2021 PBA Philippine Cup

2021 PBA Philippine Cup
2021 PBA Philippine Cup
Duration	July 16 – August 3, 2021 (before suspension); September 1 – October 29, 2021 (resumption)
TV partner(s)	Local: ; One Sports ; TV5 ; PBA Rush (HD) ; International: ; AksyonTV International
Finals
Champions	TNT Tropang Giga
Runners-up	Magnolia Hotshots
Awards
Best Player	Calvin Abueva; (Magnolia Hotshots)
Finals MVP	Mikey Williams; (TNT Tropang Giga)
PBA Philippine Cup chronology
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The 2021 Philippine Cup, also known as the 2021 Honda PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2021 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 43rd PBA Philippine Cup started on July 16, 2021 and ended on October 29, 2021. The tournament did not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports.

On August 3, the league announced that it will be suspending their games beginning August 4 after the government declared that Metro Manila will be under Enhanced Community Quarantine from August 6 to 20. The league have appealed to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) if they can continue their tournament in Batangas, which is under a more relaxed quarantine restrictions.^[1]

On August 31, the tournament resumed and the games were played Don Honorio Ventura State University Gymnasium in Bacolor, Pampanga.^[2]

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:^[3]

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 v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	TNT Tropang Giga	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Meralco Bolts	9	2	.818	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots	8	3	.727	2	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636	3
5	NorthPort Batang Pier	6	5	.545^[a]	4
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	5	.545^[a]	4
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	4	7	.364^[b]	6	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	4	7	.364^[b]	6
10	Terrafirma Dyip	4	7	.364^[b]	6
11	Alaska Aces	3	8	.273	7
12	Blackwater Bossing	0	11	.000	10

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^[4]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Rain or Shine
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.03, Barangay Ginebra 1.01, Terrafirma 0.96; eighth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 95–85 Phoenix

Schedule

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Alaska	BWB	MAG	PHX	ROS	MER	NLEX	BGSM	TNT	TER	SMB	NP
Barangay Ginebra	NLEX	BWB	MAG	NP	TER	ROS	SMB	TNT	PHX	ALA	MER
Blackwater	ALA	ROS	BGSM	SMB	TNT	MAG	TER	NP	PHX	NLEX	MER
Magnolia	PHX	ALA	BGSM	TER	MER	BWB	TNT	NLEX	ROS	NP	SMB
Meralco	NP	SMB	ROS	PHX	ALA	MAG	TNT	TER	BWB	NLEX	BGSM
NLEX	ROS	BGSM	SMB	TER	ALA	PHX	MAG	TNT	NP	BWB	MER
NorthPort	MER	PHX	SMB	BGSM	BWB	TER	NLEX	TNT	MAG	ROS	ALA
Phoenix Super LPG	MAG	NP	ALA	MER	TNT	ROS	NLEX	TER	BWB	BGSM	SMB
Rain or Shine	NLEX	BWB	MER	ALA	TNT	TER	PHX	BGSM	MAG	SMB	NP
San Miguel	MER	NLEX	NP	BWB	TER	TNT	BGSM	ROS	PHX	MAG	ALA
Terrafirma	TNT	NLEX	MAG	ROS	SMB	BGSM	BWB	PHX	NP	MER	ALA
TNT	TER	ROS	PHX	BWB	MER	MAG	SMB	NLEX	BGSM	NP	ALA

Source: PBA.ph
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

Results

Teams	ALA	BGSM	BWB	MAG	MER	NLEX	NP	PHX	ROS	SMB	TER	TNT
Alaska Aces	—	89–75	103–77	82–84	80–89	74–84	94–122	93–101	74–48	100–101	89–105	85–103
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel		—	96–81	79–89	66–79	75–94	87–85	94–87	83–77	102–111	90–95	67–88
Blackwater Bossing			—	78–94	97–104	73–90	73–98	92–114	62–71	80–99	84–96	76–96
Magnolia Hotshots				—	94–95	112–105**	90–89	80–73	72–75	100–90	105–83	76–83
Meralco Bolts					—	104–101	85–63	91–80	72–85	93–87	95–83	76–91
NLEX Road Warriors						—	94–96	94–76	82–83	93–110	108–94	85–100
NorthPort Batang Pier							—	115–79	91–88*	86–88	104–84	92–102
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters								—	78–77	80–110	96–84	80–84
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters									—	95–93	83–77	69–79
San Miguel Beermen										—	104–110*	83–67
Terrafirma Dyip											—	79–86
TNT Tropang Giga												—

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

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 95, Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 85
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 27–18, 30–28, 16–19
Pts: Caperal 19 Rebs: Standhardinger 12 Asts: Pringle, Tenorio 4		Pts: Perkins 15 Rebs: Pascual 11 Asts: Wright 8


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

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	TNT		84

8	Barangay Ginebra		71
				1	TNT	4
(best-of-3)
				4	San Miguel	3
4	San Miguel		2

5	NorthPort		0
							1	TNT	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							3	Magnolia	1
2	Meralco	80	97

7	NLEX	81	86
				2	Meralco	2
(best-of-3)
				3	Magnolia	4
3	Magnolia		2

6	Rain or Shine		0

TNT Tropang Giga 84, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 71
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 22–12, 27–16, 18–22
Pts: Pogoy 16 Rebs: K. Williams, M. Williams 7 Asts: Reyes, M. Williams 5		Pts: Standhardinger 17 Rebs: Standhardinger 19 Asts: three players 3
TNT wins series in one game

Meralco Bolts 80, NLEX Road Warriors 81
Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 16–24, 22–19, 16–18
Pts: Maliksi 16 Rebs: Hodge 11 Asts: Newsome, Quinto 4		Pts: Semerad 23 Rebs: Oftana 9 Asts: Oftana 5

Format

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Results

Eighth seed playoff

Postponed games due to COVID-19

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) TNT vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra

(2) Meralco vs (7) NLEX

(3) Magnolia vs (6) Rain or Shine

(4) San Miguel vs (5) NorthPort

Semifinals

(1) TNT vs. (4) San Miguel

(2) Meralco vs. (3) Magnolia

Finals

Awards

Players of the Week

Statistics

Individual statistical leaders

Individual game highs

Team statistical leaders

References