2024 MPBL finals
The league then returned home for the remainder of the series, where Pampanga, being the team with the higher regular season record, had homecourt advantage.The MPBL previously played two regular season games in Dubai in 2019 for their inaugural International Invasion series at Hamdan Sports Complex.The team kept their star players including Justine Baltazar, Encho Serrano, and Archie Concepcion heading into their title defense, and also won the Preseason Invitational in February.[8][9] Pampanga became the first team since the 2020 San Juan Knights to clinch back-to-back division championships.The Huskers cruised through the first two rounds, beating both the Negros Muscovados and the Parañaque Patriots in two games before meeting the Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters in the division finals.
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