2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup

The 2013–14 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup, also known as the 2013–14 PLDT Home DSL/myDSL-PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2013–14 PBA season. The tournament started on November 17, 2013, and ended on February 26, 2014. The tournament does not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports.

2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup
Duration	November 17, 2013 – February 26, 2014
TV partner(s)	Sports5 TV5 and AksyonTV (local) Fox Sports Asia and AksyonTV International (international)
Finals
Champions	San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
Runners-up	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Awards
Best Player	June Mar Fajardo (Petron Blaze Boosters)
Finals MVP	Mark Barroca (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers)
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Format

The following format was observed for the duration of the tournament:^[1]

• Two-round eliminations, with each team playing 14 games. The teams are divided into two groups on the basis of their natural draft order from the previous rookie draft. Each team will play teams within their group once, while they will play teams from the other group twice.
  • Group A:
    • Air21 Express
    • Alaska Aces
    • Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
    • Petron Blaze Boosters
    • Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
  • Group B:
    • Meralco Bolts
    • San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
    • Barako Bull Energy
    • GlobalPort Batang Pier
    • Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
• Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. In case of tie, playoffs will be held only for the #2 and #8 seeds.
• Quarterfinals:
  • QF1: #1 seed vs #8 seed (#1 seed twice-to-beat)
  • QF2: #2 seed vs #7 seed (#2 seed twice-to-beat)
  • QF3: #3 seed vs #6 seed (best-of-3 series)
  • QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed (best-of-3 series)
• Semifinals (best-of-7 series):
  • SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
  • SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
• Finals (best-of-7 series)
  • Winners of the semifinals

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	11	3	.786[lower-alpha 1]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	11	3	.786[lower-alpha 1]	—
3	Petron Blaze Boosters	10	4	.714	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	6	.571	3
5	San Mig Super Coffee Mixers	7	7	.500	4
6	Barako Bull Energy	5	9	.357[lower-alpha 2]	6
7	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	9	.357[lower-alpha 2]	6	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Alaska Aces	5	9	.357[lower-alpha 2]	6
9	Meralco Bolts	5	9	.357[lower-alpha 2]	6
10	Air21 Express	3	11	.214	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 Rain or Shine
2. Head-to-head quotient: Barako Bull 1.06, GlobalPort 1.01, Alaska 0.99, Meralco 0.95; eighth seed playoff: Alaska 94–91 Meralco

Schedule

	Win
	Loss
	OT win
	OT loss

Team	Game number
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Air21	BBE	GP	MER	SMSC	ALA	BBE	PBB	BGSM	TNT	GP	MER	TNT	SMSC	ROS
Alaska	ROS	SMSC	BBE	TNT	A21	PBB	GP	MER	BGSM	SMSC	TNT	MER	GP	BBE
Barako Bull	A21	ALA	ROS	PBB	A21	BGSM	SMSC	TNT	MER	ROS	GP	PBB	BGSM	ALA
Barangay Ginebra	SMSC	ROS	GP	MER	TNT	BBE	A21	ALA	PBB	MER	SMSC	BBE	GP	TNT
GlobalPort	PBB	A21	BGSM	TNT	MER	ROS	ALA	SMSC	A21	BBE	ROS	PBB	ALA	BGSM
Meralco	TNT	ROS	A21	BGSM	GP	SMSC	PBB	ALA	BBE	BGSM	A21	ALA	ROS	PBB
Petron	GP	TNT	SMSC	BBE	ALA	A21	MER	ROS	BGSM	TNT	BBE	GP	SMSC	MER
Rain or Shine	ALA	MER	BGSM	BBE	SMSC	GP	TNT	PBB	BBE	SMSC	GP	TNT	MER	A21
San Mig Coffee	BGSM	ALA	PBB	A21	ROS	MER	BBE	GP	ALA	ROS	BGSM	A21	PBB	TNT
Talk 'N Text	MER	PBB	ALA	GP	BGSM	ROS	BBE	A21	PBB	ALA	A21	ROS	SMSC	BGSM

Results

Team	A21	ALA	BBE	BGSM	GP	MER	PBB	ROS	SMSC	TNT
Air21 Express		91–97*	75–88	69–78	100–114	79–112	88–90	94–104	83–92**	82–87
Alaska Aces			93–97	89–96	84–94	91–82	85–86	74–87	84–80	111–114*
Barako Bull Energy	77–92	80–89		79–85	108–95	99–86	90–96	83–91	88–90	80–87*
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel			90–83		109–104	87–100	97–83	97–84	86–69	97–95
GlobalPort Batang Pier	103–109*	91–88*		92–108		93–89	87–97	90–88	80–83	93–106
Meralco Bolts	92–88	74–65		82–83			73–77	89–92	72–64	80–89
Petron Blaze Boosters			88–92		98–87	96–87		95–99*	91–78	77–63
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	104–94		99–95		98–87	89–86			86–83	87–90
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers	67–60	75–88		83–79			112–93	77–101		100–87
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	100–102	121–117		103–79			91–105	88–90

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Eighth seed playoff

January 20

8th seed

Meralco Bolts 91, Alaska Aces 94

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Bracket

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals (best-of-7)					Finals (best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
	1	Barangay Ginebra	97	108
	8	Alaska	104	95
							1	Barangay Ginebra	3
	(best-of-3)
							5	San Mig Coffee	4
	4	Talk 'N Text		1
	5	San Mig Coffee		2
												5	San Mig Coffee	4
	(#2 twice-to-beat)
												2	Rain or Shine	2
	2	Rain or Shine		106
	7	GlobalPort		96
							2	Rain or Shine	4
	(best-of-3)
							3	Petron Blaze	1
	3	Petron Blaze		2
	6	Barako Bull		0

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Quarterfinals

(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (8) Alaska

January 22

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 97, Alaska Aces 104

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

January 25

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 108, Alaska Aces 95

Barangay Ginebra wins series in two games.

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

(2) Rain or Shine vs. (7) GlobalPort

January 22

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 106, GlobalPort Batang Pier 96

Rain or Shine wins series in one game.

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

(3) Petron Blaze vs. (6) Barako Bull

January 21

Petron Blaze Boosters 101, Barako Bull Energy 88

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

January 24

Petron Blaze Boosters 107, Barako Bull Energy 100

Petron Blaze wins series, 2–0

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

(4) Talk 'N Text vs. (5) San Mig Super Coffee

January 21

Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 83, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 90

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

January 24

Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 82, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 77

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

January 26

Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 82, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 90

San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 2–1

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

Semifinals

(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) San Mig Super Coffee

January 28

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 83, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 85

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

January 31

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 93, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 64

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

February 2

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 89, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 97

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

February 5

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 85, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 82

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

February 8

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 76, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 79

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

February 10

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 94, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 91

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

February 12

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 87, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 110

San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 4–3

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

(2) Rain or Shine vs. (3) Petron Blaze

January 27

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 103, Petron Blaze Boosters 95

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

January 29

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 103, Petron Blaze Boosters 94

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

February 1

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 73, Petron Blaze Boosters 106

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

February 3

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 88, Petron Blaze Boosters 83

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

February 7

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 97, Petron Blaze Boosters 88

Rain or Shine wins series, 4–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Finals

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February 14

San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 80, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 83

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

February 16

San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 80, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 70

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

February 19

San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 77, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 76

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

February 21

San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 93, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 90

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

February 23

San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 74, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 81

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

February 26

San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 93, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 87

San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 4–2

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Awards

Conference

• Best Player of the Conference: June Mar Fajardo (Petron Blaze Boosters)
• Finals MVP: Mark Barroca (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers)

Players of the Week

Week	Player	Ref.
November 18–24	Ronjay Buenafe (Barako Bull Energy)	[2]
November 25 – December 1	Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)	[3]
December 2–8	Sol Mercado (GlobalPort Batang Pier)	[4]
December 9–15	Alex Cabagnot (Petron Blaze Boosters)	[5]
December 16–22	Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)	[6]
December 23–29	Japeth Aguilar (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)	[7]
January 4–5	Danny Ildefonso (Meralco Bolts)	[8]
January 6–12	Beau Belga (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)	[9]
January 13–19	Mark Barroca (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers)	[10]
January 20–26	Mark Barroca (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers)	[11]
January 24 – February 2	Mark Barroca (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers)	[12]
February 3–9	Beau Belga (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)	[13]

References

1. Ginebra-San Mig duel to highlight unique three-game bill on PBA opening day Archived November 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Snow Badua, Spin.ph, October 30, 2013
2. DRAWING INSPIRATION Archived December 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, November 25, 2013
3. December 3, 2013
4. ALL ABOUT TEAM BALL Archived December 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, December 9, 2013
5. EXPLOSIVE COMEBACK Archived December 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, December 16, 2013
6. NO CHALLENGE IS TOUGH ENOUGH Archived December 30, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, December 23, 2013
7. CRUNCH TIME HERO Archived January 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, December 30, 2013
8. HE STILL GOT GAME Archived January 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, January 6, 2014
9. HEAVYWEIGHT PERFORMANCE Archived January 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, January 13, 2014
10. SMALL BUT TERRIBLE Archived January 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, January 20, 2014
11. BACK-TO-BACK FOR BARROCA Archived January 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, January 27, 2014
12. MAKE THAT 3-IN-A-ROW FOR BARROCA Archived February 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, February 3, 2014
13. HEAVYWEIGHT IMPACT Archived February 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, February 10, 2014

External links

• PBA.ph
• PBA-Online!