Draft:2024 Pampanga Giant Lanterns season

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The 2024 Pampanga Giant Lanterns season was the fifth season of the Pampanga-based franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) and their third season in San Fernando.

The Giant Lanterns entered this season as defending champions having beaten the Bacoor City Strikers in the 2023 MPBL finals. The team kept its star players in Justine Baltazar, Encho Serrano, and Archie Concepcion. After winning the 2024 Preseason Invitational, the team shockingly lost the first game of its title defense to the Rizal Golden Coolers.^[1] The team then went on a 23-game winning streak that lasted from April 15 to August 26, giving them the longest regular season winning streak in league history.^[2] PGL finished the regular season tied for the best regular season record at 26–2, once again tying the record for most regular season wins.^[3] The team entered as the North Division's second seed, only behind the San Juan Knights who gave the Giant Lanterns their only other loss on August 30.^[4]

They continued their winning prowess in the playoffs, sweeping the expansion Abra Weavers and their region rival Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards before once again taking on San Juan in the division finals.^[5][6][7] After sweeping San Juan in two games, they faced off against the Quezon Huskers in the 2024 MPBL finals.^[8][9] Their dominant form throughout the season carried on, as they swept the Huskers in three games to become the league's first back-to-back champions, doing so at home.^[10]

The team played most of their home games this season at Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center, with one home game played at their previous home, AUF Sports and Cultural Center in Angeles City.^[3]