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2021 PBA Governors' Cup finals

2021 PBA Governors' Cup finals

2021 edition of the PBA Governors' Cup finals


The 2021 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup finals (or PBA Season 46 Governors' Cup finals) was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2021 PBA Governors' Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The playoffs were delayed into 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]

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The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and the Meralco Bolts competed for the 20th Governors' Cup championship and the 130th overall championship contested by the league. This was the fourth time that Barangay Ginebra and Meralco competed for the Governors' Cup championship in the span of six seasons. Barangay Ginebra won the three previous championships against Meralco in 2016, 2017, and 2019. Barangay Ginebra defeated Meralco in six games to win their fourth Governors' Cup title in five seasons. They are the lowest-seeded team since the San Miguel Beermen in the 2019 Commissioner's Cup to win a PBA title.[3] Scottie Thompson was named the finals' MVP.[4]

Background

Road to the finals

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Head-to-head matchup

February 13, 2022
6:45 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 95, Meralco Bolts 101
Scoring by quarter: 22–29, 24–16, 30–34, 19–22
Pts: Brownlee 27
Rebs: Brownlee 14
Asts: Pinto 9
Pts: Bishop 30
Rebs: Bishop 13
Asts: Bishop, Newsome 7
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Rommel Gruta, Bing Oliva, Mike Flordeliza, Gomer Obina

Series summary

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Game summaries

Game 1

April 6, 2022
6:00 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 91, Meralco Bolts 104
Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 19–28, 18–25, 31–26
Pts: Brownlee 27
Rebs: Standhardinger 14
Asts: Thompson 10
Pts: Maliksi 22
Rebs: Bishop 12
Asts: Newsome 7
Meralco leads series, 1–0
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 12,457
Referees: Jimmy Mariano, Sherwin Pineda, Albert Nubla, Joel Baldago

Game 2

April 8, 2022
6:00 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 99, Meralco Bolts 93
Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 40–19, 22–29, 17–22
Pts: Brownlee 36
Rebs: Brownlee 13
Asts: Brownlee 9
Pts: Bishop 31
Rebs: Bishop 13
Asts: Black 6
Series tied, 1–1
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 12,248
Referees: Nol Quilingen, Mardy Montoya, Mike Flordeliza, Janine Nicandro

Game 3

April 10, 2022
6:30 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 74, Meralco Bolts 83
Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 21–18, 13–22, 13–21
Pts: Brownlee 19
Rebs: Brownlee 15
Asts: Brownlee 7
Pts: Bishop 30
Rebs: Bishop 16
Asts: Newsome 6
Meralco leads series, 2–1
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 16,104
Referees: Peter Balao, Sherwin Pineda, Rommel Gruta, Albert Nubla

Game 4

Prior to the game, Barangay Ginebra's Scottie Thompson was awarded his first Best Player of the Conference award,[5] and Barangay Ginebra import and Thompson's teammate Justin Brownlee was awarded the Best Import of the Conference award for the second time.[6]

April 13, 2022
6:00 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 95, Meralco Bolts 84
Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 17–20, 27–13, 27–30
Pts: Brownlee, Thompson 27
Rebs: Brownlee 18
Asts: Brownlee 7
Pts: Bishop 25
Rebs: Almazan, Black 9
Asts: Newsome 5
Series tied, 2–2
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 17,298
Referees: Peter Balao, Mardy Montoya, Mike Flordeliza, Niño Cortez

Game 5

April 17, 2022
6:30 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 115, Meralco Bolts 110
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 29–21, 28–30, 33 –37
Pts: Brownlee 40
Rebs: Brownlee 11
Asts: Thompson 11
Pts: Bishop 30
Rebs: Bishop 15
Asts: Black, Newsome 5
Barangay Ginebra leads series, 3–2
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 18,251
Referees: Nol Quilingen, Rommel Gruta, Mike Flordeliza, Albert Nubla

Game 6

The game was initially scheduled on April 20, 2022, at Smart Araneta Coliseum, but was later postponed to April 22 as fire broke out in one area of the arena during the preliminary round of the 2021 PBA 3x3 season – Second conference Grand Finals earlier in the day.[7][8]

April 22, 2022
6:00 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 103, Meralco Bolts 92
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 28–23, 31–26, 25–19
Pts: Tenorio 30
Rebs: Brownlee 16
Asts: Brownlee 6
Pts: Bishop 21
Rebs: Bishop 16
Asts: Newsome 6
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–2
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 20,224
Referees: Peter Balao, Sherwin Pineda, Mardy Montoya, Niño Cortez

Rosters

More information Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 2021 PBA Governors' Cup roster, Players ...
  • a Also serves as Barangay Ginebra's board governor.


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Broadcast notes

The Governors' Cup Finals was aired on TV5 with simulcast on PBA Rush (both in standard and high definition). TV5's radio arm, Radyo5 provided the radio play-by-play coverage. The One Sports network did not air games 1 and 2 as it aired the 2022 PVL Open Conference Finals, which happened on the same time as the PBA finals.

One Sports provided online livestreaming via the PusoPilipinas and Smart Sports Facebook pages using the TV5 and PBA Rush feeds respectively.

The PBA Rush broadcast provided English-language coverage of the Finals.

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  • Additional Game 6 crew:
    • Trophy presentation: Jutt Sulit
    • Celebration interviewer: Denise Tan

References

  1. "PBA postpones all scheduled games this week". PBA.ph. January 3, 2022. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  2. "PBA postpones games temporarily, suspends team scrimmages". PBA.ph. January 6, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  3. Denison Rey A. Dalupang (April 22, 2022). "PBA: Ginebra wins Governors' Cup crown anew, closes out Meralco in Game 6". Inquirer Sports. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  4. Delfin Dioquino (April 22, 2022). "Scottie Thompson crowned Finals MVP as Ginebra reigns". Rappler. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  5. Ramos, Gerry (April 20, 2022). "PBA 3x3 Grand Finals suspended due to fire at Big Dome". Spin.ph. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  6. "Ginebra-Meralco IV Game 6 postponed due to Big Dome fire". PBA.ph. April 20, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022.

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