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The 2024 MPBL finals will be the championship series of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League's (MPBL) 2024 season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The best-of-five playoff will be contested between the North Division champion Pampanga Giant Lanterns and the South Division champion Quezon Huskers. The series will begin on December 1, 2024 and end no later than December 13.
The league will play the first two games of the series in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, marking the first time a Philippine basketball league will play its championship series overseas. The league will then return home for the remaining three games, where the team with the higher regular season record gains homecourt advantage.
For the second time in a row, both teams featured will be based in Luzon but not Metro Manila. In addition, this will also be second time overall that a returning finalist or former champion will be featured, as well as the second time that either finalist is not a first seed in their respective division.




Background






= International games

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The first two games of the series will be played in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, aiming to attract the country's large Filipino population, particularly in Dubai. The MPBL previously played two regular season games in Dubai in 2019 for their inaugural International Invasion series at Hamdan Sports Complex. This time, the league's international games will take place at the Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall and will be organized by DJMC, the same group behind the previous leg of Dubai games.




= Pampanga Giant Lanterns

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The Pampanga Giant Lanterns entered the 2024 season as defending champions, having beaten the Bacoor City Strikers in last season's finals. The team kept their star players including Justine Baltazar, Encho Serrano, and Archie Concepcion heading into their title defense, and also won the Preseason Invitational in February. The Giant Lanterns suffered an early defeat when they lost to the Rizal Golden Coolers in their first game of the season, but were able to win a record 23 straight regular season games afterwards. The team was able to match their 26–2 record from last season, but only finished as the second seed due to having lost their regular season game against the San Juan Knights later down the line. In the playoffs, Pampanga once again swept their opponents on their way to the national stage, beating the expansion Abra Weavers in the division quarterfinals, their Central Luzon rival Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards in the division semifinals, and ultimately defeating first-seeded San Juan all in two games to win their second division title.
Pampanga became the first team since the 2020 San Juan Knights to clinch back-to-back division championships. Should they win the series, the Giant Lanterns will become the first two-time champions and the first to do so in back-to-back seasons.




= Quezon Huskers

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The Quezon Huskers entered the 2024 season coming off a division quarterfinals loss to the Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines last season. The team acquired the likes of Ljay Gonzales and former league MVP Gab Banal as the team managed to go undefeated for sixteen games, but then went on a slump, going 5–7 in their last twelve games of the season. Despite that, the Huskers held on to the top seed of the South Division after improving to a 21–7 record. The Huskers cruised through the first two rounds, beating both the Negros Muscovados and the Parañaque Patriots in two games before meeting the Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters in the division finals. Quezon first lost game 1 and were on the verge of being eliminated in game 2 before going on a scoring run in the final minutes of the game, culminating in a game-winning tip-in by Jason Opiso to force game 3. The Huskers tied the series and went on to win the do-or-die game 3 to clinch their first division championship.
Quezon became the first professional era expansion team to reach the national finals and the third Calabarzon-based team to do so, after Batangas City in 2018 and Bacoor City in 2023. Should they win the series, the Huskers will become the second Calabarzon-based team to win the league title, also after Batangas City in 2018.




Road to the finals






= Head-to-head matchup

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Series summary


For this year's national finals, the Pampanga Giant Lanterns will hold homecourt advantage for the series, as they hold a better regular season record compared to the Quezon Huskers (26–2 vs. 21–7).

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Game summaries


NOTE: All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00). Games in the UAE are also listed in Gulf Standard Time (UTC+4:00).




= Game 1

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= Game 2

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= Game 3

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= Game 4

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= Game 5

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Rosters






Broadcast notes


This will be the third national finals series under Cignal TV's broadcast deal. The games will be broadcast on television via Media Pilipinas TV (MPTV) and will also be streamed on Pilipinas Live and the league's social media channels.

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Notes






References

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• 2019 MPBL finals
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• List of MPBL champions
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