2006 PBA Philippine Cup

The 2006 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup or known as the 2006 Gran Matador Brandy Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup is the second conference of the 2005-06 PBA season.

2006 PBA Philippine Cup
DurationMarch 5 – July 21, 2006
TV partner(s)ABC (Local)
The Filipino Channel (International)
Finals
ChampionsPurefoods Chunkee Giants
Runners-upRed Bull Barako
Awards
Best PlayerDanny Seigle (San Miguel)
Finals MVPMarc Pingris (Purefoods)
PBA Philippine Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

The tournament has four rounds, the wildcard playoffs, quarterfinals, semi-finals and the Finals. All nine teams are included in the playoffs.

The Purefoods Chunkee Giants defeated Red Bull Barako in six games of the best-of-seven finals series.

Tournament format
  • Double round classifications.
  • Wildcard playoffs
    • Sixth to Ninth place teams will play in a single round robin, with their win-loss records in the classification phase being carried over.
    • Team with the best record after three games will move to the quarterfinals.
    • If a team wins all three games in the round robin despite not having the best record of the four team, a knockout match will be held against the team with the best record for the final quarterfinals spot.
  • Quarterfinals
    • Fourth seed advance outright to the best-of-five quarterfinals, to meet fifth seed team (QF-A).
    • Third seed advance outright to the best-of-five quarterfinals, to meet winner of the Wildcard playoffs (QF-B).
  • Semi-Finals
    • Second seed advance outright to the best-of-seven semi-finals, to meet winner of the QF-B (SF-A).
    • First seed advance outright to the best-of-seven semi-finals, to meet winner of the QF-A (SF-B).
  • Finals
    • Winners of SF-A and SF-B face off for the best-of-seven Finals for the 2006 Philippine Cup Championship.
    • Losers of SF-A and SF-B face off for a one-game playoff for the Third Place trophy.

Classification round

Team standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Purefoods Chunkee Giants 12 4 .750 — Advance to semifinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 11 5 .688 1
3 Red Bull Barako 9 7 .563[lower-alpha 1] 3 Advance to quarterfinals
4 Alaska Aces 9 7 .563[lower-alpha 1] 3
5 Coca-Cola Tigers 7 9 .438[lower-alpha 2] 5
6 Air21 Express 7 9 .438[lower-alpha 2] 5 Advance to wildcard phase
7 Barangay Ginebra Kings 7 9 .438[lower-alpha 2] 5
8 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 6 10 .375 6
9 Sta. Lucia Realtors 4 12 .250 8
Source: [www.pba.ph PBA.ph]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head differential: Red Bull +11, Alaska −11
  2. Head-to-head differential: Air21 +16, Coca-Cola +10, Barangay Ginebra − 26; fifth-seed playoff: Coca-Coca 87–73 Air21

Fifth seed playoff

Air21 Express vs. Coca-Cola Tigers

  • At Araneta: Coca-Cola 87, Air21 73
    • Coca-Cola captures third outright quarterfinals berth, Air21 is relegated to the wildcard playoffs, a round-robin format.

Wildcard phase

Bracket
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Finals
                           
        1 Purefoods 4  
  4 Alaska 3     4 Alaska 3    
  5 Coca-Cola 1         1 Purefoods 4
      3 Red Bull 2
        2 San Miguel 3    
  3 Red Bull 3     3 Red Bull 4   Third place
  7 Barangay Ginebra 2   4 Alaska 102
  2 San Miguel 95

Quarterfinals

Red Bull-Barangay Ginebra series
SeedTeamGameSeries
12345
7Barangay Ginebra Kings861129597982
3Red Bull Barako95103871181203
Venue:AAAAY

Alaska-Coca-Cola series
SeedTeamGameSeries
12345
5Coca-Cola Tigers94757769x1
4Alaska Aces95817594x3
Venue:AAAAx

Semifinals

Purefoods-Alaska series
SeedTeamGameSeries
1234567
4Alaska Aces948679917496893
1Purefoods Chunkee Giants927782778599904
Venue:AAAAACC

San Miguel-Red Bull series
SeedTeamGameSeries
1234567
4Red Bull Barako94989982107101864
2San Miguel Beermen7811495106101116843
Venue:AAAAACC

Third place playoff

(2) San Miguel Beermen vs. (4) Alaska Aces

Finals

(1) Purefoods Chunkee Giants vs. (3) Red Bull Barako: Chunkee Giants win series 4-2

Game One

Wednesday, July 5, at the Araneta Coliseum

Team 1 2 3 4 Tot.
Purefoods 23302721101
Red Bull 2212352897

Game Two

Friday, July 7, at the Cuneta Astrodome

Team 1 2 3 4 Tot.
Purefoods 2415282693
Red Bull 1335142082

Game Three

Sunday, July 9, at the Araneta Coliseum

Team 1 2 3 4 Tot.
Red Bull 1618322389
Purefoods 1316232779

Game Four

Wednesday, July 12, at the Araneta Coliseum

Team 1 2 3 4 Tot.
Purefoods 3234161799
Red Bull 1123291881

Game Five

Wednesday, July 19, at the Araneta Coliseum

Team 1 2 3 4 Tot.
Red Bull 1627233298
Purefoods 2331182193

Game Six

Friday, July 21, at the Araneta Coliseum

Team 1 2 3 4 Tot.
Purefoods 309262590
Red Bull 1420252483

Broadcasters

The play-by-play commentators are Mico Halili and Ed Picson, while the color commentators are Norman Black, Quinito Henson and Chot Reyes. The courtside reporters are Richard del Rosario, Eric Reyes, Jason Webb and Patricia Bermudez-Hizon.

Further information
  • Talk N' Text failed to enter the quarterfinals for the first time since the 1998 All-Filipino Cup, when the then-Mobiline Phone Pals failed to enter the semifinals of the said tournament.
  • Barangay Ginebra failed to enter the semifinals for the first since the 2003 Reinforced Conference.
  • Coca-Cola and Alaska met for the first time since Alaska won the 2003 Invitational tournament over the Tigers.
  • Alaska's defeat in the semifinals was the third time that the Aces fail to beat Purefoods after leading a series 2-0. In 1990, Alaska lost to Purefoods, 3-2 in the Third Conference Finals after they won the first two games of the series. In 2002, the Aces lost to the then-TJ Hotdogs in seven games after taking a 2-0 series lead. In the semifinals, they had a 2-0 and 3-1 series leads.
  • San Miguel has not won a seventh game since 1992, since defeating Purefoods for the Third Conference crown. Since then, the Beermen lost to Alaska in the 1995 Governors Cup Finals and the 1998 All-Filipino Cup, to Coca-Cola in the 2003 Reinforced Conference Finals and to Red Bull in the 2006 Philippine Cup semifinals.
  • Red Bull has won all Game 7s they have played since joining the league in 2000. Red Bull defeated Talk N' Text for the 2002 Commissioners Cup trophy. In the 2006 Fiesta Conference semifinals, the Bulls beat Barangay Ginebra and in the 2006 Philippine Cup Playoffs semis, they won over San Miguel.
  • It was Purefoods' 11th finals appearance in the All-Filipino Conference, now called as the Philippine Cup since the 2004-2005 event. They have won four All-Filipino titles in history with the 1997 edition as their last.
  • A win by Red Bull in the finals would sweep all the titles available in the 2005-2006 PBA season. It would be the first since Alaska won the PBA grand slam in 1996. However, the term grand slam, provided a Bulls win in the Philippine Cup, is disputed as of the moment.
  • The Red Bull-Purefoods finals duel was the first back-to-back conference finals matchup since 1998, when Mobiline Phone Pals and the Formula Shell Zoom Masters met in the special 1998 PBA Centennial Cup and the 1998 PBA Governors Cup. The Phone Pals won 67-66 in the one game Centennial final, while the Zoom Masters defeated Mobiline in seven full games to win the Governor's Cup. With the Centennial Cup being classified as a special tournament, the last back-to-back full conference Finals match-ups was between Alaska and San Miguel in the same 1998 season, at the All-Filipino and Commissioner's Cups.
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References
  1. "Mark the Spark just won't let Gin Kings die". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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