2006–07 PBA Philippine Cup
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The 2006-07 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup or known as the 2006-07 Talk 'N Text PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the first conference of the 2006-07 PBA season. It started on September 28 in Guam and is expected to end around February 2007. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, therefore, there are no import (pure-foreign) players on any team.
Talk 'N Text, a cellular phone service of Pilipino Telephone, is the main sponsor for the tournament.
Format
- Double-round robin eliminations; 18 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win-loss records, ties are broken among results of the tied teams.
- #6, #7, #8 and #9 teams play in a single-round robin wildcard playoffs for the final berth in the quarterfinals.
- Records from the elimination round are carried over; the team that emerges at the top of the standings advances to the quarterfinals.
- If a team wins all of its games but still does not emerge at the top of the group, a one-game playoff will be held between the unbeaten team and the top team.
- #3, #4 and #5 teams automatically advance to the best of five quarterfinals:
- #3 team vs. winner of wildcard playoffs
- #4 vs. #5 teams
- #1 and #2 teams automatically advance to the best of seven semifinals:
- Winner of first quarterfinal vs. #1
- Winner of second quarterfinal vs. #2
- The winners in the semifinals advance to the best of seven Finals. The losers dispute the third-place trophy in a one-game playoff.
Elimination round
Team standings
| Qualified for semifinals | Qualified for quarterfinals | Qualified for wildcards | Eliminated | In contention |
| # | Team | W | L | GB | PD | PO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 13 | 5 | -- | +1 | |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 13 | 5 | -- | -1 | |
| 3 | Red Bull Barako | 11 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 10 | 8 | 3 | +4 | |
| 5 | Talk 'N Text Phonepals | 10 | 8 | 3 | +1 | TBD |
| 6 | Purefoods Chunkee Giants | 10 | 8 | 3 | -5 | TBD |
| 7 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 10 | 5 | ||
| 8 | Air21 Express | 7 | 11 | 6 | ||
| 9 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 5 | 13 | 8 | ||
| 10 | Welcoat Dragons | 3 | 15 | 10 |
Legend: GB = games behind; PD = points difference; PO = playoff
Out of town games
These are the games held outside Metro Manila and Rizal
Wildcard phase
| Qualified for quarterfinals | Eliminated | In contention |
| # | Team | Cumulative | Wildcard | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | GB | W | L | ||
| 6 | Purefoods Chunkee Giants or Talk 'N Text Phone Pals | 10 | 8 | -- | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Air21 Express | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 5 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Scenarios
- Alaska, Air21 and Coca-Cola have to beat the loser of the Purefoods-Talk 'N Text playoff to at least force a playoff for a quarterfinal berth.
- Alaska and Air21 has to win all wildcard games to qualify for the quarterfinals.
- Coca-Cola has to win all wildcard games to force a playoff for a quarterfinal berth.
- The loser of the Purefoods-Sta. Lucia playoff needs to win the game against Alaska to qualify for the quarterfinals.
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| (1) Ginebra | bye | |||||||||
| Bye | ||||||||||
| (1) Ginebra | ||||||||||
| (4) Sta. Lucia | ||||||||||
| Fifth seed | ||||||||||
| (3) Red Bull | ||||||||||
| Wildcard winner | ||||||||||
| (2) San Miguel | Third place | |||||||||
| (2) San Miguel | bye | |||||||||
| Bye | ||||||||||
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