# 2018 Batangas City Athletics season

The 2018 Batangas City Athletics season was the inaugural season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). The team concluded their season as the league's inaugural champions, after defeating the Muntinlupa Cagers in four games during the 2018 MPBL finals.
Led by Val Acuña, Batangas City finished with the league's best record, winning eight out of nine games. The only loss came against the Bulacan Kuyas on March 3, 2018. The Athletics then swept its playoff opponents in the quarterfinals and semifinals before meeting Muntinlupa in the inaugural finals series. After winning the first two games at home, they lost the following game 3 as the visiting team. On April 19, 2018, the Athletics would beat the Cagers by two points, claiming their first and only MPBL championship.

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Batangas City Athletics | 9 | 8 | 1 | .889 | — | Playoffs |
| 2 | Bulacan Kuyas | 9 | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Muntinlupa Cagers | 9 | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Valenzuela Classic | 9 | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Quezon City Capitals | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Playoffs |
* 1 2 3 Bulacan (1.032), Muntinlupa (1.006), Valenzuela (0.965) are ranked by head-to-head point quotient.
* ↑ Quezon City wins tiebreaker over Navotas by head-to-head victory.

### Schedule

2018 Batangas City Athletics season schedule :
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Record | Recap |
| 1 | January 27 | Valenzuela | W 73–65 | Muntinlupa Sports Complex | 1–0 | Recap |
| 2 | February 3 | Bataan | W 88–73 | Batangas City Coliseum | 2–0 | Recap |
| 3 | February 10 | Imus | W 74–56 | Imus City Sports Complex | 3–0 | Recap |
| 4 | February 17 | Navotas | W 80–71 | Navotas Sports Complex | 4–0 | Recap |
| 5 | February 22 | Parañaque | W 87–79 (OT) | Batangas City Coliseum | 5–0 | Recap |
| 6 | February 27 | Muntinlupa | W 82–77 | Navotas Sports Complex | 6–0 | Recap |
| 7 | March 3 | Bulacan | L 72–80 | Imus City Sports Complex | 6–1 | Recap |
| 8 | March 8 | Quezon City | W 77–68 | Caloocan Sports Complex | 7–1 | Recap |
| 9 | March 13 | Caloocan | W 86–75 | Batangas City Coliseum | 8–1 | Recap |
| Source: Schedule |||||||

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals (best-of-3) | Quarterfinals (best-of-3) | Quarterfinals (best-of-3) | Semifinals (best-of-3) | Semifinals (best-of-3) | Semifinals (best-of-3) | Finals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-5) |
| 1 | Batangas City | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Bataan | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Bataan | 0 | 1 | Batangas City | 2 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Valenzuela | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Valenzuela | 2 | 4 | Valenzuela | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Quezon City | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Quezon City | 1 | | | | 1 | Batangas City | 3 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Muntinlupa | 1 |
| 2 | Bulacan | 1 | | | | | | | 3 | Muntinlupa | 1 |
| 7 | Parañaque | 2 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Parañaque | 2 | 7 | Parañaque | 1 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Muntinlupa | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Muntinlupa | 2 | 3 | Muntinlupa | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Navotas | 0 | | | | | | |
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### Schedule

2018 Batangas City Athletics playoffs schedule :
| Round | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Series | Recap |
| Quarterfinals | 1 | March 20 | Bataan | W 88–75 | Batangas City Coliseum | 1–0 | Recap |
| Quarterfinals | 2 | March 24 | Bataan | W 95–82 | Valenzuela Astrodome | 2–0 | Recap |
| Semifinals | 1 | April 5 | Valenzuela | W 80–75 | Batangas City Coliseum | 1–0 | Recap |
| Semifinals | 2 | April 7 | Valenzuela | W 89–64 | Muntinlupa Sports Complex | 2–0 | Recap |
| Finals | 1 | April 12 | Muntinlupa | W 70–64 | Batangas City Coliseum | 1–0 | Recap |
| Finals | 2 | April 14 | Muntinlupa | W 78–74 | Batangas City Coliseum | 2–0 | Recap |
| Finals | 3 | April 17 | Muntinlupa | L 77–82 | Muntinlupa Sports Complex | 2–1 | Recap |
| Finals | 4 | April 19 | Muntinlupa | W 68–66 | Muntinlupa Sports Complex | 3–1 | Recap |
| Source: Schedule ||||||||