The 2021 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup finals was a best-of-7 championship series of the 2021 PBA Philippine Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The TNT Tropang Giga and the Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots competed for the 43rd Philippine Cup championship and the 129th overall championship contested by the league.
This was the first time that the two teams meet in the finals since the 2014 Commissioner's Cup, where Magnolia (named as San Mig Super Coffee Mixers during that time) won the championship against TNT (named as Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters during that time), three games to one.
TNT defeated Magnolia, four games to one, to win the franchise's sixth Philippine Cup (8 years after their last Philippine Cup championship in 2013) and their 8th title overall. This was the first PBA title by a franchise not owned by the San Miguel Corporation since the 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup. Mikey Williams was named the finals' MVP.
Background
Road to the finals
TNT Tropang Giga Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots Finished 10–1 (.909) in 1st place Elimination round Finished 8–3 (.727) in 3rd place Def. Barangay Ginebra in one game (twice-to-beat advantage) Quarterfinals Def. Rain or Shine, 2–0 (best-of-three) Def. San Miguel, 4–3 Semifinals Def. Meralco, 4–2
Head-to-head matchup
Series summary Game Date Venue Winner Result Game 1 October 20 DHSVU Gym TNT88–70 Game 2 October 22 105–93 Game 3 October 24 Magnolia 106–98 Game 4 October 27 TNT 106–89 Game 5 October 29 94–79
Game summaries
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Prior to the game, Magnolia's Calvin Abueva was awarded his second Best Player of the Conference award, beating TNT's Mikey Williams and Abueva's teammate, Ian Sangalang, to the award.
Game 5
Rosters
Broadcast notes The Philippine Cup finals were aired on TV5 with simulcasts on One Sports and PBA Rush (both in standard and high definition). TV5's radio arm, Radyo5 provided the radio play-by-play coverage.
One Sports provided online livestreaming via the PusoPilipinas and Smart Sports Facebook pages using the TV5 and PBA Rush feeds respectively.
The PBA Rush broadcast provided English-language coverage of the finals.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the TV and radio panel commentaries except for the courtside reporter were conducted offsite from the TV5 Media Center in Mandaluyong.
Game TV5 PBA Rush (English) Courtside reportersPlay-by-play Analyst(s) Play-by-play Analyst(s) Game 1 Charlie Cuna Richard del Rosario Paolo del Rosario Ryan Gregorio Carlo PamintuanGame 2 Magoo Marjon Ryan Gregorio Anthony Suntay Ali Peek Carlo PamintuanGame 3 Charlie Cuna Dominic Uy Paolo del Rosario Richard del Rosario Carlo PamintuanGame 4 Magoo Marjon Eric Reyes Jutt Sulit Tony dela Cruz Carlo PamintuanGame 5 Charlie Cuna Richard del Rosario Paolo del Rosario Ryan Gregorio Carlo Pamintuan
Additional Game 5 crew: Trophy presentation: Carlo Pamintuan Celebration interviewers: Carlo Pamintuan
References
External links PBA official website