| Mpblyear: | 2022 |
| Team: | Pampanga Giant Lanterns |
| Team2: | Pampanga Giant Lanterns |
| Arena: | Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center |
| Wins: | 14 |
| Losses: | 7 |
| Division Place: | 4 |
| Division: | North |
| Playoffs: | Division Semifinals |
| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
The 2022 Pampanga Giant Lanterns season was the third season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). This is also their first season in San Fernando, after playing in Angeles City during their first two seasons.
The Giant Lanterns' first game in San Fernando was a win against Manila on May 24. From July 22 until September 19, Pampanga earned eight consecutive wins as the team finished 14–7 in a three-way tie for the second seed in the North Division. By tiebreaker criteria, Pampanga settled the fourth seed, the same seed they were in previously. After a tight three-game series against the Bataan Risers, Pampanga would fall to the eventual champion Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards in a sweep.[1] [2]
The team played all of their home games at Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center.
| 2022 Pampanga Giant Lanterns season schedule | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Record | Recap < | -- Games 1–7 --> |
| 1 | May 24 | Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center | 1–0 | ||||
| 2 | May 31 | Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center | 1–1 | ||||
| 3 | June 6 | 1–2 | |||||
| 4 | June 11 | Batangas City Coliseum | 1–3 | ||||
| 5 | June 21 | Orion Sports Complex | 2–3 | ||||
| 6 | June 25 | 3–3 | |||||
| 7 | July 5 | Nueva Ecija Coliseum | 4–3 | ||||
| 8 | July 11 | Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center | 4–4 | ||||
| 9 | July 22 | 5–4 | |||||
| 10 | July 30 | 6–4 | |||||
| 11 | August 6 | Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center | 7–4 | ||||
| 12 | August 15 | Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center | 8–4 | ||||
| 13 | August 20 | Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center | 9–4 | ||||
| 14 | August 26 | Strike Gymnasium | 10–4 | ||||
| 15 | September 12 | Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center | 11–4 | ||||
| 16 | September 19 | Caloocan Sports Complex | 12–4 | ||||
| 17 | September 23 | Nueva Ecija Coliseum | 12–5 | ||||
| 18 | September 27 | 13–5 | |||||
| 19 | October 6 | Orion Sports Complex | 13–6 | ||||
| 20 | October 8 | Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center | 13–7 | ||||
| 21 | October 11 | Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center | 14–7 | ||||
| Source: Schedule |
| 2022 Pampanga Giant Lanterns playoff schedule | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Series | Recap < | -- Division Quarterfinals --> |
| Division Quarterfinals | 1 | October 15 | Nueva Ecija Coliseum | 1–0 | Recap | |||
| 2 | October 22 | Bataan | Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center | 1–1 | Recap | |||
| 3 | November 4 | Bataan | Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center | 2–1 | Recap | |||
| Division Semifinals | 1 | November 7 | Nueva Ecija Coliseum | 0–1 | Recap | |||
| 2 | November 11 | Nueva Ecija | 0–2 | Recap | ||||
| Source: Schedule |