1st PBA Reinforced Cup

PBA Reinforced Cup
Start of Games	November 10, 2013
End of Games	March 2014 (Expected)
Number of Games	TBD
Broadcast Partners	PBA on Rizon
Finals
Champions	TBD
Second Place	TBD
Third Place	TBD
Awards
Best Player	TBD
Best Import	TBD
Finals MVP	TBD
Chronology
Previous Conference	First Philippine Cup
Next Conference	Second Philippine Cup

The First Philippine Basketball Association Reinforced Cup is the closing conference of the Second PBA Season. The tournament started on November 10, 2013 (Day 2182) and is expected to finish in March 2014. The tournament is an import-laden format, where teams picked two imports or a pure-foreign players for each team. The tournament is sponsored by the Bamboo Group of Companies and Splash Industries.

Format

The tournament format for this conference is as follows:

Preliminary Stage

The 20 teams were first distributed randomly into four groups, each representing a region of the Philippines. During the first four weeks of the tournament, the teams stayed in their respective regions. The teams undergo a single round-robin where each team plays the other teams in their group once. The games of each group were played in the respective region's royal house's stadium. The top three teams per group qualified to the next round while the rest of the teams move on to the classification games. The teams will be ranked by win percentage. Ties will be broken by point difference, then by the scores in the games between the tied teams.

Group A (Mindanao)

The Mindanao Games were held in the Prince Terence I Arena, thanks to Prince Terence II, the grand duke of the Royal House of Mindanao.

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	PD	GB
Marlboro Puffers	4	0	1.00	335	286	49	-
Puma Mouth	3	1	0.75	313	302	11	1
Red Guards	2	2	0.50	318	314	4	2
Asia Brewery Flying Foxes	1	3	0.25	282	304	-22	3
Petronas Cules	0	4	0.00	281	323	-42	4

Group B (Palawan)

The Palawan Games were held in the Lakambini Kadayao Royal Coliseum, thanks to Assistant Commissioner Vincenzo Roque, the grand duke of the Royal House of Palawan.

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	PD	GB
Gnome Hackers	4	0	1.00	339	247	92	-
Gatorade Blue Bolts	3	1	0.75	277	265	12	1
Vienna Pinoy Queens	2	2	0.50	301	276	25	2
Manila Rockets	1	3	0.25	276	302	-26	3
Robust Monsters	0	4	0.00	235	338	-103	4

Group C (Visayas)

The Visayas Games were held in the Robert Jaworski Grand Coliseum, thanks to Commissioner Boy Pick Up, the grand duke of the Royal House of Visayas.

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	PD	GB
Starbucks Burden	3	1	0.75	325	291	34	-
Red Horse Energy Kings	3	1	0.75	311	284	27	-
Mang Inasal UnliRice Raiders	3	1	0.75	293	287	6	-
Jollibee Stingers	1	3	0.25	303	305	-2	2
Durex Philippine Eagle	0	4	0.00	221	286	-65	3

Group D (Luzon)

The Luzon Games were held in the Eugene Bautista Memorial Stadium, thanks to Lacon Yan, the grand duke of the Royal House of Luzon, along with Duke Al Raposas, one of the team managers in the league.

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	PD	GB
Samsung Razors	4	0	1.00	291	270	21	-
Pinoy Pao Lapangers	3	1	0.75	337	287	50	1
Burst Fries Little Bursterz	2	2	0.50	326	301	25	2
Skullcandy Skullbashers	1	3	0.25	237	274	-37	3
Malaysia Al-Mirsat	0	4	0.00	267	326	-59	4

Group Stage

The 12 teams that qualified from the previous round were reshuffled into new groupings such that no teams from the same group or same group ranking in the previous round will be in the same group this round. The teams were also arranged such that the deviation between the average scores of the teams in the new groupings is minimized. The region of each group was chosen such that all the teams will be in a new region. During the next three weeks of the tournament, the teams stayed in their respective regions. This time, the teams undergo a double round-robin where each team plays the other teams in their group twice. The top two teams per group qualified to the next round while the rest of the teams move on to the classification games. The teams will be ranked by win percentage. Ties will be broken by point difference, then by the scores in the games between the tied teams. If the tie persists, tie-breaker game/s will be played.

Group A (Mindanao)

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	PD	GB
Starbucks Burden	3	0	1.00	239	193	46	-
Pinoy Pao Lapangers	1	2	0.33	210	226	-16	2
Vienna Pinoy Queens	1	3	0.25	277	307	-30	2.5

Group B (Palawan)

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	PD	GB
Puma Mouth	2	1	0.67	245	237	8	-
Mang Inasal UnliRice Raiders	2	2	0.50	301	288	13	0.5
Samsung Razors	1	2	0.33	189	210	-21	1

Group C (Visayas)

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	PD	GB
Marlboro Puffers	2	1	0.67	236	191	45	-
Gatorade Blue Bolts	2	1	0.67	196	199	-3	-
Burst Fries Little Bursterz	1	2	0.33	188	197	-9	1

Group D (Luzon)

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	PD	GB
Red Horse Energy Kings	2	1	0.67	272	256	16	-
Red Guards	2	1	0.67	271	267	4	-
Gnome Hackers	0	2	0.00	174	194	-20	1.5

Awards

Conference Awards

• Best Player of the Conference: TBD

• Best Import of the Conference: TBD

• Finals MVP: TBD

Players of the Week

Player of the Week
Week	Player	Team
Week 1	Nico Salva	Gatorade Blue Bolts
Week 2	Jeron Teng	Marlboro Puffers
Week 3	Jericho Cruz	Gnome Hackers
Week 4	Timothy Laranang	Red Horse Energy Kings
Week 5	Shej Roi Sumang	Red Guards
Week 6	Peter June Simon	Puma Mouth
Week 7
Quarterfinals Week
Semifinals Week