Philippine Basketball Association

The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the second oldest continuously professional basketball league existing in the world after the NBA, established before the "open era" of basketball in 1990 where FIBA allowed longstanding domestic leagues, which mostly had predated the PBA, to become professional. The league's regulations are a hybrid of rules from the NBA and FIBA.

The league played its first game at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on April 9, 1975. Its main offices are located along Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Avenue (C-5 road), Eastwood City, Bagumbayan, Quezon City.

The TNT Tropang Giga are the most recent champions, having beaten the Magnolia Hotshots 4–1 in the 2021 Philippine Cup Finals.

Media coverage
The PBA has been covered by television and other media since its opening day. Their current TV and radio partner is One Sports. Games are being aired on television via TV5, One Sports and PBA Rush with the latter aired in high definition. Radio broadcast is being aired on Radyo5 92.3 News FM. The PBA can also be watched worldwide on Kapatid International and YouTube (in selected countries


 * PBA on ABC (2004–2008)
 * Became known as the PBA on TV5 after ABC reformatted in August 2008.
 * PBA on One Sports (2011–present)
 * Aired on IBC from October 2011 to May 2013 under the AKTV on IBC block. The last AKTV programming block aired until May 31, 2013, due to expiration of the blocktime agreement contract between MediaQuest Holdings and IBC.
 * Aired on TV5 starting with the 2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals. It was moved to IBC under the Sports5 production on August 14, 2013, to September 2013. Airs on primetime (Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays) and late afternoon (Saturdays) starting from the 2016 Governors' Cup. previously aired on late afternoon (weekends) from 2013–14 season to 2016 Commissioner's Cup.
 * Aired on TV5 since November 17, 2013. Simulcast with AksyonTV from November 2013 to July 2015.
 * Simulcast in high definition on Cignal HD Channel 198 with no commercial breaks from May 2014 to present. Broadcast with English commentary since January 2016.
 * Simulcast in high definition on Hyper with no commercial breaks from January 2016 to May 2016 in English commentary.
 * Simulcast in high definition on PBA Rush from July 2016 to present in English commentary.
 * Aired via live streaming on www.sports5.ph from October 2014 to present
 * Aired via live streaming on www.sports5.ph from October 2014 to present