# 2018–19 Imus Bandera season

The 2018–19 Imus Bandera season was the second season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).
Imus finished the regular season 11–14, despite havine gone 9–8 in the first 17 games. The Bandera were able to improve their 2–7 record from the previous season and clinched the South Division's seventh seed. They would face the defending champion Batangas City Athletics in the Division Quarterfinals. Although Imus was able to tie the series in game 2, they would lose the deciding game 3 in opposing grounds.
The team played all of their home games this season at Imus City Sports Complex.

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 5 | Bacoor City Strikers | 25 | 13 | 12 | .520 | 7 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines | 25 | 12 | 13 | .480 | 8 | Playoffs |
| 7 | Imus Bandera | 25 | 11 | 14 | .440 | 9 | Playoffs |
| 8 | Cebu City Sharks | 25 | 11 | 14 | .440 | 9 | Playoffs |
| 9 | Laguna Heroes | 25 | 10 | 15 | .400 | 10 | |
* 1 2 Imus wins tiebreaker over Cebu City by head-to-head victory.

### Schedule

2018–19 Imus Bandera season schedule :
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Record |
| 1 | June 14 | Davao Occidental | L 71–75 | Alonte Sports Arena | 0–1 |
| 2 | June 23 | General Santos | L 73–79 | Imus City Sports Complex | 0–2 |
| 3 | July 4 | Marikina | W 72–71 | Marist School | 1–2 |
| 4 | July 28 | Bataan | L 85–95 | Navotas Sports Complex | 1–3 |
| 5 | August 9 | Makati | W 79–76 | Imus City Sports Complex | 2–3 |
| 6 | August 22 | Valenzuela | W 81–71 | Muntinlupa Sports Complex | 3–3 |
| 7 | September 4 | Cebu City | W 90–61 | Imus City Sports Complex | 4–3 |
| 8 | September 13 | Pampanga | W 88–76 | Imus City Sports Complex | 5–3 |
| 9 | September 27 | Bulacan | L 113–117 (OT) | Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium | 5–4 |
| 10 | October 10 | Pasay | L 75–79 | Muntinlupa Sports Complex | 5–5 |
| 11 | October 24 | Caloocan | L 69–74 | Imus City Sports Complex | 5–6 |
| 12 | November 8 | Laguna | W 67–65 | Ynares Sports Arena | 6–6 |
| 13 | November 17 | San Juan | L 50–77 | Hoops Dome | 6–7 |
| 14 | November 21 | Navotas | W 79–78 | Filoil Flying V Centre | 7–7 |
| 15 | December 6 | Muntinlupa | L 74–80 | Imus City Sports Complex | 7–8 |
| 16 | December 14 | Pasig | W 117–87 | Olivarez College | 8–8 |
| 17 | January 4 | Parañaque | W 95–77 | Imus City Sports Complex | 9–8 |
| 18 | January 15 | Batangas City | L 93–96 | Batangas State University | 9–9 |
| 19 | January 23 | Rizal | L 73–85 | Filoil Flying V Centre | 9–10 |
| 20 | February 1 | Manila | L 68–69 | San Andres Sports Complex | 9–11 |
| 21 | February 13 | Bacoor City | L 79–90 | Cuneta Astrodome | 9–12 |
| 22 | February 20 | Quezon City | L 71–80 | Blue Eagle Gym | 9–13 |
| 23 | February 26 | Basilan | W 113–108 | San Andres Sports Complex | 10–13 |
| 24 | March 4 | Zamboanga | L 78–83 | Strike Gymnasium | 10–14 |
| 25 | March 11 | Mandaluyong | W 107–90 | Batangas City Coliseum | 11–14 |
| Source: Schedule |||||||

## Playoffs
### Schedule

2019 Imus Bandera playoffs schedule :
| Round | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Series |
| Division Quarterfinals | 1 | March 19 | Batangas City | L 69–77 | Batangas City Coliseum | 0–1 |
| Division Quarterfinals | 2 | March 21 | Batangas City | W 75–69 | Muntinlupa Sports Complex | 1–1 |
| Division Quarterfinals | 3 | March 25 | Batangas City | L 65–92 | Batangas City Coliseum | 1–2 |
| Source: Schedule ||||||||