2024–25 PBA season

2024–25 PBA season
Duration	August 18, 2024 (2024-08-18) – present
Number of teams	12+1
TV partner(s)	Local: RPTV PBA Rush (HD) International: Pilipinas Live Online: Cignal Play Pilipinas Live
PBA season 49
Top draft pick	Justine Baltazar
Picked by	Converge FiberXers
Governors' Cup champions	TNT Tropang Giga
Governors' Cup runners-up	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel

The 2024–25 PBA season, also referred to as PBA season 49, is the 49th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The season will begin in August 18, 2024 and will conclude sometime in 2025.

The league reverts to a three-conference format starting with the Governors' Cup after being omitted last season. This is then followed by the Commissioner's Cup and the season-ending Philippine Cup, the latter will also coincide with the league's 50th anniversary.[1][2][3] The first two conferences allows an import per team while the last tournament is exclusive to Filipinos.[4]

The first activity of the season was the PBA season 49 draft, held on July 14.[5][6]

Season changes

In order to help the league and its teams prepare for international competitions such as the East Asia Super League and Basketball Champions League Asia, the league's conference order is reversed to have the two import-laden conferences played first. Those two conferences will also see format changes this season, which are as follows:

• The Governors' Cup will now have teams be divided into two groups, where each group is expected to follow a double round-robin elimination format. The top 4 teams in each group advance to the playoffs beginning with the crossover quarterfinals.
• While the Governors' Cup's height limit for imports still stands at 6 ft 6 in (198 cm), the Commissioner's Cup's height limit of 6 ft 10 in (208 cm) is scrapped outright.[4][3]

Similar to the previous season, the Philippine Cup will remain as the season-culminating conference.

Executive board

• Commissioner: Willie Marcial
• Chairman: Ricky Vargas (Representing TNT Tropang Giga)
• Vice-Chairman: Alfrancis Chua (Representing Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
• Treasurer: Raymond Zorrilla (Representing Phoenix Fuel Masters)

Teams

Changes from previous season:

• Eastern played as a guest team for the Commissioner's Cup.[7]

Team	Company	Governor	Coach	Captain
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Ginebra San Miguel, Inc.	Alfrancis Chua	Tim Cone	LA Tenorio
Blackwater Bossing	Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc.	Silliman Sy	Jeffrey Cariaso	Troy Rosario
Converge FiberXers	Converge ICT	Archen Cayabyab	Franco Atienza	Kevin Racal & Mike Nieto
Eastern (guest team)	Eastern Sports Club	—	Mensur Bajramović
Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc.	Rene Pardo	Chito Victolero	Rafi Reavis
Meralco Bolts	Manila Electric Company	Al Panlilio	Luigi Trillo	Chris Newsome
NLEX Road Warriors	Metro Pacific Investments Corporation	Rodrigo Franco	Jong Uichico	Robert Bolick
NorthPort Batang Pier	Sultan 900 Capital, Inc.	Eric Arejola	Bonnie Tan	Joshua Munzon
Phoenix Fuel Masters	Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc.	Raymond Zorrilla	Jamike Jarin	RJ Jazul
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc.	Mamerto Mondragon	Yeng Guiao	Beau Belga
San Miguel Beermen	San Miguel Brewery, Inc.	Robert Non	Jorge Gallent	CJ Perez
Terrafirma Dyip	Terrafirma Realty Development Corporation	Demosthenes Rosales	Raymond Tiongco	Juami Tiongson
TNT Tropang Giga	Smart Communications	Ricky Vargas	Chot Reyes	Roger Pogoy

Arenas

Main arenas

Arena	City	Capacity
Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	14,429
Filoil EcoOil Centre	San Juan	6,000
Ninoy Aquino Stadium	Manila	6,000
PhilSports Arena	Pasig	10,000
Ynares Center	Antipolo, Rizal	7,400

Out-of-town arenas

Arena	City/Town	Date	Match-up
Candon City Arena	Candon, Ilocos Sur	August 24, 2024	Rain or Shine vs. Barangay Ginebra
		January 18, 2025	San Miguel vs. Meralco
Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr. International Convention Center	Cagayan de Oro	August 31, 2024	San Miguel vs. NLEX
Panabo City Multi-Purpose Tourism Cultural and Sports Center	Panabo, Davao del Norte	September 7, 2024	Meralco vs. Magnolia
Santa Rosa Sports Complex	Santa Rosa, Laguna	September 27, 2024	Rain or Shine vs. Magnolia
			NLEX vs. TNT
Dasmariñas Arena	Dasmariñas, Cavite	October 13, 2024	San Miguel vs. Barangay Ginebra
			Rain or Shine vs. TNT
Batangas City Sports Center	Batangas City, Batangas	December 21, 2024	Converge vs. Barangay Ginebra

Transactions

For trades done on draft day, see PBA season 49 draft.

Main article: List of 2024–25 PBA season transactions

Coaching changes

Team	Previous	Replaced by	Ref.
NLEX Road Warriors	Frankie Lim	Jong Uichico	[8]
Converge FiberXers	Aldin Ayo	Franco Atienza (interim)	[9]
Terrafirma Dyip	Johnedel Cardel	Raymond Tiongco (interim)	[10]
San Miguel Beermen	Jorge Gallent	Leo Austria	[11]

Rule changes

After being used in the 2023 and 2024 All-Star Weekends, the league will integrate the four-point line as part of regular play. The four-point line is set to be 8.2 meters (27 ft) away from the basket, which makes it 1.52 meters (5.0 ft) further than the three-point line.[12]

Opening ceremonies

The opening ceremonies for this season will be held at Smart Araneta Coliseum on August 18, 2024. The PBA Leo Awards for the 2023–24 season will be held before the opening ceremonies.[13]

The first game of the Governors' Cup between the Meralco Bolts and the Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots will be played after the opening ceremonies.[13]

Below is the list of team muses:[14][15]

Team	Muse
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Julie Anne San Jose
Blackwater Bossing	Krishnah Gravidez
Converge FiberXers	Myrtle Sarrosa
Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	Rere Madrid
Meralco Bolts	Aleah Finnegan
NLEX Road Warriors	Inday Fatima
NorthPort Batang Pier	Charmaine Skye Chua
Phoenix Fuel Masters	Jema Galanza
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Sophia Bianca Santos
San Miguel Beermen	Jamie Lim
Terrafirma Dyip	Annabelle McDonnell
TNT Tropang Giga	Atasha Muhlach

2024 PBA Governors' Cup

Main article: 2024 PBA Governors' Cup

The 2024 PBA Governors' Cup started on August 18 and ended on November 8, 2024.[16]

Elimination round

Group A Pos Team v t e W L PCT GB Qualification 1 TNT Tropang Giga 8 2 .800 — Quarterfinals 2 Meralco Bolts 7 3 .700 1 3 Converge FiberXers 6 4 .600 2 4 Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 5 5 .500 3 5 NorthPort Batang Pier 3 7 .300 5 6 Terrafirma Dyip 1 9 .100 7 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); 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss[17]

Group B Pos Team v t e W L PCT GB Qualification 1 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 7 3 .700 — Quarterfinals 2 San Miguel Beermen 6 4 .600[a] 1 3 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 4 .600[a] 1 4 NLEX Road Warriors 5 5 .500[b] 2 5 Blackwater Bossing 5 5 .500[b] 2 6 Phoenix Fuel Masters 1 9 .100 6 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); 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss[17] Notes: Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–1 Barangay Ginebra (San Miguel 1.23, Barangay Ginebra 0.82) Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–1 Blackwater (NLEX 1.03, Blackwater 0.97)

Playoffs

Quarterfinals (Best-of-5)

Semifinals (Best-of-7)

Finals (Best-of-7)

A1

TNT

3

B4

NLEX

1

A1

TNT

4

B1

Rain or Shine

1

B1

Rain or Shine

3

A4

Magnolia

2

A1

TNT

4

B3

Barangay Ginebra

2

B2

San Miguel

3

A3

Converge

2

B2

San Miguel

2

B3

Barangay Ginebra

4

A2

Meralco

0

B3

Barangay Ginebra

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Quarterfinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
(A1) TNT Tropang Giga	3–1	(B4) NLEX Road Warriors	107–102	90–93	109–94	125–96	—
(B1) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	3–2	(A4) Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	109–105	69–121	111–106 (OT)	100–129	113–103
(B2) San Miguel Beermen	3–2	(A3) Converge FiberXers	102–95	107–100	112–114	110–114	109–105
(A2) Meralco Bolts	0–3	(B3) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	92–99	103–104	106–113	—	—

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
(A1) TNT Tropang Giga	4–1	(B1) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	90–81	108–91	109–110	81–79	113–95	—	—
(B2) San Miguel Beermen	2–4	(B3) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	105–122	131–125 (OT)	94–99	131–121	92–121	99–102	—

Finals

Main article: 2024 PBA Governors' Cup finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
(A1) TNT Tropang Giga	4–2	(B3) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	104–88	96–84	73–85	92–106	99–72	95–85	—

2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup

Main article: 2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup

The 2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup is scheduled to begin in November 27, 2024.[18]

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NorthPort Batang Pier (T)	8	3	.727	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Converge FiberXers (T)	8	3	.727	—
3	Meralco Bolts (X)	7	3	.700	0.5	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Eastern (G, X)	7	3	.700	0.5
5	TNT Tropang Giga	6	3	.667	1
6	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (X)	7	4	.636	1
7	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	4	.600	1.5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	San Miguel Beermen	4	6	.400	3.5
9	NLEX Road Warriors	4	6	.400	3.5
10	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	4	6	.400	3.5
11	Blackwater Bossing (E)	3	8	.273	5
12	Phoenix Fuel Masters (E)	3	8	.273	5
13	Terrafirma Dyip (E)	1	11	.083	7.5

Updated to match(es) played on January 21, 2025. 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[19]
(E) Eliminated; (G) Guests; (T) Assured of a Top 6 spot, but can still qualify for Top 2.; (X) Assured of a Top 8 spot.

2025 PBA Philippine Cup

The 2025 PBA Philippine Cup is scheduled to begin in March 2025.[18]

PBA teams in Asian club competitions

Team	Competition	Progress	Ref.
Meralco Bolts	2024–25 East Asia Super League	^[to be determined]	[20]
San Miguel Beermen

References

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External links

• PBA official website