The 2022 MPBL season, known as the MPBL Mumbaki Season, was the fourth season of the

Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines. History Manny Pacquiao launched the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League on August 29, 2017, starting off as a semi-professional lea ...

. This season the MPBL announced their partnership with OKBet as their official

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partner.

Format

* Just like in previous seasons, all teams will play in a single round-robin regardless of division. Each team will have 21 games in their schedule. * At the end of the group stage, if there are games which were postponed during the regular season, the game/s shall be played especially if there will be significant effects in the standings after these games are played. * If there are ties in the standings, these will be broken via the following criterion: 1. Head-to-head matchup, 2. Point difference against each other 3. Record vs. the other division, and if necessary, the quotient system.

Transactions

Coaching changes

Name changes

* Caloocan Supremos changed its team name to

Caloocan Excellence The Caloocan Batang Kankaloo, also shortened as the Batang Kankaloo, are a Filipino professional basketball team based in Caloocan. The team primarily competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as one of 11 active teams based i ...

before the start of the season. * Biñan City Luxxe White reverted to its previous name, Laguna Heroes Krah Asia before the start of the season. *

Marikina Shoemasters Marikina Shoemasters are a Filipino professional basketball team in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) based in Marikina. It is one of 11 active teams based in Metro Manila, as well as one of four based in the Eastern Manila Distric ...

changed its name to Marikina Shoe City during 2021 MPBL Invitationals before they reverted back to its previous name,

before the start of the season. *

Imus Bandera Imus Bandera, also known as Imus City Bandera, is a professional basketball team in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League. It is owned by the local government of Imus in Cavite. History Team roster Depth chart Head coaches All-time ...

reverted to its name before the start of the season. * Batangas City Athletics changed its name to Batangas City Embassy Chill before the start of the season. * All-Star Bacolod Ballers changed its name to Bacolod Bingo Plus before the start of the season. * Makati FSD Blazers changed its name to

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before the start of the season. * Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors changed its name to Pasig City before the start of the season. They changed its name to

Pasig City MCW Sports Pasig City MCW Sports is a Filipino professional basketball team representing Pasig. It was originally known as the Pasig Pirates, the Pasig Blue Pirates and the Pasig-Rizal Pirates from 1998 to 2000 in the now-defunct Metropolitan Basketball ...

before the 2022 MPBL Playoffs. * Mindoro EOG Burlington changed its name to Mindoro Tams before the start of the season. * Valenzuela MJAS Zenith changed its name to Valenzuela XUR Homes Realty Inc. before the start of the season.

Pre-season

The 2022 MPBL season was preceded by the 2021 MPBL Invitational Cup which started on December 11, 2021, at the

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. The first tournament was held on April 25, 2022.

Notable events

* October 10 – Kyt Jimenez of

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completed a quadruple-double statistics against Mindoro Tams at 33 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists, and 11 steals at Paco Arena,

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, becoming a first player in the league's history.

Regular season

The regular season began on April 25, 2022 at Batangas City Coliseum in

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Team standings

Northern Division

Southern Division

Results

Not all games are in home–away format. Each team plays every team once. Number of asterisks after each score denotes number of overtimes played.

Playoffs

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its division, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Teams with home-court advantage, the higher-seeded team, are shown in italics.

Bracket

Northern Division

First Round

In the first round, the teams were grouped into two groups. The No. 1 and the No. 4 teams hosted alternately, while the No. 2 and No. 3 teams did the same, with the top two seeds hosting game 3 if they are still in contention.

Division Semifinals

The top two remaining seeds hosted alternately, with the top remaining seeded team hosting game 3 if they are still in contention.

Division Finals

Southern Division

First Round

Division Semifinals

The top two remaining seeds hosted alternately, with the top remaining seeded team hosting game 3 if they are still in contention.

Division Finals

MPBL Finals

Awards

The individual league awards was given during the Game 2 of the 2022 MPBL National Finals at Nueva Ecija Coliseum.

All-Star game

The third All-Star game was take place at Batangas City Coliseum in

on October 2, 2022.

Lineups

Game

* MPBL All-Star MVP:

Jaycee Marcelino Jaycee Carlos Marcelino (born October 19, 1995) is a Filipino basketball player for the Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He was drafted 17th overall pick in the 2nd round of the 2019 PBA dra ...

* Slam Dunk Contest Champion: Garex Puerto * 3-point Shootout Champion: Domark Matillano

Statistics

Individual statistical leaders

References

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