2016–17 PBA Philippine Cup

The 2016–17 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup, also known as the 2016–17 Oppo-PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2016–17 PBA season. The tournament started on November 20, 2016 and ended on March 5, 2017. The tournament does not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports.

2016–17 PBA Philippine Cup
DurationNovember 20, 2016 – March 5, 2017
TV partner(s)Local:
Sports5
TV5
PBA Rush (HD)
International:
AksyonTV International
Finals
ChampionsSan Miguel Beermen
Runners-upBarangay Ginebra San Miguel
Awards
Best PlayerJune Mar Fajardo
(San Miguel Beermen)
Finals MVPChris Ross
(San Miguel Beermen)
PBA Philippine Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

Format

The following format was 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 10 1 .909 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Alaska Aces 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 1] 3
3 Star Hotshots 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 1] 3 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 TNT KaTropa 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 4
5 GlobalPort Batang Pier 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 4
6 Phoenix Fuel Masters 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 4
7 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 5
9 Blackwater Elite 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 5
10 Mahindra Floodbuster 3 8 .273[lower-alpha 4] 7
11 Meralco Bolts 3 8 .273[lower-alpha 4] 7
12 NLEX Road Warriors 2 9 .182 8
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Star
  2. Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.09, GlobalPort 1.00, Phoenix 0.96, Barangay Ginebra 0.94.
  3. Eighth seed playoff: Rain or Shine 103–80 Blackwater
  4. Head-to-head record: Mahindra 1–0 Meralco

Schedule
Team ╲ Game1234567891011
AlaskaNLEXSMBGPMERBGSMTNTSHBWEMAHPHXROS
Barangay GinebraTNTROSGPMAHALASHSMBMERBWEPHXNLEX
BlackwaterPHXMERTNTROSNLEXGPMAHSMBALABGSMSH
GlobalPortMAHSHALABGSMBWEPHXMERNLEXSMBTNTROS
MahindraGPROSPHXSMBBGSMBWEMERTNTALANLEXSH
MeralcoBWENLEXTNTALAPHXSMBGPMAHBGSMROSSH
NLEXALAMERSHBWESMBROSTNTGPPHXMAHBGSM
PhoenixBWESMBMAHSHTNTMERGPROSNLEXBGSMALA
Rain or ShineTNTMAHBGSMBWESHNLEXPHXSMBMERGPALA
San MiguelSHPHXALAMAHNLEXMERBWEBGSMROSGPTNT
StarSMBGPNLEXPHXROSBGSMALATNTBWEMERMAH
TNTROSBGSMBWEMERPHXALANLEXSHMAHGPSMB
Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results
Team ALA BGSM BWE GP MAH MER NLEX PHX ROS SMB SH TNT
Alaska 101–86 100–103 95–84 107–91 81–79 97–99* 106–85 94–89 88–93 97–90* 100–109
Brgy. Ginebra — 99–90 84–91 89–70 83–72 90–80 73–79 81–74 70–72 86–79 103–108
Blackwater — — 99–91 93–97* 86–84 96–85 94–87 93–107 93–118 95–111 92–99
GlobalPort — — — 97–75 97–89 110–96 99–101 117–99 100–106 91–84 98–102
Mahindra — — — — 105–92 106–96 104–114 83–105 91–94 87–124 92–104
Meralco — — — — — 106–93 90–94 82–72 86–101 73–120 98–87
NLEX — — — — — — 91–102 97–107 80–106 75–99 110–98
Phoenix — — — — — — — 82–97 92–85 79–123 98–117
Rain or Shine — — — — — — — — 101–107* 91–99 101–87
San Miguel — — — — — — — — — 96–88 98–94
Star — — — — — — — — — — 88–77
TNT — — — — — — — — — — —
Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Eighth seed playoff
February 3
Blackwater Elite 80, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 103
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 20–29, 20–23, 24–35
Pts: dela Cruz 20
Rebs: dela Cruz 9
Asts: Buenafe, Pinto 4		 Pts: Washington 15
Rebs: Cruz 12
Asts: Chan 6

Bracket
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-7)		     Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#1 twice-to-beat)                        
  1 San Miguel 98    
  8 Rain or Shine 91    
            1 San Miguel 4    
    (Best-of-3)       4 TNT 3  
  4 TNT 2  
  5 GlobalPort 0    
    1 San Miguel 4
    (#2 twice-to-beat)     7 Barangay Ginebra 1
  2 Alaska 81 97  
  7 Barangay Ginebra 85 108  
            7 Barangay Ginebra 4
    (Best-of-3)     3 Star 3    
  3 Star 2  
  6 Phoenix 0    

Quarterfinals

(1) San Miguel vs. (8) Rain or Shine
February 5
San Miguel Beermen 98, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 91
Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 23–17, 23–29, 24–24
Pts: Garcia 25
Rebs: Fajardo 14
Asts: Ross 4		 Pts: Belga 18
Rebs: Norwood, Washington 8
Asts: Chan 4
San Miguel wins series in one game

(2) Alaska vs. (7) Barangay Ginebra
February 5
Alaska Aces 81, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 85
Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 18–16, 13–33, 27–23
Pts: Abueva 20
Rebs: Abueva 10
Asts: Casio 5		 Pts: Tenorio 16
Rebs: Aguilar 14
Asts: Mercado, Tenorio 6
February 7
Alaska Aces 97, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 108
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 28–30, 18–31, 26–26
Pts: Abueva 29
Rebs: Abueva 13
Asts: Casio 4		 Pts: Tenorio 31
Rebs: Aguilar, Thompson 9
Asts: Tenorio 3
Barangay Ginebra wins series in two games

(3) Star vs. (6) Phoenix
February 4
Star Hotshots 114, Phoenix Fuel Masters 83
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 23–36, 37–13, 32–19
Pts: Lee 22
Rebs: Pingris 14
Asts: Lee, Ramos 4		 Pts: Wright 19
Rebs: Kramer 12
Asts: Dehesa, Intal 3
February 6
Star Hotshots 91, Phoenix Fuel Masters 71
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 20–17, 23–14, 26–22
Pts: Lee 17
Rebs: Pingris 9
Asts: Lee 9		 Pts: Wright 24
Rebs: W. Wilson 10
Asts: Intal 4
Star wins series, 2–0

(4) TNT vs. (5) Globalport
February 4
TNT KaTropa 109, GlobalPort Batang Pier 101
Scoring by quarter: 24–34, 37–22, 25–15, 23–30
Pts: Castro 20
Rebs: Tautuaa 9
Asts: Ganuelas-Rosser 4		 Pts: Romeo 28
Rebs: Quiñahan 6
Asts: Romeo 8
February 6
TNT KaTropa 95, GlobalPort Batang Pier 90
Scoring by quarter: 30–22, 18–19, 28–26, 19–23
Pts: de Ocampo 25
Rebs: Rosario 11
Asts: Castro 8		 Pts: Romeo 22
Rebs: Maierhofer 10
Asts: Pringle 6
TNT wins series, 2–0

Semifinals

(1) San Miguel vs. (4) TNT
February 8
San Miguel Beermen 111, TNT KaTropa 98
Scoring by quarter: 32–16, 24–30, 27–27, 28–25
Pts: Lassiter 22
Rebs: Fajardo, Lassiter 8
Asts: Ross 10		 Pts: Castro 27
Rebs: Tautuaa 7
Asts: Castro 8
February 10
San Miguel Beermen 85, TNT KaTropa 87
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 18–22, 26–23, 26–22
Pts: Fajardo 25
Rebs: Santos 12
Asts: Ross 7		 Pts: Rosario 14
Rebs: de Ocampo 13
Asts: Castro 11
February 12
San Miguel Beermen 92, TNT KaTropa 98
Scoring by quarter: 30–25, 19–28, 23–19, 20–26
Pts: Cabagnot, Lassiter 18
Rebs: three players 9
Asts: Cabagnot 7		 Pts: de Ocampo 24
Rebs: de Ocampo 9
Asts: Castro 12
February 14
San Miguel Beermen 97, TNT KaTropa 86
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 26–13, 32–26, 21–28
Pts: Ross 31
Rebs: Fajardo 15
Asts: Lassiter 10		 Pts: Fonacier 15
Rebs: Ganuelas-Rosser, Williams 7
Asts: Castro, Reyes 5
February 16
San Miguel Beermen 94, TNT KaTropa 101
Scoring by quarter: 32–24, 8–26, 29–23, 25–28
Pts: Santos 18
Rebs: Fajardo 15
Asts: three players 4		 Pts: three players 18
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: Castro 7
February 18
San Miguel Beermen 104, TNT KaTropa 88
Scoring by quarter: 26–27, 19–26, 25–16, 34–19
Pts: Fajardo 23
Rebs: Fajardo 21
Asts: Cabagnot, Lassiter 7		 Pts: Castro 19
Rebs: Reyes 9
Asts: Castro 5
February 20
San Miguel Beermen 96, TNT KaTropa 83
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 19–20, 36–21, 19–23
Pts: Fajardo, Santos 22
Rebs: Fajardo 19
Asts: Ross 10		 Pts: Fonacier 14
Rebs: Williams 14
Asts: Fonacier, Pogoy 4
San Miguel wins series, 4–3

(3) Star vs. (7) Barangay Ginebra
February 9
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 74, Star Hotshots 78
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 19–23, 20–23, 16–18
Pts: Ellis 12
Rebs: Thompson 10
Asts: Tenorio 6		 Pts: Lee 18
Rebs: Pingris 12
Asts: Pingris 5
February 11
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 89, Star Hotshots 91
Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 22–23, 24–22, 20–19
Pts: Ferrer 25
Rebs: Aguilar 15
Asts: Thompson 6		 Pts: Lee 17
Rebs: Pingris 8
Asts: Jalalon, Pingris 5
February 13
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 73, Star Hotshots 62
Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 12–19, 17–22, 23–11
Pts: Mercado 16
Rebs: Aguilar 13
Asts: Mercado 6		 Pts: Pingris 12
Rebs: Pingris 18
Asts: Barroca 4
February 15
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 93, Star Hotshots 86
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 27–18, 17–21, 28–24
Pts: Cruz 21
Rebs: Thompson 14
Asts: Tenorio 5		 Pts: Maliksi 18
Rebs: Pingris 13
Asts: Lee, Pingris 2
February 17
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 80, Star Hotshots 89
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 23–28, 10–22, 25–18
Pts: Aguilar 13
Rebs: Ferrer, Mercado 5
Asts: Ellis 4		 Pts: Reavis 17
Rebs: Reavis 13
Asts: Barroca 7
February 19
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 91, Star Hotshots 67
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 13–17, 24–15, 29–13
Pts: Mercado 21
Rebs: Aguilar 10
Asts: Tenorio 5		 Pts: Pingris 14
Rebs: Pingris 10
Asts: Barroca 4
February 21
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 89, Star Hotshots 76
Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 19–20, 20–25, 24–15
Pts: Mercado 23
Rebs: Thompson 9
Asts: Mercado, Tenorio 5		 Pts: Maliksi 22
Rebs: Pingris, Ramos 8
Asts: Pingris 6
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–3
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 20,221

Finals
Main article: 2016–17 PBA Philippine Cup Finals

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week
Week Player Ref.
November 20–27 Mac Belo (Blackwater Elite) [1]
November 28 – December 4 JC Intal (Phoenix Fuel Masters) [2]
December 5–11 Paul Lee (Star Hotshots) [3]
December 12–18 Vic Manuel (Alaska Aces) [4]
December 19–25 Alex Mallari (Mahindra Floodbuster) [5]
December 28 – January 8 Alex Cabagnot (San Miguel Beermen) [6]
January 9–15 Roi Sumang (Blackwater Elite) [7]
January 16–22 Matthew Wright (Phoenix Fuel Masters) [8]
January 23–29 Allein Maliksi (Star Hotshots) [9]
January 31 – February 4 Paul Lee (Star Hotshots) [10]

Statistics

Individual statistical leaders
CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic
Points per gameTerrence RomeoGlobalPort Batang Pier28.2
Rebounds per gameJune Mar FajardoSan Miguel Beermen14.1
Assists per gameChris RossSan Miguel Beermen6.9
Steals per gameChris RossSan Miguel Beermen2.6
Blocks per gameJune Mar FajardoSan Miguel Beermen2.5
Turnovers per gameAlex MallariMahindra Floodbuster4.8
Fouls per gameJewel PonferadaRain or Shine Elasto Painters3.8
Calvin AbuevaAlaska Aces
Minutes per gameTerrence RomeoGlobalPort Batang Pier36.8
FG%Rafi ReavisStar Hotshots66.1%
FT%Chris TiuRain or Shine Elasto Painters100.0%
3FG%Russel EscotoMahindra Floodbuster66.7%
Double-doublesJune Mar FajardoSan Miguel Beermen17

Individual game highs
CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic
PointsTerrence RomeoGlobalPort Batang Pier44
ReboundsJune Mar FajardoSan Miguel Beermen23
AssistsJayson CastroTNT KaTropa12
StealsChris Ross (thrice)San Miguel Beermen6
BlocksJune Mar FajardoSan Miguel Beermen7
Three point field goalsTerrence Romeo (twice)GlobalPort Batang Pier8

Team statistical leaders
CategoryTeamStatistic
Points per gameSan Miguel Beermen98.5
Rebounds per gameRain or Shine Elasto Painters50.2
Assists per gameBarangay Ginebra San Miguel21.0
Steals per gameStar Hotshots7.6
Blocks per gameSan Miguel Beermen5.1
Turnovers per gameNLEX Road Warriors22.1
FG%San Miguel Beermen44.8%
GlobalPort Batang Pier
FT%GlobalPort Batang Pier79.0%
3FG%GlobalPort Batang Pier37.6%

References
  1. "Player of the Week: Rookie Belo makes early impact for Elite". Inquirer.net. November 28, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
  2. "Player of the Week: JC Intal unleashing old form for Phoenix". Inquirer.net. December 4, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  3. "Player of the Week: Paul Lee shows all-around game for Star". Inquirer.net. December 12, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  4. "Player of the Week: Vic Manuel provides muscle to Aces' surge". Inquirer.net. December 19, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  5. "Player of the Week: Mallari ties career best". Inquirer.net. December 26, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  6. "Player of the Week: Cabagnot shows way for red-hot Beermen". Inquirer.net. January 7, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  7. "Player of the Week: Resurgent Sumang steps up for Elite". Inquirer.net. January 16, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  8. "Player of the Week: Wright flaunts all-around game". Inquirer.net. January 23, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
  9. "Player of the Week: Maliksi leads Star's playoff push". Inquirer.net. January 30, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  10. "Player of the Week: Healthy Lee leading Star in playoffs". Inquirer.net. February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
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