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The 2023–24 PBA season (or PBA season 48) was the 48th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

DurationNovember 5, 2023 – June 16, 2024
Teams12
TV partner(s)Local:
RPTV[A]
A2Z[B]
PBA Rush (HD)
International:
Pilipinas Live
Online:
Cignal Play
Pilipinas Live
Top draft pickStephen Holt
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2023–24 PBA season
DurationNovember 5, 2023 – June 16, 2024
Teams12
TV partner(s)Local:
RPTV[A]
A2Z[B]
PBA Rush (HD)
International:
Pilipinas Live
Online:
Cignal Play
Pilipinas Live
PBA season 48
Top draft pickStephen Holt
Picked byTerrafirma Dyip
Season MVPJune Mar Fajardo
(San Miguel Beermen)
Top scorerRobert Bolick
(NLEX Road Warriors)
Commissioner's Cup championsSan Miguel Beermen
  Commissioner's Cup runners-upMagnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots
Philippine Cup championsMeralco Bolts
  Philippine Cup runners-upSan Miguel Beermen
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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]

Executive board

Teams

Changes from previous season:

  • The Bay Area Dragons, franchise team for the East Asia Super League, were rebranded as the "Chun Yu Bay Area Dragons", and were to return to play in the Commissioner's Cup as a guest team, having played in the same conference during the previous season.[2] However, they were disbanded prior to the start of the first conference.[4]
  • Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters were rebranded as the "Phoenix Fuel Masters" prior to the Philippine Cup.

Arenas

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]

Main arenas

Out-of-town arenas

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Arena City/Town Date Match-up
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
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Transactions

Retirement

  • On May 12, 2023, Reynel Hugnatan formally retired after being signed by the Meralco Bolts as one of its assistant coaches. Hugnatan played for three teams in his 19 seasons in the league.[6]

Coaching changes

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Rule changes

The PBA competition committee approved the rule changes for implementation starting in the Commissioner's Cup games:[10][11]

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Rule changes (effective for the 2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup)
  1. Players are no longer allowed to call timeouts
  2. Coach's challenge is now in effect. A coach can contest a call once. If the challenge is successful, the coach will be given another coach's challenge. Challengeable calls are act of shooting or sideline throw-in, foul (common foul, charging or blocking), traveling, flopping, 8 second violation, backcourt violation, held ball, out-of-bounds or last touch and shot clock remaining.
  3. If an intentional foul will be committed by a defensive player during fastbreak opportunity, the offensive team will be given one free throw plus ball possession.
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Notable events

Pre-season

  • Several players were sanctioned by their respective teams and the PBA due to numerous ligang labas infractions.[12][13]
  • Due to the long off-season, the PBA launched the "PBA on Tour", a months-long series of pre-season games involving all PBA teams played across the country.[14] Each team played 11 games and were allowed to have 17 players in their roster (but only 16 are allowed to play in a game) which are composed of regular players, 3x3 affiliate team players, free agents, and rookie aspirants.[15] The tour was held from May 21 to July 30, 2023; there was no playoffs nor a championship series. The Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots finished the tour with the best record, winning all of their 11 games.[16]
  • During the PBA on Tour, TNT Tropang Giga retired the jersey number of Harvey Carey (#4).
  • The PBA competition committee proposed several rule changes, most notably the addition of the head coach challenge.[17][18] Proposed new rules were first implemented during the PBA on Tour. After the tour, the league will assess which rules will be adapted starting the regular season.
  • Willie Marcial will remain as the league's commissioner until the 2026–27 season as his contract was extended by the PBA Board of Governors.[19]
  • The PBA Board of Governors relaxed its rules regarding draft-eligible players who refuse to enter the draft and active PBA players who leave the league to play in another league locally or internationally.[20] These players are no longer required to "sit out" seasons prior to joining the PBA.[21] The former rule sanctioned these players by barring them from playing in the PBA for at most five years.[22] Foreign-born Filipinos older than 30 years old are also now allowed to join the draft.[23]
  • The East Asia Super League disbanded the Bay Area Dragons on September 1, 2023, reportedly due to financial reasons.[24] The EASL mentions "conflict of interest" for managing a team and organizing the league at the same time, as the official reason for dissolving the club.[25]
  • The PBA entered into an acquired agreement with ZOE Broadcasting Network and ABS-CBN Corporation to air the league's games on A2Z. All the ABS-CBN programs were temporarily affected by the changes in programming; A2Z's primetime, afternoon and weekend programming are preempted to give way for the PBA games on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.[26][27][28][29][30] Previously, the games were formerly broadcast on TV5.

Commissioner's Cup

Philippine Cup

Opening ceremonies

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]

2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup

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.

Elimination round

More information Pos, W ...
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
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
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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[47]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.17, Barangay Ginebra 0.99, Phoenix Super LPG 0.98, Meralco 0.89
  2. Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Rain or Shine
  3. Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Converge

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
(Top 4 twice-to-beat)
Semifinals
(Best-of-5)
Finals
(Best-of-7)
1Magnolia109
8TNT94
1Magnolia3
4Phoenix Super LPG1
4Phoenix Super LPG10788
5Meralco116***84
1Magnolia2
2San Miguel4
2San Miguel127
7Rain or Shine122
2San Miguel3
3Barangay Ginebra0
3Barangay Ginebra106
6NorthPort93

***Game went into triple overtime

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2
(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
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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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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
(1) Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 3–1 (4) Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 82–79 82–78 85–10389–79—
(2) San Miguel Beermen 3–0 (3) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 92–90 106–96 94–91——
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Finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7
(1) Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 2–4 (2) San Miguel Beermen 95–103 85–109 88–8096–8598–108102–104—
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2024 PBA Philippine Cup

Elimination round

More information Pos, W ...
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
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
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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[47]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.06, TNT 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.01, NLEX 0.99, Magnolia 0.90
  2. Eighth seed playoff: Terrafirma 104–96 NorthPort

Playoffs

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-7)
Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1San Miguel95110
8Terrafirma10691
1San Miguel4
(Best-of-3)
5Rain or Shine0
4TNT1
5Rain or Shine2
1San Miguel2
(#2 twice-to-beat)
3Meralco4
2Barangay Ginebra99
7Magnolia77
2Barangay Ginebra3
(Best-of-3)
3Meralco4
3Meralco2
6NLEX0

Quarterfinals

More information Team 1, Series ...
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2
(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 —
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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
(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
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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

More information Team 1, Series ...
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7
(1) San Miguel Beermen 4–0 (5) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 101–98 106–89 117–107107–100———
(2) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 3–4 (3) Meralco Bolts 92–88 91–103 80–8790–7189–8481–8669–78
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Finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7
(1) San Miguel Beermen 2–4 (3) Meralco Bolts 86–93 95–94 89–93111–10188–9278–80—
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Awards

Leo Awards

PBA Press Corps annual awards

Cumulative standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PCT Best finish
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
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Source: [citation needed]

Elimination round

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Pos Team Pld W L PCT
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
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Source: [citation needed]

Playoffs

This includes one-game playoffs to determine the last playoff participant.

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Source: [citation needed]

PBA teams in Asian club competitions

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3x3

The 3x3 season started on July 3, 2023, and ended on February 19, 2024.

First conference

Second conference

Third conference

Notes

  1. Previously broadcast on CNN Philippines until January 28, 2024
  2. Canceled and removed from the schedule after the Commissioner's Cup Finals Game 5

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