2006 PBA Philippine Cup

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2006 PBA Philippine Cup
PBA2006 philcup.png
DurationMarch 5 – July 21, 2006
TV partner(s) ABC (Local)
The Filipino Channel (International)
Finals
Champions Purefoods Chunkee Giants
Runners-up Red Bull Barako
Awards
Best Player Danny Seigle
(San Miguel Beermen)
Finals MVP Marc Pingris
(Purefoods Chunkee Giants)
PBA Philippine Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

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.

Contents

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

Classification round

Team standings

PosTeamWLPCTGBQualification
1 Purefoods Chunkee Giants 124.750Advance to semifinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 115.6881
3 Red Bull Barako 97.563 [lower-alpha 1] 3Advance to quarterfinals
4 Alaska Aces 97.563 [lower-alpha 1] 3
5 Coca-Cola Tigers 79.438 [lower-alpha 2] 5
6 Air21 Express 79.438 [lower-alpha 2] 5Advance to wildcard phase
7 Barangay Ginebra Kings 79.438 [lower-alpha 2] 5
8 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 610.3756
9 Sta. Lucia Realtors 412.2508
Source: [www.pba.ph PBA.ph]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head differential: Red Bull +11, Alaska 11
  2. 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Air21 +16, Coca-Cola +10, Barangay Ginebra 26; fifth-seed playoff: Coca-Coca 87–73 Air21

Fifth seed playoff

ABC
May 28
Air21 Express 73, Coca-Cola Tigers 87

Wildcard phase

Bracket

Quarterfinals
(Best-of-5)
Semifinals
(Best-of-7)
Finals
(Best-of-7)
1 Purefoods 4
4 Alaska 34 Alaska 3
5 Coca-Cola 1 1Purefoods4
3 Red Bull 2
2 San Miguel 3
3 Red Bull 33Red Bull4
7 Barangay Ginebra 2 Third place playoff
4Alaska102
2 San Miguel 95

Quarterfinals

Games 1 to 4 were held at the Araneta Coliseum. Game 5 of Red Bull vs Ginebra was at the Ynares Center.

Team 1 Series Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5
(3) Red Bull Barako 3–2(7) Barangay Ginebra Kings 95–86103–11285–97118–97120–98
(4) Alaska Aces 3–1(5) Coca-Cola Tigers 95–9481–7575–7794–69

Semifinals

Games 1 to 5 were held in the Araneta Coliseum, while Games 6 and 7 were held at the Cuneta Astrodome.

Team 1 Series Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7
(1) Purefoods Chunkee Giants 4–3(4) Alaska Aces 92–9477–8682–7977–9985–7499–9690–89
(2) San Miguel Beermen 3–4(3) Red Bull Barako 78–94114–9895–99106–82101–107116–10184–86

Third place playoff

ABC
July 5
San Miguel Beermen 95, Alaska Aces 102
Red Bull leads series, 1–0

Finals

ABC
July 5
Purefoods Chunkee Giants 101, Red Bull Barako 97

Broadcasters

The play-by-play commentators are Mico Halili and Ed Picson, while the color commentators are Norman Black, Quinito Henson, Siot Tanquingcen and Chot Reyes. The courtside reporters are Richard del Rosario, Eric Reyes, Dominic Uy, Jason Webb and Patricia Bermudez-Hizon. The grand draw of Hope and Winston's Sports Ride promo was also broadcast during the halftime of Game 4 of the finals, as the said event will be the final promotional segment to be sponsored by tobacco companies broadcast during the finals until the Philippine government announced that commercials and sponsorships related to tobacco products on TV and Radio will be banned starting on January 1, 2007.

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