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.GIN-ROS TIFF, HALL OF FAME INDUCTION USHER 37TH SEASON, PBA.ph, October 2, 2011 The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which does not require an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.
Format The following format was observed for the duration of the tournament:2011-12 PBA PHILIPPINE CUP CONFERENCE FORMAT, PBA.ph, October 6, 2011 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) 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
Team standings
Results
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(1) B-Meg vs. (8) Powerade
(2) Talk 'N Text vs. (7) Barako Bull
(3) Petron Blaze vs. (6) Meralco
(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) Rain or Shine
Semifinals
(2) Talk 'N Text vs. (3) Petron Blaze
(5) Rain or Shine vs. (8) Powerade
Finals
Statistical leaders
Eliminations
Category Player Team Games played Totals Average 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
Conference Best Player of the Conference: Gary David (Powerade) Finals MVP: Larry Fonacier (Talk 'N Text)
Players of the Week WeekPlayerRef. October 2–9Alex Cabagnot (Petron Blaze Boosters)CABAGNOT BIGGEST BOOST FOR PETRON, PBA.ph, October 10, 2011 October 10–16Harvey Carey (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)CAREY ANSWERS CALL FOR TNT, PBA.ph, October 17, 2011 October 17–23Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)CHAN SIZZLES FOR E-PAINTERS, PBA.ph, October 24, 2011 October 24–30Gary David (Powerade Tigers)DAVID SHOWS STERNER STUFF, PBA.ph, October 31, 2011 October 31 – November 6Joseph Yeo (Petron Blaze Boosters)THE NINJA STRIKES, PBA.ph, November 7, 2011 November 7–13James Yap (B-Meg Llamados)JAMES YAP LOVES THE TRIANGLE, PBA.ph, November 14, 2011 November 14–20Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)‘THE BLUR’ RAZZLE-DAZZLES WAY TO BEING WEEK’S BEST, PBA.ph, November 22, 2011 November 21–27Gary David (Powerade Tigers)DAVID BARES BIGGEST FANGS FOR TIGERS, PBA.ph, November 28, 2011 November 28 – December 4James Yap (B-Meg Llamados)'BIG GAME JAMES' SHOWS WAY FOR LLAMADOS, PBA.ph, December 5, 2011 December 5–11Mike Cortez (Barangay Ginebra Kings)'COOL CAT' CHARGING, PBA.ph, December 12, 2011 December 12–18Gary David (Powerade Tigers)DAVID PICKS UP CUDGELS FOR TIGERS, PBA.ph, December 19, 2011 January 9–15Jimmy Alapag (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)ALAPAG VOWS TO FIGHT ’TILL THE END, PBA.ph, January 16, 2011
References
External links PBA.ph