2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup

none December 2022 December 2022 2015–16 Philippine Cup PBA2015-16_philcup.png 220px October 21, 2015 – February 3, 2016 Local: Sports5 TV5 Fox Sports Asia Cignal PPV (HD) Hyper (HD) International: AksyonTV International June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen) Chris Ross (San Miguel Beermen) San Miguel Beermen Alaska Aces 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup 2014–15 2016–17 PBA Philippine Cup 2016–17 2015 Governors' 2015 PBA Governors' Cup 2016 Commissioner's 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup The 2015–16 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup, also known as the 2015–16 SmartBRO-PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2015–16 PBA season. The tournament started on October 21, 2015, and was finished on February 3, 2016. The tournament did not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports. Format The following format was 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. Ties are broken among the head-to-head records of the tied teams. The top two teams after the elimination round will automatically advance to the semifinals. The next eight teams will play in a double-phase quarterfinal round. The #3 to #6 seed will have twice-to-beat advantage against their opponent. Phase 1 matchups are: QF1: #3 team vs. #10 team QF2: #4 team vs. #9 team QF3: #5 team vs. #8 team QF4: #6 team vs. #7 team The winners of Phase 1 will advance to the knockout phase. The match ups are: KO1: QF1 vs. QF4 KO2: QF2 vs. QF3 The winners of the quarterfinals will challenge the top two teams in a best-of-seven semifinals series. Match ups are: SF1: #1 vs. KO2 SF2: #2 vs. KO1 The winners in the semifinals advance to the best of seven finals. Elimination round Team standings Schedule table matchup BSK 1 Alaska Aces W/W/W/L/W/W/W/W/L/W/W TNT/BW/MAH/BGSM/GP/SH/NLEX/MER/ROS/SMB/BBE 2 Barako Bull Energy L/W/OTL/W/W/L/L/OTW/L/W/L NLEX/BGSM/GP/MER/MAH/SMB/ROS/TNT/BW/SH/ALA 3 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel L/L/W/L/W/W/W/L/OTW/W/W SH/BBE/ALA/SMB/MER/MAH/GP/ROS/BW/NLEX/TNT 4 Blackwater Elite L/L/W/L/L/L/L/OTL/W/L/W NLEX/ALA/MER/SMB/ROS/TNT/GP/BGSM/BBE/SH/MAH 5 GlobalPort Batang Pier L/W/OTW/W/L/L/W/W/W/OTW/L SMB/SH/BBE/ROS/ALA/BGSM/BW/NLEX/MER/MAH/TNT 6 Mahindra Enforcer L/L/L/W/L/L/W/L/L/OTL/L ROS/TNT/ALA/NLEX/BBE/BGSM/MER/SMB/SH/GP/BW 7 Meralco Bolts L/L/L/L/L/W/L/L/L/L/L SMB/BW/TNT/BBE/BGSM/SH/NLEX/MAH/ALA/GP/ROS 8 NLEX Road Warriors W/W/L/L/W/W/L/L/OTL/L/W BW/BBE/SH/MAH/TNT/MER/ALA/GP/SMB/BGSM/ROS 9 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters W/W/W/L/W/W/W/L/W/W/L SH/MAH/SMB/GP/BW/BBE/BGSM/TNT/ALA/MER/NLEX 10 San Miguel Beermen W/W/L/W/W/W/W/W/OTW/W/L GP/MER/ROS/BW/BGSM/BBE/SH/MAH/NLEX/TNT/ALA 11 Star Hotshots L/W/L/W/L/L/L/L/W/L/W ROS/BGSM/GP/NLEX/TNT/MER/ALA/SMB/MAH/BBE/BW 12 TNT Tropang Texters L/W/W/W/L/W/OTL/W/L/W/L ALA/MAH/MER/SH/NLEX/BW/BBE/ROS/SMB/GP/BGSM Results main BSR grey Team y 55px 95% ALA BBE BGSM BWE GP MAH MER NLEX ROS SMB SH TNT Alaska 108–100 92–93 87–79 123–104 98–94 88–86 89–81 105–111 103–97 107–102 114–98 Barako Bull — 82–79 92–116 91–105* OT 93–85 108–106 85–93 104–110 105–106 101–83 105–98* OT Barangay Ginebra — — 102–94** OT 85–70 80–76 89–64 91–90 86–94 82–100 78–86 91–84 Blackwater — — — 105–120 108–99 92–90 86–90 81–103 83–93 89–102 98–109 GlobalPort — — — — 118–116* OT 108–104 96–90 113–111 86–97 101–94 96–107 Mahindra — — — — — 86–83 103–93 94–108 86–102 96–104 97–101 Meralco — — — — — — 91–93 87–97 85–101 87–83 91–105 NLEX — — — — — — — 111–106 80–88* OT 95–97 107–101 Rain or Shine — — — — — — — — 99–84 96–87 85–95 San Miguel — — — — — — — — — 101–90 97–84 Star — — — — — — — — — — 86–91 TNT — — — — — — — — — — — complete Bracket Quarterfinals First phase In this round, the higher-seeded team in the series has the twice-to-beat advantage. (3) Rain or Shine vs. (10) Blackwater #eee December 26 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Rain or Shine Elasto Painters |score1= 95 Blackwater Elite 90 Boxscore 17–14 27–20 25–26 26–30 Chan 17 Lastimosa 35 Belga 10 Ballesteros, Erram 8 Belga, Chan 4 Lastimosa 5 J. Mariano, P. Balao, M. Montoya, M. Flordeliza Rain or Shine wins series in one game (4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (9) Star #eee December 25 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 92 Star Hotshots 89 Boxscore 21–18 17–19 16–25 26–18 12–9 Mercado 17 Simon 17 Aguilar 14 Reavis 12 Tenorio 6 three players 2 21,808 M. Quilingen, E. Aquino, R. Yante, R. Dacanay Barangay Ginebra wins series in one game (5) GlobalPort vs. (8) Barako Bull #eee December 25 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay GlobalPort Batang Pier 94 Barako Bull Energy 85 Boxscore 21–25 20–23 28–16 25–21 Romeo 33 Wilson 15 Pringle 13 Wilson 15 Romeo 5 Wilson 5 21,808 J. Mariano, S. Pineda, R. Gruta, A. Guevarra GlobalPort wins series in one game (6) TNT vs. (7) NLEX #eee December 26 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay TNT Tropang Texters 90 NLEX Road Warriors 88 Boxscore 11–21 25–15 25–31 29–21 Rosario 20 Taulava 22 Fonacier, Williams 8 Anthony 13 Castro, R. Reyes 4 Cardona, J. Villanueva 3 A. Herrera, E. Tangkion, J. Marabe, R. Yante TNT wins series in one game Second phase This is a one-game playoff. The winner advances to the semifinals. (3) Rain or Shine vs. (6) TNT #eee December 28 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 104 TNT Tropang Texters 89 Boxscore 26–21 26–24 32–31 20–13 Almazan 15 Castro 25 Almazan, Ponferada 10 Castro 11 Belga 7 Castro 4 A. Herrera, R. Marabe, E. Tangkion, J. Narandan (4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) GlobalPort #eee December 27 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 83 GlobalPort Batang Pier 84 16–18 16–15 21–20 21–21 9–10 Boxscore Slaughter 25 Pringle 25 Slaughter 18 three players 8 Mercado, Tenorio 5 Romeo 5 E. Aquino, R. Gruta, M. Montoya, J. Oliva In the final 8 seconds of overtime period of the knockout quarterfinal game between Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and GlobalPort Batang Pier, review showed that Stanley Pringle held the ball for over 5 seconds, which would have resulted in a five-second ball-hogging violation, but no call was made. After the final buzzer, the Batang Pier already went to the dugout, but Ginebra stayed behind. Ginebra fans, which were more than half of the crowd, were left stunned along with players and the Ginebra coaching staff. Head coach Tim Cone immediately went to center court and pleaded with the referees for a call or a review of the final 8-second possession of Globalport.https://www.rappler.com/sports/pba/117247-ginebra-globalport-controversial-end/ Ginebra-Globalport PBA quarterfinals game marred by controversial end rappler.com Rappler December 27, 2015 December 28, 2015 Bracher, JaneChaos at the MOA Arena Sports5, Youtube.com December 27, 2015 He then went to the scorer's table and signed the official scorecard, signifying the team's intent to file a protest with the game's result. He stayed mum after coming out of the dugout on whether they would actually file a protest. Under the league's rules, Barangay Ginebra had until 12 noon of December 28, 2015, to file a letter of protest together with a bond, which requires a minimum of P20,000.http://sports.inquirer.net/202158/official-protest-an-option-for-ginebra-pba-sets-12nn-deadline Official protest an option for Ginebra; PBA sets 12nn deadline inquirer.net Inquirer Sports December 27, 2015 December 28, 2015 Leongson, Randolphhttps://www.rappler.com/sports/pba/117236-ginebra-globalport-quarterfinals-ph-cup/ Globalport knocks out Ginebra in OT for first-ever semifinals seat rappler.com Rappler December 27, 2015 December 28, 2015 Bracher, Jane Some fans who waited by the players exit booed and threw coins at the car of GlobalPort forward Jay Washington, who left the venue with his family. Security struggled to control the mob of angry fans. When the car started to leave, Washington opened the window and shouted, "Better luck next conference!" to the crowd.https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/549233/sports/basketball/ginebra-fans-throw-coins-at-jay-washington-family-after-playoff-loss Ginebra fans throw coins at Jay Washington, family after playoff loss gmanetwork.com GMA News Online December 27, 2015 December 28, 2015 Panaligan, Marisse A day after, Barangay Ginebra did not send a formal protest to the PBA office as the 12 noon deadline lapsed. Commissioner Chito Narvasa said that the league summoned the four referees of the Ginebra-GlobalPort game, Edward Aquino, Rommel Gruta, Mardy Montoya and Bing Oliva, on December 29 and re-evaluated their performance during the quarterfinal game.http://pba.inquirer.net/65279/no-protest-filed-by-ginebra-commissioner-sets-hearing-for-referees No protest filed by Ginebra; Commissioner sets hearing for referees inquirer.net Inquirer Sports December 28, 2015 December 28, 2015 Leongson, Randolph According to the findings of the PBA technical committee, two violations were not called: the five-second ball-hogging violation and the backcourt violation committed by Stanley Pringle. Referees Edward Aquino and Rommel Gruta were therefore suspended for the rest of the Philippine Cup.2 erring referees in GlobalPort-Ginebra game suspended for rest of PH Cup, PBA.inquirer.net, December 29, 2015 Semifinals This is a best-of-seven round. The winner advances to the finals. (1) Alaska vs. (5) GlobalPort #eee January 4 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Alaska Aces 93 GlobalPort Batang Pier 107 Boxscore 18–29 24–23 32–30 19–25 Baguio 15 Romeo 41 Thoss 12 Kramer 10 Baguio, Jazul 3 three players 4 P. Balao, J. Mariano, S. Pineda, J. Oliva #fff January 6 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Alaska Aces 100 GlobalPort Batang Pier 76 18–18 29–26 28–16 25–16 Boxscore Banchero 18 Pringle 22 Abueva 11 Kramer 10 Baguio, Casio 4 Romeo 5 A. Herrera, E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya #eee January 8 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Alaska Aces 82 GlobalPort Batang Pier 69 26–13 10–13 17–27 29–16 Boxscore Manuel 16 Romeo 17 Abueva 15 Maierhofer, Pringle 12 Jazul, Thoss 4 Washington 3 M. Quilinguen, P. Balao, B. Oliva, M. Flordeliza #fff January 10 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Alaska Aces 109 GlobalPort Batang Pier 84 32–20 22–20 28–22 27–22 Boxscore Abueva 20 Romeo 24 Abueva 13 Washington 8 Casio 4 Pringle 4 P. Balao, J. Mariano, R. Yante, M. Flordeliza #eee January 12 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Alaska Aces 118 GlobalPort Batang Pier 89 27–17 33–34 27–22 31–16 Boxscore Exciminiano 19 Washington 26 Abueva 9 Maierhofer 9 Baguio 6 Yeo 5 J. Mariano, E. Tangkion, N. Guevarra, D. Dacanay Alaska wins series, 4–1 (2) San Miguel vs. (3) Rain or Shine #eee January 5 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay San Miguel Beermen 109 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 105 21–31 29–37 21–23 38–14 Boxscore Fajardo 36 Belga, Quiñahan 19 Fajardo 18 Quiñahan 11 Santos 5 Cruz 6 A. Herrera, M. Quilinguen, R. Yante, R. Marabe #fff January 7 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City San Miguel Beermen 97 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 105 15–31 19–18 31–30 32–26 Boxscore Fajardo 38 Chan 16 Fajardo 17 Ponferada 10 Lassiter 4 Ahanmisi 6 J. Mariano, E. Tangkion, A. Guevarra, J. Narandan #eee January 9 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City San Miguel Beermen 106 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 111 27–26 23–32 36–20 20– 33 Boxscore Fajardo 40 Lee 18 Fajardo 20 Belga 14 Cabagnot 6 Ahanmisi 6 A. Herrera, M. Quilinguen, R. Marabe, R. Dacanay #fff January 11 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City San Miguel Beermen 105 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 92 28–25 25–21 37–22 15–24 Boxscore Fajardo 33 Ahanmisi, Trollano 15 Fajardo 15 Ahanmisi 7 three players 3 Tiu 5 A. Herrera, P. Balao, J. Narandan, M. Montoya #eee January 13 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City San Miguel Beermen 103 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 94 17–13 33–32 22–23 31–26 Boxscore Fajardo 27 Quiñahan 20 Fajardo 12 Norwood 10 Cabagnot 6 Ahanmisi 3 N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, R. Yante, M. Flordeliza #fff January 15 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City San Miguel Beermen 90 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 82 19–16 18–30 33–17 20–19 Boxscore Lassiter 22 Belga 16 Santos 19 Belga 11 Ross 6 Ahanmisi, Tiu 3 A. Herrera, J. Mariano, N. Guevarra, R. Marabe San Miguel wins series, 4–2 The two-time PBA MVP Fajardo had shrugs off hard foulshttp://pba.inquirer.net/65725/fajardo-shrugs-off-hard-fouls-i-dont-care-i-just-want-to-play Fajardo shrugs off hard fouls: 'I don't care, I just want to play' January 8, 2016 by different Rain or Shine players had had given him a "hard life" as promised until game 6 wherein he finally fell down and injured his left knee (torn ACL) because of a hard box-out play by Rain or Shine forward Jireh Ibañes. Fajardo, who was wincing in pain, had to be stretchered out off the playing court at the 7:11 mark of the third and was later brought to St. Luke's Medical Center in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.http://sports.inquirer.net/203604/pba-fajardo-stretched-off-the-court-after-injuring-knee PBA: Fajardo stretchered off the court after injuring knee January 15, 2016 After the game, Ibañes says he meant no harm against Fajardo.http://pba.inquirer.net/66122/ibanes-says-he-meant-no-harm-against-fajardo-i-just-tried-to-box-him-out Ibañes says he meant no harm against Fajardo: 'I just tried to box him out' January 16, 2016 The injury had not only put a damper on San Miguel's return to the finals but also to Gilas Pilipinas 2016 Olympic qualifiers as he had to sit out for the rest of the season because of a torn ACL.https://www.spin.ph/basketball/news/san-miguel-star-june-mar-fajardo-suffers-partially-torn-acl-out-for-pba-finals-and-olympic-qualifiers Doctors fear June Mar Fajardo suffered partially torn ACL, out for PBA Finals and Olympic qualifiers Finals 2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup Finals #eee January 17 5:00pm Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City TV5 Alaska Aces 100 San Miguel Beermen 91 23–23 15–19 28–33 34–16 Boxscore A. Herrera, P. Balao, E. Tangkion, J. Oliva #fff January 19 7:00pm Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City TV5 Alaska Aces 83 San Miguel Beermen 80 23–18 16–18 23–24 21–20 P. Balao, J. Mariano, E. Tangkion, J. Oliva Boxscore #eee January 22 7:00pm Quezon Convention Center, Lucena TV5 Alaska Aces 82 San Miguel Beermen 75 20–17 11–24 24–17 27–17 N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, E. Tangkion, S. Pineda Boxscore #fff January 24 5:00pm PhilSports Arena, Pasig TV5 Alaska Aces 104 San Miguel Beermen 110 28–20 21–23 28–26 21–29 6–12 Boxscore N. Quilinguen, R. Marabe, R. Dacanay, J. Oliva #eee January 27 7:00pm Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City TV5 OT Alaska Aces 73 San Miguel Beermen 86 20–23 16–13 19–16 12–15 6–19 J. Mariano, N. Guevarra, J. Marabe, E. Tangkion Boxscore #fff January 29 7:00pm Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City TV5 Alaska Aces 89 San Miguel Beermen 100 29–22 20–29 17–16 23–33 A. Herrera, P. Balao, N. Guevara, S. Pineda Boxscore #eee February 3 7:00pm Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay TV5 Alaska Aces 89 San Miguel Beermen 96 16–22 22–21 13–25 38–28 N. Quilinguen, N. Guevarra, R. Dacanay, J. Oliva Boxscore San Miguel wins series, 4–3 Awards Conference Best Player of the Conference: June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen) Finals MVP: Chris Ross (San Miguel Beermen) Players of the Week WeekPlayerRef. October 21–25 JR Quiñahan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) Hot streak earns JR Quinahan first Accel Player of the Week citation of PBA season, spin.ph, October 26, 2015 October 26–31 Stanley Pringle (GlobalPort Batang Pier) Stanley Pringle beats out Sean Anthony, Vic Manuel for PBA Player of the Week honor, spin.ph, November 2, 2015 November 1–8 Greg Slaughter (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) Greg Slaughter's offseason work quick to pay off as he earns Player of the Week citation, spin.ph, November 9, 2015 November 9–15 Stanley Pringle (GlobalPort Batang Pier) Stanley Pringle beats out Fajardo, Castro to win second PBA Player of the Week citation, spin.ph, November 16, 2015 November 16–22 Sean Anthony (NLEX Road Warriors) NLEX forward Sean Anthony's career game earns him PBA Player of the Week honor, spin.ph, November 23, 2015 November 23–29 Jericho Cruz (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) ROS' Jericho Cruz is PBA Player of the Week, ABS-CBN News, December 1, 2015 November 30 – December 6 Willy Wilson (Barako Bull Energy) Doing the best work of his career, Wilson is Player of the Week, ABS-CBN Sports, December 7, 2015 December 7–13 Terrence Romeo (GlobalPort Batang Pier) GlobalPort's Romeo earns Player of the Week honors, ABS-CBN News, December 14, 2015 December 14–20 Sean Anthony (NLEX Road Warriors) Sean Anthony takes second PBA Player of the Week citation this season, spin.ph, December 21, 2015 December 21–28 Stanley Pringle (GlobalPort Batang Pier) Player of the Week: Pringle earns third citation, pba.inquirer.net, December 28, 2015 Statistics Individual statistic leaders Category Player Team Statistic Points per game Terrence Romeo GlobalPort Batang Pier 25.2 Rebounds per game Greg Slaughter Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 14.5 Assists per game Jayson Castro TNT Tropang Texters 4.9 Steals per game LA Revilla Mahindra Enforcer 2.0 Blocks per game John Paul Erram Blackwater Elite 1.9 Turnovers per game June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 4.0 Fouls per game John Paul Erram Blackwater Elite 4.5 Minutes per game Greg Slaughter Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 38.7 FG% Bradwyn Guinto Mahindra Enforcer 58.5%FT% Mark Borboran NLEX Road Warriors 100.0%Reynel Hugnatan Meralco Bolts 3FG% Aldrech Ramos Mahindra Enforcer 57.6% Double-doubles June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 17 Individual game highs Category Player Team Statistic Points June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 43 Rebounds Greg Slaughter Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 26 Assists RJ Jazul Alaska Aces 10 Steals Chris Ross San Miguel Beermen 7 Blocks John Paul Erram Blackwater Elite 7Three Pointers Gary David Meralco Bolts 7 Terrence Romeo GlobalPort Batang Pier Team statistic leaders Category Team Statistic Points per game Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 100.4 Rebounds per game Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 53.1 Assists per game Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 20.3 Steals per game Mahindra Enforcer 7.4 Blocks per game San Miguel Beermen 5.3 Turnovers per game Star Hotshots 19.8 FG% Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 44.0% FT% Barako Bull Energy 74.0% 3FG% TNT Tropang Texters 34.5% References 30em External links PBA Official Website Philippine Cup Category:PBA Philippine Cup