2025 PBA Philippine Cup
| 2025 PBA Philippine Cup | |
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| Duration | April 4, 2025 – present |
| TV partner(s) | Local: RPTV PBA Rush (HD) International: Pilipinas Live Online: Pilipinas Live |
| PBA Philippine Cup chronology | |
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The 2025 PBA Philippine Cup, also known as the 2025 Honda PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the third and final conference of the 2024–25 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 49th PBA Philippine Cup started on April 4.[1] The tournament does not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports.
The Meralco Bolts enter this conference as the defending Philippine Cup champions while the TNT Tropang 5G (formerly known as the TNT Tropang Giga) will attempt to accomplish a Grand Slam by winning the conference championship.[2]
Format
[edit]- 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:
- Quarterfinals:
- QF1: #1 vs #8 (#1 twice-to-beat)
- QF2: #2 vs #7 (#2 twice-to-beat)
- QF3: #3 vs #6 (#3 twice-to-beat)
- QF4: #4 vs #5 (#4 twice-to-beat)
- Semifinals (best-of-seven series):
- SF1: QF1 winner vs. QF4 winner
- SF2: QF2 winner vs. QF3 winner
- Finals (best-of-seven series)
- Quarterfinals:
Elimination round
[edit]Team standings
[edit]| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | |
| 3 | San Miguel Beermen | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1 | |
| 4 | NLEX Road Warriors | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1 | |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | Converge FiberXers | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.5 | |
| 7 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.5 | |
| 8 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.5 | |
| 9 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 | |
| 10 | Terrafirma Dyip | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.5 | |
| 11 | TNT Tropang 5G | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Bossing | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.5 |
Updated to match(es) played on April 16, 2025. 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[3]
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[3]
Results table
[edit]| Team | Game | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| Barangay Ginebra (BGSM) | TER 101–80 | SMB April 25 | NP April 30 | NLEX May 7 | CON May 10 | BWB May 14 | ROS May 23 | TNT May 30 | MAG June 1 | PHX June 6 | MER June 15 |
| Blackwater (BWB) | MAG 84–106 | CON 80–111 | NP April 25 | NLEX May 2 | ROS May 7 | BGSM May 14 | PHX May 23 | TNT May 25 | MER May 28 | TER June 6 | SMB June 11 |
| Converge (CON) | MER 89–91 | PHX 92–83 | MAG 71–83 | BWB 111–80 | TNT April 27 | ROS April 30 | BGSM May 10 | NP May 21 | SMB May 28 | TER June 11 | NLEX June 15 |
| Magnolia (MAG) | BWB 106–84 | CON 83–71 | SMB 98–95* | PHX April 26 | TER May 4 | NLEX May 11 | ROS May 18 | NP May 24 | BGSM June 1 | TNT June 4 | MER June 8 |
| Meralco (MER) | CON 91–89 | TER 118–80 | SMB 98–110 | PHX 97–109 | ROS April 27 | NP May 9 | NLEX May 16 | TNT May 21 | BWB May 28 | MAG June 8 | BGSM June 15 |
| NLEX | SMB 89–98 | ROS 109–95 | TNT 91–74 | BWB May 2 | BGSM May 7 | MAG May 11 | MER May 16 | TER May 25 | PHX June 4 | NP June 8 | CON June 15 |
| NorthPort (NP) | TER 97–75 | ROS 96–113 | BWB April 25 | BGSM April 30 | MER May 9 | TNT May 16 | CON May 21 | MAG May 24 | SMB June 1 | NLEX June 8 | PHX June 13 |
| Phoenix (PHX) | TER 87–95 | CON 83–92 | MER 109–97 | MAG April 26 | TNT May 2 | SMB May 11 | BWB May 23 | ROS May 30 | NLEX June 4 | BGSM June 6 | NP June 13 |
| Rain or Shine (ROS) | NLEX 95–109 | NP 113–96 | MER April 27 | CON April 30 | BWB May 7 | TNT May 14 | MAG May 18 | BGSM May 23 | PHX May 30 | SMB June 7 | TER June 13 |
| San Miguel (SMB) | NLEX 98–89 | MER 110–98 | MAG 95–98* | BGSM April 25 | TNT May 4 | PHX May 11 | TER May 18 | CON May 28 | NP June 1 | ROS June 7 | BWB June 11 |
| Terrafirma (TER) | PHX 95–87 | MER 80–118 | NP 75–97 | BGSM 80–101 | MAG May 4 | TNT May 9 | SMB May 18 | NLEX May 25 | BWB June 6 | CON June 11 | ROS June 13 |
| TNT | NLEX 74–91 | CON April 27 | PHX May 2 | SMB May 4 | TER May 9 | ROS May 14 | NP May 16 | MER May 21 | BWB May 25 | BGSM May 30 | MAG June 4 |
Updated to match(es) played on April 23, 2025. 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
Legend: Blue = win; Red = loss; Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime. (*) Number of asterisks denotes number of overtime periods
Awards
[edit]Player of the Week
[edit]| Week | Player | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| April 4–6 | Bong Quinto (Meralco Bolts) | [4] |
| April 9–16 | Zavier Lucero (Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots) | [5] |
PBA 50th anniversary games
[edit]On April 9, 2025, two games of the 2025 PBA Philippine Cup were held at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum as part of the 50th anniversary of PBA's foundation ahead of the 50th PBA season.[6] Plans for the commemorative games were underway as early as March 2025.[7]
The sole team still playing in the PBA when it was founded in 1975 are the San Miguel Beermen.[6] The game between Meralco and San Miguel featured teams wearing "retro" jerseys.[8] The television broadcast likewise had "retro" graphics.[9] Spectators got discounted fare rates (or free of charge if they are born in 1975).[6]
April 9
5:00 pm |
| Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 83, Converge FiberXers 71 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 22–17, 23–23, 24–15 | ||
| Pts: Lucero, Sangalang 18 Rebs: Sangalang 9 Asts: Barroca 7 |
Pts: Arana, Winston 14 Rebs: Arana 14 Asts: Arana, Winston 3 | |
April 9
7:30 pm |
| Meralco Bolts 98, San Miguel Beermen 110 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 17–27, 36–25, 24–33 | ||
| Pts: Newsome 27 Rebs: Black, Hodge 7 Asts: Newsome 7 |
Pts: Perez 29 Rebs: Fajardo 10 Asts: three players 4 | |
References
[edit]- ^ Henson, Joaquin (February 27, 2025). "Tight sked for Gilas". philstar.com. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
- ^ Terrado, Jonas (2025-04-04). "PBA: Collision of champs as Bolts, Tropang 5G pursue their bids". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
- ^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
- ^ "Player of the Week is Meralco's Bong Quinto". PBA.ph. April 7, 2025. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
- ^ "Lucero earns second POW citation". PBA.ph. April 19, 2025. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
- ^ a b c Terrado, Reuben (7 April 2025). "PBA fans born 1975 get free admission to 50th-anniversary games". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
- ^ "PBA plans to bring San Miguel-Meralco retro game at Rizal Memorial for 50th anniversary". GMA News. 5 March 2025. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
- ^ Terrado, Reuben (9 April 2025). "SMB, Meralco brandish retro jerseys for PBA 50th anniversary game". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ Terrado, Reuben (8 April 2025). "TV broadcast of PBA's 50th-anniversary game also going retro". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
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