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| Biñan Tatak Gel | |
|---|---|
 2025 Biñan Tatak Gel season | |
| League | MPBL (2018–present) PSL (2023–present) The Asian Tournament (2024–present) |
| Founded | 2018; 7 years ago (2018) |
| History | Laguna Heroes 2018–2019, 2021–2022 Biñan City Heroes 2019 Biñan City Luxxe White 2019–2020 Laguna Krah Asia 2023 Biñan Tatak Gel 2023–present |
| Arena | Alonte Sports Arena |
| Location | Biñan, Laguna |
| Team colors | |
| Main sponsor | Beast Motorcycle Tires GameX Sports |
| Head coach | Boyet Fernandez |
| Ownership | Monching Talisayon Angelo Alonte |
TheBiñan Tatak Gel (also known asBiñan Tatak Gel–Beast Motorcycle Tires GameX for sponsorship reasons) is a Filipino professionalbasketball team based inBiñan,Laguna. The team primarily competes in theMaharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league'sSouth Division. The team plays its home games atAlonte Sports Arena.
The team began play during the2018–19 season as theLaguna Heroes.[1][2] The team has also played in thePilipinas Super League since 2023 as well as in The Asian Tournament since 2024.
The Laguna/Biñan franchise is tied with theMindoro Tamaraws for the longest playoff drought in the MPBL, having missed the playoffs in its first four seasons before clinching a spot in2024.
The Tatak Gel is one of five teams based inCalabarzon.
The Laguna Heroes joined the MPBL as one of sixteen expansion teams for the 2018–19 season. The team finished with a 10-15 record, finishing ninth in the South Division.
For the2019–20 season, the team was renamed as the BIñan City Krah Heroes and later as Biñan City Luxxe White. The team finished in tenth with a 12-18 record, matching their winning percentage from last season.
Entering the2021 Invitational, the team was renamed as Laguna Heroes Krah Asia, bringing back the team's old name. In the Invitational, the team lost in all of their group stage games. In the2022 season, the team only won three of their 21 games, giving them the second-worst record in the division and third-worst in the league.
In2023, the team was renamed to Laguna Krah Asia.
In November 2023, a new team under the nameBiñan Tatak Gel joined thePilipinas Super League during thePilipinas Super League for the2023–24 President's Cup. The team is mainly composed of the formerImus SV Squad organization alongside members of the departingPasig City MCW Sports team, including head coachBoyet Fernandez. With a 17–1 record, Biñan held the top seed that season. Despite making through the first two rounds, Biñan would eventually lose to the eventual championQuezon Titans in the semifinals.
As the2024 MPBL season began, the Tatak Gel team took over the Krah Asia's spot as Laguna's MPBL representatives.
The original name,Laguna Heroes, references the national hero of the Philippines,Jose Rizal, who was born inCalamba. Meanwhile their current name,Biñan Tatak Gel, is a name that is shared with multiple Biñan-based teams in the grassroots level, including itsvolleyball counterpart in theMaharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association and its homegrown team inNBL–Pilipinas. The moniker itself is a nod to the city's vice mayor, Angelo "Gel" Alonte.[3]
With the exception of 2023, the Laguna franchise's primary venue has been theAlonte Sports Arena inBiñan. Other venues the team has used are theSanta Rosa Sports Complex inSanta Rosa and the Laguna Sports Complex inSanta Cruz.
| Venue | Location | Capacity | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Alonte Sports Arena | Biñan, Laguna | 6,500 |  Y | Y | Y |  N | Y | Y |
| Santa Rosa Sports Complex | Santa Rosa, Laguna | 5,700 | N | Y | N | Y | N | TBA |
| Laguna Sports Complex | Santa Cruz, Laguna | 2,500 | N | N | Y | Y | N | TBA |
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| # | Name | Term | Ref. |
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| 1 | Alexander Angeles | 2018 | |
| 2 | Nath Gregorio | 2018–19 | |
| 3 | Alexander Angeles | 2019 | |
| 4 | Denok Miranda | 2019–20 | |
| 5 | Victor Escudero | 2021 | |
| 5 | Nath Gregorio | 2022–2023 | |
| 6 | Boyet Fernandez | 2024 |
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| League champions | |
| Division champions | |
| Qualified for playoffs | |
| Best regular season record |
| Season | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||
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| Division | Finish | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Stage | Results | |
| Laguna Heroes | |||||||||
| 2018–19 Datu Cup | South | 9th | 25 | 10 | 15 | .400 | 10 | Did not qualify | |
| Biñan City Luxxe White | |||||||||
| 2019–20 Lakan Season | South | 10th | 30 | 12 | 18 | .400 | 14 | Did not qualify | |
| Laguna Heroes | |||||||||
| 2022 | South | 10th | 21 | 3 | 18 | .143 | 15 | Did not qualify | |
| Laguna Krah Asia | |||||||||
| 2023 | South | 13th | 27 | 4 | 23 | .148 | 18.5 | Did not qualify | |
| Biñan Tatak Gel | |||||||||
| 2024 | South | 3rd | 28 | 20 | 8 | .714 | 1 | Division quarterfinals | lost vs. South Cotabato, 1–2 |
| 2025 | South | To be determined | |||||||
| All-time regular season record | 131 | 49 | 82 | .374 | 1 playoff appearance | ||||
| All-time playoff record | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0 finals appearances | ||||
| All-time overall record | 134 | 50 | 84 | .373 | 0 championships | ||||
| Season | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||
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| Finish | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Stage | Results | ||
| Biñan Tatak Gel | |||||||||
| 2023–24 President's Cup | 1st | 18 | 17 | 1 | .944 | — | First round Quarterfinals Semifinals | won vs. RCP–Shawarma Shack, 1–0 won vs. Muntinlupa, 1–0 lost vs. Quezon, 0–2 | |
| 2024–25 President's Cup 2024–2025 | 5th | 10 | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2 | Quarterfinals 1 Quarterfinals 2 | won vs. Pilipinas Navy, 1–0 lost vs. Pangasinan, 0–1 | |
| All-time regular season record | 28 | 24 | 4 | .857 | 2 playoff appearances | ||||
| All-time playoff record | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 0 finals appearances | ||||
| All-time overall record | 34 | 27 | 7 | .794 | 0 championships | ||||
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