2017–18 PBA Philippine Cup

2017–18 PBA Philippine Cup
2017–18 PBA Philippine Cup
Duration	December 17, 2017 – April 6, 2018
TV partner(s)	Local: ; ESPN 5 ; TV5 ; PBA Rush (HD) ; International: ; AksyonTV International
Finals
Champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	Magnolia Hotshots
Awards
Best Player	June Mar Fajardo; (San Miguel Beermen)
Finals MVP	June Mar Fajardo; (San Miguel Beermen)
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The 2017–18 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup was the first conference of the 2017–18 PBA season. The tournament started on December 17, 2017, and ended on April 6, 2018.^[1] The tournament does not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports.

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

Single-round robin eliminations; 11 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.
Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. In case of tie, playoff games will be held only for the #8 seed.
Quarterfinals:
- QF1: #1 vs #8 (#1 twice-to-beat)
- QF2: #2 vs #7 (#2 twice-to-beat)
- QF3: #3 vs #6 (best-of-3 series)
- QF4: #4 vs #5 (best-of-3 series)
Semifinals (best-of-7 series):
- SF1: QF1 Winner vs. QF4 Winner
- SF2: QF2 Winner vs. QF3 Winner
Finals (best-of-7 series)
- F1: SF1 Winner vs SF2 Winner

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Magnolia Hotshots	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2
6	NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2
7	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	TNT KaTropa	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Phoenix Fuel Masters	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3
10	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3
11	Meralco Bolts	4	7	.364	4
12	Kia Picanto	1	10	.091	7

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head to head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss^[2]
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95
1 2 3 4 Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.14, Phoenix 1.00, TNT 0.97, Blackwater 0.89; #8 seed playoff: TNT defeated Phoenix

Schedule

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Alaska Aces	MAG	TNT	MER	KIA	BGSM	BWE	PHX	GP	NLEX	SMB	ROS
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	MAG	GP	BWE	ALA	PHX	SMB	NLEX	KIA	TNT	MER	ROS
Blackwater Elite	MER	ROS	BGSM	TNT	GP	ALA	MAG	SMB	KIA	NLEX	PHX
GlobalPort Batang Pier	NLEX	BGSM	ROS	BWE	SMB	MER	ALA	TNT	MAG	KIA	PHX
Kia Picanto	NLEX	PHX	MAG	ALA	ROS	MER	TNT	BGSM	BWE	GP	SMB
Magnolia Hotshots	ALA	BGSM	KIA	NLEX	PHX	TNT	BWE	SMB	ROS	GP	MER
Meralco Bolts	BWE	SMB	ALA	TNT	KIA	GP	ROS	NLEX	PHX	BGSM	MAG
NLEX Road Warriors	KIA	GP	PHX	MAG	SMB	ROS	BGSM	MER	ALA	BWE	TNT
Phoenix Fuel Masters	SMB	KIA	NLEX	ROS	MAG	BGSM	ALA	TNT	MER	BWE	GP
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	TNT	BWE	GP	PHX	KIA	NLEX	MER	MAG	ALA	SMB	BGSM
San Miguel Beermen	PHX	MER	TNT	NLEX	GP	BGSM	MAG	BWE	ALA	KIA	ROS
TNT KaTropa	ROS	ALA	SMB	BWE	MER	MAG	KIA	PHX	BGSM	GP	NLEX

Source:
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

Results

Team	ALA	BGSM	BWE	GP	KIA	MAG	MER	NLEX	PHX	ROS	SMB	TNT
Alaska		97–83	88–84	105–98*	102–65	95–108	103–98	89–96	93–75	99–95	96–109	98–106
Barangay Ginebra	—		77–94	104–97	103–77	89–78	82–84	78–81	82–87	100–92***	100–96	93–78
Blackwater	—	—		76–101	95–76	72–78	98–103	90–93	83–78	92–87	106–96	83–92
GlobalPort	—	—	—		108–91	81–96	107–88	104–115	100–104	78–70	93–107	99–84
Kia	—	—	—	—		77–124	76–105	115–119	102–125	98–94	106–108	85–90
Magnolia	—	—	—	—	—		94–65	105–94	97–91	95–101	76–77	91–83
Meralco	—	—	—	—	—	—		85–87	92–90	84–90	97–103	81–99
NLEX	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		95–102	86–97	98–109	75–101
Phoenix	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		99–120	96–104	74–72
Rain or Shine	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		95–80	82–79
San Miguel	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		88–76
TNT	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Phoenix Fuel Masters 97, TNT KaTropa 118
Scoring by quarter: 25–27, 24–27, 27–40, 21–24
Pts: Wright 18 Rebs: Kramer, Perkins 11 Asts: Wright 6		Pts: Rosario 18 Rebs: Castro 8 Asts: Castro 9


Quarterfinals			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	San Miguel	106

8	TNT	93
			1	San Miguel	4
(Best-of-3)
			4	Barangay Ginebra	1
4	Barangay Ginebra	2

5	Rain or Shine	0
						1	San Miguel	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
						2	Magnolia	1
2	Magnolia	86

7	GlobalPort	79
			2	Magnolia	4
(Best-of-3)
			6	NLEX	2
3	Alaska	0

6	NLEX	2

San Miguel Beermen 106, TNT KaTropa 93
Scoring by quarter: 31–23, 21–21, 25–28, 29–21
Pts: Fajardo 35 Rebs: Fajardo 11 Asts: Ross 7		Pts: Castro, Rosario 19 Rebs: Rosario 7 Asts: Castro 8
San Miguel wins series in one game

Magnolia Hotshots 86, GlobalPort Batang Pier 79
Scoring by quarter: 12–26, 22–19, 27–14, 25–20
Pts: Barroca 17 Rebs: Lee 13 Asts: Jalalon 4		Pts: Pringle 31 Rebs: Pringle, Taha 10 Asts: Romeo 6
Magnolia wins series in one game

Format

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Results

Eighth seed playoff

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) San Miguel vs. (8) TNT

(2) Magnolia vs. (7) GlobalPort

(3) Alaska vs. (6) NLEX

(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) Rain or Shine

Semifinals

(1) San Miguel vs. (4) Barangay Ginebra

(2) Magnolia vs. (6) NLEX

Finals

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

Statistics

Individual statistical leaders

Individual game highs

Team statistical leaders

References

External links