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The 2022 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup finals was a best-of-7 championship series of the 2022 PBA Philippine Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and the TNT Tropang Giga competed for the 44th Philippine Cup championship and the 131st overall championship contested by the league.

A rematch of the 2019 Commissioner's Cup finals, where the 7-seeded Beermen upset the top-seeded TNT Tropang Giga (then known as TNT KaTropa), San Miguel defeated TNT in seven hard-fought games to win their 28th title in franchise history. Having previously defeated the Magnolia Hotshots last year, TNT entered the series as the defending Philippine Cup champions. June Mar Fajardo was named the finals MVP for this series.

Background

Road to the finals

Head-to-head matchup

Series summary

Game summaries

Game 1

Jayson Castro hits a jumper with no time left to win the game 86–84. The shot was counted by officials and TNT took a 1–0 series lead.

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Prior to the game, San Miguel's June Mar Fajardo was awarded his ninth Best Player of the Conference award, extending his record for most BPC awards in a career.

Game 5

Game 6

Game 7

The TNT entered the game without Chot Reyes, who was out due to health and safety protocols. Starting center Poy Erram was ejected with 55 seconds left in the second quarter after hitting Mo Tautuaa's head during a foul.

After trailing 84–89 by the end of the 3rd quarter, San Miguel used a 17–0 run at the start of the 4th quarter to clinch their 28th title overall, and 9th title under coach Leo Austria. This fourth quarter rally is led by CJ Perez's 25 points in the game. San Miguel won their 6th Philippine Cup title in the past 8 years. They previously have won five straight Philippine Cup titles from 2015 to 2019.

Rosters

San Miguel Beermen roster

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Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 0 Enciso, Simon 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1991–02–12 Notre Dame de Namur F 2 Cañete, Michael 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 1993–08–14 Arellano G/F 3 Pessumal, Von 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1993–02–12 Ateneo G 6 Ross, Chris (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1985–03–09 Marshall G/F 11 Herndon, Robbie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1993–07–16 San Francisco G 12 Zamar, Paul 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1987–10–20 UE G/F 13 Lassiter, Marcio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1987–05–16 Cal State Fullerton C 15 Fajardo, June Mar 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 268 lb (122 kg) 1989–11–17 Cebu F/C 33 Tautuaa, Moala 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1989–04–30 Chadron State G 39 Cruz, Jericho 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990–10–11 Adamson F/C 55 Faundo, Jeepy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 1995–09–21 UST G/F 77 Perez, CJ 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1993–11–17 Lyceum F 87 Manuel, Vic 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 1987–06–18 PSBA F/C 91 Brondial, Rodney 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–11–20 Adamson	Head coach Leo Austria Assistant coach(es) Peter Martin (1st assistant) Ato Agustin Dayong Mendoza Jorge Gallent Boyzie Zamar Biboy Ravanes Team manager Gee Abanilla Daniel Henares (assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

TNT Tropang Giga roster

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Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 2 Cruz, Carl Bryan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1991–08–21 Far Eastern G 5 Williams, Mikey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1991–10–27 Cal State Fullerton C 7 Erram, Poy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1989–07–07 Ateneo G 10 Reyes, Ryan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1983–08–10 Cal State Fullerton G 11 Tungcab, Jaydee (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 1997–05–05 Philippines F 12 Khobuntin, Glenn 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1991–09–07 National-U G 13 Heruela, Brian 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1989–04–13 Cebu G 15 Montalbo, Kib 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 1996–04–02 De La Salle G/F 16 Pogoy, Roger 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1992–06–16 Far Eastern G 17 Castro, Jayson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1986–06–30 Philippine Christian F 18 Rosario, Troy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1992–01–20 National-U G 20 Alejandro, Jjay 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1995–04–13 National-U F/C 21 Williams, Kelly (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1982–02–07 Oakland F/C 22 Marcelo, Dave 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 223 lb (101 kg) 1989–02–22 San Beda G/F 24 Ganuelas-Rosser, Matt 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1990–06–13 Cal Poly Pomona F 77 Banal, Gab 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1990–09–09 Mapúa	Head coach Chot Reyes Assistant coach(es) Joshua Reyes (1st assistant) Bong Ravena Sandy Arespacochaga Ranidel de Ocampo Alton Lister Yuri Escueta Mau Belen Team manager Jojo Lastimosa Miguel Fernandez (assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

Broadcast notes

The Philippine Cup finals was aired on TV5 & One Sports with simulcast on PBA Rush SMART Sports Facebook Livestream & Smart GigaPlay App (both in standard and high definition).

The PBA Rush broadcast provided English language coverage of the finals.

The SMART Sports broadcast provided English-Filipino language coverage of the finals.

• Additional Game 7 crew:
  • Trophy presentation: Jutt Sulit & Bea Escudero
  • Celebration interviewer: Denise Tan

Notes

1. Live on iWantTFC worldwide excluding Philippines and United States

References

1. Justin Kenneth Carandang (August 22, 2022). "Counted: PBA affirms decision on Jayson Castro's Game 1 buzzer-beater". GMANetwork.com. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
2. "Fajardo claims Philippine Cup BPC award anew". PBA.ph. August 28, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
3. Reynald I. Magallon (September 4, 2022). "Huge blow for TNT: Chot Reyes out of Game 7 due to protocols". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
4. Sid Ventura (September 4, 2022). "San Miguel Beermen usher in new era by seeing off TNT Tropang Giga to win 2022 PBA Philippine Cup". ESPN. Retrieved December 22, 2022.

External links

• PBA official website

• PBA Philippine Cup finals
• 2022–23 PBA season
• August 2022 sports events in the Philippines
• September 2022 sports events in the Philippines
• TNT Tropang Giga games
• San Miguel Beermen games