2021 San Miguel Beermen season

2021 San Miguel Beermen season
2021 San Miguel Beermen season
Head coach	Leo Austria
Owner(s)	San Miguel Brewery, Inc. ; (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	7–4 (63.6%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Semifinalist (lost to TNT, 3–4)
Governors' Cup results
Record	7–4 (63.6%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Meralco with twice-to-win disadvantage)
San Miguel Beermen seasons
	← 2020 2022–23 →

The 2021 San Miguel Beermen season was the 46th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

March 14: The PBA season 46 draft was held at the TV5 Media Center in Mandaluyong.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Place of birth	College
3	32	Allen Enriquez	Forward	Philippines	Arellano
4	42	Mohammad Salim	Forward	Philippines	NU
5	51	Greg Flor	Forward	Philippines	PMMA
6	58	Jeffrey Manday	Forward	Philippines	CSAV
7	60	Luis Abaca	Guard	Philippines	Benilde

Roster

2021 San Miguel Beermen roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	0	Enciso, Simon	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1991–02–12	Notre Dame de Namur
G/F	3	Pessumal, Von	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1993–02–12	Ateneo
G	6	Ross, Chris	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1985–03–09	Marshall
G	7	Romeo, Terrence	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	1992–03–16	Far Eastern
G	12	Zamar, Paul	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	1987–10–20	UE
G/F	13	Lassiter, Marcio	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1987–05–16	Cal State Fullerton
C	15	Fajardo, June Mar	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	268 lb (122 kg)	1989–11–17	Cebu
F/C	16	Gotladera, Alfonzo	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1992–02–16	Ateneo
F	27	Gamalinda, Riego	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	1986–05–25	San Beda
F/C	33	Tautuaa, Moala	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1989–04–30	Chadron State
G	39	Cruz, Jericho	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1990–10–11	Adamson
G/F	77	Perez, CJ	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1993–11–17	Lyceum
F	87	Manuel, Vic	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	1987–06–18	PSBA
F	91	Brondial, Rodney	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1990–11–20	Adamson

Head coach

Leo Austria

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Gee Abanilla
Daniel Henares (assistant)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(CI) Commissioner's Cup Import
(GI) Governors' Cup Import
(EI) EASL Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	TNT Tropang Giga	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Meralco Bolts	9	2	.818	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots	8	3	.727	2	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636	3
5	NorthPort Batang Pier	6	5	.545^[a]	4
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	5	.545^[a]	4
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	4	7	.364^[b]	6	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	4	7	.364^[b]	6
10	Terrafirma Dyip	4	7	.364^[b]	6
11	Alaska Aces	3	8	.273	7
12	Blackwater Bossing	0	11	.000	10

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Rain or Shine
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.03, Barangay Ginebra 1.01, Terrafirma 0.96; eighth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 95–85 Phoenix

Game log

2021 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 7–4

July: 3–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	July 18	Meralco	L 87–93	Terrence Romeo (18)	Moala Tautuaa (10)	Chris Ross (6)	Ynares Sports Arena	0–1
2	July 23	NLEX	W 110–93	CJ Perez (21)	Arwind Santos (12)	Chris Ross (6)	Ynares Sports Arena	1–1
3	July 25	NorthPort	W 88–86	CJ Perez (18)	CJ Perez (8)	Alex Cabagnot (7)	Ynares Sports Arena	2–1
4	July 28	Blackwater	W 99–80	June Mar Fajardo (16)	Arwind Santos (12)	Arwind Santos (5)	Ynares Sports Arena	3–1

September: 4–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	September 1	Terrafirma	L 104–110 (OT)	Terrence Romeo (28)	June Mar Fajardo (12)	Chris Ross (9)	DHVSU Gym	3–2
6	September 8	TNT	W 83–67	Marcio Lassiter (19)	June Mar Fajardo (17)	Romeo, Ross (4)	DHVSU Gym	4–2
7	September 10	Barangay Ginebra	W 111–102	Terrence Romeo (29)	June Mar Fajardo (10)	Terrence Romeo (6)	DHVSU Gym	5–2
8	September 12	Rain or Shine	L 93–95	Terrence Romeo (20)	Arwind Santos (12)	Romeo, Ross (6)	DHVSU Gym	5–3
9	September 17	Phoenix Super LPG	W 110–80	CJ Perez (24)	June Mar Fajardo (11)	Chris Ross (8)	DHVSU Gym	6–3
10	September 19	Magnolia	L 90–100	CJ Perez (20)	Fajardo, Perez, Santos (7)	Chris Ross (5)	DHVSU Gym	6–4
11	September 22	Alaska	W 101–100	CJ Perez (20)	June Mar Fajardo (10)	June Mar Fajardo (6)	DHVSU Gym	7–4

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-7)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	TNT		84

8	Barangay Ginebra		71
				1	TNT	4
(best-of-3)
				4	San Miguel	3
4	San Miguel		2

5	NorthPort		0
							1	TNT	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							3	Magnolia	1
2	Meralco	80	97

7	NLEX	81	86
				2	Meralco	2
(best-of-3)
				3	Magnolia	4
3	Magnolia		2

6	Rain or Shine		0

Game log

2021 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Total: 5–4

Quarterfinals: 2–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	September 26	NorthPort	W 88–87	Alex Cabagnot (20)	Fajardo, Santos (11)	Marcio Lassiter (9)	DHVSU Gym	1–0
2	September 30	NorthPort	W 100–95	CJ Perez (21)	Arwind Santos (13)	Chris Ross (6)	DHVSU Gym	2–0

Semifinals: 3–4

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	October 3	TNT	L 88–89	CJ Perez (23)	June Mar Fajardo (11)	Fajardo, Ross (4)	DHVSU Gym	0–1
2	October 6	TNT	W 98–96	Terrence Romeo (26)	June Mar Fajardo (10)	Chris Ross (5)	DHVSU Gym	1–1
3	October 8	TNT	L 98–115	Terrence Romeo (22)	June Mar Fajardo (10)	June Mar Fajardo (4)	DHVSU Gym	1–2
4	October 10	TNT	W 116–90	Moala Tautuaa (25)	June Mar Fajardo (12)	Chris Ross (9)	DHVSU Gym	2–2
5	October 13	TNT	L 90–110	June Mar Fajardo (23)	June Mar Fajardo (12)	Chris Ross (3)	DHVSU Gym	2–3
6	October 15	TNT	W 103–90	Moala Tautuaa (24)	June Mar Fajardo (14)	Terrence Romeo (6)	DHVSU Gym	3–3
7	October 17	TNT	L 79–97	June Mar Fajardo (22)	June Mar Fajardo (16)	Fajardo, Ross (3)	DHVSU Gym	3–4

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	NLEX Road Warriors	8	3	.727	1
3	TNT Tropang Giga	7	4	.636^[a]	2
4	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636^[a]	2
5	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636^[a]	2	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^[b]	3
7	Alaska Aces	6	5	.545^[b]	3
8	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	5	6	.455^[c]	4
9	NorthPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455^[c]	4
10	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	3	8	.273	6
11	Terrafirma Dyip	2	9	.182	7
12	Blackwater Bossing	1	10	.091	8

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss^[3]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.07, Meralco 0.99, San Miguel 0.95
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 Alaska
^ ^a ^b Eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 101–98 NorthPort

Game log

2021 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 7–4

December: 3–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	December 8	NLEX	L 102–114	Brandon Brown (36)	Brandon Brown (13)	Brown, Romeo (3)	Ynares Sports Arena	0–1
2	December 10	Alaska	L 94–99	June Mar Fajardo (23)	June Mar Fajardo (15)	Terrence Romeo (6)	Ynares Sports Arena	0–2
3	December 12	NorthPort	W 91–88	Brandon Brown (24)	Brandon Brown (12)	Brown, Romeo (7)	Ynares Sports Arena	1–2
4	December 18	Blackwater	W 107–88	CJ Perez (21)	Brandon Brown (14)	Brandon Brown (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–2
5	December 26	Terrafirma	W 100–88	Brown, Romeo (23)	Brandon Brown (10)	Brown, Perez (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–2

February: 2–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
6	February 16, 2022	TNT	L 81–96	June Mar Fajardo (22)	June Mar Fajardo (14)	Chris Ross (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–3
7	February 20, 2022	Barangay Ginebra	W 110–102	Orlando Johnson (31)	Fajardo, Johnson (10)	Orlando Johnson (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum 3,347	4–3
8	February 23, 2022	Phoenix Super LPG	W 104–99	Orlando Johnson (23)	June Mar Fajardo (15)	Orlando Johnson (5)	Ynares Center	5–3
9	February 27, 2022	Magnolia	L 87–104	Shabazz Muhammad (27)	Shabazz Muhammad (17)	Chris Ross (6)	Ynares Center 3,561	5–4

March: 2–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
10	March 3, 2022	Rain or Shine	W 104–100	Shabazz Muhammad (33)	Shabazz Muhammad (21)	Muhammad, Romeo, Ross (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	6–4
11	March 5, 2022	Meralco	W 115–110	Shabazz Muhammad (57)	Shabazz Muhammad (19)	Chris Ross (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	7–4

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Magnolia		127

8	Phoenix Super LPG		88
				1	Magnolia	2
(#4 twice-to-beat)
				4	Meralco	3
4	Meralco		100

5	San Miguel		85
							4	Meralco	2
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							6	Barangay Ginebra	4
2	NLEX	79	96

7	Alaska	93	80
				2	NLEX	1
(#3 twice-to-beat)
				6	Barangay Ginebra	3
3	TNT	92	95

6	Barangay Ginebra	104	115

Game log

2021 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–1

Quarterfinals: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	March 18, 2022	Meralco	L 85–100	Shabazz Muhammad (24)	Shabazz Muhammad (15)	Chris Ross (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1

Transactions

Free agency

Signings

Player	Date signed	Contract amount	Contract length	Former team
Alfonzo Gotladera	June 23, 2021^[4]	Not disclosed	1 year	Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors (MPBL)
James Sena	June 23, 2021^[4]	Not disclosed	1 year	Blackwater Elite
Rodney Brondial	January 6, 2022^[5]	Not disclosed	3 years	Alaska Aces

Trades

Pre-season

February
February 2, 2021^[6]	To San Miguel CJ Perez	To Terrafirma Gelo Alolino Russel Escoto Matt Ganuelas-Rosser 2020 San Miguel first-round pick (No. 8) 2022 San Miguel first-round pick

Mid-season

November
November 8, 2021^[7]	To San Miguel Vic Manuel	To NorthPort Arwind Santos
November 13, 2021^[8]	To San Miguel Simon Enciso	To Terrafirma Alex Cabagnot

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Governors' Cup	Brandon Brown	December 8, 2021 (vs. NLEX)	December 26, 2021 (vs. Terrafirma)	3–2
	Orlando Johnson	February 16, 2022 (vs. TNT)	February 23, 2022 (vs. Phoenix)	2–1
	Shabazz Muhammad	February 27, 2022 (vs. Magnolia)	March 18, 2022 (vs. Meralco)	2–2

References

^ Application forms for Season 46 Draft available Monday, PBA.ph, December 4, 2020
^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
^ "SMB signs free agent big men Fonzo Gotladera, James Sena". Sports Interactive Network. June 23, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
^ "Rodney Brondial turns unrestricted free agent after Alaska talks fail". Sports Interactive Network. January 6, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
^ "PBA approves CJ Perez trade from Terrafirma to SMB for 3 players, 2 first round picks". PBA.ph. February 2, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
^ "Vic Manuel, Arwind Santos trade places". PBA.ph. November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
^ "SMB sends Cabagnot to Terrafirma for Enciso". PBA.ph. November 13, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.

[table_hth_NP0.51856754045867-2] Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Rain or Shine

[table_hth_BGSM0.51856754045867-3] Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.03, Barangay Ginebra 1.01, Terrafirma 0.96; eighth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 95–85 Phoenix

[table_hth_MER0.70407528649274-5] Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.07, Meralco 0.99, San Miguel 0.95

[table_hth_ALA0.70407528649274-6] Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 Alaska

[table_hth_NP0.70407528649274-7] Eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 101–98 NorthPort

[1] Application forms for Season 46 Draft available Monday, PBA.ph, December 4, 2020

[4] "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[8] "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2018.

[9] "SMB signs free agent big men Fonzo Gotladera, James Sena". Sports Interactive Network. June 23, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2021.

[10] "Rodney Brondial turns unrestricted free agent after Alaska talks fail". Sports Interactive Network. January 6, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.

[11] "PBA approves CJ Perez trade from Terrafirma to SMB for 3 players, 2 first round picks". PBA.ph. February 2, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.

[12] "Vic Manuel, Arwind Santos trade places". PBA.ph. November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.

[13] "SMB sends Cabagnot to Terrafirma for Enciso". PBA.ph. November 13, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.

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