# 2018–19 Davao Occidental Tigers season

The 2018–19 Davao Occidental Tigers season was the inaugural season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).
The Tigers had a slow start, beginning the season 2–3, before winning 18 of the remaining 20 games, which included a 13-game winning streak. Finishing the season 20–5, Davao Occidental finished as the top seed in the South Division. In the playoffs, they first swept both Cebu City and Bacoor City before beating the defending champion Batangas City Athletics in a three-game South Division finals series to face the San Juan Knights in the national finals. Both teams alternated wins in the series, with the Tigers winning in game 4 to force a deciding game 5. Davao Occidental's championship hopes ended after a late push by San Juan took their lead, losing the series in five games.
Most of the team's home games were played at Rizal Memorial Colleges, though three games took place at the Davao City Recreation Center and one game at the University of Southeastern Philippines.

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Davao Occidental Tigers | 25 | 20 | 5 | .800 | — | Playoffs |
| 2 | Batangas City Athletics | 25 | 15 | 10 | .600 | 5 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Muntinlupa Cagers | 25 | 15 | 10 | .600 | 5 | Playoffs |
| 4 | GenSan Warriors | 25 | 14 | 11 | .560 | 6 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Bacoor City Strikers | 25 | 13 | 12 | .520 | 7 | Playoffs |
* 1 2 Batangas City wins tiebreaker over Muntinlupa by head-to-head victory.

### Schedule

2018–19 Davao Occidental Tigers season schedule :
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Record |
| 1 | June 14 | Imus | W 75–71 | Alonte Sports Arena | 1–0 |
| 2 | June 26 | Quezon City | W 90–78 | Pasig Sports Center | 2–0 |
| 3 | July 6 | Bataan | L 88–91 | Navotas Sports Complex | 2–1 |
| 4 | July 19 | Makati | L 77–79 | Alonte Sports Arena | 2–2 |
| 5 | August 1 | Bulacan | L 85–88 (OT) | Filoil Flying V Centre | 2–3 |
| 6 | August 14 | Cebu City | W 71–64 | Strike Gymnasium | 3–3 |
| 7 | August 25 | Pampanga | W 82–77 | Alonte Sports Arena | 4–3 |
| 8 | August 30 | Valenzuela | W 92–85 | University of Southeastern Philippines | 5–3 |
| 9 | September 19 | Pasay | W 68–61 | Cuneta Astrodome | 6–3 |
| 10 | September 29 | Caloocan | W 82–68 | Caloocan Sports Complex | 7–3 |
| 11 | October 13 | Laguna | W 72–66 | Marist School | 8–3 |
| 12 | October 20 | Mandaluyong | W 86–63 | Rizal Memorial Colleges | 9–3 |
| 13 | November 10 | Navotas | W 72–59 | Filoil Flying V Centre | 10–3 |
| 14 | November 20 | Zamboanga | W 93–68 | Valenzuela Astrodome | 11–3 |
| 15 | November 24 | Basilan | W 86–61 | Lamitan Capitol Gymnasium | 12–3 |
| 16 | December 5 | Pasig | W 88–82 | Marist School | 13–3 |
| 17 | December 13 | Bacoor City | W 69–50 | Strike Gymnasium | 14–3 |
| 18 | December 18 | San Juan | W 87–75 | Rizal Memorial Colleges | 15–3 |
| 19 | January 9 | General Santos | L 83–84 | Valenzuela Astrodome | 15–4 |
| 20 | January 19 | Marikina | W 80–68 | Marist School | 16–4 |
| 21 | January 29 | Parañaque | W 92–82 | Valenzuela Astrodome | 17–4 |
| 22 | February 9 | Batangas City | W 71–70 | Batangas City Coliseum | 18–4 |
| 23 | February 21 | Rizal | W 84–74 | Muntinlupa Sports Complex | 19–4 |
| 24 | February 26 | Manila | L 88–89 | San Andres Sports Complex | 19–5 |
| 25 | March 6 | Muntinlupa | W 88–82 | Muntinlupa Sports Complex | 20–5 |
| Source: Schedule |||||||

## Playoffs
### Schedule

2019 Davao Occidental Tigers playoffs schedule :
| Round | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Series |
| Division quarterfinals | 1 | March 14 | Cebu City | W 82–67 | Rizal Memorial Colleges | 1–0 |
| Division quarterfinals | 2 | March 16 | Cebu City | W 76–69 | Lagao Gymnasium | 2–0 |
| Division semifinals | 1 | March 27 | Bacoor City | W 79–71 | Rizal Memorial Colleges | 1–0 |
| Division semifinals | 2 | March 30 | Bacoor City | W 87–67 | Batangas City Coliseum | 2–0 |
| Division finals | 1 | April 4 | Batangas City | W 66–48 | Davao City Recreation Center | 1–0 |
| Division finals | 2 | April 6 | Batangas City | L 76–74 | De La Salle Lipa | 1–1 |
| Division finals | 3 | April 8 | Batangas City | W 66–51 | Davao City Recreation Center | 2–1 |
| National finals | 1 | April 11 | San Juan | L 74–84 | Davao City Recreation Center | 0–1 |
| National finals | 2 | April 13 | San Juan | W 67–60 | Rizal Memorial Colleges | 1–1 |
| National finals | 3 | April 16 | San Juan | L 62–67 | Filoil Flying V Centre | 1–2 |
| National finals | 4 | April 22 | San Juan | W 77–66 | Filoil Flying V Centre | 2–2 |
| National finals | 5 | April 25 | San Juan | L 86–87 | Rizal Memorial Colleges | 2–3 |
| Source: Schedule ||||||||