The 2013–14 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup, also known as the 2013–14 PLDT Home DSL/myDSL-PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2013–14 PBA season. The tournament started on November 17, 2013, and ended on February 26, 2014. The tournament does not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports.
Format The following format was observed for the duration of the tournament:Ginebra-San Mig duel to highlight unique three-game bill on PBA opening day , Snow Badua, Spin.ph, October 30, 2013 Two-round eliminations, with each team playing 14 games. The teams are divided into two groups on the basis of their natural draft order from the previous rookie draft. Each team will play teams within their group once, while they will play teams from the other group twice. Group A: Air21 Express Alaska Aces Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Petron Blaze Boosters Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Group B: Meralco Bolts San Mig Super Coffee Mixers Barako Bull Energy GlobalPort Batang Pier Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 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 (#2 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
Eighth seed playoff
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (8) Alaska
(2) Rain or Shine vs. (7) GlobalPort
(3) Petron Blaze vs. (6) Barako Bull
(4) Talk 'N Text vs. (5) San Mig Super Coffee
Semifinals
(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) San Mig Super Coffee
(2) Rain or Shine vs. (3) Petron Blaze
Finals
Awards
Conference Best Player of the Conference: June Mar Fajardo (Petron Blaze Boosters) Finals MVP: Mark Barroca (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers)
Players of the Week WeekPlayerRef. November 18–24Ronjay Buenafe DRAWING INSPIRATION , PBA.inquirer.net, November 25, 2013 November 25 – December 1 Mark Caguioa December 3, 2013 December 2–8Sol Mercado ALL ABOUT TEAM BALL , PBA.inquirer.net, December 9, 2013 December 9–15Alex Cabagnot EXPLOSIVE COMEBACK , PBA.inquirer.net, December 16, 2013 December 16–22Jayson Castro NO CHALLENGE IS TOUGH ENOUGH , PBA.inquirer.net, December 23, 2013 December 23–29Japeth Aguilar CRUNCH TIME HERO , PBA.inquirer.net, December 30, 2013 January 4–5 Danny Ildefonso HE STILL GOT GAME , PBA.inquirer.net, January 6, 2014 January 6–12Beau Belga HEAVYWEIGHT PERFORMANCE , PBA.inquirer.net, January 13, 2014 January 13–19Mark Barroca SMALL BUT TERRIBLE , PBA.inquirer.net, January 20, 2014 January 20–26Mark Barroca BACK-TO-BACK FOR BARROCA , PBA.inquirer.net, January 27, 2014 January 24 – February 2Mark Barroca MAKE THAT 3-IN-A-ROW FOR BARROCA , PBA.inquirer.net, February 3, 2014 February 3–9Beau Belga HEAVYWEIGHT IMPACT , PBA.inquirer.net, February 10, 2014
References
External links PBA.ph