2016–17 PBA Philippine Cup Finals
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| Dates | February 24 – March 5, 2017 | |||||||||
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| MVP | Chris Ross (San Miguel Beermen) | |||||||||
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Local: Sports5 TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International |
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| Announcers | see Broadcast notes | |||||||||
| Radio network | Radyo5 (DWFM) | |||||||||
| Announcers | see Broadcast notes | |||||||||
The 2016–17 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2016–17 PBA Philippine Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and Barangay Ginebra San Miguel competed for the 38th Philippine Cup championship and the 119th overall championship contested by the league.
The championship series was also the 5th time (first since the 2009 Fiesta Conference Finals) that the two teams met in the finals.
San Miguel won the finals series, four games to one, winning their third straight Philippine Cup championship. The Beermen will also have permanent possession of the second version of the Jun Bernardino Trophy.
San Miguel is the defending champions of the Philippine Cup for the past two seasons and they are gunning for their third straight Philippine Cup championship. A third straight championship will enable them to keep permanent possession of the Jun Bernardino Trophy.
The Beermen finished the elimination round with a 10–1 record, losing only to the Phoenix Fuel Masters. Their elimination round record assured them of the twice-to-beat advantage into the quarterfinals. They beat the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, 98–91, to advance to the semifinals facing TNT KaTropa. TNT incidentally was the first team to have permanent possession of the Jun Bernardino Trophy after winning three straight Philippine Cup championships from 2011 to 2013.
San Miguel and TNT endured a seven-game semifinals series, with the Beermen winning the pivotal seventh game, 96–83.
Barangay Ginebra struggled in the first part of the elimination round and finished with a 6–5 record. Due to inferior quotient, the Gin Kings got the 7th seed, having a twice-to-win disadvantage going into the quarterfinals. The faced the Alaska Aces and won two straight games in order for them to advance to the semifinals. The Gin Kings were up against rival Star Hotshots on a Manila Clasico semifinal series. Star won the first two games before Ginebra won the next two games, eventually tying the series, 2–2. In Game 5, Star once again won and Ginebra was on a verge of elimination. Ginebra was able to force a do-or-die seventh game after winning Game 6. Barangay Ginebra eventually won Game 7, 89–76.
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