | |||||||||||
5 | Meralco | 116*** | 84 | |||||||||||
1 | Magnolia | 2 | ||||||||||||
(#2 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
2 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 | San Miguel | 127 | ||||||||||||
7 | Rain or Shine | 122 | ||||||||||||
2 | San Miguel | 3 | ||||||||||||
(#3 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
3 | Barangay Ginebra | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | Barangay Ginebra | 106 | ||||||||||||
6 | NorthPort | 93 | ||||||||||||
*Game went into overtime
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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(1) Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots* | 1–0 | (8) TNT Tropang Giga | 109–94 | — |
(2) San Miguel Beermen* | 1–0 | (7) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 127–122 | — |
(3) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel* | 1–0 | (6) NorthPort Batang Pier | 106–93 | — |
(4) Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters* | 1–1 | (5) Meralco Bolts | 107–116 (3OT) | 88–84 |
*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice.
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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(1) Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 3–1 | (4) Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 82–79 | 82–78 | 85–103 | 89–79 | — |
(2) San Miguel Beermen | 3–0 | (3) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 92–90 | 106–96 | 94–91 | — | — |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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(1) Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 2–4 | (2) San Miguel Beermen | 95–103 | 85–109 | 88–80 | 96–85 | 98–108 | 102–104 | — |
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | |
3 | Meralco Bolts | 6 | 5 | .545[a] | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | TNT Tropang Giga | 6 | 5 | .545[a] | 4 | |
5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 6 | 5 | .545[a] | 4 | |
6 | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 | 5 | .545[a] | 4 | |
7 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 6 | 5 | .545[a] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Terrafirma Dyip | 5 | 6 | .455[b] | 5 | |
9 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455[b] | 5 | |
10 | Blackwater Bossing | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | |
11 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 3 | 8 | .273 | 7 | |
12 | Converge FiberXers | 2 | 9 | .182 | 8 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 95 | 110 | |||||||||||
8 | Terrafirma | 106 | 91 | |||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||
(best-of-3) | ||||||||||||||
5 | Rain or Shine | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | TNT | 1 | ||||||||||||
5 | Rain or Shine | 2 | ||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 2 | ||||||||||||
(#2 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
3 | Meralco | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 | Barangay Ginebra | 99 | ||||||||||||
7 | Magnolia | 77 | ||||||||||||
2 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | ||||||||||||
(best-of-3) | ||||||||||||||
3 | Meralco | 4 | ||||||||||||
3 | Meralco | 2 | ||||||||||||
6 | NLEX | 0 | ||||||||||||
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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(1) San Miguel Beermen* | 1–1 | (8) Terrafirma Dyip | 95–106 | 110–91 |
(2) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel* | 1–0 | (7) Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 99–77 | — |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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(3) Meralco Bolts | 2–0 | (6) NLEX Road Warriors | 97–93 | 100–91 | — |
(4) TNT Tropang Giga | 1–2 | (5) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 116–99 | 113–121 | 109–110 |
*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice.
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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(1) San Miguel Beermen | 4–0 | (5) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 101–98 | 106–89 | 117–107 | 107–100 | — | — | — |
(2) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 3–4 | (3) Meralco Bolts | 92–88 | 91–103 | 80–87 | 90–71 | 89–84 | 81–86 | 69–78 |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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(1) San Miguel Beermen | 2–4 | (3) Meralco Bolts | 86–93 | 95–94 | 89–93 | 111–101 | 88–92 | 78–80 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 44 | 33 | 11 | .750 | Champions |
2 | Meralco Bolts | 39 | 25 | 14 | .641 | |
3 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 34 | 21 | 13 | .618 | Finalist |
4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 34 | 20 | 14 | .588 | Semifinalist |
5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 30 | 14 | 16 | .467 | |
6 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 28 | 13 | 15 | .464 | |
7 | TNT Tropang Giga | 26 | 12 | 14 | .462 | Quarterfinalist |
8 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 24 | 11 | 13 | .458 | |
9 | NLEX Road Warriors | 24 | 10 | 14 | .417 | |
10 | Terrafirma Dyip | 25 | 9 | 16 | .360 | |
11 | Blackwater Bossing | 22 | 5 | 17 | .227 | Elimination round |
12 | Converge FiberXers | 22 | 3 | 19 | .136 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 22 | 18 | 4 | .818 |
2 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 22 | 15 | 7 | .682 |
3 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 22 | 15 | 7 | .682 |
4 | Meralco Bolts | 22 | 14 | 8 | .636 |
5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 22 | 12 | 10 | .545 |
6 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 22 | 11 | 11 | .500 |
7 | TNT Tropang Giga | 22 | 11 | 11 | .500 |
8 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 22 | 11 | 11 | .500 |
9 | NLEX Road Warriors | 22 | 10 | 12 | .455 |
10 | Terrafirma Dyip | 22 | 7 | 15 | .318 |
11 | Blackwater Bossing | 22 | 5 | 17 | .227 |
12 | Converge FiberXers | 22 | 3 | 19 | .136 |
This includes one-game playoffs to determine the last playoff participant.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 22 | 15 | 7 |
2 | Meralco Bolts | 17 | 11 | 6 |
3 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 12 | 6 | 6 |
4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 12 | 5 | 7 |
5 | Terrafirma Dyip | 3 | 2 | 1 |
6 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 6 | 2 | 4 |
7 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8 | 2 | 6 |
8 | TNT Tropang Giga | 4 | 1 | 3 |
9 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 2 | 0 | 2 |
10 | NLEX Road Warriors | 2 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Blackwater Bossing | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Converge FiberXers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team | Competition | Progress |
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Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 2023 William Jones Cup | 7th place |
TNT Tropang Giga | 2023–24 East Asia Super League | Group stage |
Meralco Bolts |
The 3x3 season started on July 3, 2023, and ended on February 19, 2024.
Leg | Champion | Runner-up | Third place |
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1st | Meralco Bolts 3x3 | MCFASolver Tech Centrale | Cavitex Braves |
2nd | MCFASolver Tech Centrale | San Miguel Beermen | Cavitex Braves |
3rd | Meralco Bolts 3x3 | TNT Triple Giga | MCFASolver Tech Centrale |
4th | Meralco Bolts 3x3 | TNT Triple Giga | Blackwater Smooth Razor |
5th | TNT Triple Giga | Meralco Bolts 3x3 | Cavitex Braves |
6th | Cavitex Braves | Blackwater Smooth Razor | TNT Triple Giga |
Grand Finals | Meralco Bolts 3x3 | TNT Triple Giga | Cavitex Braves |