2024 PBA Philippine Cup

The 2024 PBA Philippine Cup also known as the 2024 Honda PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second and final conference of the 2023–24 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 45th PBA Philippine Cup started on February 28 and ended on June 16, 2024. The tournament does not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports.

2024 PBA Philippine Cup
DurationFebruary 28 – June 16, 2024
TV partner(s)Local:
RPTV
PBA Rush (HD)
International:
Pilipinas Live
Online:
Pilipinas Live
Finals
ChampionsMeralco Bolts
Runners-upSan Miguel Beermen
Awards
Best PlayerJune Mar Fajardo
(San Miguel Beermen)
Finals MVPChris Newsome
(Meralco Bolts)
PBA Philippine Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

The opening was originally scheduled on March 3, but was moved earlier to February 28 to give way for the Philippines men's national basketball team's participation in the FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament to be held on July 2–7, 2024.[1]

Format

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  • All participating teams play in a single round-robin elimination, with each team playing 11 games throughout the duration of the conference.
  • Teams are ranked by win-loss records with the top eight teams advancing to the playoffs. Any ties are broken using tiebreaker criteria.
    • If there is a tie for 8th place, a one-game playoff is instead used to determine which team gets the final playoff spot.
  • The playoff formats are as follows:

Elimination round

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Team standings

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 10 1 .909 Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 4 .636 3
3 Meralco Bolts 6 5 .545[a] 4 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 TNT Tropang Giga 6 5 .545[a] 4
5 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 6 5 .545[a] 4
6 NLEX Road Warriors 6 5 .545[a] 4
7 Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 6 5 .545[a] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Terrafirma Dyip 5 6 .455[b] 5
9 NorthPort Batang Pier 5 6 .455[b] 5
10 Blackwater Bossing 4 7 .364 6
11 Phoenix Fuel Masters 3 8 .273 7
12 Converge FiberXers 2 9 .182 8
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[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.06, TNT 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.01, NLEX 0.99, Magnolia 0.90
  2. ^ a b Terrafirma won the eighth seed playoff over NorthPort (104–96).

Results table

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TeamGame
1234567891011
Barangay Ginebra
(BGSM)
ROS
113–107
PHX
102–92
MER
73–91
MAG
87–77
SMB
92–95
TER
85–91
BWB
105–86
NP
95–88
TNT
87–83
CON
105–93
NLEX
72–76
Blackwater
(BWB)
MER
96–93
TNT
87–78
CON
90–78
NLEX
97–103
TER
91–92
ROS
103–110
BGSM
86–105
MAG
77–81
NP
113–115
SMB
109–124
PHX
102–83
Converge
(CON)
TER
99–107
NP
104–112*
BWB
78–90
NLEX
93–115
MAG
75–106
ROS
90–110
PHX
107–113
SMB
103–112
MER
104–99
TER
93–105
TNT
107–103
Magnolia
(MAG)
CON
106–75
BGSM
77–87
NLEX
74–87
NP
104–97
PHX
107–93
BWB
81–77
ROS
108–102
SMB
91–98
MER
51–74
TER
108–100
TNT
93–98
Meralco
(MER)
BWB
93–96
ROS
121–117*
NLEX
96–99
NP
85–90
BGSM
91–73
TER
86–83
TNT
90–92
CON
99–104
PHX
82–76
MAG
74–51
SMB
95–92
NLEXNP
107–100*
TER
95–99
MER
99–96
CON
115–93
BWB
103–97
MAG
87–74
TNT
101–104
PHX
77–112
SMB
103–120
ROS
104–120
BGSM
76–72
NorthPort
(NP)
NLEX
100–107*
CON
112–104*
PHX
124–120
MER
90–85
TNT
112–96
MAG
97–104
BGSM
88–95
ROS
105–115
SMB
100–120
TER
108–110
BWB
115–113
Phoenix
(PHX)
NP
120–124
BGSM
92–102
TER
94–76
ROS
85–100
SMB
102–116
CON
113–107
MAG
93–107
NLEX
112–77
TNT
101–108
MER
76–82
SMB
83–102
Rain or Shine
(ROS)
TNT
107–108
MER
117–121*
BBSM
107–113
SMB
97–109
PHX
100–85
CON
110–90
BWB
110–103
TER
116–104
NP
115–105
MAG
102–108
NLEX
120–104
San Miguel
(SMB)
ROS
109–97
TNT
91–89
PHX
116–102
BGSM
95–92
TER
113–110
CON
112–103
NP
120–100
MAG
98–91
NLEX
120–103
BWB
124–109
MER
92–95
Terrafirma
(TER)
CON
107–99
NLEX
99–95
TNT
97–100
PHX
78–94
BWB
92–91
MER
83–86
BGSM
91–85
SMB
110–113
ROS
104–116
NP
110–108
MAG
100–108
TNTROS
108–107
BWB
76–87
TER
100–97
SMB
89–91
NP
96–112
MER
92–90
NLEX
104–101
BGSM
83–87
PHX
108–101
CON
103–107
MAG
98–93
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: PBA.ph
Legend: Blue = win; Red = loss; Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime. (*) Number of asterisks denotes number of overtime periods

Eighth seed playoff

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May 8
7:30 pm
NorthPort Batang Pier 96, Terrafirma Dyip 104
Scoring by quarter: 33–27, 21–28, 27–27, 15–22
Pts: Lucero 17
Rebs: Tolentino 8
Asts: Munzon, Tolentino 4
Pts: Tiongson 30
Rebs: Go, Holt 8
Asts: Holt 9
Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila
Referees: Jimmy Mariano, Sherwin Pineda, Rey Yante, James Paez

Bracket

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QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-7)
Finals
(best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1San Miguel95110
8Terrafirma10691
1San Miguel4
(best-of-3)
5Rain or Shine0
4TNT1
5Rain or Shine2
1San Miguel2
(#2 twice-to-beat)
3Meralco4
2Barangay Ginebra99
7Magnolia77
2Barangay Ginebra3
(best-of-3)
3Meralco4
3Meralco2
6NLEX0

Quarterfinals

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(1) San Miguel vs. (8) Terrafirma

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San Miguel has the twice-to-beat advantage; they have to be beaten twice, while their opponents just once, to advance.

May 11
3:00 pm
San Miguel Beermen 95, Terrafirma Dyip 106
Scoring by quarter: 26–27, 27–23, 24–28, 22–24
Pts: Fajardo 21
Rebs: Fajardo 16
Asts: Ross 4
Pts: Tiongson 29
Rebs: Gómez de Liaño 10
Asts: Gómez de Liaño 8
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
Referees: Peter Balao, Jerry Narandan, Niño Cortez, Charlie Amparado
May 15
4:30 pm
San Miguel Beermen 110, Terrafirma Dyip 91
Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 25–19, 34–22, 31–25
Pts: Fajardo 25
Rebs: Fajardo 22
Asts: Perez 8
Pts: Gómez de Liaño 23
Rebs: Go 12
Asts: Holt 5
San Miguel wins series in two games
Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila
Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Albert Nubla, Jeffrey Tantay, Irewin Traballo

(2) Barangay Ginebra vs. (7) Magnolia

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Barangay Ginebra has the twice-to-beat advantage; they have to be beaten twice, while their opponents just once, to advance.

May 11
6:15 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 99, Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 77
Scoring by quarter: 28–17, 24–19, 28–22, 19–19
Pts: Standhardinger 36
Rebs: Standhardinger 11
Asts: Thompson 10
Pts: Barroca 19
Rebs: Abueva 9
Asts: Barroca 8
Barangay Ginebra wins series in one game
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Bing Oliva, Mardy Montoya, Kenny Halig

(3) Meralco vs. (6) NLEX

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This is a best-of-three playoff.

May 10
4:30 pm
Meralco Bolts 97, NLEX Road Warriors 93
Scoring by quarter: 23–28, 21–26, 29–21, 24–18
Pts: Maliksi 22
Rebs: Hodge, Newsome 7
Asts: Newsome 6
Pts: Bolick 48
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Bolick 5
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Mike Flordeliza, Albert Nubla, Irewin Traballo
May 12
6:15 pm
Meralco Bolts 100, NLEX Road Warriors 81
Scoring by quarter: 27–26, 25–23, 24–21, 24–11
Pts: Banchero 23
Rebs: Newsome 9
Asts: Banchero 6
Pts: Bolick 18
Rebs: Fajardo, Miranda 6
Asts: Rodger 7
Meralco wins series, 2–0
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
Referees: Peter Balao, Sherwin Pineda, Mardy Montoya, Kenny Halig

(4) TNT vs. (5) Rain or Shine

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This is a best-of-three playoff.

May 10
7:30 pm
TNT Tropang Giga 116, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 99
Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 27–28, 32–27, 31–20
Pts: Oftana 32
Rebs: Williams 10
Asts: Castro, Pogoy 5
Pts: Santillan 23
Rebs: Borboran 5
Asts: Caracut 4
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Sherwin Pineda, Bing Oliva, Jeffrey Tantay, Niño Cortez
May 12
3:00 pm
TNT Tropang Giga 113, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 121
Scoring by quarter: 31–25, 33–37, 31–33, 18–26
Pts: Pogoy 28
Rebs: Khobuntin 9
Asts: Castro 8
Pts: Clarito 29
Rebs: Clarito 7
Asts: Belga 5
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
Referees: Jimmy Mariano, Rey Yante, Jerry Narandan, Karlo Vergara
May 15
7:30 pm
TNT Tropang Giga 109, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 110
Scoring by quarter: 22–39, 23–20, 27–30, 37–21
Pts: Williams 32
Rebs: Williams 14
Asts: three players 4
Pts: Mamuyac 25
Rebs: Clarito 9
Asts: five players 3
Rain or Shine wins series, 2–1
Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila
Referees: Peter Balao, Sherwin Pineda, Bing Oliva, Mardy Montoya

Semifinals

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(1) San Miguel vs. (5) Rain or Shine

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May 17
4:30 pm
San Miguel Beermen 101, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 98
Scoring by quarter: 31–24, 18–20, 33–33, 19–21
Pts: Fajardo 23
Rebs: Fajardo, Tautuaa 11
Asts: Fajardo 5
Pts: Mamuyac 20
Rebs: Santillan 8
Asts: Clarito 4
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: Jimmy Mariano, Bing Oliva, Albert Nubla, Jeffrey Tantay
May 19
6:15 pm
San Miguel Beermen 106, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 89
Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 30–24, 35–26, 18–18
Pts: Fajardo 22
Rebs: Perez 11
Asts: Romeo 5
Pts: Asistio 20
Rebs: Nocum 9
Asts: Nocum 4
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: Sherwin Pineda, Rommel Gruta, Jerry Narandan, Irewin Traballo
May 22
4:30 pm
San Miguel Beermen 117, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 107
Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 26–23, 40–38, 26–22
Pts: Perez 23
Rebs: Perez 14
Asts: Perez 5
Pts: Belga 19
Rebs: Santillan 11
Asts: Caracut 6
Dasmariñas Arena, Dasmariñas, Cavite
Referees: Jimmy Mariano, Sherwin Pineda, Mardy Montoya, Albert Nubla
May 24
7:30 pm
San Miguel Beermen 107, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 100
Scoring by quarter: 25–27, 16–28, 34–32, 30–13
Pts: Perez 26
Rebs: Fajardo 23
Asts: Fajardo 6
Pts: Mamuyac 30
Rebs: Belga, Demusis 8
Asts: Belga, Norwood 7
San Miguel wins series, 4–0
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Rey Yante, Mike Flordeliza, Rommel Gruta

(2) Barangay Ginebra vs. (3) Meralco

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May 17
7:30 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 92, Meralco Bolts 88
Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 18–19, 33–20, 19–27
Pts: Pringle 22
Rebs: J. Aguilar, Thompson 8
Asts: Standhardinger 7
Pts: Newsome 21
Rebs: Newsome 13
Asts: Banchero 8
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: Peter Balao, Rommel Gruta, Rey Yante, Irewin Traballo
May 19
3:00 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 91, Meralco Bolts 103
Scoring by quarter: 27–32, 15–23, 32–18, 17–30
Pts: Standhardinger 41
Rebs: Standhardinger 11
Asts: Standhardinger 4
Pts: Maliksi 25
Rebs: Hodge 10
Asts: three players 3
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Bing Oliva, Mardy Montoya, Niño Cortez
May 22
7:30 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 80, Meralco Bolts 87
Scoring by quarter: 18–31, 16–17, 25–24, 21–15
Pts: J. Aguilar 15
Rebs: Standhardinger 10
Asts: Tenorio, Thompson 4
Pts: Maliksi 16
Rebs: Almazan, Bates 9
Asts: Newsome 6
Dasmariñas Arena, Dasmariñas, Cavite
Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Mike Flordeliza, Jerry Narandan, Niño Cortez
May 24
4:30 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 90, Meralco Bolts 71
Scoring by quarter: 31–15, 16–17, 26–17, 17–22
Pts: J. Aguilar 21
Rebs: Standhardinger 11
Asts: Standhardinger 8
Pts: Banchero, Maliksi 14
Rebs: Maliksi 6
Asts: Banchero 3
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: Peter Balao, Sherwin Pineda, Albert Nubla, Jeffrey Tantay
May 26
6:15 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 89, Meralco Bolts 84
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 18–25, 27–25, 22–15
Pts: Standhardinger 34
Rebs: J. Aguilar 12
Asts: Standhardinger 5
Pts: Banchero 18
Rebs: Hodge 8
Asts: Banchero 6
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: Rommel Gruta, Bing Oliva, Jerry Narandan, Jeffrey Tantay
May 29
7:30 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 81, Meralco Bolts 86
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 19–19, 16–16, 28–32
Pts: J. Aguilar, Standhardinger 19
Rebs: Thompson 12
Asts: Thompson 4
Pts: Quinto 23
Rebs: Almazan 11
Asts: Banchero 8
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Rommel Gruta, Bing Oliva, Jerry Narandan, Niño Cortez
May 31
7:30 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 69, Meralco Bolts 78
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 11–21, 20–26, 18–16
Pts: Thompson 20
Rebs: J. Aguilar, Thompson 10
Asts: Thompson 6
Pts: Banchero 24
Rebs: Bates 13
Asts: Newsome 6
Meralco wins series, 4–3
FPJ Arena, San Jose, Batangas
Referees: Rommel Gruta, Bing Oliva, Mike Flordeliza, Jerry Narandan

Finals

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June 16
6:15 pm
San Miguel Beermen 78, Meralco Bolts 80
Meralco wins series, 4–2

Awards

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Players of the Week

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Week Player Ref.
February 28 – March 3 Stephen Holt (Terrafirma Dyip) [3]
March 6–10 Robert Bolick (NLEX Road Warriors) [4]
March 13–17 Allein Maliksi (Meralco Bolts) [5]
March 31 – April 7 Beau Belga (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) [6]
April 10–14 Ian Sangalang (Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots) [7]
April 17–21 Marcio Lassiter (San Miguel Beermen) [8]
April 24–28 CJ Perez (San Miguel Beermen) [9]
May 1–5 Cliff Hodge (Meralco Bolts) [10]
May 8–12 Juami Tiongson (Terrafirma Dyip) [11]
May 15–19 June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen) [12]
May 22–26 Don Trollano (San Miguel Beermen) [13]
May 29–31 Chris Banchero (Meralco Bolts) [14]

Statistics

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Individual statistical leaders

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Category Player Team Statistic
Points per game Robert Bolick NLEX Road Warriors 27.4
Rebounds per game June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 14.1
Assists per game Robert Bolick NLEX Road Warriors 7.0
Steals per game Joshua Munzon NorthPort Batang Pier 2.7
Blocks per game Kemark Cariño Terrafirma Dyip 2.2
Turnovers per game Justin Arana Converge FiberXers 3.9
Fouls per game Beau Belga Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 3.8
Isaac Go Terrafirma Dyip
Minutes per game Stephen Holt Terrafirma Dyip 40.4
FG% Brandon Bates Meralco Bolts 85.7%
FT% Jio Jalalon Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 90.0%
3FG% Andreas Cahilig Terrafirma Dyip 57.1%
Double-doubles June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 21
Triple-doubles Beau Belga Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 1

Individual game highs

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Category Player Team Statistic
Points Robert Bolick NLEX Road Warriors 48
Rebounds June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 23
Assists Andrei Caracut Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 13
Stephen Holt Terrafirma Dyip
Steals Scottie Thompson Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7
Blocks Brandon Bates Meralco Bolts 6
Three point field goals three players 7

Team statistical leaders

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Category Team Statistic
Points per game Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 109.1
Rebounds per game Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 49.5
Assists per game Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 26.3
Steals per game NorthPort Batang Pier 11.6
Blocks per game Terrafirma Dyip 5.1
Turnovers per game Phoenix Fuel Masters 16.7
Fouls per game Meralco Bolts 26.7
FG% San Miguel Beermen 46.9%
FT% Terrafirma Dyip 77.3%
3FG% San Miguel Beermen 38.7%

References

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  6. ^ "Belga steps up at the right time". PBA.ph. April 10, 2024. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
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  13. ^ "Trollano earns Player of the Week citation". PBA.ph. May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
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