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 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:

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	—	89–75	103–77	82–84	80–89	74–84	94–122	93–101	74–48	100–101	89–105	85–103
Barangay Ginebra		—	96–81	79–89	66–79	75–94	87–85	94–87	83–77	102–111	90–95	67–88
Blackwater			—	78–94	97–104	73–90	73–98	92–114	62–71	80–99	84–96	76–96
Magnolia				—	94–95	112–105**	90–89	80–73	72–75	100–90	105–83	76–83
Meralco					—	104–101	85–63	91–80	72–85	93–87	95–83	76–91
NLEX						—	94–96	94–76	82–83	93–110	108–94	85–100
NorthPort							—	115–79	91–88*	86–88	104–84	92–102
Phoenix Super LPG								—	78–77	80–110	96–84	80–84
Rain or Shine									—	95–93	83–77	69–79
San Miguel										—	104–110*	83–67
Terrafirma											—	79–86
TNT												—

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.

Postponed games due to COVID-19

July 21: Terrafirma vs. Alaska and TNT vs. Magnolia^[5]
July 23: Rain or Shine vs. Terrafirma^[6]
July 24: Meralco vs. TNT^[6]
July 31: Blackwater vs. Phoenix^[7]
August 1: San Miguel vs. Barangay Ginebra^[8]
September 4: Alaska vs. San Miguel^[9]
September 5: Meralco vs. Barangay Ginebra^[10]

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

Meralco Bolts 97, NLEX Road Warriors 86
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 24–14, 22–25, 29–26
Pts: Newsome 23 Rebs: Hodge, Newsome 9 Asts: Caram, Newsome 6		Pts: Trollano 19 Rebs: Oftana 11 Asts: Alas 4
Meralco wins series in two games

Magnolia Hotshots 81, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 70
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 16–26, 23–8, 21–20
Pts: Lee 20 Rebs: Abueva, Sangalang 13 Asts: Barroca 5		Pts: Santillan 17 Rebs: Santillan 12 Asts: Belga 6

Magnolia Hotshots 96, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 86
Scoring by quarter: 28–17, 21–24, 22–28, 25–17
Pts: Lee 24 Rebs: Abueva 19 Asts: Jalalon 6		Pts: Yap 16 Rebs: Belga, Santillan 6 Asts: Belga 5
Magnolia wins series, 2–0

San Miguel Beermen 88, NorthPort Batang Pier 87
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 23–24, 21–17, 23–27
Pts: Cabagnot 20 Rebs: Fajardo, Santos 11 Asts: Lassiter 9		Pts: Anthony 16 Rebs: Slaughter 10 Asts: Bolick 7

San Miguel Beermen 100, NorthPort Batang Pier 95
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 29–20, 28–27, 26–29
Pts: Perez 21 Rebs: Santos 13 Asts: Ross 6		Pts: Slaughter 27 Rebs: Slaughter 12 Asts: Bolick 14
San Miguel wins series, 2–0

TNT Tropang Giga 89, San Miguel Beermen 88
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 23–24, 29–19, 18–28
Pts: Pogoy 23 Rebs: M. Williams 8 Asts: Castro, M. Williams 6		Pts: Perez 23 Rebs: Fajardo 11 Asts: Fajardo, Ross 4

TNT Tropang Giga 96, San Miguel Beermen 98
Scoring by quarter: 31–23, 22–23, 29–21, 14–31
Pts: Pogoy 21 Rebs: Erram, Marcelo 10 Asts: M. Williams 7		Pts: Romeo 26 Rebs: Fajardo 10 Asts: Ross 5

TNT Tropang Giga 115, San Miguel Beermen 98
Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 25–22, 31–26, 30–30
Pts: Pogoy 26 Rebs: Erram 13 Asts: M. Williams 5		Pts: Romeo 22 Rebs: Fajardo 10 Asts: Fajardo 4

TNT Tropang Giga 90, San Miguel Beermen 116
Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 18–31, 29–34, 29–25
Pts: Castro 15 Rebs: Marcelo 14 Asts: three players 4		Pts: Tautuaa 25 Rebs: Fajardo 15 Asts: Ross 9

TNT Tropang Giga 110, San Miguel Beermen 90
Scoring by quarter: 32–17, 29–18, 20–26, 29–29
Pts: Castro 19 Rebs: Rosario 8 Asts: Castro 8		Pts: Fajardo 23 Rebs: Fajardo 12 Asts: Ross 3

TNT Tropang Giga 90, San Miguel Beermen 103
Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 17–26, 24–33, 28–17
Pts: Castro, Reyes 16 Rebs: Rosario 10 Asts: M. Williams 5		Pts: Tautuaa 24 Rebs: Fajardo 14 Asts: Romeo 6

TNT Tropang Giga 97, San Miguel Beermen 79
Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 30–13, 22–19, 30–24
Pts: Pogoy 27 Rebs: Rosario 12 Asts: M. Williams 6		Pts: Fajardo 22 Rebs: Fajardo 16 Asts: Fajardo, Ross 3
TNT wins series, 4–3

Meralco Bolts 79, Magnolia Hotshots 88
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 23–25, 24–14, 15–27
Pts: Quinto 14 Rebs: Hodge 8 Asts: Quinto 10		Pts: Sangalang 18 Rebs: Reavis 10 Asts: Barroca 6

Meralco Bolts 78, Magnolia Hotshots 92
Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 23–25, 22–26, 20–28
Pts: Newsome 18 Rebs: Belo, Hugnatan 7 Asts: Newsome 7		Pts: Lee 28 Rebs: Abueva 11 Asts: Barroca 6

Meralco Bolts 91, Magnolia Hotshots 86
Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 23–23, 26–17, 18–32
Pts: Newsome 17 Rebs: Hodge 12 Asts: Newsome, Quinto 4		Pts: Lee 18 Rebs: Abueva, Sangalang 7 Asts: Jalalon 9

Meralco Bolts 69, Magnolia Hotshots 81
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 17–23, 15–22, 19–13
Pts: Hugnatan 21 Rebs: Hugnatan 9 Asts: Newsome 8		Pts: three players 17 Rebs: Abueva 12 Asts: Barroca 6

2021 PBA Philippine Cup

Format

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Results

Postponed games due to COVID-19

Eighth seed playoff

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

Meralco Bolts 102, Magnolia Hotshots 98
Scoring by quarter: 23–33, 22–14, 24–24, 33–27
Pts: Maliksi 29 Rebs: Almazan 10 Asts: Newsome 6		Pts: Barroca 25 Rebs: Sangalang 14 Asts: Abueva 6

Meralco Bolts 85, Magnolia Hotshots 93
Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 13–24, 28–28, 17–21
Pts: Almazan 16 Rebs: Almazan 12 Asts: Hodge, Newsome 6		Pts: Sangalang 19 Rebs: Sangalang 14 Asts: Sangalang 6
Magnolia wins series, 4–2

TNT Tropang Giga 94, Magnolia Hotshots 79
TNT wins series, 4–1

Week	Player	Ref.
July 16–18	Rey Nambatac (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)	^[11]
July 19–25	Ian Sangalang (Magnolia Hotshots)	^[12]
July 26 – August 1	Troy Rosario (TNT Tropang Giga)	^[13]
September 1–5	Juami Tiongson (Terrafirma Dyip)	^[14]
September 8–12	Robert Bolick (NorthPort Batang Pier)	^[15]
September 15–19	Paul Lee (Magnolia Hotshots)	^[16]
September 22–26	CJ Perez (San Miguel Beermen)	^[17]
September 29 – October 3	Calvin Abueva (Magnolia Hotshots)	^[18]
October 4–11	Ian Sangalang (Magnolia Hotshots)	^[19]
October 13–17	Mikey Williams (TNT Tropang Giga)	^[20]

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points per game	Terrence Romeo	San Miguel Beermen	19.0
Rebounds per game	Christian Standhardinger	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	10.8
Assists per game	Robert Bolick	NorthPort Batang Pier	7.3
Steals per game	Chris Ross	San Miguel Beermen	2.3
Blocks per game	Greg Slaughter	NorthPort Batang Pier	2.3
Turnovers per game	Matthew Wright	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	3.6
Fouls per game	Calvin Abueva	Magnolia Hotshots	4.6
Minutes per game	Robert Bolick	NorthPort Batang Pier	38.9
FG%	Raul Soyud	NLEX Road Warriors	57.6%
FT%	Marcio Lassiter	San Miguel Beermen	93.8%
3FG%	Troy Rike	NorthPort Batang Pier	55.6%
Double-doubles	June Mar Fajardo	San Miguel Beermen	15
Triple-doubles	Robert Bolick	NorthPort Batang Pier	1

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points	Mikey Williams	TNT Tropang Giga	39
Rebounds	Christian Standhardinger (twice)	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	19
Rebounds	Calvin Abueva	Magnolia Hotshots	19
Assists	Robert Bolick	NorthPort Batang Pier	14
Steals	Chris Newsome	Meralco Bolts	6
Steals	Chris Ross	San Miguel Beermen	6
Blocks	Greg Slaughter	NorthPort Batang Pier	6
Three point field goals	Mikey Williams	TNT Tropang Giga	10

Category	Team	Statistic
Points per game	San Miguel Beermen	96.8
Rebounds per game	NorthPort Batang Pier	49.1
Assists per game	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	19.9
Steals per game	TNT Tropang Giga	8.7
Blocks per game	NorthPort Batang Pier	5.3
Turnovers per game	Meralco Bolts	17.2
Fouls per game	Magnolia Hotshots	25.3
FG%	San Miguel Beermen	44.0%
FT%	NLEX Road Warriors	73.9%
3FG%	Alaska Aces	33.0%