# 2024–25 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season

The 2024–25 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season is the 45th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Key dates

* July 14: The PBA season 49 draft was held at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Place of birth | College |
| 1 | 3 | RJ Abarrientos | G | Philippines | FEU |
| 2 | 17 | Didat Hanapi | G | Philippines | Adamson |
| 2 | 22 | Paolo Hernandez | G | Philippines | Mapúa |
| 3 | 34 | Paul Garcia | G | USA | Ateneo |

## Roster

* $^a$ Also serves as Barangay Ginebra's board governor.

## Governors' Cup
### Eliminations
#### Group B Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 7 | 3 | .700 | — | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 4 | .600 | 1 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 4 | .600 | 1 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Blackwater Bossing | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2 | |
| 6 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 1 | 9 | .100 | 6 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–1 Barangay Ginebra (San Miguel 1.23, Barangay Ginebra 0.82)
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–1 Blackwater (NLEX 1.03, Blackwater 0.97)

#### Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 6–4 :
August: 1–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
August 24
Rain or Shine
L 64–73
Japeth Aguilar (20)
Scottie Thompson (15)
Scottie Thompson (5)
Candon City Arena
0–1
2
August 27
San Miguel
W 108–102
Justin Brownlee (51)
Justin Brownlee (13)
Stephen Holt (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1
3
August 30
Blackwater
L 88–95
Justin Brownlee (37)
Japeth Aguilar (11)
Scottie Thompson (7)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
1–2 :
September: 5–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
September 3
NLEX
W 119–91
Stephen Holt (26)
Stephen Holt (11)
Justin Brownlee (9)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–2
5
September 6
Phoenix
W 110–101
Japeth Aguilar (31)
Justin Brownlee (12)
Justin Brownlee (10)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
3–2
6
September 10
Blackwater
W 112–98
Scottie Thompson (21)
Scottie Thompson (10)
Scottie Thompson (11)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
4–2
7
September 13
Rain or Shine
W 124–102
Justin Brownlee (40)
Justin Brownlee (10)
Scottie Thompson (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–2
8
September 15
San Miguel
L 82–131
RJ Abarrientos (19)
Justin Brownlee (11)
Justin Brownlee (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–3
9
September 18
Phoenix
W 112–96
RJ Abarrientos (24)
Japeth Aguilar (8)
Justin Brownlee (9)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
6–3
10
September 22
NLEX
L 99–103 (OT)
Justin Brownlee (26)
Justin Brownlee (12)
Stephen Holt (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
6–4 :

### Playoffs
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals (Best-of-5) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-5) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-5) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) |
| A1 | TNT | 3 | | | | | | |
| B4 | NLEX | 1 | | | | | | |
| B4 | NLEX | 1 | A1 | TNT | 4 | | | |
| | | | B1 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | | |
| B1 | Rain or Shine | 3 | B1 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | | |
| A4 | Magnolia | 2 | | | | | | |
| A4 | Magnolia | 2 | | | | A1 | TNT | 4 |
| | | | | | | B3 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 |
| B2 | San Miguel | 3 | | | | B3 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 |
| A3 | Converge | 2 | | | | | | |
| A3 | Converge | 2 | B2 | San Miguel | 2 | | | |
| | | | B3 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | | | |
| A2 | Meralco | 0 | B3 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | | | |
| B3 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | | | | |
* view
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#### Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log Total: 9–6 :
Quarterfinals: 3–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
September 26
Meralco
W 99–92
Justin Brownlee (29)
Justin Brownlee (13)
Justin Brownlee (7)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
1–0
2
September 28
Meralco
W 104–103
Justin Brownlee (39)
Justin Brownlee (7)
Justin Brownlee (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–0
3
September 30
Meralco
W 113–106
Justin Brownlee (23)
Japeth Aguilar (8)
RJ Abarrientos (6)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
3–0 :
Semifinals: 4–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
October 9
San Miguel
W 122–105
Justin Brownlee (33)
Brownlee, Holt (8)
Scottie Thompson (10)
PhilSports Arena
1–0
2
October 11
San Miguel
L 125–131 (OT)
Justin Brownlee (39)
Justin Brownlee (15)
Scottie Thompson (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1
3
October 13
San Miguel
W 99–94
Justin Brownlee (30)
Maverick Ahanmisi (11)
Stephen Holt (7)
Dasmariñas Arena
2–1
4
October 16
San Miguel
L 121–131
Justin Brownlee (49)
Justin Brownlee (9)
Scottie Thompson (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–2
5
October 18
San Miguel
W 121–92
RJ Abarrientos (28)
Justin Brownlee (9)
Brownlee, Cu (7)
Ynares Center 10,039
3–2
6
October 20
San Miguel
W 102–99
Maverick Ahanmisi (25)
Scottie Thompson (14)
Justin Brownlee (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–2 :
Finals: 2–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
October 27
TNT
L 88–104
Justin Brownlee (23)
Stephen Holt 8
Brownlee, Cu, Thompson (6)
Ynares Center 11,021
0–1
2
October 30
TNT
L 84–96
Justin Brownlee (19)
Brownlee, Thompson (9)
RJ Abarrientos (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–2
3
November 1
TNT
W 85–73
Justin Brownlee (18)
Justin Brownlee (13)
Aguilar, Brownlee, Thompson (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 11,320
1–2
4
November 3
TNT
W 106–92
Justin Brownlee (34)
Maverick Ahanmisi (8)
Brownlee, Thompson (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 16,783
2–2
5
November 6
TNT
L 72–99
Tenorio, Thompson (13)
Justin Brownlee (10)
Justin Brownlee (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 12,727
2–3
6
November 8
TNT
L 85–95
RJ Abarrientos (31)
Scottie Thompson (10)
Scottie Thompson (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 14,668
2–4 :

## Commissioner's Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 9 | 3 | .750 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | TNT Tropang Giga | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Converge FiberXers | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Eastern (G) | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3 | |
| 10 | San Miguel Beermen | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4 | |
| 11 | Blackwater Bossing | 3 | 9 | .250 | 6 | |
| 12 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 3 | 9 | .250 | 6 | |
| 13 | Terrafirma Dyip | 1 | 11 | .083 | 8 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.04, Converge 1.03, Barangay Ginebra 0.94
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.08, Rain or Shine 1.04, Eastern 0.88
* 1 2 Eighth seed playoff: Magnolia 112–81 NLEX
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Phoenix

#### Game log

2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 8–4 :
December: 4–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 11, 2024
NLEX
W 109–100
Stephen Holt (26)
Justin Brownlee (12)
Scottie Thompson (13)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
1–0
2
December 13, 2024
Phoenix
W 94–72
Scottie Thompson (17)
Brownlee, Holt (7)
Justin Brownlee (7)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
2–0
3
December 15, 2024
Eastern
L 90–93
Japeth Aguilar (26)
Justin Brownlee (12)
Scottie Thompson (10)
Ynares Center
2–1
4
December 18, 2024
Terrafirma
W 114–98
Justin Brownlee (49)
Justin Brownlee (12)
Scottie Thompson (8)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
3–1
5
December 21, 2024
Converge
L 91–98
Justin Brownlee (39)
Justin Brownlee (10)
Scottie Thompson (6)
Batangas City Sports Center
3–2
6
December 25, 2024
Magnolia
W 95–92
Justin Brownlee (28)
Troy Rosario (8)
Scottie Thompson (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 12,198
4–2 :
January: 4–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
January 5, 2025
San Miguel
W 93–81
Troy Rosario (22)
Scottie Thompson (12)
Scottie Thompson (11)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–2
8
January 8, 2025
NorthPort
L 116–119
Justin Brownlee (23)
Justin Brownlee (12)
Ahanmisi, Holt (5)
PhilSports Arena
5–3
9
January 12, 2025
Blackwater
W 86–63
Justin Brownlee (18)
Aguilar, Brownlee, Rosario (7)
Scottie Thompson (6)
Ynares Center
6–3
10
January 17, 2025
TNT
L 86–91
Justin Brownlee (20)
Justin Brownlee (16)
Scottie Thompson (7)
PhilSports Arena
6–4
11
January 22, 2025
Rain or Shine
W 120–92
Justin Brownlee (29)
Justin Brownlee (13)
Scottie Thompson (8)
Ynares Center
7–4
12
January 29, 2025
Meralco
W 91–87
RJ Abarrientos (17)
Troy Rosario (6)
Justin Brownlee (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
8–4 :

### Playoffs
#### Bracket

| 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 | NorthPort | 113 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Magnolia | 110 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Magnolia | 110 | 1 | NorthPort | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | NorthPort | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 1 | | | | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 2 | TNT | 1 |
| 2 | TNT | 109 | | | | 2 | TNT | 1 |
| 7 | Eastern | 93 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Eastern | 93 | 2 | TNT | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | TNT | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 6 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Converge | 1 | 6 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Rain or Shine | 2 | | | | | | |
* view
* talk

#### Game log

2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 7–3 :
Quarterfinals: 2–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
February 5, 2025
Meralco
W 100–92
Brownlee, Thompson (23)
Aguilar, Brownlee (9)
Abarrientos, Thompson (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
February 7, 2025
Meralco
L 104–108
Justin Brownlee (36)
Rosario, Thompson (9)
Justin Brownlee (4)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
1–1
3
February 9, 2025
Meralco
W 94–87
Justin Brownlee (25)
Justin Brownlee (10)
Justin Brownlee (7)
Ynares Center
2–1 :
Semifinals: 4–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
February 26, 2025
NorthPort
W 115–93
Justin Brownlee (19)
Troy Rosario (8)
RJ Abarrientos (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
February 28, 2025
NorthPort
W 119–106
Japeth Aguilar (31)
Stephen Holt (10)
Justin Brownlee (11)
PhilSports Arena
2–0
3
March 2, 2025
NorthPort
W 127–100
Jamie Malonzo (25)
Brownlee, Malonzo (8)
RJ Abarrientos (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–0
4
March 5, 2025
NorthPort
L 103–108
Abarrientos, Brownlee (18)
Troy Rosario (13)
Scottie Thompson (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–1
5
March 7, 2025
NorthPort
W 126–99
Justin Brownlee (21)
Justin Brownlee (11)
RJ Abarrientos (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–1 :
Finals: 1–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
March 14
TNT
L 89–95
Justin Brownlee (28)
Justin Brownlee (15)
Scottie Thompson (7)
SM Mall of Asia Arena 11,802
0–1
2
March 16
TNT
W 71–70
Justin Brownlee (35)
Scottie Thompson (12)
Scottie Thompson (7)
SM Mall of Asia Arena 12,925
1–1
3
March 19
TNT
PhilSports Arena
4
March 21
TNT
Ynares Center
5
March 23
TNT
Smart Araneta Coliseum :

## Transactions
### Free agency
#### Signings

| Player | Date signed | Contract amount | Contract length | Former team |
| Joe Devance | September 24, 2024 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Retired |
| Troy Rosario | November 25, 2024 | Not disclosed | 3 years | Blackwater Bossing |
| Aljon Mariano | January 10, 2025 | Not disclosed | 2 years | Re-signed |

#### Subtractions

| Player | Number | Position | Reason | New team |
| Donald Gumaru | 20 | Point guard | Released | Pampanga Giant Lanterns (MPBL) |
| David Murrell | 4 | Small forward | Released | |
| Joe Devance | 38 | Power forward / Center | Retiring | |

### Trades
#### Pre-season

July :
| July 13, 2024 | To Barangay GinebraIsaac Go Stephen Holt 2024 Terrafirma first-round pick | To TerrafirmaStanley Pringle Christian Standhardinger 2024 Barangay Ginebra first-round pick |
| July 15, 2024 | To Barangay GinebraBen Adamos | To NorthPortSidney Onwubere |
| July 17, 2024 | To Barangay Ginebra2025 Terrafirma second-round pick | To TerrafirmaDidat Hanapi Paolo Hernandez |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record | Ref. |
| Governors' Cup | Justin Brownlee | August 24, 2024 (vs. Rain or Shine) | November 8, 2024 (vs. TNT) | 15–10 | |
| Commissioner's Cup | Justin Brownlee | December 11, 2024 (vs. NLEX) | | 15–7 | |