2021 PBA Governors' Cup finals

{{Further information|2021 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season#Governors' Cup|2021 Meralco Bolts season#Governors' Cup}}

{{main|2021 PBA Governors' Cup}}

{{basketballbox |bg=#eee |date= February 13, 2022 |time= 6:45 pm |place= Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |referee= Rommel Gruta, Bing Oliva, Mike Flordeliza, Gomer Obina |TV= One Sports

| team1= Barangay Ginebra San Miguel |score1= 95

| team2= Meralco Bolts |score2= 101

|report = [https://pba.ph/recap?match=2033567 Box score]

|Q1= 22–29

|Q2= 24–16

|Q3= 30–34

|Q4= 19–22

|points1= Brownlee 27

|points2= Bishop 30

|rebounds1= Brownlee 14

|rebounds2= Bishop 13

|assist1= Pinto 9

|assist2= Bishop, Newsome 7

}}

{{basketballbox |bg=#eee |date= April 6, 2022 |time= 6:00 pm |place= Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |referee= Jimmy Mariano, Sherwin Pineda, Albert Nubla, Joel Baldago |attendance= 12,457|TV= One Sports

|team2= Meralco Bolts |score2= 104

|team1= Barangay Ginebra San Miguel |score1= 91

|report = [https://pba.ph/recap?match=2079263 Box score]

|Q1= 23–25

|Q2= 19–28

|Q3= 18–25

|Q4= 31–26

|points2= Maliksi 22

|points1= Brownlee 27

|rebounds2= Bishop 12

|rebounds1= Standhardinger 14

|assist2= Newsome 7

|assist1= Thompson 10

|series= Meralco leads series, 1–0

}}

{{basketballbox |bg=#eee|date= April 8, 2022 |time= 6:00 pm |place= SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay |referee= Nol Quilingen, Mardy Montoya, Mike Flordeliza, Janine Nicandro |attendance= 12,248 |TV= One Sports

|team2= Meralco Bolts |score2= 93

|team1= Barangay Ginebra San Miguel |score1= 99

|report = [https://pba.ph/recap?match=2079264 Box score]

|Q1= 20–23

|Q2= 40–19

|Q3= 22–29

|Q4= 17–22

|points2= Bishop 31

|points1= Brownlee 36

|rebounds2= Bishop 13

|rebounds1= Brownlee 13

|assist2= Black 6

|assist1= Brownlee 9

|series= Series tied, 1–1

}}

{{basketballbox |bg=#eee |date= April 10, 2022 |time= 6:30 pm |place= SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay|referee= Peter Balao, Sherwin Pineda, Rommel Gruta, Albert Nubla |attendance=16,104 |TV= One Sports

|team2= Meralco Bolts |score2= 83

|team1= Barangay Ginebra San Miguel |score1= 74

|report = [https://pba.ph/recap?match=2079265 Box score]

|Q1= 27–22

|Q2= 21–18

|Q3= 13–22

|Q4= 13–21

|points2= Bishop 30

|points1= Brownlee 19

|rebounds2= Bishop 16

|rebounds1= Brownlee 15

|assist2= Newsome 6

|assist1= Brownlee 7

|series= Meralco leads series, 2–1

}}

Prior to the game, Barangay Ginebra's Scottie Thompson was awarded his first Best Player of the Conference award,{{Cite web |title=Thompson wins first BPC plum in runaway fashion |url=https://pba.ph/news/thompson-wins-first-bpc-plum-in-runaway-fashion |website=www.pba.ph}} and Barangay Ginebra import and Thompson's teammate Justin Brownlee was awarded the Best Import of the Conference award for the second time.{{Cite web |title=Brownlee is Governors Cup Best Import |url=https://pba.ph/news/brownlee-is-governors-cup-best-import |website=www.pba.ph}}{{basketballbox |bg=#eee|date= April 13, 2022 |time= 6:00 pm |place= Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |referee= Peter Balao, Mardy Montoya, Mike Flordeliza, Niño Cortez |attendance= 17,298 |TV= One Sports

|team2= Meralco Bolts |score2= 84

|team1= Barangay Ginebra San Miguel |score1= 95

|report = [https://pba.ph/recap?match=2079266 Box score]

|Q1= 24–21

|Q2= 17–20

|Q3= 27–13

|Q4= 27–30

|points2= Bishop 25

|points1= Brownlee, Thompson 27

|rebounds2= Almazan, Black 9

|rebounds1= Brownlee 18

|assist2= Newsome 5

|assist1= Brownlee 7

|series= Series tied, 2–2

}}

{{basketballbox |bg=#eee |date= April 17, 2022 |time= 6:30 pm |place= Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |referee= Nol Quilingen, Rommel Gruta, Mike Flordeliza, Albert Nubla |attendance=18,251 |TV= One Sports

|team2= Meralco Bolts |score2= 110

|team1= Barangay Ginebra San Miguel |score1= 115

|report = [https://pba.ph/recap?match=2082296 Box score]

|Q1= 25–22

|Q2= 29–21

|Q3= 28–30

|Q4=33 –37

|points2= Bishop 30

|points1= Brownlee 40

|rebounds2= Bishop 15

|rebounds1= Brownlee 11

|assist2= Black, Newsome 5

|assist1= Thompson 11

|series= Barangay Ginebra leads series, 3–2

}}

The game was initially scheduled on April 20, 2022, at Smart Araneta Coliseum, but was later postponed to April 22 as fire broke out in one area of the arena during the preliminary round of the 2021 PBA 3x3 season – Second conference Grand Finals earlier in the day.{{cite news |last=Ramos |first=Gerry |date=April 20, 2022 |title=PBA 3x3 Grand Finals suspended due to fire at Big Dome |work=Spin.ph |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/pba-3x3-players-staff-evacuated-due-to-fire-at-big-dome-a793-20220420 |accessdate=April 20, 2022}}{{cite news |date=April 20, 2022 |title=Ginebra-Meralco IV Game 6 postponed due to Big Dome fire |work=PBA.ph |url=https://www.pba.ph/news/ginebra-meralco-iv-game-6-postponed-due-to-big-dome-fire |accessdate=April 20, 2022}}{{basketballbox |bg=#eee|date= April 22, 2022 |time= 6:00 pm |place= SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay |referee= Peter Balao, Sherwin Pineda, Mardy Montoya, Niño Cortez |attendance= 20,224 |TV= One Sports

|team2= Meralco Bolts |score2= 92

|team1= Barangay Ginebra San Miguel |score1= 103

|report = [https://pba.ph/recap?match=2083821 Box score]

|Q1= 19–24

|Q2= 28–23

|Q3= 31–26

|Q4= 25–19

|points2= Bishop 21

|points1= Tenorio 30

|rebounds2= Bishop 16

|rebounds1= Brownlee 16

|assist2= Newsome 6

|assist1= Brownlee 6

|series= Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–2

}}

{{PBA roster header|team=Barangay Ginebra San Miguel

}}

{{player2 | num = 2 | first = Jared | last = Dillinger | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 220 | DOB = 1984–01–06 | college = Hawaii | nat = USA | inj = yes }}

{{player2 | num = 3 | first = Kent | last = Salado | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 9 | lbs = | DOB = 1994–11–10 | college = Arellano | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 5 | first = LA | last = Tenorio | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 9 | lbs = 151 | DOB = 1984–07–09 | college = Ateneo | nat = PHI | note = C }}

{{player2 | num = 6 | first = Scottie | last = Thompson | dab = basketball | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 180 |DOB = 1993–07–12 | college = UPHSD | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 10 | first = Arvin | last = Tolentino | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 210 | DOB = 1995–11–05 | college = FEU | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 11 | first = Stanley | last = Pringle | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 190 | DOB = 1987–03–05 | college = Penn State | nat = USA | inj = yes }}

{{player2 | num = 12 | first = Prince | last = Caperal | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 230 | DOB = 1993–06–12 | college = Arellano | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 14 | first = Brian | last = Enriquez | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 200 | DOB = 1995–10–19 | college = William Woods | nat = USA | note = R }}

{{player2 | num = 16 | first = Jeff | last = Chan | dab = basketball | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 185 | DOB = 1983–02–11 | college = Far Eastern | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 17 | first = John | last = Pinto | dab = basketball | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = 170 | DOB = 1990–10–15 | college = Arellano | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 23 | first = Raymond | last = Aguilar | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 200 | DOB = 1985–07–27 | college = National-U | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 25 | first = Japeth | last = Aguilar | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 235 |DOB = 1987–01–25 | college = Western Kentucky | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 27 | first = Sidney | last = Onwubere | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = | DOB = 1993–08–01 | college = EAC | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 31 | first = Aljon | last = Mariano | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 175 | DOB = 1992–08–03 | college = UST | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 32 | first = Justin | last = Brownlee | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 220 | college = St. John's | DOB = 1988–04–23 | nat = USA | note = I }}

{{player2 | num = 34 | first = Christian | last = Standhardinger | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 220 | DOB = 1989–07–04 | college = Hawaii | nat = GER }}

{{player2 | num = 38 | first = Joe | last = Devance | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 225 | college = Texas-El Paso | DOB = 1982–02–19 | nat = USA }}

{{player2 | num = 50 | first = MJ | last = Ayaay | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = | DOB = 1993–08–03 | college = Lyceum | nat = PHI }}

{{PBA roster footer

| head_coach =

• {{player||USA|Tim Cone}}

| asst_coach =

• {{player||PHI|Richard del Rosario}} (1st assistant)
• {{player||PHI|Olsen Racela}}
• {{player||PHI|Freddie Abuda}}
• {{player||USA|Kirk Collier}}

|team_man =

• {{player||PHI|Alfrancis Chua}}{{ref label|Note1|a|a}}
• {{player||PHI|Raymond Rodriguez}} (assistant)

| roster_url = https://pba.ph/teams/barangay-ginebra-san-miguel

}}

• {{note label|Note1|a|a}} Also serves as Barangay Ginebra's board governor.

{{PBA roster header|team=Meralco Bolts

}}

{{player2 | num = 1 | first = Aaron | last = Black | dab = basketball | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 180 | DOB = 1996–12–03 | college = Ateneo | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 3 | first = Tony | last = Bishop | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 220 | DOB = 1989–07–16 | college = Texas State | nat = USA | note = I }}

{{player2 | num = 5 | first = Chris | last = Banchero | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 175 | DOB = 1989–01–24 | college = Seattle Pacific | nat = USA }}

{{player2 | num = 6 | first = Raymar | last = Jose | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 210 | DOB = 1992–08–06 | college = FEU | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 7 | first = Cliff | last = Hodge | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 195 | college = Reedley | nat= USA | DOB = 1988–02–03 | note = C }}

{{player2 | num = 11 | first = Chris | last = Newsome | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 190 | DOB = 1990–07–25 | college = Ateneo | nat = USA }}

{{player2 | num = 12 | first = Mac | last = Belo | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 185 | DOB = 1993–02–12 | college = FEU | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 14 | first = Michael | last = Cañete | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = | DOB = 1993–08–14 | college = Arellano | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 17 | first = Anjo | last = Caram | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 7 | lbs = 159 | DOB = 1991–01–14 | college = San Beda | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 19 | first = Bong | last = Quinto | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = | DOB = 1994–12–15 | college = Letran | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 20 | first = Raymond | last = Almazan | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 194 | DOB = 1989–08–02 | college = Letran | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 21 | first = Reynel | last = Hugnatan | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 210 | DOB = 1978–11–03 | college = Manila | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 22 | first = Allein | last = Maliksi | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 180 | college = UST | DOB = 1987–09–18 | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 23 | first = Alvin | last = Pasaol | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 200 | DOB = 1995–05–06 | college = UE | nat = PHI | note = R }}

{{player2 | num = 50 | first = Nonoy | last = Baclao | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 190 | DOB = 1987–06–15 | college = Ateneo | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 81 | first = Jammer | last = Jamito | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 190 | DOB = 1990–09–01 | college = St. Clare | nat = PHI }}

{{PBA roster footer

| head_coach =

• {{player||USA|Norman Black}}

| asst_coach =

• {{player||PHI|Ronnie Magsanoc}} (1st assistant)
• {{player||PHI|Luigi Trillo}}
• {{player||PHI|Gene Afable}}
• {{player||PHI|Patrick Fran}}
• {{player||PHI|Charles Tiu}}

| team_man =

• {{player||PHI|Paolo Trillo}}

| roster_url = https://pba.ph/teams/meralco-bolts

}}

The Governors' Cup Finals was aired on TV5 with simulcast on PBA Rush (both in standard and high definition). TV5's radio arm, Radyo5 provided the radio play-by-play coverage. The One Sports network did not air games 1 and 2 as it aired the 2022 PVL Open Conference Finals, which happened on the same time as the PBA finals.

One Sports provided online livestreaming via the PusoPilipinas and Smart Sports Facebook pages using the TV5 and PBA Rush feeds respectively.

The PBA Rush broadcast provided English-language coverage of the Finals.

• Additional Game 6 crew:
• Trophy presentation: Jutt Sulit
• Celebration interviewer: Denise Tan

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• [http://www.pba.ph PBA official website]

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