# 2016–17 PBA Philippine Cup

The 2016–17 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup, also known as the 2016–17 Oppo-PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2016–17 PBA season. The tournament started on November 20, 2016, and ended on March 5, 2017. The tournament does 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.
* Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. In case of tie, playoff games will be held only for the #8 seed.
* Quarterfinals:
** QF1: #1 vs #8 (#1 twice-to-beat)
** QF2: #2 vs #7 (#2 twice-to-beat)
** QF3: #3 vs #6 (best-of-3 series)
** QF4: #4 vs #5 (best-of-3 series)
* Semifinals (best-of-7 series):
** SF1: QF1 Winner vs. QF4 Winner
** SF2: QF2 Winner vs. QF3 Winner
* Finals (best-of-7 series)
** F1: SF1 Winner vs SF2 Winner

## Elimination round
### Team standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Alaska Aces | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Star Hotshots | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | TNT KaTropa | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Blackwater Elite | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | |
| 10 | Mahindra Floodbuster | 3 | 8 | .273 | 7 | |
| 11 | Meralco Bolts | 3 | 8 | .273 | 7 | |
| 12 | NLEX Road Warriors | 2 | 9 | .182 | 8 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Star
* 1 2 3 4 Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.09, GlobalPort 1.00, Phoenix 0.96, Barangay Ginebra 0.94.
* 1 2 Eighth seed playoff: Rain or Shine 103–80 Blackwater
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Mahindra 1–0 Meralco

### Schedule

| Team ╲ Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Alaska Aces | NLEX | SMB | GP | MER | BGSM | TNT | SH | BWE | MAH | PHX | ROS |
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | TNT | ROS | GP | MAH | ALA | SH | SMB | MER | BWE | PHX | NLEX |
| Blackwater Elite | PHX | MER | TNT | ROS | NLEX | GP | MAH | SMB | ALA | BGSM | SH |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | MAH | SH | ALA | BGSM | BWE | PHX | MER | NLEX | SMB | TNT | ROS |
| Mahindra Floodbuster | GP | ROS | PHX | SMB | BGSM | BWE | MER | TNT | ALA | NLEX | SH |
| Meralco Bolts | BWE | NLEX | TNT | ALA | PHX | SMB | GP | MAH | BGSM | ROS | SH |
| NLEX Road Warriors | ALA | MER | SH | BWE | SMB | ROS | TNT | GP | PHX | MAH | BGSM |
| Phoenix Fuel Masters | BWE | SMB | MAH | SH | TNT | MER | GP | ROS | NLEX | BGSM | ALA |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | TNT | MAH | BGSM | BWE | SH | NLEX | PHX | SMB | MER | GP | ALA |
| San Miguel Beermen | SH | PHX | ALA | MAH | NLEX | MER | BWE | BGSM | ROS | GP | TNT |
| Star Hotshots | SMB | GP | NLEX | PHX | ROS | BGSM | ALA | TNT | BWE | MER | MAH |
| TNT KaTropa | ROS | BGSM | BWE | MER | PHX | ALA | NLEX | SH | MAH | GP | SMB |

### Results

| Team | ALA | BGSM | BWE | GP | MAH | MER | NLEX | PHX | ROS | SMB | SH | TNT |
| Alaska | | 101–86 | 100–103 | 95–84 | 107–91 | 81–79 | 97–99* | 106–85 | 94–89 | 88–93 | 97–90* | 100–109 |
| Barangay Ginebra | — | | 99–90 | 84–91 | 89–70 | 83–72 | 90–80 | 73–79 | 81–74 | 70–72 | 86–79 | 103–108 |
| Blackwater | — | — | | 99–91 | 93–97* | 86–84 | 96–85 | 94–87 | 93–107 | 93–118 | 95–111 | 92–99 |
| GlobalPort | — | — | — | | 97–75 | 97–89 | 110–96 | 99–101 | 117–99 | 100–106 | 91–84 | 98–102 |
| Mahindra | — | — | — | — | | 105–92 | 106–96 | 104–114 | 83–105 | 91–94 | 87–124 | 92–104 |
| Meralco | — | — | — | — | — | | 106–93 | 90–94 | 82–72 | 86–101 | 73–120 | 98–87 |
| NLEX | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 91–102 | 97–107 | 80–106 | 75–99 | 110–98 |
| Phoenix | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 82–97 | 92–85 | 79–123 | 98–117 |
| Rain or Shine | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 101–107* | 91–99 | 101–87 |
| San Miguel | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 96–88 | 98–94 |
| Star | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 88–77 |
| TNT | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |

## Eighth seed playoff

* February 3
* Stats
Blackwater Elite 80, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 103 :
| Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 20–29, 20–23, 24–35 |||
| Pts: dela Cruz 20 Rebs: dela Cruz 9 Asts: Buenafe, Pinto 4 | Pts: Washington 15 Rebs: Cruz 12 Asts: Chan 6 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals | 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 twice-to-beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | San Miguel | San Miguel | 98 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Rain or Shine | Rain or Shine | 91 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Rain or Shine | Rain or Shine | 91 | 1 | San Miguel | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | San Miguel | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 4 | TNT | 3 | | | |
| 4 | TNT | TNT | 2 | 4 | TNT | 3 | | | |
| 5 | GlobalPort | GlobalPort | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | GlobalPort | GlobalPort | 0 | | | | 1 | San Miguel | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 1 | San Miguel | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 |
| 2 | Alaska | 81 | 97 | | | | 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 |
| 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 85 | 108 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 85 | 108 | 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 3 | Star | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Star | Star | 2 | 3 | Star | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Phoenix | Phoenix | 0 | | | | | | |
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## Quarterfinals
### (1) San Miguel vs. (8) Rain or Shine

* February 5
* Stats
San Miguel Beermen 98, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 91 :
| Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 23–17, 23–29, 24–24 |||
| Pts: Garcia 25 Rebs: Fajardo 14 Asts: Ross 4 | Pts: Belga 18 Rebs: Norwood, Washington 8 Asts: Chan 4 |
| San Miguel wins series in one game |||
* Ynares Center, Antipolo

### (2) Alaska vs. (7) Barangay Ginebra

* February 5
* Stats
Alaska Aces 81, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 85 :
| Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 18–16, 13–33, 27–23 |||
| Pts: Abueva 20 Rebs: Abueva 10 Asts: Casio 5 | Pts: Tenorio 16 Rebs: Aguilar 14 Asts: Mercado, Tenorio 6 |
* Ynares Center, Antipolo Attendance: 7,400
* February 7
* Stats
Alaska Aces 97, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 108 :
| Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 28–30, 18–31, 26–26 |||
| Pts: Abueva 29 Rebs: Abueva 13 Asts: Casio 4 | Pts: Tenorio 31 Rebs: Aguilar, Thompson 9 Asts: Tenorio 3 |
| Barangay Ginebra wins series in two games |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (3) Star vs. (6) Phoenix

* February 4
* Stats
Star Hotshots 114, Phoenix Fuel Masters 83 :
| Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 23–36, 37–13, 32–19 |||
| Pts: Lee 22 Rebs: Pingris 14 Asts: Lee, Ramos 4 | Pts: Wright 19 Rebs: Kramer 12 Asts: Dehesa, Intal 3 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* February 6
* Stats
Star Hotshots 91, Phoenix Fuel Masters 71 :
| Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 20–17, 23–14, 26–22 |||
| Pts: Lee 17 Rebs: Pingris 9 Asts: Lee 9 | Pts: Wright 24 Rebs: W. Wilson 10 Asts: Intal 4 |
| Star wins series, 2–0 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (4) TNT vs. (5) Globalport

* February 4
* Stats
TNT KaTropa 109, GlobalPort Batang Pier 101 :
| Scoring by quarter: 24–34, 37–22, 25–15, 23–30 |||
| Pts: Castro 20 Rebs: Tautuaa 9 Asts: Ganuelas-Rosser 4 | Pts: Romeo 28 Rebs: Quiñahan 6 Asts: Romeo 8 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* February 6
* Stats
TNT KaTropa 95, GlobalPort Batang Pier 90 :
| Scoring by quarter: 30–22, 18–19, 28–26, 19–23 |||
| Pts: de Ocampo 25 Rebs: Rosario 11 Asts: Castro 8 | Pts: Romeo 22 Rebs: Maierhofer 10 Asts: Pringle 6 |
| TNT wins series, 2–0 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Semifinals
### (1) San Miguel vs. (4) TNT

* February 8
* Stats
San Miguel Beermen 111, TNT KaTropa 98 :
| Scoring by quarter: 32–16, 24–30, 27–27, 28–25 |||
| Pts: Lassiter 22 Rebs: Fajardo, Lassiter 8 Asts: Ross 10 | Pts: Castro 27 Rebs: Tautuaa 7 Asts: Castro 8 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* February 10
* Stats
San Miguel Beermen 85, TNT KaTropa 87 :
| Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 18–22, 26–23, 26–22 |||
| Pts: Fajardo 25 Rebs: Santos 12 Asts: Ross 7 | Pts: Rosario 14 Rebs: de Ocampo 13 Asts: Castro 11 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* February 12
* Stats
San Miguel Beermen 92, TNT KaTropa 98 :
| Scoring by quarter: 30–25, 19–28, 23–19, 20–26 |||
| Pts: Cabagnot, Lassiter 18 Rebs: three players 9 Asts: Cabagnot 7 | Pts: de Ocampo 24 Rebs: de Ocampo 9 Asts: Castro 12 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* February 14
* Stats
San Miguel Beermen 97, TNT KaTropa 86 :
| Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 26–13, 32–26, 21–28 |||
| Pts: Ross 31 Rebs: Fajardo 15 Asts: Lassiter 10 | Pts: Fonacier 15 Rebs: Ganuelas-Rosser, Williams 7 Asts: Castro, Reyes 5 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* February 16
* Stats
San Miguel Beermen 94, TNT KaTropa 101 :
| Scoring by quarter: 32–24, 8–26, 29–23, 25–28 |||
| Pts: Santos 18 Rebs: Fajardo 15 Asts: three players 4 | Pts: three players 18 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Castro 7 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* February 18
* Stats
San Miguel Beermen 104, TNT KaTropa 88 :
| Scoring by quarter: 26–27, 19–26, 25–16, 34–19 |||
| Pts: Fajardo 23 Rebs: Fajardo 21 Asts: Cabagnot, Lassiter 7 | Pts: Castro 19 Rebs: Reyes 9 Asts: Castro 5 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* February 20
* Stats
San Miguel Beermen 96, TNT KaTropa 83 :
| Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 19–20, 36–21, 19–23 |||
| Pts: Fajardo, Santos 22 Rebs: Fajardo 19 Asts: Ross 10 | Pts: Fonacier 14 Rebs: Williams 14 Asts: Fonacier, Pogoy 4 |
| San Miguel wins series, 4–3 |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

### (3) Star vs. (7) Barangay Ginebra

* February 9
* Stats
Star Hotshots 78, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 74 :
| Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 19–23, 20–23, 16–18 |||
| Pts: Lee 18 Rebs: Pingris 12 Asts: Pingris 5 | Pts: Ellis 12 Rebs: Thompson 10 Asts: Tenorio 6 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* February 11
* Stats
Star Hotshots 91, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 89 :
| Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 22–23, 24–22, 20–19 |||
| Pts: Lee 17 Rebs: Pingris 8 Asts: Jalalon, Pingris 5 | Pts: Ferrer 25 Rebs: Aguilar 15 Asts: Thompson 6 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* February 13
* Stats
Star Hotshots 62, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 73 :
| Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 12–19, 17–22, 23–11 |||
| Pts: Pingris 12 Rebs: Pingris 18 Asts: Barroca 4 | Pts: Mercado 16 Rebs: Aguilar 13 Asts: Mercado 6 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* February 15
* Stats
Star Hotshots 86, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 93 :
| Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 27–18, 17–21, 28–24 |||
| Pts: Maliksi 18 Rebs: Pingris 13 Asts: Lee, Pingris 2 | Pts: Cruz 21 Rebs: Thompson 14 Asts: Tenorio 5 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* February 17
* Stats
Star Hotshots 89, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 80 :
| Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 23–28, 10–22, 25–18 |||
| Pts: Reavis 17 Rebs: Reavis 13 Asts: Barroca 7 | Pts: Aguilar 13 Rebs: Ferrer, Mercado 5 Asts: Ellis 4 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* February 19
* Stats
Star Hotshots 67, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 91 :
| Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 13–17, 24–15, 29–13 |||
| Pts: Pingris 14 Rebs: Pingris 10 Asts: Barroca 4 | Pts: Mercado 21 Rebs: Aguilar 10 Asts: Tenorio 5 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 18,624
* February 21
* Stats
Star Hotshots 76, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 89 :
| Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 19–20, 20–25, 24–15 |||
| Pts: Maliksi 22 Rebs: Pingris, Ramos 8 Asts: Pingris 6 | Pts: Mercado 23 Rebs: Thompson 9 Asts: Mercado, Tenorio 5 |
| Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–3 |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 20,221

## Finals

* February 24
* Stats
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* February 26
* Stats
* Quezon Convention Center, Lucena, Quezon
* March 1
* Stats
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* March 3
* Stats
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* March 5
* Stats
San Miguel Beermen 91, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 85 :
* San Miguel wins series, 4–1 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Awards
### Conference

* Best Player of the Conference: June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen)
* Finals MVP: Chris Ross (San Miguel Beermen)

### Players of the Week

| Week | Player |
| November 20–27 | Mac Belo (Blackwater Elite) |
| November 28 – December 4 | JC Intal (Phoenix Fuel Masters) |
| December 5–11 | Paul Lee (Star Hotshots) |
| December 12–18 | Vic Manuel (Alaska Aces) |
| December 19–25 | Alex Mallari (Mahindra Floodbuster) |
| December 28 – January 8 | Alex Cabagnot (San Miguel Beermen) |
| January 9–15 | Roi Sumang (Blackwater Elite) |
| January 16–22 | Matthew Wright (Phoenix Fuel Masters) |
| January 23–29 | Allein Maliksi (Star Hotshots) |
| January 31 – February 4 | Paul Lee (Star Hotshots) |

## Statistics
### Individual statistical leaders

| Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
| Points per game | Terrence Romeo | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 28.2 |
| Rebounds per game | June Mar Fajardo | San Miguel Beermen | 14.1 |
| Assists per game | Chris Ross | San Miguel Beermen | 6.9 |
| Steals per game | Chris Ross | San Miguel Beermen | 2.6 |
| Blocks per game | June Mar Fajardo | San Miguel Beermen | 2.5 |
| Turnovers per game | Alex Mallari | Mahindra Floodbuster | 4.8 |
| Fouls per game | Jewel Ponferada | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 3.8 |
| Fouls per game | Calvin Abueva | Alaska Aces | 3.8 |
| Minutes per game | Terrence Romeo | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 36.8 |
| FG% | Rafi Reavis | Star Hotshots | 66.1% |
| FT% | Chris Tiu | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 100.0% |
| 3FG% | Russel Escoto | Mahindra Floodbuster | 66.7% |
| Double-doubles | June Mar Fajardo | San Miguel Beermen | 17 |

### Individual game highs

| Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
| Points | Terrence Romeo | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 44 |
| Rebounds | June Mar Fajardo | San Miguel Beermen | 23 |
| Assists | Jayson Castro | TNT KaTropa | 12 |
| Steals | Chris Ross (thrice) | San Miguel Beermen | 6 |
| Blocks | June Mar Fajardo | San Miguel Beermen | 7 |
| Three point field goals | Terrence Romeo (twice) | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 8 |

### Team statistical leaders

| Category | Team | Statistic |
| Points per game | San Miguel Beermen | 98.5 |
| Rebounds per game | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 50.2 |
| Assists per game | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 21.0 |
| Steals per game | Star Hotshots | 7.6 |
| Blocks per game | San Miguel Beermen | 5.1 |
| Turnovers per game | NLEX Road Warriors | 22.1 |
| FG% | San Miguel Beermen | 44.8% |
| FG% | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 44.8% |
| FT% | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 79.0% |
| 3FG% | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 37.6% |