THE National Basketball League (NBL) and the Women’s NBL (WNBL) will resume the 2021 season on September 11 at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center in San Fernando, Pampanga.
The Senator Pia Cayetano-WNBL Season 2021 will also restart this Saturday with the clash between the Taguig Lady Generals and the Quezon Lady Spartans at 11:15 a.m.
The Chooks-to-Go NBL Chairman’s Cup will have a tripleheader on Saturday beginning at 1:15 p.m. with the Sulong Stan Q4 going up against the Muntinlupa Water Warriors, Laguna Pistons tussling with Quezon Barons at 4 p.m., and the Pampanga Delta challenging the Mindoro Tamaraws Disiplinados at 6 p.m.
The WNBL season continues on Sunday with the Pacific Water Queens and Taguig Lady Generals match at 11:15 a.m.
Also on Sunday, the NBL will have the battle between Taguig Generals and Sulong Stan Q4 at 1:15 p.m., Paranaque Aces against Pampanga Delta at 4 p.m. and the La Union PAOwer versus Bulacan DF Republicans at 6 p.m.
The Games and Amusements Board approved the resumption of the season.
Putting safety as the utmost priority, the NBL/WNBL season was suspended after Metro Manila was under enhanced community quarantine last month. NBL/WNBL will continue to implement strict health protocols for the resumption of the season including antigen tests before entering the venue.
Protocol violators during the game will be brought into a penalty box where the player, coach, staff or team official will have to sit for three minutes on the first offense and five minutes in the second offense.
A person penalized for the third time will be ejected from the venue.