| San Miguel Alab Pilipinas | ||||
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| Leagues | ASEAN Basketball League (most recently) | |||
| Founded | 2016 | |||
| Folded | 2020 | |||
| History | Alab Pilipinas (2016–2017) Tanduay Alab Pilipinas (2017–2018) San Miguel Alab Pilipinas (2018–2020) | |||
| Arena | Various | |||
| Team colors | Red, Blue, White | |||
| Head coach | Jimmy Alapag | |||
| Championships | 1 (2018) | |||
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San Miguel Alab Pilipinas (under the corporate name Pilipinas Basketball Club, Inc. or PBCI) is a Filipino professional basketball team which formerly played in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) under the sponsorship of San Miguel Corporation. The team is owned and managed by the sports talent management firm, Virtual Playground, headed by talent agents Dondon Monteverde and Charlie Dy.[1] Alab Pilipinas is the fourth Philippine team to play in the ABL.[1] "Alab" is a Filipino word that translates as "blaze" in English.
The team was originally known as Alab Pilipinas (2016-17 ABL season) as the fourth ABL team from the Philippines. From November 2017 to January 2018, it was known as Tanduay Alab Pilipinas, under the sponsorship of Tanduay Distillers, Inc.
Six of its original players are ABL veterans who had previously played for the Champion team San Miguel in the 2013 ABL season. The team staged their home games in venues located in Biñan, Laguna, Cebu, and Davao during the entire duration of their first season.[1] They organized several basketball clinics together with the local government units as part of the basketball grassroots development program.[2]
The team was sponsored by liquor brand Tanduay and played as Tanduay-Alab Pilipinas[3] from November 2017 to January 2018. On February 1, 2018, San Miguel Corporation took over as the team's sponsor and was renamed San Miguel Alab Pilipinas. The sudden separation with Tanduay came about reportedly due to differences between the two parties in the handling of the team.[4]
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| Name | Tenure | Totals | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||
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| G | W | L | PCT | G | W | L | PCT | G | W | L | PCT | ||
| Mac Cuan | November 29, 2016 – March 26, 2017 | 22 | 11 | 11 | .500 | 20 | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Jimmy Alapag | November 19, 2017 – present | 55 | 39 | 16 | .709 | 46 | 32 | 14 | .696 | 10 | 7 | 3 | .700 |
| Totals | 77 | 50 | 27 | .649 | 66 | 43 | 23 | .652 | 12 | 7 | 5 | .583 | |
Note: Players mentioned below are recipients of ABL awards or recognitions ONLY.
| Name | Nationality | Award(s) |
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| Renaldo Balkman | Puerto Rican | 2018: ABL Defensive Player of the Year 2018: ABL Champion |
| Bobby Ray Parks Jr. | Filipino
American |
2017, 2018, 2019: 3x ABL Local MVP 2018: ABL Finals MVP 2018: ABL Champion |
| Jason Brickman | Filipino
American |
2016: ABL Finals MVP 2016: ABL Champion |
| Season | Team name | Elimination round | Playoffs | ||||
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| Finish | W | L | PCT | Stage | Results | ||
| 2016–17 | Alab Pilipinas | 3rd/6 | 11 | 9 | .550 | Semifinals | Lost Semifinals to Singapore Slingers, 0–2 |
| 2017–18 | San Miguel Alab Pilipinas | 3rd/9 | 14 | 6 | .700 | Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals |
Won Quarterfinals vs. Saigon Heat, 2–0 Won Semifinals vs. Hong Kong Eastern, 2–0 Won ABL Finals vs. Mono Vampire, 3–2 |
| 2018–19 | 2nd/10 | 18 | 8 | .692 | Quarterfinals | Lost Quarterfinals to Hong Kong Eastern, 0–2 | |
| 2019–20 | 2nd/10 | 10 | 6 | .625 | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia | ||
| Total elimination round | 53 | 29 | .646 | 2 semifinals appearances | |||
| Total playoffs | 7 | 6 | .538 | 1 Finals appearance | |||
| Total franchise | 60 | 35 | .632 | 1 championship | |||
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Unlike other teams in the ABL, Alab Pilipinas doesn't have a primary venue. Instead, it tours around the Philippines, mostly in the Mega Manila, with select games elsewhere.
The team hosted all but one of their 2018 ABL Playoffs games at the Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex in Santa Rosa, Laguna.
Alab Pilipinas will play home games in Binan, Sta Rosa, Olivarez College gym, and Davao.#ABL @aseanbasketball | @reubensports
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