2017–18 PBA Philippine Cup Finals

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 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.

2017–18 PBA Philippine Cup Finals

Team Coach Wins (1) San Miguel Beermen Leo Austria 4 (2) Magnolia Hotshots Chito Victolero 1
Dates	March 23 – April 6, 2018
MVP	June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen)
Television	Local: ESPN5 TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International
Announcers	see Broadcast notes
Radio network	Radyo5 (DWFM)
Announcers	see Broadcast notes
Referees
Game 1: P. Balao, S. Pineda, R. Yante, M. Montoya Game 2: N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, R. Gruta, M. Flordeliza Game 3: P. Balao, S. Pineda, R. Gruta, E. Tangkion Game 4: J. Mariano, S. Pineda, R. Yante, M. Flordeliza Game 5: N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, E. Tangkion, J. Narandan
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Background

Further information: 2017–18 San Miguel Beermen season § Philippine Cup, and 2017–18 Magnolia Hotshots season § Philippine Cup

Road to the finals

Main article: 2017–18 PBA Philippine Cup

San Miguel Beermen		Magnolia Hotshots
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

February 4

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 77, Magnolia Hotshots 76
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 13–24, 18–16, 25–16
Pts: Fajardo 19 Rebs: Fajardo 21 Asts: Lassiter 5		Pts: Barroca 21 Rebs: Pingris 14 Asts: three players 4

Ynares Center, Antipolo Referees: P. Balao, R. Yante, M. Orioste, N. Ranido

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

March 23 7:00pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 103, Magnolia Hotshots 105
Scoring by quarter: 33–25, 30–22, 26–28, 14–30
Pts: Fajardo 31 Rebs: Fajardo 18 Asts: Cabagnot 9		Pts: Sangalang 29 Rebs: Reavis, Sangalang 9 Asts: Barroca, Lee 5
Magnolia leads series, 1–0

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, S. Pineda, R. Yante, M. Montoya

Game 2

March 25 6:30pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 92, Magnolia Hotshots 77
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 29–18, 27–22, 17–20
Pts: Santos 24 Rebs: Fajardo 13 Asts: Ross 10		Pts: Barroca 18 Rebs: dela Rosa, Reavis 6 Asts: three players 3
Series tied, 1–1

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, R. Gruta, M. Flordeliza

Game 3

April 1 6:30pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 111, Magnolia Hotshots 87
Scoring by quarter: 29–22, 21–27, 25–19, 36–19
Pts: Lassiter 24 Rebs: Fajardo 17 Asts: Cabagnot 8		Pts: Barroca 22 Rebs: Reavis 14 Asts: Lee 7
San Miguel leads series, 2–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, S. Pineda, R. Gruta, E. Tangkion

Game 4

April 4 7:00pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 84, Magnolia Hotshots 80
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 31–26, 24–18, 15–16
Pts: Cabagnot 27 Rebs: Fajardo 13 Asts: Ross 7		Pts: Sangalang 22 Rebs: Sangalang 11 Asts: Lee 6
San Miguel leads series, 3–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: J. Mariano, S. Pineda, R. Yante, M. Flordeliza

Game 5

April 6 7:00pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 108, Magnolia Hotshots 99 (2OT)
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 18–32, 23–21, 26–12, Overtime: 8–8, 14–5
Pts: Fajardo 42 Rebs: Fajardo 20 Asts: Ross 11		Pts: Lee 21 Rebs: Reavis 12 Asts: Barroca 8
San Miguel wins series, 4–1

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 10,054 Referees: N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, E. Tangkion, J. Narandan

Rosters

San Miguel Beermen 2017–18 PBA Philippine Cup roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight College G 1   Heruela, Brian 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1989–04–13 Cebu F/C 2   Mamaril, Billy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1980–06–25 Bakersfield G/F 3   Pessumal, Von 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1993–02–12 Ateneo G 5   Cabagnot, Alex 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1982–12–08 Hawaiʻi–Hilo G 6   Ross, Chris 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1985–03–09 Marshall G/F 13   Lassiter, Marcio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1987–05–16 Cal State Fullerton C 15   Fajardo, June Mar 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 268 lb (122 kg) 1989–11–17 Cebu G/F 18   Vigil, Louie (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 1991–09–26 UST G/F 22   Ganuelas-Rosser, Matt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1990–06–13 Cal Poly Pomona G/F 23   Agovida, Keith 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1990–02–14 Arellano G 26   Lanete, Chico 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1979–08–01 Lyceum F 27   Espinas, Gabby 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1982–01–03 Philippine Christian F 29   Santos, Arwind (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1981–06–10 Far Eastern F 33   Semerad, David   6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1991–04–25 San Beda C 95   de Ocampo, Yancy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1980–03–11 Saint Francis of Assisi	Head coach   Leo Austria Assistant coach(es)   Peter Martin (1st Assistant)   Biboy Ravanes   Dayong Mendoza   Boyzie Zamar   Ato Agustin   Jorge Gallent Team manager   Gelacio Abanilla   Daniel Henares (Assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie (3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team   Injured Roster

Magnolia Hotshots 2017–18 PBA Philippine Cup roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight College G 2   Melton, Justin 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 163 lb (74 kg) 1987–04–07 Mount Olive G 3   Lee, Paul 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1989–02–14 UE F/C 4   Reavis, Rafi (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1977–07–26 Coppin State G 6   Jalalon, Jio 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1992–08–02 Arellano G 8   Simon, Peter June 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1980–06–01 Mindanao G/F 9   Herndon, Robbie (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1993–07–16 San Francisco State F/C 10   Sangalang, Ian 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1991–12–20 San Sebastian G/F 12   Gamalinda, Riego 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 1986–05–25 San Beda G/F 13   Mendoza, Gryann 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990–09–09 Far Eastern G 14   Barroca, Mark 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986–04–25 Far Eastern F 15   Pingris, Marc   (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1981–10–16 PSBA F 17   Ramos, Aldrech 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1988–04–03 Far Eastern G/F 19   dela Rosa, Rome 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1990–12–11 San Beda F/C 32   Pascual, Kyle 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–04–13 San Beda F/C 91   Brondial, Rodney 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–11–20 Adamson	Head coach   Chito Victolero Assistant coach(es)   Jason Webb (1st Assistant)   Johnny Abarrientos   Mon Jose   Angelito Esguerra   Tony Boy Espinosa   Juno Sauler   Paul Sorongon Team manager   Alvin Patrimonio Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie (3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team   Injured Roster

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 reporters
Game 1	Magoo Marjon	Andy Jao and Ryan Gregorio	Apple David	James Velasquez	Eric Reyes	Rizza Diaz
Game 2	Sev Sarmenta	Norman Black and Quinito Henson	Selina Dagdag	Carlo Pamintuan	Ali Peek	Rizza Diaz
Game 3	Charlie Cuna	Alex Compton and Ryan Gregorio	Carla Lizardo	Chiqui Reyes	Charles Tiu	Apple David
Game 4	Magoo Marjon	Andy Jao and Tim Cone	Rizza Diaz	Jutt Sulit	Jong Uichico	Carla Lizardo
Game 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