The 2024 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup finals was a best-of-7 championship series of the 2024 PBA Philippine Cup. It marked the end of the conference's playoffs and 2023–24 PBA season.
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| Dates | June 5, 2024 – present | ||||||||||
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| Television | Local: RPTV PBA Rush (HD) International: Pilipinas Live Online: Pilipinas Live | ||||||||||
| Announcers | see Broadcast notes | ||||||||||
| Radio network | Radyo5 / DZSR | ||||||||||
| Announcers | see Broadcast notes | ||||||||||
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The San Miguel Beermen and the Meralco Bolts competed for the 45th Philippine Cup championship and the 135th overall championship contested by the league.[1] This is the first time that San Miguel and Meralco ever faced in the finals.
Background
editRoad to the finals
edit| San Miguel Beermen | Meralco Bolts | |
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| Finished 10–1 (.909) in 1st place | Elimination round | Finished 6–5 (.545) in 3rd place |
| Def. Terrafirma in two games (twice-to-beat advantage) | Quarterfinals | Def. NLEX, 2–0 |
| Def. Rain or Shine, 4–0 | Semifinals | Def. Barangay Ginebra, 4–3 |
Head-to-head matchup
editMay 4
6:15 pm |
| San Miguel Beermen 92, Meralco Bolts 95 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 20–27, 24–25, 22–30, 26–13 | ||
| Pts: Fajardo 23 Rebs: Fajardo 19 Asts: Fajardo 4 |
Pts: Hodge 20 Rebs: Hodge 13 Asts: Newsome 6 | |
Batangas City Sports Center, Batangas City
Referees: Bing Oliva, Mardy Montoya, Jerry Narandan, Niño Cortez |
Series summary
edit| Game | Date | Venue | Winner | Result |
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| Game 1 | June 5 | Smart Araneta Coliseum | Meralco | 93–86 |
| Game 2 | June 7 | San Miguel | 95–94 | |
| Game 3 | June 9 | Meralco | 93–89 | |
| Game 4 | June 12 | San Miguel | 111–101 | |
| Game 5 | June 14 | |||
| Game 6 | June 16 | |||
| Game 7 | June 19 |
Game summaries
editGame 1
editJune 5
7:30 pm |
| San Miguel Beermen 86, Meralco Bolts 93 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 31–25, 21–26, 14–23 | ||
| Pts: Fajardo 23 Rebs: Fajardo 10 Asts: Ross 6 |
Pts: Banchero, Newsome 18 Rebs: Hodge 15 Asts: Banchero, Newsome 5 | |
| Meralco leads series, 1–0 | ||
Game 2
editJune 7
7:30 pm |
| San Miguel Beermen 95, Meralco Bolts 94 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 28–26, 20–25, 26–21 | ||
| Pts: Perez 34 Rebs: Fajardo 13 Asts: Ross 6 |
Pts: Hodge 25 Rebs: Bates, Hodge 9 Asts: Newsome 5 | |
| Series tied, 1–1 | ||
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Bing Oliva, Mike Flordeliza, Irewin Traballo |
Game 3
editJune 9
6:15 pm |
| San Miguel Beermen 89, Meralco Bolts 93 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 24–28, 22–20, 24–23, 19–22 | ||
| Pts: Tautuaa 19 Rebs: Fajardo 15 Asts: Ross 4 |
Pts: Newsome 26 Rebs: Almazan, Hodge 13 Asts: Banchero 6 | |
| Meralco leads series, 2–1 | ||
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Jimmy Mariano, Rommel Gruta, Jerry Narandan, Jeffrey Tantay |
Game 4
editJune 12
7:30 pm |
| San Miguel Beermen 111, Meralco Bolts 101 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 29–22, 22–18, 31–34, 29–27 | ||
| Pts: Fajardo 28 Rebs: Fajardo 13 Asts: Perez, Ross 6 |
Pts: Newsome 40 Rebs: Hodge 10 Asts: Newsome 4 | |
| Series tied, 2–2 | ||
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Jimmy Mariano, Jerry Narandan, Mardy Montoya, James Paez |
Prior to the game, San Miguel's June Mar Fajardo was awarded his tenth Best Player of the Conference award, extending his record for most BPC awards in a career.[2]
Game 5
editGame 6
editGame 7
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Rosters
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Broadcast notes
editThe Philippine Cup Finals was aired live on RPTV with simulcast on PBA Rush and Pilipinas Live (both in standard and high definition).
The PBA Rush broadcast provided English language coverage of the Finals.
The Pilipinas Live broadcast provided English-Filipino language coverage of the Finals.
| Game | RPTV | PBA Rush | Pilipinas Live | ||||||
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| Play-by-play | Analyst(s) | Courtside Reporters | Play-by-play | Analyst | Courtside Reporters | Streaming Hosts | Hosts | ||
| Game 1 | Charlie Cuna | Richard del Rosario and Andy Jao | Belle Gregorio | Carlo Pamintuan | Mark Molina | Bea Escudero | Jutt Sulit, Denise Tan and Vince Hizon | Ryan Gregorio | |
| Game 2 | Sev Sarmenta | Quinito Henson and Andy Jao | Apple David | Andre Co | Eric Reyes | Doreen Suaybaguio | Carlo Pamintuan, Bea Escudero and Aaron Black | Nico Salva | |
| Game 3 | Magoo Marjon | Andy Jao and Yeng Guiao | Belle Gregorio | Carlo Pamintuan | Vince Hizon | Pauline Verzosa | Baileys Acot, Rizza Diaz and Gary David | Nico Salva | |
| Game 4 | Charlie Cuna | Dominic Uy and Richard del Rosario | Belle Gregorio | Paolo del Rosario | Mark Molina | Doreen Suaybaguio | Carlo Pamintuan and Bea Escudero | Nico Salva | |
| Game 5 | Dominic Uy | Quinito Henson and Yeng Guiao | |||||||
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References
edit- ^ "Meralco boots out Ginebra in Game 7, makes PBA Finals vs SMB". spin.ph. May 31, 2024. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
- ^ "Fajardo extends record feat with another BPC award". PBA.ph. June 12, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2024.