2022 PBA Philippine Cup finals

The 2022 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup finals was a best-of-7 championship series of the 2022 PBA Philippine Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and the TNT Tropang Giga competed for the 44th Philippine Cup championship and the 131st overall championship contested by the league.

2022 PBA Philippine Cup finals

Team Coach Wins (1) San Miguel Beermen Leo Austria 4 (2) TNT Tropang Giga Chot Reyes 3
Dates	August 21 – September 4, 2022
MVP	June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen)
Television	Local: One Sports TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International iWantTFC[note 1]
Announcers	see Broadcast notes
Radio network	Radyo5 (DWFM)
Announcers	see Broadcast notes
Referees
Game 1: Nol Quilinguen, Sherwin Pineda, Jerry Narandan, Joel Baldago Game 2: Nol Quilinguen, Sherwin Pineda, Bing Oliva, Dacx Dacanay Game 3: Sherwin Pineda, Rommel Gruta, Jerry Narandan, Joel Baldago Game 4: Peter Balao, Rommel Gruta, Mike Flordeliza, Jeffrey Tantay Game 5: Nol Quilinguen, Sherwin Pineda, Jerry Narandan, Albert Nubla Game 6: Sherwin Pineda, Jerry Narandan, Mike Flordeliza, Joel Baldago Game 7: Nol Quilinguen, Mike Flordeliza, Janine Nicandro, Albert Nubla

A rematch of the 2019 Commissioner's Cup finals, where the 7-seeded Beermen upset the top-seeded TNT Tropang Giga (then known as TNT KaTropa), San Miguel defeated TNT in seven hard-fought games to win their 28th title in franchise history. Having previously defeated the Magnolia Hotshots last year, TNT entered the series as the defending Philippine Cup champions. June Mar Fajardo was named the finals MVP for this series.

Background

Further information: 2022–23 San Miguel Beermen season § Philippine Cup, and 2022–23 TNT Tropang Giga season § Philippine Cup

Road to the finals

Main article: 2022 PBA Philippine Cup

San Miguel Beermen		TNT Tropang Giga
Finished 9–2 (.818) in 1st place	Elimination round	Finished 8–3 (.727) in 2nd place with Magnolia and Barangay Ginebra
—	Tiebreaker	Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.12, Magnolia 0.99, Barangay Ginebra 0.90 (2nd place)
Def. Blackwater in one game (twice-to-beat advantage)	Quarterfinals	Def. Converge in one game (twice-to-beat advantage)
Def. Meralco, 4–3	Semifinals	Def. Magnolia, 4–2

Head-to-head matchup

One Sports

July 7 7:15 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 115, TNT Tropang Giga 99
Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 27–25, 30–24, 32–28
Pts: Fajardo 30 Rebs: Brondial 18 Asts: Perez 10		Pts: K. Williams 20 Rebs: K. Williams 10 Asts: Ganuelas-Rosser 4

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: Peter Balao, Rommel Gruta, Dacx Dacanay, Janine Nicandro

Series summary

Game	Date	Venue	Winner	Result
Game 1	August 21	Smart Araneta Coliseum	TNT	86–84
Game 2	August 24		San Miguel	109–100
Game 3	August 26	SM Mall of Asia Arena		108–100
Game 4	August 28	Smart Araneta Coliseum	TNT	100–87
Game 5	August 31			102–93
Game 6	September 2		San Miguel	114–96
Game 7	September 4			119–97

Game summaries

Game 1

One Sports

August 21 6:00 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 84, TNT Tropang Giga 86
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 28–21, 15–33, 20–16
Pts: Fajardo 24 Rebs: Fajardo 16 Asts: Enciso 4		Pts: Pogoy 26 Rebs: K. Williams 9 Asts: Rosario, K. Williams 3
TNT leads series, 1–0

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 8,548 Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Sherwin Pineda, Jerry Narandan, Joel Baldago

Jayson Castro hits a jumper with no time left to win the game 86–84. The shot was counted by officials and TNT took a 1–0 series lead.^[1]

Game 2

One Sports

August 24 5:45 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 109, TNT Tropang Giga 100
Scoring by quarter: 30–28, 21–23, 31–28, 27–21
Pts: Perez 23 Rebs: Fajardo 8 Asts: Ross 10		Pts: Pogoy 28 Rebs: K. Williams 9 Asts: Erram 5
Series tied, 1–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Sherwin Pineda, Bing Oliva, Dacx Dacanay

Game 3

One Sports

August 26 5:45 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 108, TNT Tropang Giga 100 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 22–27, 25–30, 20–18, Overtime: 14–6
Pts: Fajardo 27 Rebs: Fajardo 27 Asts: Ross 5		Pts: Pogoy 25 Rebs: Erram 15 Asts: M. Williams 5
San Miguel leads series, 2–1

SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: Sherwin Pineda, Rommel Gruta, Jerry Narandan, Joel Baldago

Game 4

Prior to the game, San Miguel's June Mar Fajardo was awarded his ninth Best Player of the Conference award, extending his record for most BPC awards in a career.^[2]

One Sports

August 28 6:03 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 87, TNT Tropang Giga 100
Scoring by quarter: 9–18, 27–25, 27–29, 24–28
Pts: Fajardo 20 Rebs: Fajardo 19 Asts: Enciso, Perez 4		Pts: Castro 26 Rebs: Erram 8 Asts: M. Williams 6
Series tied, 2–2

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 10,569 Referees: Peter Balao, Rommel Gruta, Mike Flordeliza, Jeffrey Tantay

Game 5

One Sports

August 31 5:45 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 93, TNT Tropang Giga 102
Scoring by quarter: 28–24, 22–29, 25–31, 18–18
Pts: Fajardo 20 Rebs: Fajardo 16 Asts: Perez 7		Pts: M. Williams 23 Rebs: K. Williams 9 Asts: M. Williams 5
TNT leads series, 3–2

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Sherwin Pineda, Jerry Narandan, Albert Nubla

Game 6

One Sports

September 2 5:45 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 114, TNT Tropang Giga 96
Scoring by quarter: 40–24, 23–26, 29–18, 22–28
Pts: Lassiter 22 Rebs: Fajardo 12 Asts: Fajardo 5		Pts: Pogoy 31 Rebs: Erram 8 Asts: Montalbo 5
Series tied, 3–3

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: Sherwin Pineda, Mike Flordeliza, Jerry Narandan, Joel Baldago

Game 7

One Sports

September 4 6:00 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 119, TNT Tropang Giga 97
Scoring by quarter: 29–31, 37–24, 18–34, 35–8
Pts: Perez 25 Rebs: Fajardo 18 Asts: Perez 7		Pts: Castro 32 Rebs: Castro 10 Asts: Castro 8
San Miguel wins series, 4–3

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 15,195 Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Mike Flordeliza, Janine Nicandro, Albert Nubla

The TNT entered the game without Chot Reyes, who was out due to health and safety protocols.^[3] Starting center Poy Erram was ejected with 55 seconds left in the second quarter after hitting Mo Tautuaa's head during a foul.

After trailing 84–89 by the end of the 3rd quarter, San Miguel used a 17–0 run at the start of the 4th quarter to clinch their 28th title overall, and 9th title under coach Leo Austria. This fourth quarter rally is led by CJ Perez's 25 points in the game. San Miguel won their 6th Philippine Cup title in the past 8 years. They previously have won five straight Philippine Cup titles from 2015 to 2019.^[4]

Rosters

San Miguel Beermen roster

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Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 0 Enciso, Simon 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1991–02–12 Notre Dame de Namur F 2 Cañete, Michael 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 1993–08–14 Arellano G/F 3 Pessumal, Von 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1993–02–12 Ateneo G 6 Ross, Chris (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1985–03–09 Marshall G/F 11 Herndon, Robbie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1993–07–16 San Francisco G 12 Zamar, Paul 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1987–10–20 UE G/F 13 Lassiter, Marcio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1987–05–16 Cal State Fullerton C 15 Fajardo, June Mar 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 268 lb (122 kg) 1989–11–17 Cebu F/C 33 Tautuaa, Moala 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1989–04–30 Chadron State G 39 Cruz, Jericho 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990–10–11 Adamson F/C 55 Faundo, Jeepy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 1995–09–21 UST G/F 77 Perez, CJ 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1993–11–17 Lyceum F 87 Manuel, Vic 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 1987–06–18 PSBA F/C 91 Brondial, Rodney 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–11–20 Adamson	Head coach Leo Austria Assistant coach(es) Peter Martin (1st assistant) Ato Agustin Dayong Mendoza Jorge Gallent Boyzie Zamar Biboy Ravanes Team manager Gee Abanilla Daniel Henares (assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

TNT Tropang Giga roster

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Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 2 Cruz, Carl Bryan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1991–08–21 Far Eastern G 5 Williams, Mikey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1991–10–27 Cal State Fullerton C 7 Erram, Poy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1989–07–07 Ateneo G 10 Reyes, Ryan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1983–08–10 Cal State Fullerton G 11 Tungcab, Jaydee (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 1997–05–05 Philippines F 12 Khobuntin, Glenn 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1991–09–07 National-U G 13 Heruela, Brian 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1989–04–13 Cebu G 15 Montalbo, Kib 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 1996–04–02 De La Salle G/F 16 Pogoy, Roger 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1992–06–16 Far Eastern G 17 Castro, Jayson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1986–06–30 Philippine Christian F 18 Rosario, Troy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1992–01–20 National-U G 20 Alejandro, Jjay 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1995–04–13 National-U F/C 21 Williams, Kelly (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1982–02–07 Oakland F/C 22 Marcelo, Dave 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 223 lb (101 kg) 1989–02–22 San Beda G/F 24 Ganuelas-Rosser, Matt 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1990–06–13 Cal Poly Pomona F 77 Banal, Gab 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1990–09–09 Mapúa	Head coach Chot Reyes Assistant coach(es) Joshua Reyes (1st assistant) Bong Ravena Sandy Arespacochaga Ranidel de Ocampo Alton Lister Yuri Escueta Mau Belen Team manager Jojo Lastimosa Miguel Fernandez (assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

Broadcast notes

The Philippine Cup finals was aired on TV5 & One Sports with simulcast on PBA Rush SMART Sports Facebook Livestream & Smart GigaPlay App (both in standard and high definition).

The PBA Rush broadcast provided English language coverage of the finals.

The SMART Sports broadcast provided English-Filipino language coverage of the finals.

Game	TV5 & One Sports			SMART Sports, Facebook Livestream
	Play-by-play	Analyst(s)	Courtside reporters	Play-by-play	Analyst(s)	Courtside reporters
Game 1	Charlie Cuna	Joaquin Henson and Norman Black	Denise Tan	Jinno Rufino	Eric Altamirano	Denise Tan
Game 2	Sev Sarmenta	Andy Jao and Topex Robinson	Apple David	Jutt Sulit	Borgie Hermida	Apple David
Game 3	Magoo Marjon	Joaquin Henson and Ronnie Magsanoc	Denise Tan	Andre Co	Mark Molina	Denise Tan
Game 4	Jutt Sulit	Dominic Uy and Kevin Alas	Apple David	Mikee Reyes	Dylan Ababou	Apple David
Game 5	Sev Sarmenta	Andy Jao and Topex Robinson	Bea Escudero	Chiqui Reyes	Jolly Escobar	Bea Escudero
Game 6	Charlie Cuna	Dominic Uy and Norman Black	Apple David	Carlo Pamintuan	Allan Gregorio	Apple David
Game 7	Magoo Marjon	Joaquin Henson and Tim Cone	Denise Tan	Mikee Reyes	Mark Molina	Denise Tan

• Additional Game 7 crew:
  • Trophy presentation: Jutt Sulit & Bea Escudero
  • Celebration interviewer: Denise Tan

Notes

1. Live on iWantTFC worldwide excluding Philippines and United States

References

1. Justin Kenneth Carandang (August 22, 2022). "Counted: PBA affirms decision on Jayson Castro's Game 1 buzzer-beater". GMANetwork.com. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
2. "Fajardo claims Philippine Cup BPC award anew". PBA.ph. August 28, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
3. Reynald I. Magallon (September 4, 2022). "Huge blow for TNT: Chot Reyes out of Game 7 due to protocols". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
4. Sid Ventura (September 4, 2022). "San Miguel Beermen usher in new era by seeing off TNT Tropang Giga to win 2022 PBA Philippine Cup". ESPN. Retrieved December 22, 2022.

External links

• PBA official website