2022 PBA Philippine Cup

The 2022 PBA Philippine Cup, also known as the 2022 Honda PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2022–23 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 44th PBA Philippine Cup started on June 5 and ended on September 4, 2022. The tournament did not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports. The conference also served as a qualification to the 2022–23 East Asia Super League, wherein the conference finalists will be the Philippines' representatives to the international club league.

2022 PBA Philippine Cup

Duration	June 5 – September 4, 2022
TV partner(s)	Local: One Sports TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International iWantTFC^{[note 1]}
Finals
Champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	TNT Tropang Giga
Awards
Best Player	June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen)
Finals MVP	June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen)
PBA Philippine Cup chronology
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Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

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

Team standings

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

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^[1]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient:TNT 1.12, Magnolia 0.99, Barangay Ginebra 0.90
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Converge 1–0 Blackwater
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Phoenix

Schedule

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

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

Results

Teams	BGSM	BWB	CON	MAG	MER	NLEX	NP	PHX	ROS	SMB	TER	TNT
Barangay Ginebra	—	85–82	105–89	84–89	73–90	83–75	100–93	100–93	90–85	75–72	106–82	92–106
Blackwater		—	90–92	66–75	90–89	68–98	97–90	91–89	90–107	107–110*	107–70	85–78
Converge			—	89–82*	74–90	112–108	104–98	66–89	77–79	92–111	97–84	83–86
Magnolia				—	97–88*	87–73	80–77	95–77	118–87	81–87	104–83	72–78
Meralco					—	75–90	97–87	109–98	77–73	89–86	105–89	71–78
NLEX						—	109–95	114–108*	86–96	92–100	105–102	90–89
NorthPort							—	95–92	94–81	106–122	100–86	112–117
Phoenix Super LPG								—	106–102	100–108	97–74	72–87
Rain or Shine									—	93–99	97–82	85–89*
San Miguel										—	109–108*	115–99
Terrafirma											—	86–114
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.

Bracket


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

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	San Miguel	123

8	Blackwater	93
			1	San Miguel	4
(Best-of-3)
			5	Meralco	3
4	Barangay Ginebra	1

5	Meralco	2
						1	San Miguel	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
						2	TNT	3
2	TNT	116

7	Converge	95
			2	TNT	4
(Best-of-3)
			3	Magnolia	2
3	Magnolia	2

6	NLEX	1

Quarterfinals

(1) San Miguel vs. (8) Blackwater

San Miguel has the twice-to-beat advantage; they have to be beaten twice, while their opponents just once, to advance.

San Miguel Beermen 123, Blackwater Bossing 93
Scoring by quarter: 32–13, 31–26, 31–24, 29–30
Pts: Lassiter, Perez 18 Rebs: Brondial 15 Asts: Ross 12		Pts: Ular 15 Rebs: Ular 11 Asts: Amer 5
San Miguel wins series in one game

TNT Tropang Giga 116, Converge FiberXers 95
Scoring by quarter: 30–20, 40–22, 27–25, 19–28
Pts: M. Williams 26 Rebs: Rosario 7 Asts: M. Williams 4		Pts: Hill 18 Rebs: Tratter 11 Asts: Ilagan, Murrell 4
TNT wins series in one game

Magnolia Hotshots 98, NLEX Road Warriors 89
Scoring by quarter: 24–26, 40–21, 17–23, 17–19
Pts: Barroca 24 Rebs: Abueva 8 Asts: Jalalon, Lee 5		Pts: Semerad 19 Rebs: Semerad 6 Asts: four players 4

Magnolia Hotshots 77, NLEX Road Warriors 90
Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 14–30, 27–18, 18–17
Pts: Abueva 20 Rebs: Abueva 7 Asts: Barroca, Jalalon 5		Pts: Alas 30 Rebs: Trollano 12 Asts: Alas, Trollano 4

Format

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Results

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) San Miguel vs. (8) Blackwater

(2) TNT vs. (7) Converge

(3) Magnolia vs. (6) NLEX

(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) Meralco

Semifinals

(1) San Miguel vs. (5) Meralco

(2) TNT vs. (3) Magnolia

Finals

Awards

Players of the Week

Statistics

Individual statistical leaders

Individual game highs

Team statistical leaders

Notes

References

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