2020–21 MPBL Playoffs
The 2020–21 MPBL Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the 2019–20 MPBL season. This was the league's third overall, and the second post-season under a new format. The postseason tournament began on February 15, 2020 and concluded on March 21, 2021, after the fourth game of the 2021 MPBL Finals. The league suspended all the playoffs due to the COVID-19 outbreak in March 12, 2020. After a year of stoppage of play, the league got an approval from the IATF-EID and resumed the playoffs on March 10, 2021, inside a bubble hosted by Subic . The 2021 MPBL Finals saw the Northern Division champions San Juan Knights competed against the Southern Division champion Davao Occidental Tigers. The Tigers eventually won the championship after beating the Knights in four games, avenging their last season's finals loss in 2019. Mark Yee was named the Finals MVP for that finals series. Bracket. Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its division, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Teams with home court  advantage, the higher seeded team, are shown in italics. First Round. Northern Division. Section::::(1) San Juan Knights vs. (8) Pasay Voyagers. This is the first playoff meeting between the Knights and the Voyagers. Section::::(2) Manila Stars vs. (7) Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors. This is the first playoff meeting between the Stars and the Realtors. Section::::(3) Makati Super Crunch vs. (6) Bulacan Kuyas. This is the first playoff meeting between the Kuyas and the Super Crunch. Section::::(4) Pampanga Giant Lanterns vs. (5) Bataan Risers. This is the first playoff meeting between the Giant Lanterns and the Risers. Southern Division. Section::::(1) Davao  Occidental Tigers vs. (8) Bicol Volcanoes. This is the first playoff meeting between the Tigers and the Volcanoes. Section::::(2) Bacoor City Strikers vs. (7) GenSan Warriors. This is the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Strikers winning the first one. Section::::(3) Basilan Steel vs. (6) Iloilo United Royals. This is the first playoff meeting between the Steel and United Royals. Section::::(4) Batangas City Athletics vs. (5) Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines. This is the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Athletics winning the first one. Division Semifinals. Northern Division. Section::::(1) San Juan Knights vs.  (4) Pampanga Giant Lanterns. This is the first playoff meeting between the Knights and Lanterns. Section::::(2) Manila Stars vs. (3) Makati Super Crunch. This is the first playoff meeting between the Stars and the Super Crunch. Southern Division. Section::::(1) Davao Occidental Tigers vs. (5) Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines. This is the first playoff meeting between the Tigers and the Valientes. Section::::(2) Bacoor City Strikers vs. (3) Basilan Steel. This is the first playoff meeting between the Steel and the Strikers. Division Finals. Both Game Threes of the Division Finals are suspended indefinitely due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Almost exactly  after a year the league stopped play, the league will resume its play on March 10, 2021 in which the remaining games will be played via bubble in Subic. The league will be broadcasting the remaining games on A2Z Channel 11 and Kapamilya Channel after its former TV partner, ABS-CBN Sports was dissolved (ports division of ABS-CBN), due to failure to renew its broadcast franchise last 2020. Southern Division Finals: (1) Davao Occidental Tigers vs. (3) Basilan Steel. The third game is postponed to a later date after a player from the Basilan Steel tested positive from COVID-19 . The league gave an ultimatum to the entire Basilan team that should all of the swab tests of the players and the team officials return negative, the game three of the series shall be played on March 17, with the National Finals starting immediately next day, March 18, 2021. However, if even at least one swab test from the team comes back positive, then Davao Occidental will win the division title by default (2–0 final score for a defaulted game based on FIBA rules) and advance to the National Finals. On March 16, the league announced that there were an  additional two members from the Basilan delegation that also caught positive with the virus, making it a total of four, and as a result, they awarded the Southern Division championship to the Tigers and advanced to the National Finals for the second consecutive season, setting up a rematch with the defending champions, San Juan Knights. 2021 MPBL Finals: (N1) San Juan Knights vs. (S1) Davao Occidental Tigers. The San Juan Knights and the Davao Occidental Tigers competed in the MPBL Finals to determine the third MPBL Champions. This was the first championship series to be held entirely inside a bubble , hosted by Subic. The series was a rematch of the last season's finals between both teams, with San Juan winning last year's championship in five games. The Tigers avenged their last season's finals loss against the Knights, defeating them in four games to win the title. This is the second finals meeting between the Knights and the Tigers, with the Knights winning the first one.