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The 2017–18 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2017–18 PBA Philippine Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and the Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok competed for the 40th Philippine Cup championship and the 122nd overall championship contested by the league. San Miguel won the series in 5 games to be the first team in history to win four straight Philippine Cup titles.
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Dates | March 23 – April 6, 2018 | ||||||||||
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MVP | June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen) | ||||||||||
Television | Local: ESPN5 TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International | ||||||||||
Announcers | see Broadcast notes | ||||||||||
Radio network | Radyo5 (DWFM) | ||||||||||
Announcers | see Broadcast notes | ||||||||||
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San Miguel Beermen | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | ||
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Finished 8–3 (.727): Tied with Magnolia in 1st place | Elimination round | Finished 8–3 (.727): Tied with San Miguel in 1st place | |
1.02 (1st place) | Tiebreaker* | 0.99 (2nd place) | |
Def. TNT in one game (twice-to-beat advantage) | Quarterfinals | Def. GlobalPort in one game (twice-to-beat advantage) | |
Def. Barangay Ginebra, 4–1 | Semifinals | Def. NLEX, 4–2 |
February 4 |
San Miguel Beermen 77, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 76 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 13–24, 18–16, 25–16 | ||
Pts: Fajardo 19 Rebs: Fajardo 21 Asts: Lassiter 5 |
Pts: Barroca 21 Rebs: Pingris 14 Asts: three players 4 |
Game | Date | Venue | Winner | Result |
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Game 1 | Friday, March 23 | Smart Araneta Coliseum | Magnolia | 105–103 |
Game 2 | Sunday, March 25 | Mall of Asia Arena | San Miguel | 92–77 |
Game 3 | Sunday, April 1 | Smart Araneta Coliseum | San Miguel | 111–87 |
Game 4 | Wednesday, April 4 | Smart Araneta Coliseum | San Miguel | 84–80 |
Game 5 | Friday, April 6 | Mall of Asia Arena | San Miguel | 108–99 (2OT) |
April 6 7:00pm |
San Miguel Beermen 108, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 99 (2OT) | ||
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 18–32, 23–21, 26–12, Overtime: 8–8, 14–5 | ||
Pts: Fajardo 42 Rebs: Fajardo 20 Asts: Ross 11 |
Pts: Lee 21 Rebs: Reavis 12 Asts: Barroca 8 | |
San Miguel wins series, 4–1 |
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 10,054 Referees: N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, E. Tangkion, J. Narandan |
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The Philippine Cup finals was aired on TV5 with simulcasts on PBA Rush (both in standard and high definition). TV5's radio arm, Radyo5 provided the radio play-by-play coverage.
ESPN5 also provided online livestreaming via their official YouTube account using the 5 Network feed.
The PBA Rush broadcast provided English-language coverage of the finals.
Game | ESPN5 | PBA Rush (English) | ||||
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Play-by-play | Analyst(s) | Courtside reporters | Play-by-play | Analyst(s) | Courtside reporters | |
Game 1 | Magoo Marjon | Andy Jao and Ryan Gregorio | Apple David | James Velasquez | Eric Reyes | Rizza Diaz |
Game 2 | Sev Sarmenta | Norman Black and Quinito Henson | Selina Dagdag | Carlo Pamintuan | Ali Peek | Rizza Diaz |
Game 3 | Charlie Cuna | Alex Compton and Ryan Gregorio | Carla Lizardo | Chiqui Reyes | Charles Tiu | Apple David |
Game 4 | Magoo Marjon | Andy Jao and Tim Cone | Rizza Diaz | Jutt Sulit | Jong Uichico | Carla Lizardo |
Game 5 | Sev Sarmenta | Richard del Rosario and Quinito Henson | Selina Dagdag | James Velasquez | Tony dela Cruz | Chino Lui Pio |
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