# 2021 NorthPort Batang Pier season

The 2021 NorthPort Batang Pier season was the ninth 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.

## Draft picks
### Special draft

| Pick | Player | Position | Place of birth | College |
| 2 | William Navarro | Forward | Greece | Ateneo |

### Regular draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Place of birth | School / club team |
| 1 | 2 | Jamie Malonzo | Forward | USA | La Salle |
| 1 | 11 | Troy Rike | Center/Forward | USA | NU |
| 2 | 24 | Mark Olayon | Forward | Philippines | UE |
| 3 | 26 | Loren Brill | Guard | USA | Old Dominion |
| 4 | 37 | Marvin Moraga | Guard | Philippines | St. Xavier |
| 5 | 47 | Carl Bryan Ravanes | Guard | Philippines | Southville |
| 6 | 55 | Seraj Elmejrab | Center | Libya | Lyceum |
| 7 | 59 | Jonico Rosales | Guard | Philippines | AMA |
| 8 | 61 | Jed Mendoza | Guard | Philippines | UE |

## Philippine Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | |
| 10 | Terrafirma Dyip | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | |
| 11 | Alaska Aces | 3 | 8 | .273 | 7 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Bossing | 0 | 11 | .000 | 10 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Rain or Shine
* 1 2 3 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: 6–5 :
July: 1–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
July 16
Meralco
L 63–85
Sidney Onwubere (13)
Bolick, Malonzo (9)
Bolick, Ferrer (3)
Ynares Sports Arena
0–1
2
July 21
Phoenix Super LPG
W 115–79
Bolick, Ferrer, Rike (20)
Ferrer, Onwubere (9)
Robert Bolick (11)
Ynares Sports Arena
1–1
3
July 25
San Miguel
L 86–88
Greg Slaughter (23)
Greg Slaughter (17)
Robert Bolick (6)
Ynares Sports Arena
1–2
4
July 30
Barangay Ginebra
L 85–87
Robert Bolick (23)
Greg Slaughter (14)
Robert Bolick (4)
Ynares Sports Arena
1–3 :
September: 5–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
September 9
Blackwater
W 98–73
Bolick, Malonzo (17)
Jamie Malonzo (12)
Robert Bolick (7)
DHVSU Gym
2–3
6
September 11
Terrafirma
W 104–84
Garvo Lanete (18)
Sidney Onwubere (9)
Robert Bolick (8)
DHVSU Gym
3–3
7
September 12
NLEX
W 96–94
Robert Bolick (26)
Jamie Malonzo (14)
Bolick, Malonzo (5)
DHVSU Gym
4–3
8
September 15
TNT
L 92–102
Paolo Taha (20)
Ferrer, Malonzo, Rike (6)
Robert Bolick (11)
DHVSU Gym
4–4
9
September 17
Magnolia
L 89–90
Greg Slaughter (21)
Paolo Taha (9)
Jamie Malonzo (7)
DHVSU Gym
4–5
10
September 19
Rain or Shine
W 91–88 (OT)
Greg Slaughter (25)
Jamie Malonzo (14)
Robert Bolick (7)
DHVSU Gym
5–5
11
September 23
Alaska
W 122–94
Robert Bolick (22)
Robert Bolick (13)
Robert Bolick (13)
DHVSU Gym
6–5 :

### Playoffs
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) |
| (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | TNT | TNT | 84 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 71 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 71 | 1 | TNT | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | TNT | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 4 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| 4 | San Miguel | San Miguel | 2 | 4 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| 5 | NorthPort | NorthPort | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | NorthPort | NorthPort | 0 | | | | 1 | TNT | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 1 | TNT | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 3 | Magnolia | 1 |
| 2 | Meralco | 80 | 97 | | | | 3 | Magnolia | 1 |
| 7 | NLEX | 81 | 86 | | | | | | |
| 7 | NLEX | 81 | 86 | 2 | Meralco | 2 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | Meralco | 2 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 3 | Magnolia | 4 | | | |
| 3 | Magnolia | Magnolia | 2 | 3 | Magnolia | 4 | | | |
| 6 | Rain or Shine | Rain or Shine | 0 | | | | | | |
* view
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#### Game log

2021 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log Total: 0–2 :
Quarterfinals: 0–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
September 26
San Miguel
L 87–88
Sean Anthony (17)
Greg Slaughter (10)
Robert Bolick (7)
DHVSU Gym
0–1
2
September 30
San Miguel
L 95–100
Greg Slaughter (27)
Greg Slaughter (12)
Robert Bolick (14)
DHVSU Gym
0–2 :

## Governors' Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 3 | TNT Tropang Giga | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 4 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 5 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 6 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 7 | Alaska Aces | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 8 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 9 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455 | 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 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.07, Meralco 0.99, San Miguel 0.95
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 Alaska
* 1 2 Eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 101–98 NorthPort

#### Game log

2021 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 5–6 :
December: 0–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 8
Alaska
L 85–87
Arwind Santos (23)
Cameron Forte (15)
Robert Bolick (9)
Ynares Sports Arena
0–1
2
December 10
NLEX
L 115–120 (OT)
Greg Slaughter (22)
Cameron Forte (23)
Robert Bolick (14)
Ynares Sports Arena
0–2
3
December 12
San Miguel
L 88–91
Robert Bolick (24)
Jamie Malonzo (13)
Robert Bolick (8)
Ynares Sports Arena
0–3
4
December 17
Barangay Ginebra
L 82–108
Robert Bolick (32)
Greg Slaughter (15)
Robert Bolick (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–4 :
February: 3–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
February 12, 2022
Rain or Shine
L 90–104
Artis, Ferrer (23)
Arwind Santos (13)
Roi Sumang (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–5
6
February 17, 2022
Meralco
W 109–98
Jamel Artis (26)
Arwind Santos (10)
Bolick, Sumang (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–5
7
February 24, 2022
Magnolia
W 103–101
Jamel Artis (42)
Jamel Artis (9)
Jamel Artis (8)
Ynares Center
2–5
8
February 26, 2022
Phoenix Super LPG
W 101–93
Jamel Artis (29)
Jamie Malonzo (16)
Jerrick Balanza (6)
Ynares Center
3–5 :
March: 2–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
9
March 2, 2022
Blackwater
W 116–103
Robert Bolick (30)
Arwind Santos (13)
Jamel Artis (9)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–5
10
March 5, 2022
Terrafirma
W 124–117
Jamel Artis (31)
Jamie Malonzo (12)
Robert Bolick (17)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–5
11
March 11, 2022
TNT
L 101–106 (OT)
Jamel Artis (39)
Jamie Malonzo (15)
Robert Bolick (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–6 :

### Playoffs
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) |
| (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | Magnolia | Magnolia | 127 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Phoenix Super LPG | Phoenix Super LPG | 88 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Phoenix Super LPG | Phoenix Super LPG | 88 | 1 | Magnolia | 2 | | | |
| (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | 1 | Magnolia | 2 | | | |
| (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | 4 | Meralco | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Meralco | Meralco | 100 | 4 | Meralco | 3 | | | |
| 5 | San Miguel | San Miguel | 85 | | | | | | |
| 5 | San Miguel | San Miguel | 85 | | | | 4 | Meralco | 2 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 4 | Meralco | 2 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 6 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 |
| 2 | NLEX | 79 | 96 | | | | 6 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 |
| 7 | Alaska | 93 | 80 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Alaska | 93 | 80 | 2 | NLEX | 1 | | | |
| (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | 2 | NLEX | 1 | | | |
| (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | 6 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| 3 | TNT | 92 | 95 | 6 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Barangay Ginebra | 104 | 115 | | | | | | |
* view
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#### Game log

2021 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log Total: 0–1 :
8th seed playoff: 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
March 13, 2022
Phoenix Super LPG
L 98–101
Jamel Artis (21)
Jamel Artis (12)
Robert Bolick (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1 :

## Transactions
### Trades
#### Pre-season

January :
| January 20, 2021 | To NorthPortClint Doliguez Sidney Onwubere | To Rain or ShineBradwyn Guinto |
| March ||||
| March 5, 2021 | To NorthPortGreg Slaughter | To Barangay GinebraChristian Standhardinger |
| March 12, 2021 | To NorthPortJerrick Balanza 2020 Barangay Ginebra second-round pick | To Barangay Ginebra2020 Terrafirma second-round pick |

#### Mid-season

November :
| November 5, 2021 | To NorthPortMichael Calisaan Vic Manuel | To PhoenixSean Anthony Sean Manganti 2021 TNT second-round pick |
| November 8, 2021 | To NorthPortArwind Santos | To San MiguelVic Manuel |
| November 9, 2021 | To NorthPortArthur dela Cruz | To Barangay GinebraSidney Onwubere |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Governors' Cup | Cameron Forte | December 8 (vs. Alaska) | December 10 (vs. NLEX) | 0–2 |
| Governors' Cup | Jamel Artis | February 12, 2022 (vs. Rain or Shine) | March 13, 2022 (vs. Phoenix Super LPG) | 5–3 |