# 2010–11 PBA Philippine Cup

The 2010-11 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup was the first conference of the 2010-11 PBA season. The tournament started on October 3, 2010, with the new team, Meralco Bolts defeating the Brgy. Ginebra Kings in the opening game. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which doesn't require an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.

## Format

The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:
* The teams were divided into 2 groups.
* Teams in a group will play against each other once and against teams in the other group twice; 14 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams. Standings will be determined in one league table; teams do not qualify by basis of groupings. The top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals.
* Quarterfinal phase:
** QF1: #1 vs. #8, with #1 having the twice-to-beat advantage
** QF2: #2 vs. #7, with #2 having the twice-to-beat advantage
** QF3: #3 vs. #6 in a best-of three series
** QF4: #4 vs. #5 in a best-of three series
* Best-of-seven semifinals:
** SF1: QF1 vs. QF4
** SF2: QF2 vs. QF3
* Best-of-seven finals: winners of the semifinals.

## Elimination round
### Team standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 11 | 3 | .786 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 11 | 3 | .786 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 10 | 4 | .714 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Alaska Aces | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Air21 Express | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 9 | .357 | 6 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Powerade Tigers | 3 | 11 | .214 | 8 | |
| 10 | Barako Bull Energy Boosters | 3 | 11 | .214 | 8 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–1 Talk 'N Text (San Miguel +9)
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: B-Meg +23, Meralco −11, Alaska −12
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Powerade

### Schedule

* Win
* Loss
* OT win
* OT loss
| Team | Game number | Game number | Game number | Game number | Game number | Game number | Game number | Game number | Game number | Game number | Game number | Game number | Game number | Game number |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Air21 | SMB | ROS | DAL | ALA | BBEB | PWT | BGK | DAL | MER | PWT | SMB | BBEB | ROS | TNT |
| Alaska | BBEB | DAL | ROS | A21 | SMB | TNT | MER | PWT | BGK | BBEB | DAL | ROS | SMB | PWT |
| B-Meg | TNT | ALA | A21 | MER | BGK | SMB | TNT | A21 | PWT | ROS | ALA | BGK | MER | BBEB |
| Barako Bull | ALA | MER | PWT | BGK | A21 | ROS | TNT | SMB | BGK | ALA | TNT | MER | A21 | DAL |
| Barangay Ginebra | MER | PWT | SMB | BBEB | DAL | ROS | A21 | ALA | BBEB | SMB | DAL | PWT | TNT | ROS |
| Meralco | BGK | BBEB | TNT | DAL | ROS | PWT | SMB | ALA | A21 | PWT | BBEB | SMB | DAL | ROS |
| Powerade | ROS | BGK | BBEB | SMB | TNT | MER | A21 | ALA | DAL | A21 | MER | TNT | BGK | ALA |
| Rain or Shine | PWT | A21 | ALA | TNT | MER | BGK | BBEB | SMB | DAL | ALA | TNT | A21 | BGK | MER |
| San Miguel | A21 | TNT | BGK | PWT | ALA | DAL | MER | ROS | BBEB | TNT | BGK | A21 | MER | ALA |
| Talk 'N Text | DAL | SMB | MER | ROS | PWT | ALA | DAL | BBEB | SMB | BBEB | PWT | ROS | BGK | A21 |

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) |
| (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text | 107 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Rain or Shine | 92 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Rain or Shine | 92 | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 4 | B-Meg Derby Ace | 2 | | | |
| 4 | B-Meg Derby Ace | 2 | 4 | B-Meg Derby Ace | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 0 | | | | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 2 | San Miguel | 2 |
| 2 | San Miguel | 95 | | | | 2 | San Miguel | 2 |
| 7 | Air21 | 75 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Air21 | 75 | 2 | San Miguel | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | San Miguel | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Alaska | 1 | | | | | | |
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## Quarterfinals
### (1) Talk 'N Text vs. (8) Rain or Shine

* December 19
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 107, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 92 :
* Talk 'N Text wins series in one game ||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (2) San Miguel vs. (7) Air21

* December 19
San Miguel Beermen 95, Air21 Express 75 :
* San Miguel wins series in one game ||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (3) B-Meg Derby Ace vs. (6) Meralco

* December 17
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* December 22
B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados 92, Meralco Bolts 88 :
* B-Meg Derby Ace wins series, 2–0 ||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) Alaska

* December 17
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* December 22
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* December 25
Barangay Ginebra Kings 79, Alaska Aces 70 :
* Barangay Ginebra wins series, 2–1 ||
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

## Semifinals
### (1) Talk 'N Text vs. (4) B-Meg Derby Ace

* December 26
* Ynares Sports Center, Antipolo
* January 5
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* January 7
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* January 9
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* January 12
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* January 14
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 89, B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados 72 :
* Talk 'N Text wins series, 4–2 ||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (2) San Miguel vs. (3) Barangay Ginebra

* January 5
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* January 7
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* January 9
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* January 12
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* January 14
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* January 16
San Miguel Beermen 89, Barangay Ginebra Kings 86 :
* San Miguel wins series 4–2 ||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Finals

* January 22
* Victorias City Sports and Amusement Center, Victorias, Negros Occidental
* January 26
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
* January 28
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* January 30
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* February 2
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* February 4
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 95, San Miguel Beermen 82 :
* Talk 'N Text wins series, 4–2 ||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Conference records

    Records marked with an asterisk (*) were accomplished with one or more overtime periods.

### Team

| Record | Stat | Holder | Date/s |
| Longest winning streak | 7 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | November 26, 2010 - December 26, 2010 |
| Longest losing streak | 8 | Barako Bull Energy Boosters | October 31, 2010 – December 5, 2010 |
| Longest losing streak | 8 | Powerade Tigers | November 3, 2010 - December 15, 2010 |
| Most points in one game (winning team) | 125* | Meralco Bolts (vs Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | December 15, 2010 |
| Most points in one game (losing team) | 124* | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (vs Meralco Bolts) | December 15, 2010 |
| Most points in one game (combined) | 249* | Meralco Bolts vs Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | December 15, 2010 |
| Most points in one half | 68 | San Miguel Beermen (vs Powerade Tigers) | October 23, 2010 |
| Most points in one quarter | 39 | Barangay Ginebra Kings (vs Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) | December 10, 2010 |
| Least points in one game (winning team) | 69 | San Miguel Beermen (vs Barangay Ginebra Kings) | |
| Least points in one game (losing team) | 64 | Barako Bull Energy Boosters (vs Alaska Aces) | |
| Least points in one game (combined) | 137 | San Miguel Beermen vs Barangay Ginebra Kings | December 1, 2010 |
| Least points in one quarter | 7 | Alaska Aces (vs Barangay Ginebra Kings) | December 25, 2010 |
| Least points in one half | 25 | Alaska Aces (vs San Miguel Beermen) | |
| Biggest winning margin | 29 | Alaska Aces (vs Powerade Tigers) | November 10, 2010 |

### Individual

| Record | Stat | Holder | Date/s |
| Most points in one game | 42 | Peter June Simon (Derby Ace Llamados vs Air 21 Express) | November 10, 2010 |
| Most rebounds in one game | 22 | Rudy Hatfield (Brgy. Ginebra Kings vs Barako Bull Energy Boosters) | October 22, 2010 |
| Most defensive rebounds in one game | 17 | Rudy Hatfield (Brgy. Ginebra Kings vs Barako Bull Energy Boosters) | October 22, 2010 |
| Most offensive rebounds in one game | 10 | Harvey Carey (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters vs Air21 Express) | December 12, 2010 |
| Most assists in one game | 11* | Chris Ross (Meralco Bolts vs Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | December 15, 2010 |
| Most blocks in one game | 6 | Mark Andaya (Barako Bull Energy Boosters vs Alaska Aces) | October 8, 2010 |
| Most blocks in one game | 6 | Nonoy Baclao (Air21 Express vs Alaska Aces) | October 22, 2010 |
| Most steals in one game | 7 | Solomon Mercado (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters vs Meralco Bolts) | October 24, 2010 |
| Most steals in one game | 7* | Chris Ross (Meralco Bolts vs Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | December 15, 2010 |
| Most FG made in one game | 14 | Gary David (Powerade Tigers vs Air21 Express) | November 18, 2010 |
| Most FG made in one game | 14* | Peter June Simon (Derby Ace Llamados vs Meralco Bolts) | December 17, 2010 |
| Most 3 point FG made in one game | 7 | Ronjay Buenafe (Air21 Express vs Alaska Aces) | October 10, 2010 |
| Most FT made in one game | 15* | Mark Cardona (Meralco Bolts vs Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | December 15, 2010 |
| Most minutes played in one game | 56* | Chris Ross (Meralco Bolts vs Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | December 15, 2010 |

## Awards
### Conference

* Best Player of the Conference: Jay Washington (San Miguel)
* Finals MVP: Jimmy Alapag and Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text)

### Players of the Week

| Week | Player |
| October 3 – 9 | Harvey Carey (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |
| October 10 – 16 | Joe Devance (Alaska Aces) |
| October 17 – 23 | Ronjay Buenafe (Air21 Express) |
| October 25 – 31 | Alex Cabagnot (San Miguel Beermen) |
| November 1–7 | Solomon Mercado (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| November 8–14 | Peter June Simon (B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados) |
| November 15–21 | Jay Washington (San Miguel Beermen) |
| November 22–28 | Jimmy Alapag (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |
| November 29 – December 5 | Rabeh Al-Hussaini (Air21 Express) |
| December 6–12 | Ali Peek (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |
| December 13–19 | Joe Devance (Alaska Aces) |
| December 20–26 | Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra Kings) |

## Statistical leaders
### Entire conference

| Category | Player | Team | Games played | Totals | Average |
| Points per game | Gary David | Powerade Tigers | 14 | 301 | 21.50 |
| Rebounds per game | Rudy Hatfield | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 20 | 242 | 12.10 |
| Assists per game | Chris Ross | Meralco Bolts | 16 | 100 | 6.25 |
| Steals per game | Chris Ross | Meralco Bolts | 16 | 38 | 2.38 |
| Blocks per game | Nonoy Baclao | Air21 Express | 15 | 35 | 2.50 |
| Field goal percentage | Ali Peek | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 19 | 105-161 | 0.652 |
| 3-pt field goal percentage | Dondon Hontiveros | San Miguel Beermen | 17 | 33-72 | 0.458 |
| Free throw percentage | Tony dela Cruz | Alaska Aces | 14 | 22-25 | 0.880 |
| Minutes per game | Joe Devance | Alaska Aces | 17 | 641 | 37.71 |

### Eliminations

| Category | Player | Team | Games played | Totals | Average |
| Points per game | Gary David | Powerade Tigers | 14 | 301 | 21.50 |
| Rebounds per game | Harvey Carey | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 14 | 180 | 12.86 |
| Assists per game | Chris Ross | Meralco Bolts | 14 | 87 | 6.21 |
| Steals per game | Chris Ross | Meralco Bolts | 14 | 31 | 2.21 |
| Blocks per game | Nonoy Baclao | Air21 Express | 14 | 33 | 2.54 |
| Field goal percentage | Ali Peek | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 14 | 76-119 | 0.639 |
| 3-pt field goal percentage | Joe Devance | Alaska Aces | 14 | 27-57 | 0.474 |
| Free throw percentage | Jimmy Alapag | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 14 | 63-72 | 0.875 |
| Minutes per game | Joe Devance | Alaska Aces | 14 | 520 | 37.14 |

### Quarterfinals

| Category | Player | Team | Games played | Totals | Average |
| Points per game | Peter June Simon | B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados | 2 | 58 | 29.00 |
| Rebounds per game | Rudy Hatfield | Brgy. Ginebra Kings | 3 | 45 | 15.00 |
| Assists per game | Jimmy Alapag | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 1 | 11 | 11.00 |
| Steals per game | Paul Artadi | San Miguel Beermen | 1 | 4 | 4.00 |
| Blocks per game | Jared Dillinger | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 1 | 3 | 3.00 |
| Field goal percentage | Ali Peek | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 1 | 9-11 | 0.818 |
| 3-pt field goal percentage | Peter June Simon | B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados | 2 | 3-5 | 0.600 |
| Free throw percentage | Ronjay Buenafe | Air21 Express | 1 | 9-9 | 1.000 |
| Minutes per game | Peter June Simon | B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados | 2 | 91 | 45.50 |

### Semifinals

| Category | Player | Team | Games played | Totals | Average |
| Points per game | James Yap | B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados | 4 | 84 | 21.00 |
| Rebounds per game | Dorian Pena | San Miguel Beermen | 3 | 36 | 12.00 |
| Assists per game | Roger Yap | B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados | 3 | 16 | 5.33 |
| Steals per game | Roger Yap | B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados | 3 | 7 | 2.33 |
| Blocks per game | Marc Pingris | B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados | 4 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Blocks per game | Danny Seigle | San Miguel Beermen | 3 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Blocks per game | Jay Washington | San Miguel Beermen | 3 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Field goal percentage | Olsen Racela | San Miguel Beermen | 3 | 2-3 | 0.667 |
| 3-pt field goal percentage | Olsen Racela | San Miguel Beermen | 3 | 2-3 | 0.667 |
| Free throw percentage | Nino Canaleta | B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados | 4 | 4-4 | 1.000 |
| Minutes per game | Willie Miller | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 3 | 110 | 36.67 |
| Minutes per game | Jay Washington | San Miguel Beermen | 3 | 110 | 36.67 |

### Finals

| Category | Player | Team | Games played | Totals | Average |