2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup

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2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers)
PBA Philippine Cup chronology
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The

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.

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.
  • 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 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 11 3 .786[a] Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 11 3 .786[a]
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[b] 6
7 GlobalPort Batang Pier 5 9 .357[b] 6 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Alaska Aces 5 9 .357[b] 6
9 Meralco Bolts 5 9 .357[b] 6
10 Air21 Express 3 11 .214 8
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 Rain or Shine
  2. ^ a b c d 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

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-7)
Petron Blaze
2
6Barako Bull0

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.

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

January 22
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
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
90
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
January 24
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
77
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
January 26
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
90
San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 2–1

Semifinals

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

January 28
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
85
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
January 31
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
64
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
February 2
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
97
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
February 5
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
82
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
February 8
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
79
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
February 10
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
91
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
February 12
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
Petron Blaze Boosters
95
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
January 29
Petron Blaze Boosters
94
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
February 1
Petron Blaze Boosters
106
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
February 3
Petron Blaze Boosters
83
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
February 7
Petron Blaze Boosters
88
Rain or Shine wins series, 4–1
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Finals

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:
    Petron Blaze Boosters
    )
  • Finals MVP:
    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
GlobalPort Batang Pier
)
[4]
December 9–15
Petron Blaze Boosters
)
[5]
December 16–22
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
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
)
[10]
January 20–26
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
)
[11]
January 24 – February 2
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

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