Coming off of back-to-back National Finals appearances, San Juan's start to the season came out slow with only one win out of their first four games.
The Knights would continue to push on by winning 13 of the remaining 17 games to finish the season 14–7 in a three-way tie for the second seed in the North.
After sweeps against Valenzuela and Pasig City,[1] San Juan would reach their third consecutive Division Finals appearance.
[2] They were matched against the Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards, who have remained undefeated in 25 games up to that point.
On opposing grounds, the Knights would lead the Rice Vanguards to their first loss of the entire season in game 1 of the North Division Finals series.