2009–10 PBA Philippine Cup

The 2009–10 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup or known as the 2009–10 KFC PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the first conference of the 2009–10 PBA season. The tournament started on October 11, 2009, and ended on March 3, 2010. The conference featured Smart Gilas as guest team. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which doesn't require an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.

2009–10 PBA Philippine Cup
DurationOctober 11, 2009 – March 3, 2010
TV partner(s)Solar TV, Basketball TV (local)
The Filipino Channel (international)
Finals
ChampionsPurefoods Tender Juicy Giants
Runners-upAlaska Aces
Awards
Best PlayerJames Yap
(Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants)
Finals MVPJames Yap
(Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants)
PBA Philippine Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

  • Double-round robin eliminations; 18 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. Ties are broken among points differences of the tied teams. Guest team Smart Gilas will only compete for the first round of eliminations and result of its games will not reflect on the standings of its opponents.
  • Teams seeded #6, #7, #8 and #9 play in a knockout wildcard playoffs for the final berth in the quarterfinals. Matchups are:
    • #6 team vs. #9 team
    • #7 team vs. #8 team
    • Winners of the first round for the last quarterfinal berth.
  • #3, #4 and #5 teams automatically advance to the best of five quarterfinals:
    • #3 team vs. winner of wildcard playoffs
    • #4 vs. #5 teams
  • #1 and #2 teams automatically advance to the best of seven semifinals:
    • Winner of first quarterfinal vs. #1
    • Winner of second quarterfinal vs. #2
  • The winners in the semifinals advance to the best of seven Finals. The losers dispute the third-place trophy in a one-game playoff.

Elimination round

Team standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Alaska Aces 13 5 .722[lower-alpha 1] — Advance to semifinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 13 5 .722[lower-alpha 1] —
3 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 12 6 .667[lower-alpha 2] 1 Advance to quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra Kings 12 6 .667[lower-alpha 2] 1
5 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 11 7 .611 2
6 Sta. Lucia Realtors 10 8 .556 3 Advance to wildcard round
7 Coca-Cola Tigers 6 12 .333[lower-alpha 3] 7
8 Burger King Whoppers 6 12 .333[lower-alpha 3] 7
9 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 4 14 .222 9
10 Barako Bull Energy Boosters 3 15 .167 10
— Smart Gilas (G) 3 6 .333 5.5 Guest team[lower-alpha 4]
Source: PBA.ph
(G) Guests
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Alaska 2–0 San Miguel
  2. Head-to-head record: Purefoods 1–1 Barangay Ginebra; Purefoods 0, Barangay Ginebra 0; overall point differential: Purefoods +85, Barangay Ginebra +75
  3. Head-to-head record: Burger King 1–1, Coca-Cola; Burger King +10, Coca-Cola −10
  4. Smart Gilas's results do not count in the standings.

Schedule
 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game123456789101112131415161718
Alaska AcesBBESMBCokeBGKSLRBKWROSTNTPFBBESMBTNTCokeBGKSLRPFBKWROS
Barako Bull Energy BoostersALACokePFROSBGKTNTSMBBKWSLRALABGKPFBKWROSSMBTNTSLRCoke
Barangay Ginebra KingsSMBPFALABBEROSBKWSLRTNTCokeBBEPFROSSLRSMBCokeTNTALABKW
Burger King WhoppersPFSMBROSSLRALABGKCokeBBETNTSMBROSTNTCokeBBEPFSLRBGKALA
Coca-Cola TigersSLRBBEALAPFTNTBKWSMBROSBGKPFTNTSLRBKWALABGKSMBROSBBE
Purefoods Tender Juicy GiantsBKWBGKBBECokeTNTSMBROSALASLRCokeBGKBBESMBTNTBKWROSALASLR
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersTNTSLRBKWBBESMBBGKALAPFCokeTNTBKWBGKSMBBBESLRPFCokeALA
San Miguel BeermenBGKALABKWTNTROSSLRPFBBECokeBKWSLRALAPFROSBGKBBECokeTNT
Sta. Lucia RealtorsCokeROSTNTBKWALASMBBGKBBEPFSMBCokeBGKTNTROSBKWALABBEPF
Talk 'N Text Phone PalsROSSLRSMBPFCokeBBEALABGKBKWROSCokeBKWALAPFSLRBGKBBESMB
Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results
Team ALA BBE BGK BKW COKE PF ROS SG SLR SMB TNT
Alaska Aces 99–83 105–96 87–73 100–79 101–87 81–86 130–99 91–83 85–74 110–106
Barako Bull Energy Boosters 88–99 86–94 86–102 83–71 77–92 89–81 96–91 77–80* 89–104 90–93
Barangay Ginebra Kings 93–90 88–76 83–79 113–104 95–87 86–77 100–72 72–93 98–86 72–87
Burger King Whoppers 87–80 102–99 104–122 91–89 83–90 89–91 115–105 93–101 99–117 105–118
Coca-Cola Tigers 105–92 91–89 97–106 106–94 93–79 84–92 93–98 76–95 84–107 94–103
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 94–77 70–66 89–81 85–74 88–79 103–69 99–81 68–63 76–92 108–102
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 94–95 88–72 97–101 99–101 83–105 88–101 89–96 90–95* 77–93 76–85
Smart Gilas 95–96 109–96 70–103
Sta. Lucia Realtors 77–85 108–96 93–88 83–79 98–92 78–88 95–91 94–110 83–100
San Miguel Beermen 116–122* 94–85 91–86* 100–85 107–118 87–80 104–90 95–96 100–90
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 113–119* 97–99 82–105 115–104 107–104 101–98 93–95 117–112 93–91
Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket
Wildcard phase
(Single elimination)		Wildcard phase
(Single elimination)		Quarterfinals
(Best-of-5)		Semifinals
(Best-of-7)		Finals
(Best-of-7)
6Sta. Lucia862San Miguel2
9Rain or Shine903Purefoods33Purefoods4
9Rain or Shine999Rain or Shine2
7Coca-Cola843Purefoods4
7Coca-Cola1181Alaska0
8Burger King112
1Alaska4Third place
4Brgy. Ginebra34Brgy. Ginebra0
5Talk 'N Text22San Miguel95
4Brgy. Ginebra88

Wildcard phase

First round
January 24
Sta. Lucia Realtors 86, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 90
Ynares Center, Antipolo, Rizal
January 24
Coca-Cola Tigers 118, Burger King Whoppers 112
Ynares Center, Antipolo, Rizal

Second round
January 27
Coca-Cola Tigers 84, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 99
Ynares Center, Antipolo, Rizal

Quarterfinals

(3) Purefoods vs. (6) Rain or Shine
January 29
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 90, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 85
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
January 31
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 95, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 94
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
February 3
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 92, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 95
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
February 5
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 100, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 103
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
February 7
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 95, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 85
Purefoods wins series 3–2
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) Talk 'N Text
January 29
Barangay Ginebra Kings 92, Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 107
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
January 31
Barangay Ginebra Kings 105, Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 106
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
February 3
Barangay Ginebra Kings 102, Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 97
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
February 5
Barangay Ginebra Kings 27, Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 20 (forfeit)
Talk 'N Text walked out of the playing court with Barangay Ginebra leading 27–20 with a minute left in the first quarter after Ranidel de Ocampo was called for a flagrant foul against Ronald Tubid.[1]
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
February 7
Barangay Ginebra Kings 113, Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 100
Barangay Ginebra wins series 3–2
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Semifinals

(1) Alaska vs. (4) Barangay Ginebra
February 10
Alaska Aces 104, Barangay Ginebra Kings 79
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
February 12
Alaska Aces 90, Barangay Ginebra Kings 82
Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
February 14
Alaska Aces 91, Barangay Ginebra Kings 88
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
February 17
Alaska Aces 102, Barangay Ginebra Kings 95
Alaska wins series 4–0
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

(2) San Miguel vs. (3) Purefoods
February 10
San Miguel Beermen 99, Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 83
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
February 12
San Miguel Beermen 84, Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 103
Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
February 14
San Miguel Beermen 88, Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 74
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
February 17
San Miguel Beermen 84, Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 97
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
February 19
San Miguel Beermen 82, Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 94
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
February 21
San Miguel Beermen 78, Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 87
Purefoods wins series 4–2
Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

Third place playoff
February 24
San Miguel Beermen 95, Barangay Ginebra Kings 88
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Finals
Main article: 2009–10 PBA Philippine Cup Finals
February 24
Alaska Aces 77, Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 81
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
February 26
Alaska Aces 85, Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 86
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
February 28
Alaska Aces 78, Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 79
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
March 3
Alaska Aces 76, Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 86
Purefoods wins series 4–0
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

References
  1. "Talk 'N Text walks out of q'final game vs Ginebra". February 5, 2010. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
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