2021 PBA Philippine Cup

The 2021 Philippine Cup, also known as the 2021 Honda PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2021 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 43rd PBA Philippine Cup started on July 16, 2021, and ended on October 29, 2021. The tournament did not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports.

2021 PBA Philippine Cup

Duration	July 16 – August 3, 2021 (before suspension) September 1 – October 29, 2021 (resumption)
TV partner(s)	Local: One Sports TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International
Finals
Champions	TNT Tropang Giga
Runners-up	Magnolia Hotshots
Awards
Best Player	Calvin Abueva (Magnolia Hotshots)
Finals MVP	Mikey Williams (TNT Tropang Giga)
PBA Philippine Cup chronology
< 2020 2022 >
PBA conference chronology
< 2020 Philippine 2021 Governors' >

On August 3, the league announced that it will be suspending their games beginning August 4 after the government declared that Metro Manila will be under Enhanced Community Quarantine from August 6 to 20. The league have appealed to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) if they can continue their tournament in Batangas, which is under a more relaxed quarantine restrictions.^[1]

On August 31, the tournament resumed and the games were played Don Honorio Ventura State University Gymnasium in Bacolor, Pampanga.^[2]

Format edit

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:^[3]

Single-round robin eliminations; 11 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.
Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. In case of tie, playoff games will be held only for the #8 seed.
Quarterfinals:
- QF1: #1 vs #8 (#1 twice-to-beat)
- QF2: #2 vs #7 (#2 twice-to-beat)
- QF3: #3 vs #6 (best-of-3 series)
- QF4: #4 vs #5 (best-of-3 series)
Semifinals (best-of-7 series):
- SF1: QF1 Winner vs. QF4 Winner
- SF2: QF2 Winner vs. QF3 Winner
Finals (best-of-7 series)
- F1: SF1 Winner vs SF2 Winner

Elimination round edit

Team standings edit

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	TNT Tropang Giga	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Meralco Bolts	9	2	.818	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Magnolia Hotshots	8	3	.727	2	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636	3
5	NorthPort Batang Pier	6	5	.545^[a]	4
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	5	.545^[a]	4
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	4	7	.364^[b]	6	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	4	7	.364^[b]	6
10	Terrafirma Dyip	4	7	.364^[b]	6
11	Alaska Aces	3	8	.273	7
12	Blackwater Bossing	0	11	.000	10

Source:
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^[4]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Rain or Shine
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.03, Barangay Ginebra 1.01, Terrafirma 0.96; eighth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 95–85 Phoenix

Schedule edit

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Alaska	BWB	MAG	PHX	ROS	MER	NLEX	BGSM	TNT	TER	SMB	NP
Barangay Ginebra	NLEX	BWB	MAG	NP	TER	ROS	SMB	TNT	PHX	ALA	MER
Blackwater	ALA	ROS	BGSM	SMB	TNT	MAG	TER	NP	PHX	NLEX	MER
Magnolia	PHX	ALA	BGSM	TER	MER	BWB	TNT	NLEX	ROS	NP	SMB
Meralco	NP	SMB	ROS	PHX	ALA	MAG	TNT	TER	BWB	NLEX	BGSM
NLEX	ROS	BGSM	SMB	TER	ALA	PHX	MAG	TNT	NP	BWB	MER
NorthPort	MER	PHX	SMB	BGSM	BWB	TER	NLEX	TNT	MAG	ROS	ALA
Phoenix Super LPG	MAG	NP	ALA	MER	TNT	ROS	NLEX	TER	BWB	BGSM	SMB
Rain or Shine	NLEX	BWB	MER	ALA	TNT	TER	PHX	BGSM	MAG	SMB	NP
San Miguel	MER	NLEX	NP	BWB	TER	TNT	BGSM	ROS	PHX	MAG	ALA
Terrafirma	TNT	NLEX	MAG	ROS	SMB	BGSM	BWB	PHX	NP	MER	ALA
TNT	TER	ROS	PHX	BWB	MER	MAG	SMB	NLEX	BGSM	NP	ALA

Source: PBA.ph
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

Results edit

Teams	ALA	BGSM	BWB	MAG	MER	NLEX	NP	PHX	ROS	SMB	TER	TNT
Alaska	—	89–75	103–77	82–84	80–89	74–84	94–122	93–101	74–48	100–101	89–105	85–103
Barangay Ginebra		—	96–81	79–89	66–79	75–94	87–85	94–87	83–77	102–111	90–95	67–88
Blackwater			—	78–94	97–104	73–90	73–98	92–114	62–71	80–99	84–96	76–96
Magnolia				—	94–95	112–105**	90–89	80–73	72–75	100–90	105–83	76–83
Meralco					—	104–101	85–63	91–80	72–85	93–87	95–83	76–91
NLEX						—	94–96	94–76	82–83	93–110	108–94	85–100
NorthPort							—	115–79	91–88*	86–88	104–84	92–102
Phoenix Super LPG								—	78–77	80–110	96–84	80–84
Rain or Shine									—	95–93	83–77	69–79
San Miguel										—	104–110*	83–67
Terrafirma											—	79–86
TNT												—

Source: PBA.ph results, PBA.ph schedule
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Postponed games due to COVID-19 edit

July 21: Terrafirma vs. Alaska and TNT vs. Magnolia^[5]
July 23: Rain or Shine vs. Terrafirma^[6]
July 24: Meralco vs. TNT^[6]
July 31: Blackwater vs. Phoenix^[7]
August 1: San Miguel vs. Barangay Ginebra^[8]
September 4: Alaska vs. San Miguel^[9]
September 5: Meralco vs. Barangay Ginebra^[10]

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 95, Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 85
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 27–18, 30–28, 16–19
Pts: Caperal 19 Rebs: Standhardinger 12 Asts: Pringle, Tenorio 4		Pts: Perkins 15 Rebs: Pascual 11 Asts: Wright 8


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	TNT		84

8	Barangay Ginebra		71
				1	TNT	4
(Best-of-3)
				4	San Miguel	3
4	San Miguel		2

5	NorthPort		0
							1	TNT	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							3	Magnolia	1
2	Meralco	80	97

7	NLEX	81	86
				2	Meralco	2
(Best-of-3)
				3	Magnolia	4
3	Magnolia		2

6	Rain or Shine		0

TNT Tropang Giga 84, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 71
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 22–12, 27–16, 18–22
Pts: Pogoy 16 Rebs: K. Williams, M. Williams 7 Asts: Reyes, M. Williams 5		Pts: Standhardinger 17 Rebs: Standhardinger 19 Asts: three players 3
TNT wins series in one game

Meralco Bolts 80, NLEX Road Warriors 81
Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 16–24, 22–19, 16–18
Pts: Maliksi 16 Rebs: Hodge 11 Asts: Newsome, Quinto 4		Pts: Semerad 23 Rebs: Oftana 9 Asts: Oftana 5

Format edit

Elimination round edit

Team standings edit

Schedule edit

Results edit

Postponed games due to COVID-19 edit

Eighth seed playoff edit

Bracket edit

Quarterfinals edit

(1) TNT vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra edit

(2) Meralco vs (7) NLEX edit

(3) Magnolia vs (6) Rain or Shine edit

(4) San Miguel vs (5) NorthPort edit

Semifinals edit

(1) TNT vs. (4) San Miguel edit

(2) Meralco vs. (3) Magnolia edit

Finals edit

Awards edit

Players of the Week edit

Statistics edit

Individual statistical leaders edit

Individual game highs edit

Team statistical leaders edit

References edit

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