# 2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup

The 2013–14 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup, also known as the 2013–14 PLDT Home DSL/myDSL-PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2013–14 PBA season. The tournament started on November 17, 2013, and ended on February 26, 2014. The tournament does not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports.

## Format

The following format was observed for the duration of the tournament:
* Two-round eliminations, with each team playing 14 games. The teams are divided into two groups on the basis of their natural draft order from the previous rookie draft. Each team will play teams within their group once, while they will play teams from the other group twice.
** Group A:
*** Air21 Express
*** Alaska Aces
*** Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
*** Petron Blaze Boosters
*** Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
** Group B:
*** Meralco Bolts
*** San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
*** Barako Bull Energy
*** GlobalPort Batang Pier
*** Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
* Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. In case of tie, playoffs will be held only for the #2 and #8 seeds.
* Quarterfinals:
** QF1: #1 seed vs #8 seed (#1 seed twice-to-beat)
** QF2: #2 seed vs #7 seed (#2 seed twice-to-beat)
** QF3: #3 seed vs #6 seed (best-of-3 series)
** QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed (best-of-3 series)
* Semifinals (best-of-7 series):
** SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
** SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
* Finals (best-of-7 series)
** Winners of the semifinals

## Elimination round
### Team standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 11 | 3 | .786 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 11 | 3 | .786 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 10 | 4 | .714 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | San Mig Super Coffee Mixers | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Barako Bull Energy | 5 | 9 | .357 | 6 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 5 | 9 | .357 | 6 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Alaska Aces | 5 | 9 | .357 | 6 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Meralco Bolts | 5 | 9 | .357 | 6 | |
| 10 | Air21 Express | 3 | 11 | .214 | 8 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 Rain or Shine
* 1 2 3 4 Head-to-head quotient: Barako Bull 1.06, GlobalPort 1.01, Alaska 0.99, Meralco 0.95; eighth seed playoff: Alaska 94–91 Meralco

### Results

| Team | A21 | ALA | BBE | BGSM | GP | MER | PBB | ROS | SMSC | TNT |
| Air21 | | 91–97* | 75–88 | 69–78 | 100–114 | 79–112 | 88–90 | 94–104 | 83–92** | 82–87 |
| Alaska | | | 93–97 | 89–96 | 84–94 | 91–82 | 85–86 | 74–87 | 84–80 | 111–114* |
| Barako Bull | 77–92 | 80–89 | | 79–85 | 108–95 | 99–86 | 90–96 | 83–91 | 88–90 | 80–87* |
| Barangay Ginebra | | | 90–83 | | 109–104 | 87–100 | 97–83 | 97–84 | 86–69 | 97–95 |
| GlobalPort | 103–109* | 91–88* | | 92–108 | | 93–89 | 87–97 | 90–88 | 80–83 | 93–106 |
| Meralco | 92–88 | 74–65 | | 82–83 | | | 73–77 | 89–92 | 72–64 | 80–89 |
| Petron Blaze | | | 88–92 | | 98–87 | 96–87 | | 95–99* | 91–78 | 77–63 |
| Rain or Shine | 104–94 | | 99–95 | | 98–87 | 89–86 | | | 86–83 | 87–90 |
| San Mig Coffee | 67–60 | 75–88 | | 83–79 | | | 112–93 | 77–101 | | 100–87 |
| Talk 'N Text | 100–102 | 121–117 | | 103–79 | | | 91–105 | 88–90 | | |

## Eighth seed playoff

* January 20
* 8th seed
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

## 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 | Barangay Ginebra | 97 | 108 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alaska | 104 | 95 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alaska | 104 | 95 | 1 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 5 | San Mig Coffee | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Talk 'N Text | Talk 'N Text | 1 | 5 | San Mig Coffee | 4 | | | |
| 5 | San Mig Coffee | San Mig Coffee | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | San Mig Coffee | San Mig Coffee | 2 | | | | 5 | San Mig Coffee | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 5 | San Mig Coffee | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 2 | Rain or Shine | 2 |
| 2 | Rain or Shine | Rain or Shine | 106 | | | | 2 | Rain or Shine | 2 |
| 7 | GlobalPort | GlobalPort | 96 | | | | | | |
| 7 | GlobalPort | GlobalPort | 96 | 2 | Rain or Shine | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | Rain or Shine | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 3 | Petron Blaze | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Petron Blaze | Petron Blaze | 2 | 3 | Petron Blaze | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Barako Bull | Barako Bull | 0 | | | | | | |
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## Quarterfinals
### (1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (8) Alaska

* January 22
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* January 25
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 108, Alaska Aces 95 :
* Barangay Ginebra wins series in two games. ||
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

### (2) Rain or Shine vs. (7) GlobalPort

* January 22
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 106, GlobalPort Batang Pier 96 :
* Rain or Shine wins series in one game. ||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

### (3) Petron Blaze vs. (6) Barako Bull

* January 21
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* January 24
Petron Blaze Boosters 107, Barako Bull Energy 100 :
* Petron Blaze wins series, 2–0 ||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

### (4) Talk 'N Text vs. (5) San Mig Super Coffee

* January 21
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* January 24
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* January 26
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 82, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 90 :
* San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 2–1 ||
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

## Semifinals
### (1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) San Mig Super Coffee

* January 28
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* January 31
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* February 2
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* February 5
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* February 8
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* February 10
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* February 12
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 87, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 110 :
* San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 4–3 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (2) Rain or Shine vs. (3) Petron Blaze

* January 27
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* January 29
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* February 1
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* February 3
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* February 7
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 97, Petron Blaze Boosters 88 :
* Rain or Shine wins series, 4–1 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Finals

* February 14
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* February 16
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* February 19
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* February 21
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* February 23
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* February 26
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 93, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 87 :
* San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 4–2 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Awards
### Conference

* Best Player of the Conference: June Mar Fajardo (Petron Blaze Boosters)
* Finals MVP: Mark Barroca (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers)

### Players of the Week

| Week | Player |
| November 18–24 | Ronjay Buenafe (Barako Bull Energy) |
| November 25 – December 1 | Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) |
| December 2–8 | Sol Mercado (GlobalPort Batang Pier) |
| December 9–15 | Alex Cabagnot (Petron Blaze Boosters) |
| December 16–22 | Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |
| December 23–29 | Japeth Aguilar (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) |
| January 4–5 | Danny Ildefonso (Meralco Bolts) |
| January 6–12 | Beau Belga (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| January 13–19 | Mark Barroca (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers) |
| January 20–26 | Mark Barroca (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers) |
| January 24 – February 2 | Mark Barroca (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers) |
| February 3–9 | Beau Belga (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |