[3] Both teams finished with the first seed in their respective divisions with a record of 26–4, but San Juan beat Davao Occidental in their regular season match-up.
The league stopped play on March 11, 2020, midway through the division finals, after the outbreak of the pandemic spread throughout the country, thus shelving the remaining games of the playoffs.
The San Juan Knights entered the season as the defending champions, winning the 2019 MPBL finals against the Davao Occidental Tigers.
The decider game three saw only 5 players play from the Makati side, as the Knights overpowered the other team in a record-setting match, 131–54, and eventually clinch the North Division championship for the second consecutive season and advance for their second straight MPBL finals appearance.
The Davao Occidental Tigers entered the season as the runners-up, losing to the San Juan Knights in the 2019 MPBL finals.