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The MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) welcomed Quezon Province and Negros Muscovados to its fold on Sunday night, Jan. 29, at Conrad Hotel Manila.

Nueva Ecija showed its maturity and poise in trouncing Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines, 69-56, to clinch the OKbet-MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) 4th Season Presented by Xtreme national title at the Mayor Vitaliano Agan Coliseum in Zamboanga City.

Shorthanded Makati faces San Juan as MPBL playoffs resume PHOTO: MPBL THE Makati Super Crunch are maintaining a positive attitude heading into the resumption of the MPBL Lakan Season North Division finals despite a controversy that hounded the ballclub over the past few days. Makati will be playing the third and final game of the division finals on Wednesday without their pre-pandemic core players due to salary disputes. Head coach Beaujing Acot said that for now, the focus is to finish the season the best way the team can against powerhouse San Juan in the knockout game. Continue reading b...

San Juan trounced Makati, 76-70, and Basilan downed Davao, 74-72, in the series openers. Because the MPBL, founded by Senator Manny Pacquiao, is amateur in status, it took a long time before the league was given permission to resume by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) subject to strict health protocols. "We're just happy to be given the chance to complete the (Lakan) season and fulfill our commitment to the fans," said MPBL Commissioner Kenneth Duremdes. "We're grateful to our COO (Senator Pacquiao) that despite the situation he persevered for our resumpt...

Published March 6, 2021, 2:10 PM A year after it got stalled, the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League resumes with the deciding games of the North and South division finals on Wednesday, March 10, in a bubble in Subic, Zambales. The San Juan Knights and the Makati Super Crunch will dispute the MPBL Chooks-to-Go Lakan Season North crown while the Davao Occidental Tigers and the Basilan Steel tangle for the South title at the closed-door Subic Bay Gymnasium. Both series are tied at 1-1 before the Luzon-wide lockdown was imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and all sports activities were groun...