# 2018 Parañaque Patriots season

The 2018 Parañaque Patriots season was the inaugural season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). Despite having a losing record in the regular season, Parañaque went on to advance to the Semifinals. The team lost to Muntinlupa in three games.
This would be the team's only appearance thus far, missing the playoffs for the next four seasons in what is tied for the longest active playoff drought in the MPBL.

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 5 | Quezon City Capitals | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Navotas Clutch | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 7 | Parañaque Patriots | 9 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | Playoffs |
| 8 | Bataan Defenders | 9 | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6 | Playoffs |
| 9 | Imus Bandera | 9 | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6 | |
* 1 2 Quezon City wins tiebreaker over Navotas by head-to-head victory.
* 1 2 Bataan wins tiebreaker over Imus by head-to-head victory.

### Schedule

2018 Parañaque Patriots season schedule :
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Record | Recap |
| 1 | January 25 | Caloocan | W 70–60 | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–0 | Recap |
| 2 | February 1 | Muntinlupa | L 60–67 | Caloocan Sports Complex | 1–1 | Recap |
| 3 | February 8 | Bulacan | W 74–72 | Valenzuela Astrodome | 2–1 | Recap |
| 4 | February 15 | Quezon City | L 54–64 | Olivarez College | 2–2 | Recap |
| 5 | February 22 | Batangas City | L 79–87 (OT) | Batangas City Coliseum | 2–3 | Recap |
| 6 | March 1 | Valenzuela | L 75–80 | JCSGO Christian Academy | 2–4 | Recap |
| 7 | March 6 | Bataan | W 74–71 | Bataan People's Center | 3–4 | Recap |
| 8 | March 10 | Imus | W 79–77 | Olivarez College | 4–4 | Recap |
| 9 | March 15 | Navotas | L 74–78 | Valenzuela Astrodome | 4–5 | 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 Parañaque Patriots playoffs schedule :
| Round | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Series | Recap |
| Quarterfinals | 1 | March 22 | Bulacan | L 73–83 | Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium | 1–0 | Recap |
| Quarterfinals | 2 | March 27 | Bulacan | W 81–54 | Muntinlupa Sports Complex | 1–1 | Recap |
| Quarterfinals | 3 | April 3 | Bulacan | W 77–70 | Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium | 1–2 | Recap |
| Semifinals | 1 | April 5 | Muntinlupa | W 84–59 | Batangas City Coliseum | 1–0 | Recap |
| Semifinals | 2 | April 7 | Muntinlupa | L 56–66 | Muntinlupa Sports Complex | 1–1 | Recap |
| Semifinals | 3 | April 10 | Muntinlupa | L 70–81 | Muntinlupa Sports Complex | 1–2 | Recap |
| Source: Schedule ||||||||