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2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup finals
TeamCoachWins
(2) San Miguel Beermen Leo Austria 4
(1) Alaska Aces Alex Compton 3
DatesJanuary 17 – February 3, 2016
MVPChris Ross
(San Miguel Beermen)
TelevisionLocal:
Sports5
TV5
AksyonTV
Cignal PPV (HD)
Hyper (HD)
Fox Sports
International:
AksyonTV International
Referees
Game 1:A. Herrera, P. Balao, E. Tangkion, J. Oliva
Game 2:P. Balao, J. Mariano, E. Tangkion, J. Oliva
Game 3:N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, E. Tangkion, S. Pineda
Game 4:N. Quilinguen, R. Marabe, R. Dacanay, J. Oliva
Game 5:J. Mariano, N. Guevarra, J. Marabe, E. Tangkion
Game 6:A. Herrera, P. Balao, N. Guevara, S. Pineda
Game 7:N. Quilinguen, N. Guevarra, R. Dacanay, J. Oliva
PBA Philippine Cup finals chronology
PBA finals chronology

The 2015–16 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs.[1] The Alaska Aces and the San Miguel Beermen competed for the 38th All-Filipino championship and the 116th overall championship contested by the league.

This also serves as the rematch for both teams, as they competed for the 2014–15 Philippine Cup and for the 2015 Governors' Cup, a year and a conference, respectively.[2]

The Alaska Aces won the first three games to go up 3–0, behind Vic Manuel's outstanding performances.[3][4][5] Since then, the San Miguel Beermen won Games 4, 5, and 6[6][7][8] to force a Game 7 and became the first team in PBA history to force a seventh game, after being down 0–3, behind excellent performances from Marcio Lassiter and Arwind Santos. Game 5 marked the return of June Mar Fajardo,[9] who suffered a knee injury in Game 6 of their semifinals series against the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters.

San Miguel won against Alaska in seven games to capture their 22nd PBA championship and their 6th Philippine Cup. Dubbed as "BEERacle", San Miguel became the first team in professional basketball history to win a series coming from a 0–3 deficit.[10]

Background

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In the 2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup, the Alaska Aces and the San Miguel Beermen were the top 2 teams in the conference, both with a 9–2 record. In their head-to-head matchup in the elimination round, the Aces defeated San Miguel, 103–97 to clinch the top spot in the elimination round.[11] The Beermen finished second. With the virtue of being the top two teams, the Aces and the Beermen qualified directly to the semi-finals of the conference.

In the semifinals, Alaska faced the GlobalPort Batang Pier, who are making their first semifinals appearance in the history of their franchise.[12] The first game was won by GlobalPort, led by Terrence Romeo's career high 41 points.[13] Since then, the Aces bounced back to win 4 straight games to win the series 4–1 with the held, and make their 10th Philippine Cup finals appearance.[14]

San Miguel faced the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the other semi-final series. The two teams last played a semifinals series against each other during the 2015 PBA Governors' Cup. The first game was won by San Miguel, coming back from a 20-point deficit, behind June Mar Fajardo's double-double of 36 points and 18 rebounds and Ronald Tubid's outside shooting heroics.[15] Rain or Shine won Game 2, led by Jeff Chan's 16 points,[16] and Game 3, led by Paul Lee's 18 points.[17] The Elasto Painters were not able to win the next games and the Beermen went on to win 3 straight games to win the series 4–2 and to book their ticket to the finals.[18] However, June Mar Fajardo got injured with a twisted left knee during the game and was brought out of the Smart Araneta Coliseum, and was brought directly to the St. Lukes Medical Center in Taguig.[19]

Road to the finals

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Main article: 2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup
San Miguel Alaska
Finished 9–2 (0.818): Tied with Alaska at 1st place Elimination round Finished 9–2 (0.818): Tied with San Miguel at 1st place
0.942 (2nd place) Tiebreaker* 1.062 (1st place)
Automatically advanced after placing top 2 Quarterfinals Automatically advanced after placing top 2
def. Rain or Shine, 4–2 Semifinals def. GlobalPort, 4–1

head-to-head matchup

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Series summary

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Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Wins
San Miguel 91 80 75 110* 86* 100 96 4
Alaska 100 83 82 104 73 89 89 3
Venue Araneta Araneta Lucena PhilSports Araneta Araneta MOA

*overtime

Game 1

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January 17
5:00pm
San Miguel Beermen 91, Alaska Aces 100
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 19–15, 33–28, 16–34
Pts: Cabagnot 20
Rebs: Espinas 8
Asts: Cabagnot, Ross 4		 Pts: Manuel 24
Rebs: Abueva 13
Asts: Hontiveros, Jazul 4
Alaska leads series, 1–0
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: A. Herrera, P. Balao, E. Tangkion, J. Oliva

In this game, the Beermen and the Aces were tied after the first quarter as both team scored 23 points a piece. Then at halftime, the Beermen hold a 4-point lead against the Aces. After the third quarter, the Beermen scored 33 points as they got a nine-point lead over the Aces. But in the 4th quarter, the Aces scored 34 points to comeback from a nine-point deficit in the 3rd quarter and won Game 1 of the series.

Game 2

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January 19
7:00pm
San Miguel Beermen 80, Alaska Aces 83
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 18–16, 24–23, 20–21
Pts: Cabagnot 23
Rebs: de Ocampo 14
Asts: Lassiter 3		 Pts: Manuel 18
Rebs: Abueva 11
Asts: Manuel 3
Alaska lead series, 2–0
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: P. Balao, J. Mariano, E. Tangkion, J. Oliva

Game 3

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January 22
7:00pm
San Miguel Beermen 75, Alaska Aces 82
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 24–11, 17–24, 17–27
Pts: Reyes 13
Rebs: Santos 9
Asts: Cabagnot 5		 Pts: Manuel 17
Rebs: Baguio 8
Asts: Baguio 4
Alaska lead series, 3–0
Quezon Convention Center, Lucena
Referees: N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, E. Tangkion, S. Pineda

Game 4

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January 24
5:00pm
San Miguel Beermen 110, Alaska Aces 104 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 23–21, 26–28, 29–21, Overtime: 12–6
Pts: Lassiter 26
Rebs: Espinas 14
Asts: Ross 9		 Pts: Manuel 20
Rebs: Manuel 13
Asts: Baguio, Casio 4
Alaska lead series, 3–1
PhilSports Arena, Pasig
Referees: N. Quilinguen, R. Marabe, R. Dacanay, J. Oliva

Game 5

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January 27
7:00pm
San Miguel Beermen 86, Alaska Aces 73 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 13–16, 16–19, 15–12, Overtime: 19–6
Pts: Santos 22
Rebs: Santos 16
Asts: Ross 7		 Pts: Manuel 25
Rebs: Manuel 13
Asts: Abueva 6
Alaska lead series, 3–2
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: J. Mariano, N. Guevarra, J. Marabe, E. Tangkion

Game 6

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January 29
7:00pm
San Miguel Beermen 100, Alaska Aces 89
Scoring by quarter: 22–29, 29–20, 16–17, 33–23
Pts: Lassiter 26
Rebs: Santos 15
Asts: three players 3		 Pts: Manuel 21
Rebs: Abueva, Manuel 9
Asts: Jazul 4
Series tied, 3–3
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 12,626
Referees: A. Herrera, P. Balao, N. Guevara, S. Pineda

Game 7

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February 3
7:00pm
San Miguel Beermen 96, Alaska Aces 89
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 21–22, 25–13, 28–38
Pts: Fajardo, Ross 21
Rebs: Fajardo 15
Asts: Cabagnot, Ross 5		 Pts: Banchero 21
Rebs: Baguio 11
Asts: Abueva, Exciminiano 3
San Miguel wins series, 4–3
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 23,616
Referees: N. Quilinguen, N. Guevarra, R. Dacanay, J. Oliva

In a controversial move, Alaska head coach Alex Compton called for three straight timeouts at the start of the game.

By winning the game and the series, San Miguel became the first team in professional basketball history to comeback in a 3–0 deficit. This comeback is known as the "Beeracle". It was cited by The New York Times in a May 2023 article about a prelude to the Game 7 of the 2023 NBA Eastern Conference finals series between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat, where Miami led the series 3–0 before Boston won the next three games to force a game 7.[20][21] Unlike the Beermen, however, the Celtics lost the Game 7, rendering their comeback attempt as unsuccessful.[22]

Rosters

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San Miguel Beermen roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 1 Philippines Heruela, Brian 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1989-04-13 Cebu
G/F 3 United States Lutz, Chris 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1985-02-11 Marshall
F/C 4 Philippines Reyes, Jay-R 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1984-07-16 UP Diliman
G 5 Philippines Cabagnot, Alex 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1982-12-08 Hawaiʻi–Hilo
G 6 United States Ross, Chris 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1985-03-08 Marshall
G/F 13 United States Lassiter, Marcio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1987-05-16 Cal State Fullerton
C 15 Philippines Fajardo, June Mar 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 268 lb (122 kg) 1989-11-17 Cebu
G 18 Philippines Araña, Ryan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1983-03-23 De La Salle
F 21 Philippines Omolon, Nelbert 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1980-06-30 Philippine Christian
F 27 Philippines Espinas, Gabby 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1982-01-03 Philippine Christian
F 28 Philippines Mabulac, Michael (R/IN) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1991-10-31 José Rizal
F 29 Philippines Santos, Arwind (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1981-06-10 Far Eastern
F 33 Australia Semerad, David 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1991-04-25 San Beda
G 71 Philippines Tubid, Ronald 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1981-10-15 UE
C 95 Philippines De Ocampo, Yancy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1980-03-11 Saint Francis of Assisi
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import
  • (GI) Governors' Cup Import
  • (EI) EASL Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (R) Rookie
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Alaska Aces roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 2 United States Banchero, Chris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1989–01–24 Seattle Pacific
G/F 3 Philippines Baguio, Cyrus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1980–08–19 UST
F 4 Philippines Manuel, Vic 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1987–06–18 PSBA
C 7 Papua New Guinea Thoss, Sonny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1981–12–07 James Cook
F 8 Philippines Abueva, Calvin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–02–04 San Sebastian
F/C 9 Philippines Baclao, Nonoy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1987–06–15 Ateneo
F/C 10 Philippines Magat, Marion (R/IN) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1989–10–22 National-U
F 11 United States dela Rosa, Rome 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1990–12–11 San Beda
G 17 Philippines Exciminiano, Chris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–11–17 Far Eastern
G/F 25 Philippines Hontiveros, Dondon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1977–06–01 Cebu
C 26 Philippines Eman, Samigue 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 239 lb (108 kg) 1982–03–12 Mindanao
F/C 30 United States Menk, Eric 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1974–08–24 Lake Superior State
G 31 Philippines Jazul, RJ 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986–04–11 Letran
F 35 United States dela Cruz, Tony (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1978–08–24 UC Irvine
G 42 Philippines Casio, JVee 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1986–09–01 De La Salle
F 61 Philippines Racal, Kevin (R/IN) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991–05–16 Letran
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Philippines Dickie Bachmann[a] (De La Salle)


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import
  • (GI) Governors' Cup Import
  • (EI) EASL Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (R) Rookie
  • Injured Injured

Roster

  • a also serves as Alaska's board governor.

Broadcast notes

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The Philippine Cup Finals aired on TV5 with simulcasts on Hyper (both in standard and high definition) and Cignal TV channel 198 (in high definition). TV5's radio arm, Radyo5 aired it as well. Fox Sports Asia airs the games as well on a delayed basis.

Cignal TV provided English-language coverage of the finals.

Game Sports5 Cignal TV (English) Fox Sports (English)
Play-by-play Analyst(s) Courtside reporters Play-by-play Analyst(s) Play-by-play Analyst(s)
Game 1 Magoo Marjon Andy Jao and Ryan Gregorio Rizza Diaz same commentators with TV5 no broadcast
Game 2 Charlie Cuna Eric Reyes and Tim Cone Sel Guevara James Velasquez Richard del Rosario Nikko Ramos Ronnie Magsanoc
Game 3 Magoo Marjon Jolly Escobar and Charles Tiu Apple David James Velasquez Carlo Pamintuan no broadcast
Game 4 Sev Sarmenta Andy Jao and Ali Peek Rizza Diaz Aaron Atayde Norman Black Jude Turcuato Vince Hizon
Game 5 Magoo Marjon Dominic Uy and Tim Cone Sel Guevara Charlie Cuna Luigi Trillo Nikko Ramos Vince Hizon
Game 6 Charlie Cuna Quinito Henson and Tim Cone Rizza Diaz Aaron Atayde Ryan Gregorio Jude Turcuato Ronnie Magsanoc
Game 7 Magoo Marjon Dominic Uy and Tim Cone Apple David Charlie Cuna Richard del Rosario Nikko Ramos Vince Hizon

References

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  1. ^ PBA set to hold one game of Philippine Cup finals in Lucena, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, January 13, 2016
  2. ^ PBA’s most successful franchises San Miguel, Alaska collide as Philippine Cup Finals unfold, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, January 17, 2016
  3. ^ HIGHLIGHTS: Alaska vs San Miguel – 2016 PBA Philippine Cup Finals Game 1, rappler.com, Rappler, January 17, 2016
  4. ^ Alaska up 2–0, Edri Aznar, Sun Star Cebu, January 20, 2016
  5. ^ Aces flatten Beermen, gain 3–0 lead, Nelson Beltran, The Philippine Star, January 23, 2016
  6. ^ San Miguel foils Alaska's PBA Finals sweep, wins Game 4 in OT to extend series, Jane Bracher, Rappler, January 24, 2016
  7. ^ San Miguel beats Alaska in Game 5, extends PBA Finals, Naveen Ganglani, Rappler, January 27, 2016
  8. ^ PBA Finals: San Miguel Beer pummels Alaska, forces Game 7 Archived 2016-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, CNN Philippines, February 1, 2016
  9. ^ PBA Finals: Fajardo returns as Beermen scrape past Alaska in Game 5 Archived 2016-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, Jan Ballesteros, CNN Philippines, January 28, 2016
  10. ^ San Miguel makes history, wins PBA Philippine Cup title, Jane Bracher, Rappler, February 3, 2016
  11. ^ PBA: Alaska outlasts Beermen, overcomes Fajardo's 43 points Archived 2016-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, CNN Philippines, December 17, 2015
  12. ^ PBA: GlobalPort outlasts Ginebra, books semis slugfest vs Alaska, Renee Fopalan, GMA News, December 27, 2015
  13. ^ Terrence Romeo runs GlobalPort show, scores career-high 41 in Game One win over Alaska, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph
  14. ^ Alaska returns to PBA Finals after blowout of Globalport, Jane Bracher, Rappler, January 12, 2016
  15. ^ PBA: San Miguel erases 20-pt lead, steals Game 1 of semis vs Rain or Shine, Renee Fopalan, GMA News, January 5, 2016
  16. ^ Rain or Shine avoids another meltdown vs San Miguel in Game 2, Naveen Ganglani, Rappler, January 7, 2016
  17. ^ PBA 2016: San Miguel falls despite Fajardo's 40 points; Rain or Shine leads series 2–1 Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, Ernest Hernandez, SportsRageous, January 9, 2016
  18. ^ San Miguel beats Rain or Shine to make finals, but loses Fajardo, Naveen Ganglani, Rappler, January 15, 2016
  19. ^ Prayers for June Mar Fajardo after SMB, Gilas star leaves Game Six with knee injury, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, January 15, 2016
  20. ^ Henson, Joaquin (May 29, 2023). "'Beeracle' cited by NY Times". The Philippine Star. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  21. ^ Marther, Victor (May 29, 2023). "The Miami Heat Are on the Brink of Bad History". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 30, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  22. ^ Cacciola, Scott (May 29, 2023). "The Miami Heat Earned a Trip to the N.B.A. Finals the Hard Way". The New York Times. Retrieved February 12, 2024. The Heat, just the second eighth seed to reach the championship round, nearly blew a 3-0 series lead against the Celtics.
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