2018 Batangas City Athletics season explained

Mpblyear:2018
Team:Batangas City Embassy Chill
Team2:Batangas City Athletics
Championshipwin:y
Coach:Mac Tan
Wins:8
Losses:1
Place:1st
Playoffs:MPBL champions
Prevseason:Inaugural season
Nextseason:2018–19

The 2018 Batangas City Athletics season was the inaugural season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).[1] The team concluded their season as the league's inaugural champions, after defeating the Muntinlupa Cagers in four games during the 2018 MPBL finals.

Led by Val Acuña, Batangas City finished with the league's best record, winning eight out of nine games. The only loss came against the Bulacan Kuyas on March 3, 2018. The Athletics then swept its playoff opponents in the quarterfinals and semifinals before meeting Muntinlupa in the inaugural finals series. After winning the first two games at home, they lost the following game 3 as the visiting team. On April 19, 2018, the Athletics would beat the Cagers by two points, claiming their first and only MPBL championship.

Regular season

Schedule

2018 Batangas City Athletics season schedule
GameDateOpponentScoreLocationRecordRecap
1January 27 W 73–65 Muntinlupa Sports Complex 1–0Recap
2February 3 W 88–73 Batangas City Coliseum 2–0Recap
3February 10 W 74–56 Imus City Sports Complex 3–0Recap
4February 17 W 80–71 Navotas Sports Complex 4–0Recap
5February 22 W 87–79 Batangas City Coliseum 5–0Recap
6February 27 W 82–77 Navotas Sports Complex 6–0Recap
7March 3 L 72–80 Imus City Sports Complex 6–1Recap
8March 8 W 77–68 7–1Recap
9March 13 Caloocan W 86–75 Batangas City Coliseum 8–1Recap
Source: Schedule

Playoffs

Schedule

2018 Batangas City Athletics playoffs schedule
RoundGameDateOpponentScoreLocationSeriesRecap
Quarterfinals1March 20 W 88–75 Batangas City Coliseum 1–0Recap
2March 24 Bataan W 95–82 Valenzuela Astrodome 2–0Recap
Semifinals1April 5 W 80–75 Batangas City Coliseum 1–0Recap
2April 7 Valenzuela W 89–64 Muntinlupa Sports Complex 2–0Recap
Finals1April 12 W 70–64 Batangas City Coliseum 1–0Recap
2April 14 Muntinlupa W 78–74 Batangas City Coliseum 2–0Recap
3April 17 Muntinlupa L 77–82 Muntinlupa Sports Complex 2–1Recap
4April 19 Muntinlupa W 68–66 Muntinlupa Sports Complex 3–1Recap
Source: Schedule

Notes and References

  1. News: Leongson . Randolph . 22 January 2018 . Maharlika basketball league tips off Thursday with 10 teams at Big Dome . 23 January 2018 . Philippine Daily Inquirer.