| Mpblyear: | 2018–19 |
| Team: | Davao Occidental Tigers |
| Team2: | Davao Occidental Tigers |
| Divisionwin: | y |
| Coach: | Don Dulay |
| Wins: | 20 |
| Losses: | 5 |
| Division Place: | 1 |
| Division: | South |
| Playoffs: | National finals |
| Prevseason: | Inaugural season |
| Nextseason: | 2019–20 |
The 2018–19 Davao Occidental Tigers season was the inaugural season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).[1]
The Tigers had a slow start, beginning the season 2–3, before winning 18 of the remaining 20 games, which included a 13-game winning streak. Finishing the season 20–5, Davao Occidental finished as the top seed in the South Division. In the playoffs, they first swept both Cebu City and Bacoor City before beating the defending champion Batangas City Athletics in a three-game South Division finals series to face the San Juan Knights in the national finals. Both teams alternated wins in the series, with the Tigers winning in game 4 to force a deciding game 5. Davao Occidental's championship hopes ended after a late push by San Juan took their lead, losing the series in five games.
Most of the team's home games were played at Rizal Memorial Colleges, though three games took place at the Davao City Recreation Center and one game at the University of Southeastern Philippines.
| 2018–19 Davao Occidental Tigers season schedule | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Record | Recap < | -- June – September games --> |
| 1 | June 14 | W 75–71 | 1–0 | ||||
| 2 | June 26 | W 90–78 | Pasig Sports Center | 2–0 | |||
| 3 | July 6 | L 88–91 | Navotas Sports Complex | 2–1 | |||
| 4 | July 19 | L 77–79 | Alonte Sports Arena | 2–2 | |||
| 5 | August 1 | L 85–88 | 2–3 | ||||
| 6 | August 14 | W 71–64 | Strike Gymnasium | 3–3 | |||
| 7 | August 25 | W 82–77 | Alonte Sports Arena | 4–3 | |||
| 8 | August 30 | W 92–85 | University of Southeastern Philippines | 5–3 | |||
| 9 | September 19 | W 68–61 | 6–3 | ||||
| 10 | September 29 | W 82–68 | 7–3 | ||||
| 11 | October 13 | W 72–66 | 8–3 | ||||
| 12 | October 20 | W 86–63 | Rizal Memorial Colleges | 9–3 | |||
| 13 | November 10 | W 72–59 | Filoil Flying V Centre | 10–3 | |||
| 14 | November 20 | W 93–68 | Valenzuela Astrodome | 11–3 | |||
| 15 | November 24 | W 86–61 | Lamitan Capitol Gymnasium | 12–3 | |||
| 16 | December 5 | W 88–82 | Marist School | 13–3 | |||
| 17 | December 13 | W 69–50 | Strike Gymnasium | 14–3 | |||
| 18 | December 18 | W 87–75 | Rizal Memorial Colleges | 15–3 | |||
| 19 | January 9 | L 83–84 | Valenzuela Astrodome | 15–4 | |||
| 20 | January 19 | W 80–68 | Marist School | 16–4 | |||
| 21 | January 29 | W 92–82 | Valenzuela Astrodome | 17–4 | |||
| 22 | February 9 | W 71–70 | Batangas City Coliseum | 18–4 | |||
| 23 | February 21 | W 84–74 | Muntinlupa Sports Complex | 19–4 | |||
| 24 | February 26 | L 88–89 | 19–5 | ||||
| 25 | March 6 | W 88–82 | Muntinlupa Sports Complex | 20–5 | |||
| Source: Schedule |
| 2019 Davao Occidental Tigers playoffs schedule | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Series | Recap < | -- Division quarterfinals --> |
| Division quarterfinals | 1 | March 14 | W 82–67 | Rizal Memorial Colleges | 1–0 | |||
| 2 | March 16 | Cebu City | W 76–69 | Lagao Gymnasium | 2–0 | |||
| Division semifinals | 1 | March 27 | W 79–71 | Rizal Memorial Colleges | 1–0 | |||
| 2 | March 30 | Bacoor City | W 87–67 | Batangas City Coliseum | 2–0 | |||
| Division finals | 1 | April 4 | W 66–48 | Davao City Recreation Center | 1–0 | |||
| 2 | April 6 | Batangas City | L 76–74 | 1–1 | ||||
| 3 | April 8 | Batangas City | W 66–51 | Davao City Recreation Center | 2–1 | |||
| National finals | 1 | April 11 | L 74–84 | Davao City Recreation Center | 0–1 | |||
| 2 | April 13 | San Juan | W 67–60 | Rizal Memorial Colleges | 1–1 | |||
| 3 | April 16 | San Juan | L 62–67 | 1–2 | ||||
| 4 | April 22 | San Juan | W 77–66 | Filoil Flying V Centre | 2–2 | |||
| 5 | April 25 | San Juan | L 86–87 | Rizal Memorial Colleges | 2–3 | |||
| Source: Schedule |