The country's major basketball league officially opened its 47th season on June 5, 2022 in its original home in Araneta City -- Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Present during the star-studded opening ceremony are PBA teams that will compete in the season's all-Filipino conference and their beautiful muses:
- Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (with AJ Raval)
- Blackwater Bossing (with Hannah Arnold)
- Converge FiberXers (with Maureen Wroblewitz)
- Magnolia Hotshots (with Michelle Dee)
- Meralco Bolts (with Kim Mangrobang)
- NLEX Road Warriors (with Bea Magtanong) (with
- NorthPort Batang Pier (with Zabel Lambert) (with
- Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters (with Celeste Cortesi)
- Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (with Joana Marie Relloso)
- San Miguel Beermen (with Ksenia Grondetska)
- Terrafirma Dyip (with Azriel Coloma)TNT Tropang Giga (with Sue Ramirez)
The new PBA season opened with the Converge-Rain or Shine and Magnolia-TNT matchups, which ended with Tropang Giga (the defending PBA champs) and the Elasto Painters securing the first wins of the season.
For its 47th season, PBA returns to its regular three-conference format (Philippine Cup, Commissioner's Cup, and Governors' Cup). The all-Filipino conference will run until September 2, the Commissioner's Cup will be played from October 2 to January 25, and the season-ending Governor's Cup is set from February 1 to May 10.
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