Year: | 2017–18 |
Conference: | Philippine Cup |
Champion: | (1) San Miguel Beermen |
Champion Coach: | Leo Austria |
Champion Games: | 4 |
Runnerup: | (2) Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok |
Runnerup Coach: | Chito Victolero |
Runnerup Games: | 1 |
Date: | March 23 – April 6, 2018 |
Mvp: | June Mar Fajardo |
Television: | Local: ESPN5 TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International |
Announcers: | see Broadcast notes |
Radio Network: | Radyo5 (DWFM) |
Radio Announcers: | see Broadcast notes |
Referees 1: | P. Balao, S. Pineda, R. Yante, M. Montoya |
Referees 2: | N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, R. Gruta, M. Flordeliza |
Referees 3: | P. Balao, S. Pineda, R. Gruta, E. Tangkion |
Referees 4: | J. Mariano, S. Pineda, R. Yante, M. Flordeliza |
Referees 5: | N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, E. Tangkion, J. Narandan |
Prev Year: | 2016–17 |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Prev Conf: | 2017 Governors' |
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 Pambansang Manok 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.
See main article: 2017–18 PBA Philippine Cup.
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 |
Game | Date | Venue | Winner | Result |
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Game 1 | Friday, March 23 | 105–103 | ||
Game 2 | Sunday, March 25 | 92–77 | ||
Game 3 | Sunday, April 1 | 111–87 | ||
Game 4 | Wednesday, April 4 | 84–80 | ||
Game 5 | Friday, April 6 | 108–99 (2OT) | ||
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) | |||||
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Analyst(s) | Analyst(s) | Courtside reporters | |||||
Game 1 | Rizza Diaz | ||||||
Game 2 | Rizza Diaz | ||||||
Game 3 | Apple David | ||||||
Game 4 | Carla Lizardo | ||||||
Game 5 | Chino Lui Pio |