# 2021 Alaska Aces season

The 2021 Alaska Aces season was the 35th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). It was also the team's final season in the league, as they announced on February 16, 2022, that they would leave the league after the 2021 Governor's Cup.

## Key dates

* March 14: The PBA season 46 draft was held at the TV5 Media Center in Mandaluyong.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Place of birth | College |
| 1 | 6 | Ben Adamos | C/F | Philippines | Perpetual |
| 2 | 16 | Taylor Browne | G/F | Canada | UBC |
| 2 | 21 | Alec Stockton | G | USA | FEU |
| 3 | 31 | RK Ilagan | G | Philippines | San Sebastian |

## Roster

* $^a$ also served as Alaska's board governor.

## 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: 3–8 :
July: 2–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
July 16
Blackwater
W 103–77
Michael DiGregorio (20)
Rodney Brondial (10)
JVee Casio (7)
Ynares Sports Arena
1–0
2
July 21
Magnolia
L 82–84
Yousef Taha (20)
Jeron Teng (12)
Ahanmisi, DiGregorio, Teng (3)
Ynares Sports Arena
1–1
3
July 24
Phoenix Super LPG
L 93–101
Gab Banal (17)
Yousef Taha (12)
Michael DiGregorio (4)
Ynares Sports Arena
1–2
4
July 28
Rain or Shine
W 74–48
Rodney Brondial (13)
Abu Tratter (13)
Maverick Ahanmisi (4)
Ynares Sports Arena
2–2
5
July 31
Meralco
L 80–89
Gab Banal (20)
Yousef Taha (9)
Jeron Teng (5)
Ynares Sports Arena
2–3 :
September: 1–5
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
September 2
NLEX
L 74–84
Maverick Ahanmisi (17)
Rodney Brondial (10)
Jeron Teng (3)
DHVSU Gym
2–4
7
September 17
Barangay Ginebra
W 89–75
Abu Tratter (13)
Rodney Brondial (10)
Ahamnisi, Marcelino (3)
DHVSU Gym
3–4
8
September 18
TNT
L 85–103
Abu Tratter (12)
Brondial, Tratter (9)
Alec Stockton (4)
DHVSU Gym
3–5
9
September 19
Terrafirma
L 89–105
Abu Tratter (18)
Rodney Brondial (14)
JVee Casio (6)
DHVSU Gym
3–6
10
September 22
San Miguel
L 100–101
Abu Tratter (24)
Rodney Brondial (12)
JVee Casio (4)
DHVSU Gym
3–7
11
September 23
NorthPort
L 94–122
Jeron Teng (18)
Brondial, Tratter (8)
Adamos, Casio (3)
DHVSU Gym
3–8 :

## 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: 6–5 :
December: 3–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 8
NorthPort
W 87–85
Olu Ashaolu (20)
Olu Ashaolu (14)
Maverick Ahanmisi (5)
Ynares Sports Arena
1–0
2
December 10
San Miguel
W 99–94
Olu Ashaolu (23)
Olu Ashaolu (13)
Maverick Ahanmisi (6)
Ynares Sports Arena
2–0
3
December 12
Barangay Ginebra
L 77–80
Olu Ashaolu (17)
Olu Ashaolu (18)
Jeron Teng (4)
Ynares Sports Arena
2–1
4
December 17
TNT
L 77–81
Olu Ashaolu (29)
Olu Ashaolu (18)
Jeron Teng (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–2
5
December 22
Blackwater
W 98–75
Maverick Ahanmisi (17)
Abu Tratter (11)
Robbie Herndon (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–2 :
February: 3–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
February 17, 2022
Rain or Shine
W 80–74
Olu Ashaolu (23)
Olu Ashaolu (17)
Olu Ashaolu (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–2
7
February 19, 2022
Terrafirma
W 102–97
Jeron Teng (30)
Olu Ashaolu (19)
Olu Ashaolu (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–2
8
February 23, 2022
NLEX
L 89–106
Abu Tratter (17)
Maverick Ahanmisi (12)
Olu Ashaolu (6)
Ynares Center
5–3
9
February 26, 2022
Meralco
W 94–93
Ashaolu, DiGregorio (21)
Olu Ashaolu (9)
Maverick Ahanmisi (10)
Ynares Center
6–3 :
March: 0–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
10
March 3, 2022
Phoenix Super LPG
L 99–104
Olu Ashaolu (24)
Olu Ashaolu (10)
Olu Ashaolu (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
6–4
11
March 6, 2022
Magnolia
L 91–118
RK Ilagan (14)
Olu Ashaolu (10)
Abu Tratter (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 6,502
6–5 :

### 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 | | | | | | |
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#### Game log

2021 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log Total: 1–1 :
Quarterfinals: 1–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
March 16, 2022
NLEX
W 93–79
Mark St. Fort (17)
Mark St. Fort (14)
Ahanmisi, Ilagan, Teng (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 7,091
1–0
2
March 19, 2022
NLEX
L 80–96
Mark St. Fort (14)
Mark St. Fort (7)
Ahanmisi, Ilagan, St. Fort (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 10,486
1–1 :

## Transactions
### Free agency
#### Subtraction

| Player | Number | Position | Reason | New team |
| Gab Banal | 77 | Forward | End of contract; did not agree to term extension | TNT Tropang Giga |
| Rodney Brondial | 91 | Forward / center | End of contract; did not agree to term extension | San Miguel Beermen |

### Trades
#### Pre-season

February :
| February 23, 2021 | To AlaskaBrian Heruela 2020 Magnolia first-round pick (No. 6) 2020 NLEX second-round pick (No. 16) 2021 Phoenix first-round pick | To PhoenixVic Manuel 2020 Alaska first-round pick (No. 7) 2020 Alaska second-round pick (No. 19) |

#### Philippine Cup

October :
| October 12, 2021 | To AlaskaMike Tolomia 2022 Blackwater second-round pick | To BlackwaterJVee Casio Barkley Eboña |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Governors' Cup | Olu Ashaolu | December 8, 2021 (vs. NorthPort) | March 6, 2022 (vs. Magnolia) | 6–5 |
| Governors' Cup | Mark St. Fort | March 16, 2022 (vs. NLEX) | March 19, 2022 (vs. NLEX) | 1–1 |