| Year: | 2021 |
| Conference: | Governors' Cup |
| Champion Games: | 4 |
| Runnerup Games: | 2 |
| Date: | April 6–22, 2022 |
| Mvp: | Scottie Thompson |
| Radio Network: | Radyo5 (DWFM) |
| Referees 1: | Rommel Gruta, Bing Oliva, Mike Flordeliza, Gomer Obina |
| Referees 2: | Nol Quilingen, Mardy Montoya, Mike Flordeliza, Janine Nicandro |
| Referees 3: | Peter Balao, Sherwin Pineda, Rommel Gruta, Albert Nubla |
| Referees 4: | Peter Balao, Mardy Montoya, Mike Flordeliza, Niño Cortez |
| Referees 5: | Nol Quilingen, Rommel Gruta, Mike Flordeliza, Albert Nubla |
| Referees 6: | Peter Balao, Sherwin Pineda, Mardy Montoya, Niño Cortez |
| Next Conf: | 2022 Philippine |
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]
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]
See main article: 2021 PBA Governors' Cup.
| Meralco Bolts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finished 6–5 (.636) in 6th place | Elimination round | Finished 7–4 (.636) in 4th place | ||
| win over the other against Alaska | Tiebreaker | |||
| Def. TNT in two games (twice-to-win disadvantage) | Quarterfinals | Def. San Miguel in one game (twice-to-beat advantage) | ||
| Def. NLEX, 3–1 | Semifinals | Def. Magnolia, 3–2 | ||
| Game | Date | Venue | Winner | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | April 6, 2022 | 104–91 | ||
| Game 2 | April 8 | 99–93 | ||
| Game 3 | April 10 | Meralco | 83–74 | |
| Game 4 | April 13 | Smart Araneta Coliseum | Barangay Ginebra | 95–84 |
| Game 5 | April 17 | 115–110 | ||
| Game 6 | April 22 | SM Mall of Asia Arena | 103–92 | |
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]
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]
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.
| Game | SMART Sports (English & Filipino) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analyst(s) | Analyst(s) | |||||
| Game 1 | Denise Tan and Ysa Chong | |||||
| Game 2 | Jutt Sulit | Denise Tan and Eileen Shi | ||||
| Game 3 | Denise Tan and Ysa Chong | |||||
| Game 4 | Charlie Cuna | Andy Jao | Denise Tan and Ira Pablo-Neypes | Vince Hizon | ||
| Game 5 | Dominic Uy | Denise Tan and Ysa Chong | Jolly Escobar | |||
| Game 6 | Magoo Marjon | Joaquin Henson | Denise Tan and Ira Pablo-Neypes | Jinno Rufino | Mark Molina | |