2022–23 PBA season
2022–23 PBA season | |
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File:PBA 2022 logo.png 2022–23 PBA season | |
Duration | June 5, 2022 – present |
Number of teams | 12 |
TV partner(s) | Local: One Sports TV5 One Sports PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International Online: Cignal Play iWantTFC (international) |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser |
Picked by | Blackwater Bossing |
Conferences | |
Philippine Cup champions | San Miguel Beermen |
Runners-up | TNT Tropang Giga |
Seasons | |
The 2022–23 PBA season or PBA Season 47 is the 47th season of the Philippine Basketball Association. For the first time in two seasons, the league will return to its regular three-conference format, starting with the Philippine Cup. The Commissioner's and Governors' Cups are the second and third conferences in the upcoming season.[1]
After the PBA adjusted its calendar again, the association's 47th season was set to start on June 5, 2022, and scheduled to end on May 10, 2023. Also for the first time since 2017 the season will span two calendar years.[2] The first activity of the season was the PBA Season 47 draft, held on May 15, 2022.[3]
Executive board
- Commissioner: Willie Marcial
- Chairman: Ricky Vargas (Representing TNT Tropang Giga)
- Vice-Chairman: Demosthenes Rosales (Representing Terrafirma Dyip)
- Treasurer: Raymond Zorrilla (Representing Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters)
Teams
Changes from 2021:
- Alaska Aces franchise bought out by Converge ICT, to become as the Converge FiberXers.[4]
- Bay Area Dragons, franchise team for the East Asia Super League, will play in the 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup as a guest team.[5][6]
Transactions
Retirement
- On June 1, Joe Devance announced his retirement from the PBA. Devance played for four teams in his 16 seasons in the league.[7]
- On June 7, Andre Paras announced his retirement from the PBA. Paras played for Blackwater Bossing for only one season.[8]
- On September 19, Paul Desiderio announced his retirement from the PBA. Desiderio played for the Blackwater Bossing franchise in his three seasons in the league.[9]
Coaching changes
There were no offseason coaching changes; all of the listed changes below occurred mid-season.
Team | 2021 season | 2022–23 season |
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Converge FiberXers | Jeffrey Cariaso[10] | Aldin Ayo[11] |
NLEX Road Warriors | Yeng Guiao[12] | Adonis Tierra (interim)[13] |
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Chris Gavina | Yeng Guiao[14] |
NLEX Road Warriors | Adonis Tierra (interim) | Frankie Lim[15] |
Rule changes
The PBA competition committee approved the rule changes for implementation starting in the Philippine Cup games:[16][17]
Rule changes (effective for the 2022 PBA Philippine Cup) |
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Notable events
Pre-season
- The PBA Board of Governors approved the return of the three-conference format this season.[1]
- Ricky Vargas of TNT Tropang Giga was re-elected for a fifth consecutive term as the Chairman of the PBA Board of Governors. Bobby Rosales of Terrafirma Dyip was re-elected as Vice Chairman, while Raymond Zorilla of the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters was elected as treasurer. Vargas is currently 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).[18]
Philippine Cup
- The PBA D-League opened its first tournament, the 2022 Aspirant's Cup for the first time in two years on July 7.[19]
Opening ceremonies
The opening ceremony for this season will be held at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on June 5, 2022, hosted by Vhong Navarro and Gretchen Ho. The PBA Leo Awards for the 2021 season will held before the opening ceremonies.
The first game of the Philippine Cup between the Converge FiberXers and the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters was played after the opening ceremonies.
Below is the list of team muses:
Team | Muse | Ref. |
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Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | AJ Raval | [20] |
Blackwater Bossing | Hannah Arnold | [20] |
Converge FiberXers | Maureen Wroblewitz | [20] |
Magnolia Hotshots | Michelle Dee | [20] |
Meralco Bolts | Kim Mangrobang | [20] |
NLEX Road Warriors | Bea Magtanong | |
NorthPort Batang Pier | Zabel Lambert | |
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | Celeste Cortesi | |
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Joana Marie Relloso | |
San Miguel Beermen | Ksenia Grondetska | [20] |
Terrafirma Dyip | Azriel Coloma | |
TNT Tropang Giga | Sue Ramirez |
2022 PBA Philippine Cup
The Philippine Cup started on June 5 and ended on September 4, 2022.
Elimination round
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | TNT Tropang Giga | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
3 | Magnolia Hotshots | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
5 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | |
6 | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | |
7 | Converge FiberXers | 5 | 6 | .455[b] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Blackwater Bossing | 5 | 6 | .455[b] | 4 | |
9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
10 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 3 | 8 | .273[c] | 6 | |
11 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 3 | 8 | .273[c] | 6 | |
12 | Terrafirma Dyip | 0 | 11 | .000 | 9 |
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[21]
Notes:
Playoffs
Quarterfinals | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | |||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | |||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 123 | |||||||||||
8 | Blackwater | 93 | |||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | |||||||||||
(Best-of-3) | |||||||||||||
5 | Meralco | 3 | |||||||||||
4 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | |||||||||||
5 | Meralco | 2 | |||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | |||||||||||
(#2 twice-to-beat) | |||||||||||||
2 | TNT | 3 | |||||||||||
2 | TNT | 116 | |||||||||||
7 | Converge | 95 | |||||||||||
2 | TNT | 4 | |||||||||||
(Best-of-3) | |||||||||||||
3 | Magnolia | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | Magnolia | 2 | |||||||||||
6 | NLEX | 1 | |||||||||||
Quarterfinals
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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San Miguel Beermen* | 1–0 | Blackwater Bossing | 123–93 | — |
TNT Tropang Giga* | 1–0 | Converge FiberXers | 116–95 | — |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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Magnolia Hotshots | 2–1 | NLEX Road Warriors | 98–89 | 77–90 | 112–106 (OT) |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 1–2 | Meralco Bolts | 82–93 | 94–87 | 104–106 |
*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 |
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San Miguel Beermen | 4–3 | Meralco Bolts | 121–97 | 88–99 | 96–91 | 97–111 | 89–78 | 92–96 | 100–89 |
TNT Tropang Giga | 4–2 | Magnolia Hotshots | 108–96 | 88–92 | 93–92 | 102–84 | 97–105 | 87–74 | — |
Finals
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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San Miguel Beermen | 4–3 | TNT Tropang Giga | 84–86 | 109–100 | 108–100 (OT) | 87–100 | 93–102 | 114–96 | 119–97 |
- Finals MVP: June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen)
2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup
The Commissioner's Cup is scheduled to start on September 21, 2022, and will end by early 2023.
Elimination round
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | g – Bay Area Dragons | 6 | 1 | .857 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Magnolia Hotshots | 5 | 1 | .833 | 0.5 | |
3 | Converge FiberXers | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.5 | |
5 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1.5 | |
6 | San Miguel Beermen | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.5 | |
7 | NLEX Road Warriors | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | TNT Tropang Giga | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3 | |
9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3 | |
10 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3 | |
11 | Blackwater Bossing | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.5 | |
12 | Meralco Bolts | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.5 | |
13 | Terrafirma Dyip | 0 | 7 | .000 | 6 |
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[22]
g – Guest
PBA teams in Asian club competitions
Team | Competition | Progress |
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San Miguel Beermen | 2022–23 East Asia Super League | [to be determined] |
TNT Tropang Giga | [to be determined] |
3x3
The 3x3 season started on September 10, 2022.
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