2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup Finals
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| Dates | January 17 - February 3, 2016 | ||||||||||||||
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Chris Ross (San Miguel Beermen) |
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| Television |
Local: Sports5 TV5 AksyonTV Cignal PPV (HD) Hyper (HD) Fox Sports International: AksyonTV International |
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| Game 1: | A. Herrera, P. Balao, E. Tangkion, J. Oliva |
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| Game 2: | P. Balao, J. Mariano, E. Tangkion, J. Oliva |
| Game 3: | N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, E. Tangkion, S. Pineda |
| Game 4: | N. Quilinguen, R. Marabe, R. Dacanay, J. Oliva |
| Game 5: | J. Mariano, N. Guevarra, J. Marabe, E. Tangkion |
| Game 6: | A. Herrera, P. Balao, N. Guevara, S. Pineda |
| Game 7: | N. Quilinguen, N. Guevarra, R. Dacanay, J. Oliva |
The 2015–16 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Alaska Aces and the San Miguel Beermen competed for the 37th All-Filipino championship and the 116th overall championship contested by the league.
This also serves as the rematch for both teams, as they competed for the 2014–15 Philippine Cup and for the 2015 Governors' Cup, a year and a conference, respectively.
The Alaska Aces won the first three games to go up 3–0, behind Vic Manuel's outstanding performances. Since then, the San Miguel Beermen won Games 4, 5, and 6 to force a Game 7 and became the first team in PBA history to force a seventh game, after being down 0–3, behind excellent performances from Marcio Lassiter and Arwind Santos. Game 5 marked the return of June Mar Fajardo, who recently suffered a knee injury in Game 6 of their semi-finals series against the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters.
San Miguel won against Alaska in seven games to capture their 22nd PBA championship and their 6th Philippine Cup. Dubbed as "BEERacle", San Miguel became the first team in professional basketball history to win a series coming from a 0–3 deficit.
In the 2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup, the Alaska Aces and the San Miguel Beermen were the top 2 teams in the conference, both with a 9–2 record. In their head to head matchup in the elimination round, the Aces defeated San Miguel, 103–97 to clinch the top spot in the elimination round. The Beermen finished second. With the virtue of being the top two teams, the Aces and the Beermen qualified directly to the semi-finals of the conference.
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