2019_PBA_season

2019 PBA season

2019 PBA season

44th PBA season

For the 2019 season of the United States' Professional Bowlers Association, see 2019 PBA Tour season.

The 2019 PBA season was the 44th season of the Philippine Basketball Association. The league continued to use the three-conference format, starting with the Philippine Cup. The Commissioner's Cup and the Governors' Cup are the second and third conferences in the upcoming season.

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Due to the major adjustments in the league calendar, the start of the league's 44th season was set to January 13, 2019. This was the first time since 2003 that the league opened their season in January or February. The PBA Leo Awards will be held during the opening ceremonies of the 2019 season while the 2018 PBA draft is set on December 16.[1] The schedule is also affected by the Philippine national team's participation in the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the Southeast Asian Games.[2]

The 2019 PBA All-Star Game was played from March 29 to 31, 2019 at Calasiao, Pangasinan.

Executive board

Teams

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Arenas

Like several Metro Manila-centric leagues, most games are held at arenas within Metro Manila, either the Smart Araneta Coliseum or the Mall of Asia Arena, and sometimes, in the Ynares Center in Antipolo. Games outside this area are called "out-of-town" games, and are usually played on Saturdays. Provincial arenas usually host one game, rarely two; these arenas typically host only once per season, but a league may return within a season if the turnout is satisfactory.

Typically, all playoff games are held in Metro Manila arenas, although playoff and Finals games have been seldom played in the provinces.

Main arenas

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Ynares Center
Cuneta Astrodome
Mall of Asia Arena
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Smart Araneta Coliseum
Main arenas of the PBA in Metro Manila and Rizal
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Out-of-town arenas

Antipolo
Antipolo
Bocaue
Bocaue
Angeles
Angeles
Calasiao
Calasiao
Digos
Digos
Panabo
Panabo
Cagayan de Oro
Cagayan de Oro
Zamboanga City
Zamboanga City
Batangas City
Batangas City
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa
Lapu-Lapu City
Lapu-Lapu City
Davao City
Davao City
Lucena
Lucena
Provincial venues of the PBA that hosted one game day (red), and two or more game days (blue).
Antipolo
Antipolo
Dubai
Dubai
Location of Dubai as compared to Antipolo.

Highlighted are playoff games.

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These games were played outside the Philippines:

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Transactions

Retirement

  • January 4, 2019: Jett Manuel officially announced his retirement after playing one season in the league for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel franchise.[3]
  • January 8, 2019: Chris Tiu officially announced his retirement after playing six seasons in the league for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters franchise.[4]
  • April 4, 2019: Josh Urbiztondo officially announced his retirement after playing eight seasons in the league.[5]
  • April 12, 2019: Rico Maierhofer officially announced his retirement after playing eight seasons in the league.[6]
  • November 14, 2019: Doug Kramer officially announced his retirement after playing 12 seasons in the league.[7]

Coaching changes

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Rule changes

The PBA competition committee approved the rule changes for implementation starting in the Philippine Cup games:[11]

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Notable events

  • The PBA Board of Governors decided to retain Ricky Vargas of TNT KaTropa as the Board Chairman. Subsequently, Dickie Bachmann of Alaska and Raymond Zorilla of Phoenix were retained as Vice-Chairman and Treasurer respectively.[12]

Philippine Cup

Commissioner's Cup

  • May 16: A rule change was made to be implemented starting the Commissioner's Cup that will allow a video review if a shot was made before or after the expiration of the 24-second shotclock throughout the game. Before the rule change, a video review is only possible if the shot was made in the last two minutes of the game. The rule change was made in light of the controversial shot made by Magnolia's Rome dela Rosa during Game 7 of their best-of-seven semifinals series against Rain or Shine, at the 3:30 mark of the 4th quarter. The referees counted his three-point basket even though replays showed that the ball was still in his hands when the shotclock expired.[15]
  • May 19: The PBA began using the Molten BG5000 basketball as their official tournament ball. The same ball will be used during the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[16]
  • June 4: Calvin Abueva of the Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters was indefinitely suspended by PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial after he was involved in two on-court incidents during Phoenix's games against Blackwater Elite and TNT KaTropa. On May 31, Abueva was involved in a verbal altercation against Ray Parks' girlfriend Maika Rivera and did lewd gestures to her after their win against Blackwater. On June 2, he clotheslined TNT's import Terrence Jones. Abueva was also fined a total of P70,000 for both incidents.[17]
  • August 14: During the second quarter of game five of the PBA Commissioner's Cup, Arwind Santos made "monkey gestures" at the San Miguel bench addressing Jones after the latter committed a foul. Initially he refused to apologize stating "I’m going to apologize? No. It depends on him. If he was annoyed, he’s a real monkey."[18][Note 1] PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial summoned Santos the following day and was fined P200,000, 100 hours of community services. Santos will also undergo counseling on equality and racial discrimination.[19] Santos later posted a public apology through his Twitter and Instagram accounts.


Opening ceremonies

The opening ceremonies for this season were held at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan on January 13, 2019. The PBA Leo Awards for the 2017–18 season were held before the opening ceremonies.[20]

The first game of the Philippine Cup between the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and the TNT KaTropa was played after the opening ceremonies.[21]

Below is the list of team muses:

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2019 PBA Philippine Cup

Main article: 2019 PBA Philippine Cup

The 2019 Philippine Cup started on January 13, and ended on May 15, 2019.

Elimination round

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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[25]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.02, TNT 1.00, San Miguel 0.98
  2. Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.19, Alaska 1.01, Columbian 0.84; 8th-seed playoff: Alaska defeated NLEX

Playoffs

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-7)		Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1Phoenix91
8Alaska76
1Phoenix1
(Best-of-3)
5San Miguel4
4TNT1
5San Miguel2
5San Miguel4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
6Magnolia3
2Rain or Shine91
7NorthPort85
2Rain or Shine3
(Best-of-3)
6Magnolia4
3Barangay Ginebra1
6Magnolia2
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Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

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Finals

Main article: 2019 PBA Philippine Cup Finals
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2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup

Main article: 2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup

The 2019 Commissioner's Cup started on May 19, and ended on August 16, 2019.

Elimination round

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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[26]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
  2. Head-to-head quotient: Magnolia 1.19, Rain or Shine 1.01, San Miguel 0.83
  3. Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.012, Meralco 1.011, Phoenix 0.977; 8th-seed playoff: Alaska defeated Meralco
  4. Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 NLEX

Playoffs

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-5)		Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1TNT72104
8Alaska10893
1TNT3
(Best-of-3)
4Barangay Ginebra1
4Barangay Ginebra2
5Magnolia0
1TNT2
(#2 twice-to-beat)
7San Miguel4
2NorthPort8488
7San Miguel9890
7San Miguel3
(Best-of-3)
6Rain or Shine1
3Blackwater1
6Rain or Shine2
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Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

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Finals

Main article: 2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals
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2019 PBA Governors' Cup

Main article: 2019 PBA Governors' Cup

The 2019 Governors' Cup started on September 20, 2019, and ended on January 17, 2020.

Elimination round

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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[27]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.090, Meralco 0.959, TNT 0.958
  2. Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
  3. Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 NorthPort
  4. Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Columbian

Playoffs

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-5)		Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1NLEX90123
8NorthPort115126***
8NorthPort1
(#4 twice-to-beat)
4Barangay Ginebra3
4Barangay Ginebra100
5San Miguel97
4Barangay Ginebra4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
2Meralco1
2Meralco94
7Alaska84
2Meralco3
(#3 twice-to-beat)
3TNT2
3TNT98
6Magnolia97

*Game went into overtime

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Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

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Finals

Main article: 2019 PBA Governors' Cup Finals
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Awards

Leo Awards

Main article: The PBA Leo Awards

PBA Press Corps Annual Awards

PBA teams in Asian club competitions

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Cumulative standings

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Source: [citation needed]

Elimination round

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Notes:
  1. Elimination round head-to-head: Rain or Shine 2–1 Magnolia
  2. Elimination round head-to-head: NLEX 3–0 Meralco
  3. Elimination round head-to-head: Blackwater 2–1 Columbian

Playoffs

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Translated from the Filipino language: "... "Sorry ako? Hindi. Depende ’yun sa kanya. Kung mapipikon siya, totoong monkey siya. Kung di ka mapipikon, di ka monkey.".

References

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    It's official: Chris Tiu retires from basketball, Randolph Leongson, spin.ph, January 8, 2019
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    "Josh Urbiztondo retires at age 36 after long career in PBA, ABL". Spin.ph.
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    "Former PBA Rookie of the Year Rico Maierhofer retires at age 33". Spin.ph.
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    "PBA: Doug Kramer announces retirement". ABS-CBN Sports.
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    Blackwater elevates assistant Aris Dimaunahan to head coach, Richard D, ESPN 5, April 4, 2019
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    "Alex Compton resigns, Jeff Cariaso takes over as Alaska Aces coach". Spin.ph.
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    "Racela back in PBA as Blackwater coach". Rappler. November 27, 2019.
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    "With rule changes, PBA game will be faster, more exciting". PBA.ph. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
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    PBA board retains TNT's Ricky Vargas as chairman, Randolph Leongson, spin.ph, January 9, 2019
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    PBA makes 'supreme sacrifice' as Team Pilipinas prepares for FIBA World Cup, PBA.ph, March 1, 2019
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    PBA ref Emmanuel Tangkion dies during workout on league's 44th anniversary, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, April 9, 2019
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    PBA makes rule change in aftermath of Dela Rosa shotclock blunder, Reuben Terrado, spin.ph, May 16, 2019
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    Mixed reactions from PBA players over new basketball, Reuben Terrado, spin.ph, May 20, 2019
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    Calvin Abueva fined P70,000, suspended indefinitely, PBA.ph, June 4, 2019
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    Arwind Santos not sorry for monkey gesture towards Terrence Jones, Denison Rey A. Dalupang, Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 15, 2019
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    Arwind Santos fined P200k, required to do counseling for racial taunt, Celest Flores-Colina, Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 15, 2019
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    In break from tradition, PBA Leo Awards to kick off season on January 13, Reuben Terrado, spin.ph, December 26, 2018
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    It’s TNT KaTropa against Barangay Ginebra in PBA season-opener, Randolph Leongson, spin.ph, January 8, 2019
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    PBA Sidelights: Sharon Cuneta a surprise muse, Joaquin Henson, Philippine Star, January 10, 2019
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    Alyssa Valdez is NLEX muse at 2019 PBA Opening, Rappler, January 8, 2019
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