# 2021 TNT Tropang Giga season

The 2021 TNT Tropang Giga season was the 31st 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 |
| 4 | Jaydee Tungcab | Guard | Philippines | UP Diliman |

### Regular draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Place of birth | College |
| 1 | 4 | Mikey Williams | Guard | USA | Cal State Fullerton |
| 3 | 35 | Michael Simmonds | Guard/Forward | USA | Baruch |
| 4 | 45 | Joel Lee Yu | Guard | Philippines | FEU |
| 5 | 53 | Martin Gozum | Forward | Philippines | OLFU |

## 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: 10–1 :
July: 2–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
July 17
Terrafirma
W 86–79
Jayson Castro (17)
John Paul Erram (11)
Pogoy, Reyes (5)
Ynares Sports Arena
1–0
2
July 30
Rain or Shine
W 79–69
Pogoy, Rosario (13)
Troy Rosario (14)
Jayson Castro (7)
Ynares Sports Arena
2–0 :
August: 1–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
August 1
Phoenix Super LPG
W 84–80
Troy Rosario (15)
Mikey Williams (9)
Jayson Castro (9)
Ynares Sports Arena
3–0 :
September: 7–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
September 1
Blackwater
W 96–76
Mikey Williams (16)
Troy Rosario (11)
Roger Pogoy (4)
DHVSU Gym
4–0
5
September 3
Meralco
W 91–76
Mikey Williams (27)
Erram, Rosario (9)
Castro, Rosario, K. Williams, M. Williams (2)
DHVSU Gym
5–0
6
September 5
Magnolia
W 83–76
Jayson Castro (17)
Kelly Williams (15)
Mikey Williams (5)
DHVSU Gym
6–0
7
September 8
San Miguel
L 67–83
Kib Montalbo (13)
Troy Rosario (7)
Montalbo, M. Williams (4)
DHVSU Gym
6–1
8
September 10
NLEX
W 100–85
Mikey Williams (36)
Kelly Williams (9)
Kelly Williams (4)
DHVSU Gym
7–1
9
September 12
Barangay Ginebra
W 88–67
Mikey Williams (27)
Roger Pogoy (8)
Jayson Castro (5)
DHVSU Gym
8–1
10
September 15
NorthPort
W 102–92
Mikey Williams (29)
Ryan Reyes (9)
Mikey Williams (5)
DHVSU Gym
9–1
11
September 18
Alaska
W 103–85
Roger Pogoy (18)
John Paul Erram (8)
Mikey Williams (7)
DHVSU Gym
10–1 :

### 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
* talk

#### Game log

2021 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log Total: 9–4 :
Quarterfinals: 1–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
September 29
Barangay Ginebra
W 84–71
Roger Pogoy (16)
K. Williams, M. Williams (7)
Reyes, M. Williams (5)
DHVSU Gym
1–0 :
Semifinals: 4–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
October 3
San Miguel
W 89–88
Roger Pogoy (23)
Mikey Williams (8)
Castro, M. Williams (6)
DHVSU Gym
1–0
2
October 6
San Miguel
L 96–98
Roger Pogoy (21)
Erram, Marcelo (10)
Mikey Williams (7)
DHVSU Gym
1–1
3
October 8
San Miguel
W 115–98
Roger Pogoy (26)
John Paul Erram (13)
Mikey Williams (5)
DHVSU Gym
2–1
4
October 10
San Miguel
L 90–116
Jayson Castro (15)
Dave Marcelo (14)
Castro, Heruela, M. Williams (4)
DHVSU Gym
2–2
5
October 13
San Miguel
W 110–90
Jayson Castro (19)
Troy Rosario (8)
Jayson Castro (8)
DHVSU Gym
3–2
6
October 15
San Miguel
L 90–103
Castro, Reyes (16)
Troy Rosario (10)
Mikey Williams (5)
DHVSU Gym
3–3
7
October 17
San Miguel
W 97–79
Roger Pogoy (27)
Troy Rosario (12)
Mikey Williams (6)
DHVSU Gym
4–3 :
Finals: 4–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
October 20
Magnolia
W 88–70
Mikey Williams (21)
Mikey Williams (10)
Mikey Williams (5)
DHVSU Gym
1–0
2
October 22
Magnolia
W 105–93
Mikey Williams (28)
John Paul Erram (12)
Mikey Williams (6)
DHVSU Gym
2–0
3
October 24
Magnolia
L 98–106
Mikey Williams (39)
John Paul Erram (11)
Brian Heruela (5)
DHVSU Gym
2–1
4
October 27
Magnolia
W 106–89
Mikey Williams (26)
Kelly Williams (7)
Mikey Williams (7)
DHVSU Gym
3–1
5
October 29
Magnolia
W 94–79
Mikey Williams (24)
John Paul Erram (10)
Mikey Williams (4)
DHVSU Gym
4–1 :

## 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: 7–4 :
December: 2–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 15
NLEX
L 100–102
Kelly Williams (16)
McKenzie Moore (14)
McKenzie Moore (9)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
December 17
Alaska
W 81–77
Jayson Castro (20)
Poy Erram (9)
Jayson Castro (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1
3
December 22
Meralco
L 80–83
Roger Pogoy (25)
Poy Erram (13)
Mikey Williams (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–2
4
December 26
Rain or Shine
W 95–92
Mikey Williams (25)
Aaron Fuller (10)
Mikey Williams (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–2 :
February: 2–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
February 11, 2022
Magnolia
L 93–96
Aaron Fuller (21)
Aaron Fuller (11)
Jayson Castro (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–3
6
February 13, 2022
Phoenix Super LPG
L 92–93
Mikey Williams (22)
Aaron Fuller (23)
Jayson Castro (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–4
7
February 16, 2022
San Miguel
W 96–81
Mikey Williams (30)
Aaron Fuller (26)
Kib Montalbo (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–4
8
February 18, 2022
Barangay Ginebra
W 119–92
Mikey Williams (26)
Aaron Fuller (14)
Mikey Williams (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–4 :
March: 3–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
9
March 4, 2022
Blackwater
W 106–93
Mikey Williams (23)
Aaron Fuller (22)
Jayson Castro (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–4
10
March 9, 2022
Terrafirma
W 127–107
Aaron Fuller (24)
Aaron Fuller (12)
Castro, M. Williams (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
6–4
11
March 11, 2022
NorthPort
W 106–101 (OT)
Mikey Williams (28)
Aaron Fuller (20)
Mikey Williams (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
7–4 :

### 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
* talk

#### Game log

2021 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log Total: 0–2 :
Quarterfinals: 0–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
March 16, 2022
Barangay Ginebra
L 92–104
Aaron Fuller (22)
Aaron Fuller (19)
Jayson Castro (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 7,091
0–1
2
March 19, 2022
Barangay Ginebra
L 95–115
Mikey Williams (17)
Pogoy, Rosario (5)
Mikey Williams (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 10,486
0–2 :

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

February :
| March 11, 2021 | To TNT2020 NLEX first-round pick (No. 4) | To BlackwaterSimon Enciso David Semerad 2023 TNT first-round pick 2024 TNT second-round pick |

#### Mid-season

December :
| December 3, 2021 | To TNTCarl Bryan Cruz | To BlackwaterJay Washington 2022 NorthPort second-round pick 2025 TNT second-round pick |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Governors' Cup | McKenzie Moore | December 15 (vs. NLEX) | December 22 (vs. Meralco) | 1–2 |
| Governors' Cup | Aaron Fuller | December 26 (vs. Rain or Shine) | March 16 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 6–3 |
| Governors' Cup | Leon Gilmore III | March 19 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | March 19 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 0–1 |