The 2013–14

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...

(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

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, Snow Badua, Spin.ph, October 30, 2013 *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

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. 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 The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The most popular team in the league, it is owned by Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. (formerly, La Tondeña Distillers, Inc.), a subsidia ...

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Rain or Shine Elasto Painters The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association owned by Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc. It debuted in the league in the 2006–07 PBA season after acquiring the franchise right ...

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Meralco Bolts The Meralco Bolts is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team began in 2010 after the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) acquired the PBA franchise of the Sta. Lucia Realtors. The team is one of three ...

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San Mig Super Coffee Mixers The Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots, or simply known as the Magnolia Hotshots, are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team is owned by San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc., San Miguel Food and Bever ...

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Barako Bull Energy The Barako Bull Energy were a Philippine Basketball Association team that began in 2002 as the FedEx Express. From its first season until 2005, the team was dubbed as the FedEx Express before changing to Air21 Express. From the 2009 PBA Fiest ...

*** 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

Schedule

Results

Eighth seed playoff

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (8) Alaska

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

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

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

Semifinals

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

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

Finals

Awards

Conference

*Best Player of the Conference:

June Mar Fajardo June Mar Sotto Fajardo (; born November 17, 1989) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He is also known by his nickname "The Kraken” for his extraordinary size ...

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Mark Barroca Andy Mark C. Barroca (born April 25, 1986) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Magnolia Hotshots of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He currently wears the number 14 to imply the birthdate of his wife. Professional ...

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Players of the Week

References

External links

PBA.phPBA-Online!
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