# 2021 Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters season

The 2021 Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters season was the sixth 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

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Place of birth | College |
| 1 | 7 | Larry Muyang | Center | Philippines | La Salle |
| 2 | 18 | Nick Demusis | Forward | USA | Whittier |
| 2 | 19 | Aljun Melecio | Guard | Philippines | La Salle |
| 3 | 34 | Reymar Caduyac | Guard | Philippines | Lyceum |
| 4 | 44 | Max Hentschel | Forward | Philippines | UvA |
| 5 | 52 | Jerie Pingoy | Guard | Philippines | Adamson |

## 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: 4–7 :
July: 1–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
July 17
Magnolia
L 73–80
Matthew Wright (20)
Jason Perkins (13)
Matthew Wright (8)
Ynares Sports Arena
0–1
2
July 21
NorthPort
L 79–115
Vic Manuel (26)
Chua, Perkins, Wright (7)
Aljun Melecio (4)
Ynares Sports Arena
0–2
3
July 24
Alaska
W 101–93
Vic Manuel (26)
Vic Manuel (12)
RR Garcia (5)
Ynares Sports Arena
1–2
4
July 28
Meralco
L 80–91
Matthew Wright (29)
Nick Demusis (6)
Jason Perkins (4)
Ynares Sports Arena
1–3 :
August
: 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
August 1
TNT
L 80–84
Matthew Wright (15)
Vic Manuel (9)
Chris Banchero (5)
Ynares Sports Arena
1–4 :
September
: 3–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
September 2
Rain or Shine
W 78–77
Garcia, Perkins (18)
Perkins, Wright (12)
Perkins, Wright (5)
DHVSU Gym
2–4
7
September 4
NLEX
L 76–94
Vic Manuel (13)
Jason Perkins (12)
Banchero, Wright (6)
DHVSU Gym
2–5
8
September 9
Terrafirma
W 96–84
Jason Perkins (28)
Nick Demusis (9)
RR Garcia (7)
DHVSU Gym
3–5
9
September 11
Blackwater
W 114–92
Chua, Perkins (17)
Justin Chua (9)
Garcia, Wright (6)
DHVSU Gym
4–5
10
September 15
Barangay Ginebra
L 87–94
Jason Perkins (30)
Chua, Perkins (8)
Chris Banchero (7)
DHVSU Gym
4–6
11
September 17
San Miguel
L 80–110
Jason Perkins (18)
Jason Perkins (9)
Matthew Wright (10)
DHVSU Gym
4–7 :

### 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
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#### Game log

2021 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log Total: 0–1 :
8th seed playoff: 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
September 25
Barangay Ginebra
L 85–95
Jason Perkins (15)
Jake Pascual (11)
Matthew Wright (8)
DHVSU Gym
0–1 :

## 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: 5–6 :
December: 3–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 9
Terrafirma
W 103–100
Paul Harris (24)
Paul Harris (15)
Matthew Wright (10)
Ynares Sports Arena
1–0
2
December 11
Blackwater
W 110–99
Chris Banchero (23)
Paul Harris (16)
Matthew Wright (9)
Ynares Sports Arena
2–0
3
December 16
Rain or Shine
L 88–90
Paul Harris (17)
Paul Harris (20)
Paul Harris (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–1
4
December 19
Barangay Ginebra
L 121–125 (OT)
Paul Harris (26)
Nick Demusis (9)
Matthew Wright (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–2
5
December 25
NLEX
W 102–93
Matthew Wright (23)
Matthew Wright (9)
Jazul, Perkins, Wright (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 4,843
3–2 :
February
: 1–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
February 13, 2022
TNT
W 93–92
Matthew Wright (27)
Dominique Sutton (10)
Matthew Wright (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–2
7
February 19, 2022
Magnolia
L 83–103
Matthew Wright (18)
Sean Manganti (9)
Matthew Wright (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–3
8
February 23, 2022
San Miguel
L 99–104
Matthew Wright (24)
Jake Pascual (11)
Matthew Wright (7)
Ynares Center
4–4
9
February 26, 2022
NorthPort
L 93–101
Dominique Sutton (23)
Dominique Sutton (12)
Matthew Wright (6)
Ynares Center
4–5 :
March
: 1–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
10
March 3, 2022
Alaska
W 104–99
Matthew Wright (26)
Du'Vaughn Maxwell (21)
Matthew Wright (11)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–5
11
March 11, 2022
Meralco
L 90–109
Du'Vaughn Maxwell (26)
Du'Vaughn Maxwell (12)
Matthew Wright (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–6 :

### 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
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#### Game log

2021 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log Total: 1–0 :
8th seed playoff: 1–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
March 13, 2022
NorthPort
W 101–98
Du'Vaughn Maxwell (31)
Du'Vaughn Maxwell (13)
Maxwell, Wright (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–0 :
Quarterfinals: 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
March 18, 2022
Magnolia
L 88–127
Du'Vaughn Maxwell (32)
Maxwell, Perkins (9)
Matthew Wright (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1 :

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

| Player | Date signed | Contract amount | Contract length | Former team |
| Michael Calisaan | July 15, 2021 | Not disclosed | One-year | Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots |
| Bryan Faundo | July 15, 2021 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Meralco Bolts |
| Alfrancis Tamsi | July 20, 2021 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | KCS Computer Specialist (VisMin) |
| Nico Salva | November 12, 2021 | Not disclosed | One-conference | Meralco Bolts |
| Simon Camacho | November 26, 2021 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Bacolod Masters (MPBL) |
| Billy Robles | February 9, 2022 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Davao Occidental Tigers (MPBL) |

### Trades
#### Pre-season

February :
| February 17, 2021 | To Phoenix Super LPGChris Banchero 2020 Magnolia first-round pick (No. 6) 2020 Magnolia second-round pick (No. 18) | To MagnoliaCalvin Abueva 2020 Phoenix first-round pick (No. 10) |
| February 23, 2021 | To Phoenix Super LPGVic Manuel 2020 Alaska first-round pick (No. 7) 2020 Alaska second-round pick (No. 19) | To AlaskaBrian Heruela 2020 Magnolia first-round pick (No. 6) 2020 NLEX second-round pick (No. 16) 2021 Phoenix first-round pick |

#### Mid-season

November :
| November 5, 2021 | To Phoenix Super LPGSean Anthony Sean Manganti 2021 TNT second-round pick | To NorthPortMichael Calisaan Vic Manuel |

#### Governors' Cup

February :
| February 24, 2022 | To Phoenix Super LPGKris Porter Season 47 2nd round pick Season 48 1st round pick | To NLEXJustin Chua |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Governors' Cup | Paul Harris | December 9, 2021 (vs. Terrafirma) | December 25, 2021 (vs. NLEX) | 3–2 |
| Governors' Cup | Dominique Sutton | February 13, 2022 (vs. TNT) | February 26, 2022 (vs. NorthPort) | 1–3 |
| Governors' Cup | Du'Vaughn Maxwell | March 3, 2022 (vs. Alaska) | March 18, 2022 (vs. Magnolia) | 2–2 |