2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup finals explained

Year:2013–2014
Conference:Philippine Cup
Champion Games:4
Runnerup Games:2
Date:February 14–26, 2014
Mvp:Mark Barroca
(San Mig Super Coffee Mixers)
Television:Sports5
TV5 and AksyonTV (local)
Fox Sports Asia and AksyonTV International (international)
Referees 1:A. Herrera, P. Balao, R. Gruta
Referees 2:A. Herrera, P. Balao, E. Tankion
Referees 3:N. Quilingen, P. Balao, D. Dacanay
Referees 4:A. Herrera, E. Aquino, D. Dacanay
Referees 5:A. Herrera, P. Balao, D. Dacanay
Referees 6:E. Aquino, D. Dacanay, E. Tankion
Next Conf:2014 Commissioner's

The 2013–14 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters and the San Mig Super Coffee Mixers competed for the 36th All-Filipino championship and the 110th overall championship contested by the league.

The Mixers won the championship in six games.

Background

Road to the finals

See main article: 2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup.

Rain or Shine
Finished 7–7 (0.500): 5th place Elimination round Finished 11–3 (0.786): tied with Barangay Ginebra at 1st place
Tiebreaker* 0.866 (2nd place)
Def. Talk 'N Text, 2–1 (best-of-three) Quarterfinals Def. GlobalPort, 106–96 (twice-to-beat advantage)
Def. Barangay Ginebra, 4–3 SemifinalsDef. Petron Blaze, 4–1

Head-to-head matchup

Series summary

align=center width=30%Teamwidth=8%Game 1width=8%Game 2width=8%Game 3width=8%Game 4width=8%Game 5width=8%Game 6width=8%Wins
San Mig Super Coffee80 80 77 93 74 93 4
Rain or Shine83 70 76 90 81 87 2
Venue

Game 1

In the last two minutes of the game, the Elasto Painters took the lead 78–76 through a back-to-back three point shots by Jeff Chan. Tim Cone then re-inserted his starters and James Yap come up with two consecutive jumpers to gain back the lead, 80–78 with 34.7 seconds left. Jeff Chan missed a three-point attempt in the next play but Jervy Cruz got the rebound and made a hook shot to tie the game, 80-all with 22.5 seconds remaining. After the Mixers' timeout, they let the time go by until it reaches 8.7 seconds and called another timeout to draw up the possible game-winning basket, anchoring the play either to James Yap or Mark Barroca. Yap was not able to get the ball and Barroca missed his attempt while driving to the basket. In the next play, Yeng Guiao designed a play to make Jeff Chan a decoy to enable other players to be open. In-bounding the ball is Gabe Norwood who saw Paul Lee freed up with his defender, passed the ball to him to make the layup and to gain the lead, 82–80. Tim Cone called for a timeout he didn't have, resulting for a technical foul and a free throw made by Lee. The Mixers were forced to inbound the ball at the other end of the basket with .9 seconds left and failed to make the desperation shot.[1]

Game 6

Broadcast notes

Game TV5 coverage Fox Sports coverage
Analyst(s) Analyst(s)
Game 1 Charles Tiu
Game 2 Vince Hizon
Game 3
Game 4 Ronnie Magsanoc
Game 5 Vince Hizon
Game 6 Jude TurcuatoJason Webb

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/paul-lee-lifts-rain-or-shine-over-san-mig-coffee-to-take-game-one-of-pba-finals Paul Lee lifts Rain or Shine over San Mig Coffee to take Game One of PBA finals