The 2017–18 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2017–18 PBA Philippine Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and the Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok competed for the 40th Philippine Cup championship and the 122nd overall championship contested by the league. San Miguel won the series in 5 games to be the first team in history to win four straight Philippine Cup titles.
Background
Road to the finals
San Miguel Beermen Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok Finished 8–3 (.727): Tied with Magnolia in 1st place Elimination round Finished 8–3 (.727): Tied with San Miguel in 1st place 1.02 (1st place) Tiebreaker* 0.99 (2nd place) Def. TNT in one game (twice-to-beat advantage) Quarterfinals Def. GlobalPort in one game (twice-to-beat advantage) Def. Barangay Ginebra, 4–1 Semifinals Def. NLEX, 4–2
Head-to-head matchup
Series summary Game Date Venue Winner Result Game 1 Friday, March 23 Smart Araneta Coliseum Magnolia 105–103 Game 2 Sunday, March 25 Mall of Asia Arena San Miguel 92–77 Game 3 Sunday, April 1 Smart Araneta Coliseum San Miguel 111–87 Game 4 Wednesday, April 4 Smart Araneta Coliseum San Miguel 84–80 Game 5 Friday, April 6 Mall of Asia Arena San Miguel 108–99 (2OT)
Game summaries Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Rosters
Broadcast notes The Philippine Cup finals was aired on TV5 with simulcasts on PBA Rush (both in standard and high definition). TV5's radio arm, Radyo5 provided the radio play-by-play coverage.
ESPN5 also provided online livestreaming via their official YouTube account using the 5 Network feed.
The PBA Rush broadcast provided English-language coverage of the finals.
Game ESPN5 PBA Rush (English)Play-by-play Analyst(s) Courtside reporters Play-by-play Analyst(s) Courtside reportersGame 1 Magoo Marjon Andy Jao and Ryan Gregorio Apple David James Velasquez Eric Reyes Rizza DiazGame 2 Sev Sarmenta Norman Black and Quinito Henson Selina Dagdag Carlo Pamintuan Ali Peek Rizza DiazGame 3 Charlie Cuna Alex Compton and Ryan Gregorio Carla Lizardo Chiqui Reyes Charles Tiu Apple DavidGame 4 Magoo Marjon Andy Jao and Tim Cone Rizza Diaz Jutt Sulit Jong Uichico Carla LizardoGame 5 Sev Sarmenta Richard del Rosario and Quinito Henson Selina Dagdag James Velasquez Tony dela Cruz Chino Lui Pio Additional Game 5 crew: Trophy presentation: Magoo Marjon Dugout celebration interviewer: Apple David
References
External links PBA official website