The 2011–12 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup is the first conference of the 2011–12 PBA season. The tournament started on October 2, 2011, with Rain or Shine Elasto Painters against Barangay Ginebra Kings as the opening game.[1] The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which does not require an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.
2011–12 PBA Philippine Cup | |
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Duration | October 2, 2011 – January 29, 2012 |
TV partner(s) | Sports5 - AKTV on IBC (Local) Aksyon TV International (International) |
Finals | |
Champions | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |
Runners-up | Powerade Tigers |
Awards | |
Best Player | Gary David (Powerade Tigers) |
Finals MVP | Larry Fonacier (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |
PBA Philippine Cup chronology | |
PBA conference chronology | |
Format
editThe following format was observed for the duration of the tournament:[2]
- Two-round eliminations, with each team playing 14 games. The teams are divided into two groups on the basis of their draft order prior to the trades. Each team will play teams within their group once, while they will play teams from the other group twice.
- Group A:
- Powerade Tigers (#1)
- Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (#4)
- B-Meg Llamados (#5)
- Petron Blaze Boosters (#8)
- Barangay Ginebra Kings (#9)
- Group B:
- Barako Bull Energy (#2)
- Meralco Bolts (#3)
- Alaska Aces (#6)
- Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (#7)
- Shopinas.com Clickers (#10)
- Group A:
- Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. In case of tie, playoffs will be held only for the #2 and #8 seeds.
- Quarterfinals:
- QF1: #1 seed vs #8 seed (#1 seed twice-to-beat)
- QF2: #2 seed vs #7 seed (#1 seed twice-to-beat)
- QF3: #3 seed vs #6 seed (best-of-3 series)
- QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed (best-of-3 series)
- Semifinals (best-of-7 series):
- SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
- SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
- Finals (best-of-7 series)
- Winners of the semifinals
Elimination round
editTeam standings
editPos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | B-Meg Llamados | 10 | 4 | .714[a] | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 10 | 4 | .714[a] | — | |
3 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 9 | 5 | .643[b] | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 5 | .643[b] | 1 | |
5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 5 | .643[b] | 1 | |
6 | Meralco Bolts | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2 | |
7 | Barako Bull Energy Cola | 6 | 8 | .429[c] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Powerade Tigers | 6 | 8 | .429[c] | 4 | |
9 | Alaska Aces | 3 | 11 | .214 | 7 | |
10 | Shopinas.com Clickers | 0 | 14 | .000 | 10 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
Notes:
Schedule
editWin | |
Loss | |
OT win | |
OT loss |
Team | Game number | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||||
Alaska | BGK | BMEG | POW | ROS | MER | BBE | PBB | BMEG | POW | SHO | BGK | PBB | TNT | ROS | ||||
B-Meg | PBB | ALA | MER | TNT | POW | BBE | SHO | MER | ALA | BGK | ROS | TNT | BBE | SHO | ||||
Barako Bull | PBB | BGK | TNT | SHO | BMEG | ALA | POW | ROS | PBB | MER | ROS | BMEG | POW | BGK | ||||
Barangay Ginebra | ROS | ALA | BBE | POW | SHO | MER | TNT | SHO | BMEG | ALA | PBB | MER | BBE | TNT | ||||
Meralco | TNT | SHO | BMEG | ROS | PBB | ALA | ROS | BGK | BMEG | POW | BBE | PBB | POW | BGK | ||||
Petron | BMEG | BBE | SHO | MER | TNT | POW | ALA | SHO | ROS | BBE | MER | ALA | BGK | TNT | ||||
Powerade | SHO | ROS | ALA | BGK | BMEG | PBB | BBE | TNT | MER | ALA | SHO | TNT | MER | BBE | ||||
Rain or Shine | BGK | POW | TNT | MER | ALA | MER | SHO | BBE | PBB | TNT | BMEG | BBE | SHO | ALA | ||||
Shopinas | POW | MER | PBB | BBE | BGK | BMEG | ROS | PBB | BGK | TNT | ALA | POW | ROS | BMEG | ||||
Talk 'N Text | MER | ROS | BBE | BMEG | PBB | BGK | POW | SHO | ROS | POW | BMEG | ALA | PBB | BGK |
Results
editBracket
editQuarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
1 | B-Meg | 88 | 123 | |||||||||||
8 | Powerade | 97 | 131* | |||||||||||
8 | Powerade | 4 | ||||||||||||
(best-of-3) | ||||||||||||||
5 | Rain or Shine | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Barangay Ginebra | 0 | ||||||||||||
5 | Rain or Shine | 2 | ||||||||||||
8 | Powerade | 1 | ||||||||||||
(#2 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
2 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 | Talk 'N Text | 81 | ||||||||||||
7 | Barako Bull | 79 | ||||||||||||
2 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | ||||||||||||
(best-of-3) | ||||||||||||||
3 | Petron Blaze | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Petron Blaze | 2 | ||||||||||||
6 | Meralco | 0 | ||||||||||||
*Game went into overtime
Quarterfinals
edit(1) B-Meg vs. (8) Powerade
edit(2) Talk 'N Text vs. (7) Barako Bull
editDecember 14
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Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 81, Barako Bull Energy 79 | ||
Talk 'N Text wins series in one game |
(3) Petron Blaze vs. (6) Meralco
edit(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) Rain or Shine
editDecember 21
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Barangay Ginebra Kings 91, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 106 | ||
Rain or Shine wins series 2–0 |
Semifinals
edit(2) Talk 'N Text vs. (3) Petron Blaze
edit(5) Rain or Shine vs. (8) Powerade
editFinals
editStatistical leaders
editEliminations
editCategory | Player | Team | Games played | Totals | Average |
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Points per game | Gary David | Powerade Tigers | 14 | 291 | 20.79 |
Rebounds per game | Arwind Santos | Petron Blaze Boosters | 14 | 178 | 12.31 |
Assists per game | Alex Cabagnot | Petron Blaze Boosters | 14 | 100 | 7.14 |
Steals per game | Chris Lutz | Petron Blaze Boosters | 7 | 16 | 2.00 |
Blocks per game | Japeth Aguilar | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 14 | 33 | 2.36 |
3-pt field goal percentage | Celino Cruz | Powerade Tigers | 11 | 13/25 | 0.520 |
Free throw percentage | JV Casio | Powerade Tigers | 11 | 20/22 | 0.909 |
Minutes per game | Sonny Thoss | Alaska Aces | 14 | 529 | 37.79 |
Awards
editConference
edit- Best Player of the Conference: Gary David (Powerade)
- Finals MVP: Larry Fonacier (Talk 'N Text)
Players of the Week
editWeek | Player | Ref. |
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October 2–9 | Alex Cabagnot (Petron Blaze Boosters) | [3] |
October 10–16 | Harvey Carey (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) | [4] |
October 17–23 | Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | [5] |
October 24–30 | Gary David (Powerade Tigers) | [6] |
October 31 – November 6 | Joseph Yeo (Petron Blaze Boosters) | [7] |
November 7–13 | James Yap (B-Meg Llamados) | [8] |
November 14–20 | Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) | [9] |
November 21–27 | Gary David (Powerade Tigers) | [10] |
November 28 – December 4 | James Yap (B-Meg Llamados) | [11] |
December 5–11 | Mike Cortez (Barangay Ginebra Kings) | [12] |
December 12–18 | Gary David (Powerade Tigers) | [13] |
January 9–15 | Jimmy Alapag (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) | [14] |
References
edit- ^ GIN-ROS TIFF, HALL OF FAME INDUCTION USHER 37TH SEASON, PBA.ph, October 2, 2011
- ^ 2011-12 PBA PHILIPPINE CUP CONFERENCE FORMAT, PBA.ph, October 6, 2011
- ^ CABAGNOT BIGGEST BOOST FOR PETRON, PBA.ph, October 10, 2011
- ^ CAREY ANSWERS CALL FOR TNT, PBA.ph, October 17, 2011
- ^ CHAN SIZZLES FOR E-PAINTERS, PBA.ph, October 24, 2011
- ^ DAVID SHOWS STERNER STUFF, PBA.ph, October 31, 2011
- ^ THE NINJA STRIKES, PBA.ph, November 7, 2011
- ^ JAMES YAP LOVES THE TRIANGLE, PBA.ph, November 14, 2011
- ^ ‘THE BLUR’ RAZZLE-DAZZLES WAY TO BEING WEEK’S BEST, PBA.ph, November 22, 2011
- ^ DAVID BARES BIGGEST FANGS FOR TIGERS, PBA.ph, November 28, 2011
- ^ 'BIG GAME JAMES' SHOWS WAY FOR LLAMADOS, PBA.ph, December 5, 2011
- ^ 'COOL CAT' CHARGING, PBA.ph, December 12, 2011
- ^ DAVID PICKS UP CUDGELS FOR TIGERS, PBA.ph, December 19, 2011
- ^ ALAPAG VOWS TO FIGHT ’TILL THE END, PBA.ph, January 16, 2011