2024 PBA Philippine Cup finals

{{Short description|2024 edition of the PBA Philippine Cup finals}}

{{Use Philippine English|date=June 2024}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox PBA conference finals

| image = 200px

| year = 2024

| conference = Philippine Cup

| champion = (3) Meralco Bolts

| champion_coach = Luigi Trillo

| champion_games = 4

| runnerup = (1) San Miguel Beermen

| runnerup_coach = Jorge Gallent

| runnerup_games = 2

| date= June 5–16, 2024

| MVP = Chris Newsome
{{small|(Meralco Bolts)}}

| television = Local:
RPTV
PBA Rush (HD)
International:
Pilipinas Live
Online:
Pilipinas Live

| announcers = see Broadcast notes

| radio_network = DZSR

| radio_announcers = see Broadcast notes

| referees_1 = Nol Quilinguen, Rey Yante, Niño Cortez, Joel Baldago

| referees_2 = Nol Quilinguen, Bing Oliva, Mike Flordeliza, Irewin Traballo

| referees_3 = Jimmy Mariano, Rommel Gruta, Jerry Narandan, Jeffrey Tantay

| referees_4 = Jimmy Mariano, Jerry Narandan, Mardy Montoya, James Paez

| referees_5 = Nol Quilinguen, Rey Yante, Bing Oliva, Don-Al De Dios

| referees_6 = Nol Quilinguen, Jeffrey Tantay, Joel Baldago, Mike Flordeliza

| prev_year = 2022

| next_year =

| prev_conf = 2023–24 Commissioner's

| next_conf = 2024 Governors'

}}

The 2024 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup finals was a best-of-7 championship series of the 2024 PBA Philippine Cup. It marked the end of the conference's playoffs and 2023–24 PBA season.

The Meralco Bolts and the San Miguel Beermen competed for the 45th Philippine Cup championship and the 135th overall championship contested by the league.{{Cite news|url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/meralco-beats-ginebra-in-game-7-to-reach-pba-finals-vs-smb-a795-20240531?ref=feed_1_section|title=Meralco boots out Ginebra in Game 7, makes PBA Finals vs SMB|website=spin.ph|date=May 31, 2024|access-date=June 1, 2024}} This is the first time that Meralco and San Miguel ever faced in the finals.

Meralco defeated San Miguel in six games to claim their first championship in franchise history.{{Cite news|url=https://pba.ph/news/bolts-end-14-years-of-fruitless-campaigns-rule-season-48-philippine-cup|title=Bolts end 14 years of fruitless campaigns, rule Season 48 Philippine Cup|website=pba.ph|date=June 16, 2024|access-date=June 16, 2024}}

Background

{{Further information|2023–24 Meralco Bolts season#Philippine Cup|2023–24 San Miguel Beermen season#Philippine Cup}}

=Road to the finals=

{{main|2024 PBA Philippine Cup}}

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
width=45%| Meralco Bolts

!

!width=45%| San Miguel Beermen

Finished 6–5 (.545) in 3rd placeElimination roundFinished 10–1 (.909) in 1st place
Def. NLEX, 2–0QuarterfinalsDef. Terrafirma in two games (twice-to-beat advantage)
Def. Barangay Ginebra, 4–3SemifinalsDef. Rain or Shine, 4–0

=Head-to-head matchup=

{{basketballbox |bg=#eee |date= May 4 |time= 6:15 pm |place= Batangas City Sports Center, Batangas City |referee= Bing Oliva, Mardy Montoya, Jerry Narandan, Niño Cortez |TV= RPTV

| team1= Meralco Bolts |score1= 95

| team2= San Miguel Beermen |score2= 92

|report = [https://pba.ph/recap?match=2420696 Box score]

|Q1= 27–20

|Q2= 25–24

|Q3= 30–22

|Q4= 13–26

|points1= Hodge 20

|points2= Fajardo 23

|rebounds1= Hodge 13

|rebounds2= Fajardo 19

|assist1= Newsome 6

|assist2= Fajardo 4

}}

Series summary

class="wikitable"
GameDateVenueWinnerResult
Game 1June 5rowspan=6|Smart Araneta ColiseumMeralco93–86
Game 2June 7San Miguel95–94
Game 3June 9Meralco93–89
Game 4June 12San Miguel111–101
Game 5June 14rowspan=2|Meralco92–88
Game 6June 1680–78

Game summaries

=Game 1=

{{basketballbox |bg=#eee |date= June 5 |time= 7:30 pm |place= Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |TV= RPTV

| team1= Meralco Bolts |score1= 93

| team2= San Miguel Beermen |score2= 86

| report = [https://pba.ph/recap?match=2449585 Box score]

| Q1 = 19–20

| Q2 = 25–31

| Q3 = 26–21

| Q4 = 23–14

| points1 = Banchero, Newsome 18 | points2 = Fajardo 23

| rebounds1 = Hodge 15 | rebounds2 = Fajardo 10

| assist1 = Banchero, Newsome 5 | assist2 = Ross 6

| referee = Nol Quilinguen, Rey Yante, Niño Cortez, Joel Baldago

| series = Meralco leads series, 1–0

}}

=Game 2=

{{basketballbox |date= June 7 |time= 7:30 pm |place= Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |TV= RPTV

| team1= Meralco Bolts |score1= 94

| team2= San Miguel Beermen |score2= 95

| report = [https://pba.ph/recap?match=2449586 Box score]

| Q1 = 22–21

| Q2 = 26–28

| Q3 = 25–20

| Q4 = 21–26

| points1 = Hodge 25 | points2 = Perez 34

| rebounds1 = Bates, Hodge 9 | rebounds2 = Fajardo 13

| assist1 = Newsome 5 | assist2 = Ross 6

| referee = Nol Quilinguen, Bing Oliva, Mike Flordeliza, Irewin Traballo

| series = Series tied, 1–1

}}

=Game 3=

{{basketballbox |bg=#eee |date= June 9 |time= 6:15 pm |place= Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |TV= RPTV

| team1= Meralco Bolts |score1= 93

| team2= San Miguel Beermen |score2= 89

| report = [https://pba.ph/recap?match=2449587 Box score]

| Q1 = 28–24

| Q2 = 20–22

| Q3 = 23–24

| Q4 = 22–19

| points1 = Newsome 26 | points2 = Tautuaa 19

| rebounds1 = Almazan, Hodge 13 | rebounds2 = Fajardo 15

| assist1 = Banchero 6 | assist2 = Ross 4

| referee = Jimmy Mariano, Rommel Gruta, Jerry Narandan, Jeffrey Tantay

| series = Meralco leads series, 2–1

}}

=Game 4=

{{basketballbox |date= June 12 |time= 7:30 pm |place= Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |TV= RPTV

| team1= Meralco Bolts |score1= 101

| team2= San Miguel Beermen |score2= 111

| report = [https://pba.ph/recap?match=2449588 Box score]

| Q1 = 22–29

| Q2 = 18–22

| Q3 = 34–31

| Q4 = 27–29

| points1 = Newsome 40 | points2 = Fajardo 28

| rebounds1 = Hodge 10 | rebounds2 = Fajardo 13

| assist1 = Newsome 4 | assist2 = Perez, Ross 6

| referee = Jimmy Mariano, Jerry Narandan, Mardy Montoya, James Paez

| series = Series tied, 2–2

}}

Prior to the game, San Miguel's June Mar Fajardo was awarded his tenth Best Player of the Conference award, extending his record for most career BPC awards.{{Cite web |title=Fajardo extends record feat with another BPC award |url=https://pba.ph/news/fajardo-extends-record-feat-with-another-bpc-award |website=PBA.ph |date= June 12, 2024 |access-date= June 12, 2024 }}

=Game 5=

{{basketballbox |bg=#eee |date= June 14 |time= 7:30 pm |place= Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |TV= RPTV

| team1= Meralco Bolts |score1= 92

| team2= San Miguel Beermen |score2= 88

| report = [https://pba.ph/recap?match=2455048 Box score]

| Q1 = 24–25

| Q2 = 23–21

| Q3 = 22–24

| Q4 = 23–18

| points1 = Maliksi, Newsome 22 | points2 = Fajardo 38

| rebounds1 = Hodge 9 | rebounds2 = Fajardo 18

| assist1 = Newsome 5 | assist2 = Tautuaa 4

| referee = Nol Quilinguen, Rey Yante, Bing Oliva, Don-Al De Dios

| series = Meralco leads series, 3–2

}}

=Game 6=

{{basketballbox |date= June 16 |time= 6:15 pm |place= Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |TV= RPTV

| team1= Meralco Bolts |score1= 80

| team2= San Miguel Beermen |score2= 78

| report = [https://pba.ph/recap?match=2455925 Box score]

| Q1 = 29–18

| Q2 = 18–22

| Q3 = 16–18

| Q4 = 17–20

| points1 = Newsome 15 | points2 = Fajardo 21

| rebounds1 = Almazan 10 | rebounds2 = Fajardo 12

| assist1 = Banchero 8 | assist2 = Fajardo 5

| referee = Nol Quilinguen, Jeffrey Tantay, Joel Baldago, Mike Flordeliza

| series = Meralco wins series, 4–2

}}

Before Meralco even won the championship, June Mar Fajardo makes an off-balance game tying three which was unexpected and keeps San Miguel team hopes alive for an OT or for a possible Game 7, but not until Chris Newsome hits the game-winner to seal the championship of the 2024 PBA Philippine Cup finals. Chris Newsome wins Finals MVP.

Rosters

{{PBA roster header|team=Meralco Bolts

}}

{{player2 | num = 1 | first = Aaron | last = Black | dab = basketball | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 180 | DOB = 1996–12–03 | college = Ateneo | nat = PHI | inj = yes }}

{{player2 | num = 4 | first = Diego | last = Dario | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 8 | lbs = 145 | DOB = 1997–01–06 | college = UP Diliman | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 6 | first = Chris | last = Banchero | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 175 | DOB = 1989–01–24 | college = Seattle Pacific | nat = USA }}

{{player2 | num = 7 | first = Cliff | last = Hodge | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 195 | college = Hawaii Pacific | nat= USA | DOB = 1988–02–03 }}

{{player2 | num = 10 | first = Jolo | last = Mendoza | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 10 | lbs = | DOB = 1998–01–31 | college = Ateneo | nat = PHI | note = R }}

{{player2 | num = 11 | first = Chris | last = Newsome | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 190 | DOB = 1990–07–25 | college = Ateneo | nat = USA }}

{{player2 | num = 17 | first = Anjo | last = Caram | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 7 | lbs = 159 | DOB = 1991–01–14 | college = San Beda | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 19 | first = Bong | last = Quinto | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = | DOB = 1994–12–15 | college = Letran | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 20 | first = Raymond | last = Almazan | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 194 | DOB = 1989–08–02 | college = Letran | nat = PHI | note = C }}

{{player2 | num = 22 | first = Allein | last = Maliksi | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 180 | college = UST | DOB = 1987–09–18 | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 23 | first = Alvin | last = Pasaol | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 200 | DOB = 1995–05–06 | college = UE | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 24 | first = Raymar | last = Jose | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 210 | DOB = 1992–08–06 | college = FEU | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 27 | first = Jansen | last = Rios | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 185 | college = Adamson | DOB = 1991–10–28 | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 29 | first = Norbert | last = Torres | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 250 | DOB = 1990–01–12 | college = De La Salle | nat = CAN }}

{{player2 | num = 32 | first = Kyle | last = Pascual | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 210 | DOB = 1990–04–13 | college = San Beda | nat = USA }}

{{player2 | num = 33 | first = Brandon | last = Bates | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 231 | DOB = | college = De La Salle | nat = AUS | note = R }}

{{PBA roster footer

| head_coach =

| asst_coach =

| team_man =

| roster_url = https://pba.ph/teams/meralco-bolts

}}

{{PBA roster header|team=San Miguel Beermen

}}

{{player2 | num = 0 | first = Simon | last = Enciso | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = 185 | college = Notre Dame de Namur | DOB = 1991–02–12 | nat = USA }}

{{player2 | num = 2 | first = Don | last = Trollano | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 182 | DOB = 1992–01–07 | college = Adamson | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 3 | first = Moala | last = Tautuaa | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 245 | college = Chadron State | DOB = 1989–04–30 | nat = USA }}

{{player2 | num = 4 | first = Troy | last = Mallillin | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 190 | DOB = | college = Ateneo | nat = PHI | note = R }}

{{player2 | num = 6 | first = Chris | last = Ross | dab = basketball | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 180 | DOB = 1985–03–09 | college = Marshall | nat = USA | note = C }}

{{player2 | num = 7 | first = Terrence | last = Romeo | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = 178 | DOB = 1992–03–16 | college = FEU | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 13 | first = Marcio | last = Lassiter | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 185 | DOB = 1987–05–16 | college = Fullerton | nat = USA }}

{{player2 | num = 15 | first = June Mar | last = Fajardo | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 10 | lbs = 268 | DOB = 1989–11–17 | college = UC | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 21 | first = Jeron | last = Teng | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 185 | DOB = 1994–03–21 | college = De La Salle | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 39 | first = Jericho | last = Cruz | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 190 | DOB = 1990–10–11 | college = Adamson | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 76 | first = Kyt | last = Jimenez | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = 165 | DOB = | college = Perpetual | nat = SAU | note = R}}

{{player2 | num = 77 | first = CJ | last = Perez | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 185 | DOB = 1993–11–17 | college = Lyceum | nat = HKG }}

{{player2 | num = 87 | first = Vic | last = Manuel | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 201 | DOB = 1987–06–18 | college = PSBA | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 91 | first = Rodney | last = Brondial | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 210 | DOB = 1990–11–20 | college = Adamson | nat = PHI }}

{{PBA roster footer

| head_coach ={{player||PHI|Jorge Gallent}}

| asst_coach =

| team_man =

|roster_url = https://pba.ph/teams/san-miguel-beermen

}}

Broadcast notes

References

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