The 2010-11

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...

(PBA) Philippine Cup was the first conference of the 2010-11 PBA season. The tournament started on October 3, 2010, with the new team,

Meralco Bolts The Meralco Bolts is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team began in 2010 after the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) acquired the PBA franchise of the Sta. Lucia Realtors. The team is one of three ...

defeating the Brgy. Ginebra Kings in the opening game. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which doesn't require an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.

Format

The following format was observed for the duration of the conference: *The teams were divided into 2 groups.Gin Kings, Bolts square off in PBA's 36th season opener
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# Alaska Aces #

Barangay Ginebra Kings A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolitan ...

Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters The TNT (cellular service), TNT Tropang Giga is a professional basketball team currently owned by Smart Communications, a subsidiary of the PLDT, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), playing in the Philippine Basketball Associat ...

Group B: # Barako Bull Energy Boosters #

B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados The Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots, or simply known as the Magnolia Hotshots, are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team is owned by San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc., a subsidiary of San Migue ...

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Rain or Shine Elasto Painters The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association owned by Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc. It debuted in the league in the 2006–07 PBA season after acquiring the franchise righ ...

San Miguel Beermen The San Miguel Beermen are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). It is one of three PBA clubs owned by the San Miguel Corporation group of companies along with the Magnolia Hotshots and Barangay Ginebra ...

*Teams in a group will play against each other once and against teams in the other group twice; 14 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams. Standings will be determined in one league table; teams do not qualify by basis of groupings. The top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. *Quarterfinal phase: **QF1: #1 vs. #8, with #1 having the twice-to-beat advantage **QF2: #2 vs. #7, with #2 having the twice-to-beat advantage **QF3: #3 vs. #6 in a best-of three series **QF4: #4 vs. #5 in a best-of three series *Best-of-seven Semifinals: **SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 **SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 *Best-of-seven Finals: winners of the semifinals.

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (8) Rain or Shine

(2) San Miguel vs. (7) Air21

(3) B-Meg Derby Ace vs. (6) Meralco

(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) Alaska

Semifinals

(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (4) B-Meg Derby Ace

(2) San Miguel vs. (3) Barangay Ginebra

Finals

Conference records

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Team

Individual

Awards

Conference

*Best Player of the Conference:

Jay Washington Anthony Jay Washington (born November 10, 1981) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for Yokohama Excellence of the Japanese B.League. College career Born in Zambales, Philippines, Washington played for the Eckerd College Tr ...

( San Miguel) *Finals MVP:

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and

Jayson Castro Jayson Castro William (born June 30, 1986) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the TNT Tropang Giga of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). His moniker is "The Blur" for his speed. He played for the Philippine Christian Un ...

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Talk 'N Text TNT (formerly known as Piltel, Mobiline, Phone Pal, and still unofficially known as Talk 'N Text) is a cellular service of Smart Communications in the Philippines. By April 2000, Piltel launched its GSM brand, Talk 'N Text. Piltel also reporte ...

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Players of the Week

Statistical leaders

Entire conference

Eliminations

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

References

External links

PBA.ph: Official website

PBA Online: A PBA fansite
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