The Muntinlupa Cagers , also known as Muntinlupa Cagers – Elburg Shipmanagement Paramount Logistics Inc. for sponsorship reasons, are a Filipino professional basketball team based in Muntinlupa . The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's South Division . They are one of three teams based in Metro Manila 's Southern District and play their home games at Muntinlupa Sports Center.
17-541: The team is one of the league's charter members, first established for the 2018 MPBL season , where they also made their only finals appearance to date. The team also took part in FilBasket . The Muntinlupa Cagers were founded in 2018 as one of the MPBL's ten charter teams for the 2018 season . The Cagers experienced immediate success, finishing with a 6–3 record. Muntinlupa claimed the third seed and first swept Navotas in
34-399: A series of games is played in a designated home arena, with the home team usually playing in the final game. The top eight teams overall advanced to a three-round, single-elimination playoffs, playing in best-of-three series in the quarterfinals and semifinals, and a best-of-five series in the finals, with homecourt advantage alternating between the higher seeds of each series (excluding
51-626: A successful inaugural season where the Patriots reached the semifinals as the seventh seed, the Parañaque-based franchise wouldn't make the playoffs in the next four seasons from 2019 to 2023, which is tied with the Biñan Tatak Gel for the longest playoff drought in the MPBL including non-playing seasons. The Patriots were one of the ten charter teams in the MPBL as part of the 2018 season . On January 25, 2018, Parañaque played in
68-628: The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's South Division . They are one of three teams based in Metro Manila 's Southern District and play their home games at Olivarez College . The team is one of the MPBL's charter teams during the league's 2018 season . The team is currently owned by the City Government of Parañaque and its vice mayor Joan Villafuerte. Despite
85-489: The 30-game season, which ranked the team 13th in the South. In 2022 Muntinlupa finished with a 6–15 record, and barely made the playoff picture, by ranking 8th in the South. The team then lost to Zamboanga once again in the first round. Muntinlupa then rebuilt its roster for the 2023 season . With the acquisitions of collegiate players John Amores and JL Delos Santos, as well as former Davao Occidental member Marco Balagtas,
102-601: The Cagers rose to a 16–12 record, ranking sixth in the South. Muntinlupa faces the third-seeded GenSan Warriors in the first round. All-MPBL First Team All-Star selections Pre-game event winners Ex-PBA players Drafted to PBA 2018 MPBL season The 2018 MPBL season , also known as the MPBL Rajah Cup or the MPBL Anta–Rajah Cup for sponsorship reasons,
119-633: The Quarterfinals. They then had the Parañaque Patriots , who were coming off an upset against second-seeded Bulacan. Parañaque won the first game of the series, but Muntinlupa, who were led by the likes Chito Jaime , Felix Apreku, and Allan Mangahas, took the next two games to advance to the 2018 MPBL finals against the Batangas City Athletics . Muntinlupa went on to lose the series in four games, making Batangas City
136-408: The finals). Not all games are in home–away format. Each team plays every team once. Number of asterisks after each score denotes number of overtimes played. Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its division, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Teams with home court advantage,
153-404: The higher seeded team, are shown in italics . In the quarterfinals, the first- and second-seeded teams host games 1 and 3, while the third- and fourth-seeded teams host game 2. In the semifinals, the highest seeded team hosts games 1 and 3, while the second-highest seeded team hosts game 2. Due to Batangas City advancing after game 2, Muntinlupa instead hosted game 3. In the MPBL finals,
170-513: The higher-seeded team hosts games 1, 2, and 5, while the lower-seeded team hosts games 3 and 4. This season marked the first of three years of ABS-CBN 's broadcast rights with the league. Games were aired on the S+A channel in both SD and HD quality. Para%C3%B1aque Patriots The Parañaque Patriots are a Filipino professional basketball team based in Parañaque . The team competes in
187-594: The inaugural game against the Caloocan Supremos , where they won, 70-60. Despite finishing the season with a losing record, Parañaque made the playoffs as the seventh seed. They went against the second-seeded Bulacan Kuyas in the Quarterfinals where they would pull off an upset, beating Bulacan in three games. In the Semifinals against the Muntinlupa Cagers , Parañaque won game 1, but fell in
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#1732782420671204-602: The league's inaugural champions. Muntinlupa continued winning in the 2018–19 season , keeping the same core players and once again claiming third seed in the South Division with a 15–10 record. Their playoff run was cut short, however, as the Cagers lost to sixth-seeded Zamboanga in the first round. Heading into the 2019–20 season , most of its core players left the team, with Jaime moving to Bataan , Apreku moving to Pampanga , and Mangahas moving to Biñan City . The Cagers, now led by GJ Ylagan, win only seven games in
221-472: The next 2 games to be eliminated. Despite the Cinderella run, Parañaque would not perform well in the next three seasons, finishing 9-16 (10th) and 8-22 (14th) in the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons, respectively. When the team then returned in 2023 after taking a hiatus the previous season, they missed the playoffs for a third consecutive season with an 11th place finish and an 11–17 record. In 2024 ,
238-479: The only season to not have divisions nor feature teams from Visayas or Mindanao . It is also, to date, the smallest season in terms of size. The inaugural season featured ten teams, all based in Luzon , with no division alignment. Since the MPBL was a semi-professional league at the time, its initial set of roster regulations are made to help promote local talents: The regular season began on January 25, 2018 with
255-551: The opening ceremony at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City . It featured the inaugural game which saw the Parañaque Patriots beating the Caloocan Supremos with a score of 70–60. Daniel San Juan de Guzman of the Parañaque Patriots made the league's first basket in that game. The ten teams played in a single round-robin format, playing one game against all other teams in the league. In each gameday,
272-660: The team acquired former Finals MVP Mark Yee from the departing Bacoor City Strikers , but was later released during the free agency window in June. In every season the team took part in, the Parañaque Patriots have always played their home games in Olivarez College . In 2024, the Patriots played a home game at Villar Coliseum, which is located in the adjacent Las Piñas . All-Star selections Ex-PBA players This article about
289-457: Was the inaugural season of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League . The regular season began on January 25, 2018 with the opening ceremonies at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City , and ended on March 17. The playoffs began on March 20 and ended on April 19 when the Batangas City Athletics defeated the Muntinlupa Cagers in four games in the 2018 MPBL finals . The inaugural season featured ten teams, all based in Luzon , making it
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