| Year: | 2022 |
| Conference: | Philippine Cup |
| Champion Games: | 4 |
| Runnerup Games: | 3 |
| Date: | August 21 – September 4, 2022 |
| Mvp: | June Mar Fajardo |
| Radio Network: | Radyo5 (DWFM) |
| Referees 1: | Nol Quilinguen, Sherwin Pineda, Jerry Narandan, Joel Baldago |
| Referees 2: | Nol Quilinguen, Sherwin Pineda, Bing Oliva, Dacx Dacanay |
| Referees 3: | Sherwin Pineda, Rommel Gruta, Jerry Narandan, Joel Baldago |
| Referees 4: | Peter Balao, Rommel Gruta, Mike Flordeliza, Jeffrey Tantay |
| Referees 5: | Nol Quilinguen, Sherwin Pineda, Jerry Narandan, Albert Nubla |
| Referees 6: | Sherwin Pineda, Jerry Narandan, Mike Flordeliza, Joel Baldago |
| Referees 7: | Nol Quilinguen, Mike Flordeliza, Janine Nicandro, Albert Nubla |
| Next Conf: | 2022–23 Commissioner's |
The 2022 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup finals was a best-of-7 championship series of the 2022 PBA Philippine Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and the TNT Tropang Giga competed for the 44th Philippine Cup championship and the 131st overall championship contested by the league.
A rematch of the 2019 Commissioner's Cup finals, where the 7-seeded Beermen upset the top-seeded TNT Tropang Giga (then known as TNT KaTropa), San Miguel defeated TNT in seven hard-fought games to win their 28th title in franchise history. Having previously defeated the Magnolia Hotshots last year, TNT entered the series as the defending Philippine Cup champions. June Mar Fajardo was named the finals MVP for this series.
See main article: 2022 PBA Philippine Cup.
| TNT Tropang Giga | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Finished 9–2 (.818) in 1st place | Elimination round | Finished 8–3 (.727) in 2nd place with Magnolia and Barangay Ginebra | |
| Tiebreaker | Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.12, Magnolia 0.99, Barangay Ginebra 0.90 (2nd place) | ||
| Def. Blackwater in one game (twice-to-beat advantage) | Quarterfinals | Def. Converge in one game (twice-to-beat advantage) | |
| Def. Meralco, 4–3 | Semifinals | Def. Magnolia, 4–2 |
| Game | Date | Venue | Winner | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | August 21 | 86–84 | ||
| Game 2 | August 24 | 109–100 | ||
| Game 3 | August 26 | 108–100 | ||
| Game 4 | August 28 | Smart Araneta Coliseum | TNT | 100–87 |
| Game 5 | August 31 | 102–93 | ||
| Game 6 | September 2 | San Miguel | 114–96 | |
| Game 7 | September 4 | 119–97 |
Jayson Castro hits a jumper with no time left to win the game 86–84. The shot was counted by officials and TNT took a 1–0 series lead.[1]
Prior to the game, San Miguel's June Mar Fajardo was awarded his ninth Best Player of the Conference award, extending his record for most BPC awards in a career.[2]
The TNT entered the game without Chot Reyes, who was out due to health and safety protocols.[3] Starting center Poy Erram was ejected with 55 seconds left in the second quarter after hitting Mo Tautuaa's head during a foul.
After trailing 84–89 by the end of the 3rd quarter, San Miguel used a 17–0 run at the start of the 4th quarter to clinch their 28th title overall, and 9th title under coach Leo Austria. This fourth quarter rally is led by CJ Perez's 25 points in the game. San Miguel won their 6th Philippine Cup title in the past 8 years. They previously have won five straight Philippine Cup titles from 2015 to 2019.[4]
The Philippine Cup finals was aired on TV5 & One Sports with simulcast on PBA Rush SMART Sports Facebook Livestream & Smart GigaPlay App (both in standard and high definition).
The PBA Rush broadcast provided English language coverage of the finals.
The SMART Sports broadcast provided English-Filipino language coverage of the finals.
| Game | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analyst(s) | Analyst(s) | Courtside reporters | |||||
| Game 1 | Charlie Cuna | Denise Tan | Jinno Rufino | Denise Tan | |||
| Game 2 | Sev Sarmenta | Apple David | Jutt Sulit | Apple David | |||
| Game 3 | Denise Tan | Andre Co | Mark Molina | Denise Tan | |||
| Game 4 | Jutt Sulit | Dominic Uy and Kevin Alas | Apple David | Mikee Reyes | Apple David | ||
| Game 5 | Sev Sarmenta | Andy Jao and Topex Robinson | Bea Escudero | Chiqui Reyes | Jolly Escobar | Bea Escudero | |
| Game 6 | Charlie Cuna | Dominic Uy and Norman Black | Apple David | Carlo Pamintuan | Allan Gregorio | Apple David | |
| Game 7 | Magoo Marjon | Denise Tan | Mikee Reyes | Mark Molina | Denise Tan | ||