2025 PBA Philippine Cup finals
The 2025 PBA Philippine Cup finals was the championship series of the 2025 PBA Philippine Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. It was the third and last championship tournament of the Philippine Basketball Association 's 2024–25 season. The best-of-seven series was contested between the San Miguel Beermen and the TNT Tropang 5G. The series began on July 13 and ended on July 25 that marked the end of the conference and the 2024–25 PBA season.
The San Miguel Beermen and the TNT Tropang 5G competed for the 46th Philippine Cup championship and the 138th overall championship contested by the league. San Miguel won the series in six games, giving them a record-extending 30th PBA title and their 11th Philippine Cup title. The Beermen also ended TNT's attempt at accomplishing the league's first Grand Slam since the 2013–14 season when the [2013–14 2013–14 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers season|San Mig Super Coffee Mixers season|San Mig Super Coffee Mixers] accomplished it.
Background
General
This is be the first Finals meeting between San Miguel and TNT since the 2022 Philippine Cup, where San Miguel won in seven games.San Miguel entered the Finals after losing the previous year's Philippine Cup finals to the Meralco Bolts. Under the helm of returning head coach Leo Austria, the Beermen have been undefeated in the Philippine Cup finals, having won in 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019, and 2022. However, they had only lost a Finals series once, to the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel in the 2018 Commissioner's Cup.
Meanwhile, TNT entered the Finals with ambitions of becoming the first team since the San Mig Super Coffee Mixers in 2013–14 to win the Grand Slam. The last time they entered the Finals with an opportunity to accomplish the feat was in the 2011 Governors' Cup, where they were defeated by San Miguel in seven games. Austria said of the San Miguel Beermen, who entered the Finals after missing the playoffs of the 2024–25 Commissioner's Cup: "We're here not to stop ambition but we're here to win games and eventually win the championship."
Road to the finals
| San Miguel Beermen | TNT Tropang 5G | |
| Finished 8–3, tied for 1st place with NLEX, Magnolia, and Barangay Ginebra | Elimination round | Finished 6–5, tied for 6th place with Rain or Shine and Meralco |
| Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.06, NLEX 1.01, Magnolia 0.97, Barangay Ginebra 0.96 | Tiebreaker | Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.13, Rain or Shine 1.02, Meralco 0.87 |
| Def. Meralco, 108–97 | Quarterfinals | Def. Magnolia in two games |
| Def. Barangay Ginebra, 4–3 | Semifinals | Def. Rain or Shine, 4–2 |
Game summaries
Game 1
With less than a minute remaining in the 4th quarter, San Miguel Beermen center Moala Tautuaa scored on a dunk to take a 98–97 lead for the Beermen. However, moments later, it was ruled as an offensive interference after a review by the referees.Before this controversial call, The Beermen were down by as much as 21 points and came back.
Game 2
San Miguel takes the 51–39 lead at halftime. TNT nearly made a comeback as they cut the lead to 1 at the end of the 3rd quarter. In the end, the Beermen hold on the lead, winning by 6 points and tying the series.Game 3
Game 3 began with TNT Tropang 5G leading 15–5. At the end of 1st quarter, the lead was cut down to 3 by the San Miguel Beermen, 25–22. After taking the lead in the second quarter, the Beermen expanded the lead in the second half by as much as 18 after the 18–5 run. Tropang 5G tried to come back as they cut Beermen's lead by 7 with 5 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, but Chris Ross and the Beermen maintained the lead and won the game by 20.Game 4
Prior to the start of the game, San Miguel Beermen's June Mar Fajardo awarded his 12th Best Player of the Conference award, extending his record for most career BPC awards.TNT Tropang 5G, once again, takes an early lead at the start of the game, leading 14–2. The lead didn't last long as CJ Perez hits a lay-up to take the first lead of San Miguel Beermen in the second quarter. As the game progresses, the Beermen expanded their lead, but Tropang 5G closed the lead as it goes back-and-forth at the start of the fourth quarter. In the end, the Beermen retook the lead and eventually winning the game. Tropang 5G coach Chot Reyes left the court with 9.4 seconds left in the fourth quarter. With Beermen's win, they have a chance to win the Philippine Cup championship and denying Tropang 5G's Grand Slam.
Game 5
With the Philippine Cup title and Grand Slam bid on the line, TNT Tropang 5G dominated most of the game beginning on Calvin Oftana's 5–0 run to take the lead for the rest of the game. San Miguel Beermen, on the other hand, only led for four times, all of which are in the first quarter. The Tropang 5G forces Game 6, still with the Grand Slam bid on the line.Game 6
By winning the game and the series, the San Miguel Beermen denied TNT Tropang 5G's Grand Slam bid for the second time. This is also the same team that denied TNT's Grand Slam in 2010–11, when at that time was the Petron Blaze Boosters won the title against Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the 2011 Governors' Cup. Jericho Cruz was named Finals MVP.Broadcast notes
The Philippine Cup Finals aired on RPTV with simulcast on PBA Rush and Pilipinas Live.The PBA Rush broadcast provided the English language coverage of the Finals.
The Pilipinas Live also provided the English-Filipino language coverage of the Finals.
- Additional crew:
- * Trophy presentation: Jutt Sulit
- * Celebration interviewer: Eileen Shi and Bea Escudero