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
DurationNovember 17, 2013 – February 26, 2014
TV partner(s)Sports5
TV5 and AksyonTV (local)
Fox Sports Asia and AksyonTV International (international)
Finals
ChampionsSan Mig Super Coffee Mixers
Runners-upRain or Shine Elasto Painters
Awards
Best PlayerJune Mar Fajardo
(Petron Blaze Boosters)
Finals MVPMark Barroca
(San Mig Super Coffee Mixers)
PBA Philippine Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

Format

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

Elimination round

Team standings
Pos Team 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
Team ╲ Game123456789
Air21BBEGPMERSMSCALABBEPBBBGSMTNT
AlaskaROSSMSCBBETNTA21PBBGPMERBGSM
Barako BullA21ALAROSPBBA21BGSMSMSCTNTMER
Brgy. GinebraSMSCROSGPMERTNTBBEA21ALAPBB
GlobalPortPBBA21BGSMTNTMERROSALASMSCA21
MeralcoTNTROSA21BGSMGPSMSCPBBALABBE
Petron BlazeGPTNTSMSCBBEALAA21MERROSBGSM
Rain or ShineALAMERBGSMBBESMSCGPTNTPBBBBE
San Mig Super CoffeeBGSMALAPBBA21ROSMERBBEGPALA
Talk 'N TextMERPBBALAGPBGSMROSBBEA21PBB
Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results
Home \ Away A21 ALA BBE BGSM GP MER PBB ROS SMSC TNT
Air21 91–97* 75–88 69–78 100–114 79–112 88–90 94–104 83–92** 82–87
Alaska 93–97 89–96 84–94 91–82 85–86 74–87 84–80 111–114*
Barako Bull 77–92 80–89 79–85 108–95 99–86 90–96 83–91 88–90 80–87*
Brgy. Ginebra 90–83 109–104 87–100 97–83 97–84 86–69 97–95
GlobalPort 103–109* 91–88* 92–108 93–89 87–97 90–88 80–83 93–106
Meralco 92–88 74–65 82–83 73–77 89–92 72–64 80–89
Petron Blaze 88–92 98–87 96–87 95–99* 91–78 77–63
Rain or Shine 104–94 99–95 98–87 89–86 86–83 87–90
San Mig Super Coffee 67–60 75–88 83–79 112–93 77–101 100–87
Talk 'N Text 100–102 121–117 103–79 91–105 88–90
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Eighth seed playoff
January 20
8th seed
Meralco Bolts 91, Alaska Aces 94

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    

Quarterfinals

(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (8) Alaska
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
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 106, GlobalPort Batang Pier 96
Rain or Shine wins series in one game.

(3) Petron Blaze vs. (6) Barako Bull
January 24
Petron Blaze Boosters 107, Barako Bull Energy 100
Petron Blaze wins series, 2–0

(4) Talk 'N Text vs. (5) San Mig Super Coffee
January 26
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 82, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 90
San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) San Mig Super Coffee
February 12
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 87, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 110
San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 4–3

(2) Rain or Shine vs. (3) Petron Blaze
February 7
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 97, Petron Blaze Boosters 88
Rain or Shine wins series, 4–1

Finals
Main article: 2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup Finals
February 26
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 93, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 87
San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 4–2

Awards

Conference

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 2013-11-01 at the Wayback Machine, Snow Badua, Spin.ph, October 30, 2013
  2. DRAWING INSPIRATION Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, November 25, 2013
  3. December 3, 2013
  4. ALL ABOUT TEAM BALL Archived 2013-12-16 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, December 9, 2013
  5. EXPLOSIVE COMEBACK Archived 2013-12-19 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, December 16, 2013
  6. NO CHALLENGE IS TOUGH ENOUGH Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, December 23, 2013
  7. CRUNCH TIME HERO Archived 2014-01-01 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, December 30, 2013
  8. HE STILL GOT GAME Archived 2014-01-07 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, January 6, 2014
  9. HEAVYWEIGHT PERFORMANCE Archived 2014-01-14 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, January 13th, 2014
  10. SMALL BUT TERRIBLE Archived 2014-01-21 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, January 20th, 2014
  11. BACK-TO-BACK FOR BARROCA Archived 2014-01-29 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, January 27th, 2014
  12. MAKE THAT 3-IN-A-ROW FOR BARROCA Archived 2014-02-23 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, February 3rd, 2014
  13. HEAVYWEIGHT IMPACT Archived 2014-02-26 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, February 10th, 2014
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