2016 PBA Governors' Cup

The 2016 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2016 Oppo-PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the 2015–16 PBA season. Due to the preparations of the Philippines men's national basketball team for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which was held in Manila, the tournament started on July 15 and ended on October 19, 2016.[1] The tournament allowed teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) for the top eight teams of combined results of the Philippine Cup and Commissioner's Cup, while the bottom four teams are allowed to hire imports with a height limit of 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m). The teams are allowed to hire an additional Asian import with a height limit of 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m).

2016 PBA Governors' Cup
DurationJuly 15 – October 19, 2016
TV partner(s)Local:
Sports5
TV5
PBA Rush (HD)
International:
AksyonTV International
Finals
ChampionsBarangay Ginebra San Miguel
Runners-upMeralco Bolts
Awards
Best PlayerJayson Castro
(TNT KaTropa)
Best ImportAllen Durham
(Meralco Bolts)
Finals MVPLA Tenorio
(Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

Format

The tournament format for this conference is as follows:

  • Single-round robin eliminations; 11 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.
  • Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. In case of tie, playoff games will be held only for the #4 and #8 seeds.
  • Quarterfinals (higher seed with the twice-to-beat advantage):
    • QF1: #1 seed vs #8 seed
    • QF2: #2 seed vs #7 seed
    • QF3: #3 seed vs #6 seed
    • QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed
  • Semifinals (best-of-5 series):
    • SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
    • SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
  • Finals (best-of-7 series)
    • Winners of the semifinals

Elimination round

Team standings

PosTeamWLPCTGBQualification
1TNT KaTropa101.909Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2San Miguel Beermen83.727[a]2
3Barangay Ginebra San Miguel83.727[a]2
4Meralco Bolts65.545[b]4
5Mahindra Enforcer65.545[b]4Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6Alaska Aces65.545[b]4
7NLEX Road Warriors56.455[c]5
8Phoenix Fuel Masters56.455[c]5
9Rain or Shine Elasto Painters56.455[c]5
10GlobalPort Batang Pier47.3646
11Star Hotshots29.1828
12Blackwater Elite110.0919
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

Schedule

Team ╲ Game1234567891011
Alaska AcesMERBGSMTNTMAHROSSHSMBBWGPPHXNLEX
Barangay Ginebra San MiguelGPALANLEXMERBWSMBROSSHMAHPHXTNT
Blackwater EliteNLEXSHROSBGSMTNTMERMAHALAPHXGPSMB
GlobalPort Batang PierBGSMMAHSHPHXMERSMBROSTNTALANLEXBW
Mahindra EnforcerSHGPSMBALAPHXNLEXBWTNTROSBGSMMER
Meralco BoltsPHXALATNTBGSMROSGPBWNLEXSMBSHMAH
NLEX Road WarriorsBWSMBBGSMTNTSHMAHMERPHXROSGPALA
Phoenix Fuel MastersMERSMBROSGPMAHTNTNLEXSHBWALABGSM
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersTNTPHXBWMERALABGSMGPMAHNLEXSMBSH
San Miguel BeermenPHXNLEXMAHSHBGSMGPALAMERTNTROSBW
Star HotshotsMAHBWGPSMBNLEXALABGSMPHXMERTNTROS
TNT KaTropaROSMERALANLEXBWPHXMAHGPSMBSHBGSM
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

TeamALABGSMBWEGPMAHMERNLEXPHXROSSMBSHTNT
Alaska109–100*107–87133–10695–10196–100100–85103–87114–117103–10685–69118–120
Barangay Ginebra107–9593–8193–86107–9385–7296–87101–87105–111**116–10392–104
Blackwater126–13988–9790–10590–9681–9392–98101–107100–9889–109
GlobalPort98–108126–123**98–114107–120101–9998–92102–105*120–122
Mahindra83–8681–8294–10088–103105–103100–92*107–104
Meralco101–95108–103109–102106–110103–10495–98
NLEX91–95*111–9993–9488–8595–101
Phoenix89–106113–124106–93117–124
Rain or Shine75–82108–9798–101
San Miguel109–10085–105
Star105–115
TNT
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Fourth seed playoff

September 21
Meralco Bolts 104, Mahindra Enforcer 99
Scoring by quarter: 26–29, 15–24, 28–18, 35–28
Pts: Durham 34
Rebs: Durham 7
Asts: Newsome 8
Pts: White 22
Rebs: White 13
Asts: Revilla, White 5
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: S. Pineda, J. Oliva, R. Dacanay, G. Narandan

Eighth seed playoff

September 21
Phoenix Fuel Masters 105, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 94
Scoring by quarter: 29–16, 25–22, 31–33, 20–23
Pts: Phelps 40
Rebs: W. Wilson 15
Asts: Baguio, Phelps 6
Pts: Dollard 20
Rebs: Dollard 7
Asts: Chan, Lee 3
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: A. Herrera, N. Guevarra, E. Tangkion, M. Flordeliza

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-5)
Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#1 twice to beat)
1TNT136
8Phoenix124
1TNT1
(#4 twice to beat)
4Meralco3
4Meralco105
5Mahindra82
4Meralco2
(#2 twice to beat)
3Barangay Ginebra4
2San Miguel114
7NLEX110
2San Miguel2
(#3 twice to beat)
3Barangay Ginebra3
3Barangay Ginebra109
6Alaska104

Quarterfinals

(1) TNT vs. (8) Phoenix

September 24
TNT KaTropa 136, Phoenix Fuel Masters 124
Scoring by quarter: 32–34, 38–33, 37–26, 29–31
Pts: Castro 42
Rebs: Ammons 13
Asts: Rosales 4
Pts: Phelps 39
Rebs: Phelps 17
Asts: Baguio 4
TNT wins series in one game
Ynares Center, Antipolo
Referees: A. Herrera, N. Guevarra, S. Pineda, J. Nicandro

(2) San Miguel vs. (7) NLEX

September 23
San Miguel Beermen 114, NLEX Road Warriors 110
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 39–25, 23–34, 28–28
Pts: Millsap 39
Rebs: Fajardo 13
Asts: Fajardo 5
Pts: Walker 45
Rebs: Walker 17
Asts: Taulava 5
San Miguel wins series in one game
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: P. Balao, J. Oliva, M. Montoya, E. Boticario

(3) Barangay Ginebra vs. (6) Alaska

September 23
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 109, Alaska Aces 104
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 30–18, 33–25, 23–38
Pts: Tenorio 32
Rebs: Brownlee 12
Asts: Thompson 9
Pts: Henton 27
Rebs: Henton 15
Asts: Banchero, Jazul 5
Barangay Ginebra wins series in one game
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay, G. Narandan, M. Flordeliza

(4) Meralco vs. (5) Mahindra

September 24
Meralco Bolts 105, Mahindra Enforcer 82
Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 32–19, 34–16, 21–21
Pts: Durham 24
Rebs: Durham 16
Asts: Durham 6
Pts: White 20
Rebs: White 10
Asts: Bagatsing, Revilla 3
Meralco wins series in one game
Ynares Center, Antipolo
Referees: N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, J. Marabe, J. Narandan

Semifinals

(1) TNT vs. (4) Meralco

September 27
TNT KaTropa 113, Meralco Bolts 95
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 21–20, 39–24, 29–28
Pts: Madanly 22
Rebs: Ammons 11
Asts: Castro 9
Pts: Durham 26
Rebs: Durham 21
Asts: Durham 7
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: P. Balao, M. Montoya, S. Pineda, B. Oliva
September 29
TNT KaTropa 91, Meralco Bolts 106
Scoring by quarter: 15–29, 25–25, 20–26, 31–26
Pts: Castro 24
Rebs: Ammons, Carey 7
Asts: Castro, de Ocampo 4
Pts: Durham 31
Rebs: Durham 21
Asts: Hugnatan, Newsome 5
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: A. Herrera, P. Balao, J. Marabe, B. Oliva
October 1
TNT KaTropa 113, Meralco Bolts 119
Scoring by quarter: 23–28, 24–22, 37–32, 29–37
Pts: Castro 28
Rebs: Ammons 9
Asts: Castro 10
Pts: Durham 23
Rebs: Durham 13
Asts: Newsome 8
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, N. Guevarra, M. Montoya
October 3
TNT KaTropa 88, Meralco Bolts 94
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 21–22, 17–24, 27–30
Pts: Castro 25
Rebs: Ammons 9
Asts: Castro 6
Pts: Hodge 32
Rebs: Durham 16
Asts: Hugnatan, Newsome 4
Meralco wins series, 3–1
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: A. Herrera, E. Tangkion, D. Dacanay, M. Montoya

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

September 26
San Miguel Beermen 108, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 115
Scoring by quarter: 36–24, 21–22, 19–33, 32–36
Pts: Millsap 29
Rebs: Fajardo 15
Asts: Millsap 11
Pts: Brownlee 39
Rebs: Brownlee 16
Asts: Thompson 6
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: A. Herrera, J. Marabe, E. Tangkion, J. Nicandro
September 28
San Miguel Beermen 95, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 92
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 27–22, 21–31, 23–21
Pts: Millsap 25
Rebs: Fajardo 23
Asts: Cabagnot 8
Pts: Tenorio 22
Rebs: Brownlee 13
Asts: Tenorio 7
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: N. Quilinguen, N. Guevarra, J. Mariano, E. Boticario
September 30
San Miguel Beermen 96, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 97
Scoring by quarter: 28–29, 27–22, 22–27, 19–19
Pts: Millsap 24
Rebs: Fajardo, Millsap 12
Asts: Cabagnot 6
Pts: Brownlee 25
Rebs: Thompson 11
Asts: Thompson 10
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 14,253
Referees: S. Pineda, R. Dacanay, M. Flordeliza, E. Boticario
October 2
San Miguel Beermen 101, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 72
Scoring by quarter: 30–22, 25–7, 27–23, 19–20
Pts: Lassiter 25
Rebs: Millsap 17
Asts: Ross 5
Pts: Brownlee 28
Rebs: Cruz 8
Asts: Mercado 5
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 22,196
Referees: A. Herrera, P. Balao, J. Mariano, J. Nicandro
October 4
San Miguel Beermen 92, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 117
Scoring by quarter: 12–33, 26–12, 15–36, 39–36
Pts: Santos 24
Rebs: Fajardo 12
Asts: Cabagnot 6
Pts: Brownlee 26
Rebs: Thompson 15
Asts: Tenorio 10
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 3–2
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 20,374
Referees: N. Guevarra, S. Pineda, M. Flordeliza, J. Narandan

Finals

October 19
7:00pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 91, Meralco Bolts 88
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–2

Imports

The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted in gold are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference. Players with an asterisk indicates the Asian imports.

TeamNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Alaska Aces LaDontae Henton[2]July 17 (vs. Meralco)September 23 (vs. Ginebra)6–6
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Paul HarrisJuly 16 (vs. GlobalPort)July 16 (vs. GlobalPort)1–0
Justin Brownlee[3]July 24 (vs. Alaska)October 19 (vs. Meralco)15–7
Blackwater Elite Eric Dawson[4]July 16 (vs. NLEX)August 21 (vs. Mahindra)1–5
No regular importAugust 17 (vs. Meralco), August 28 (vs. Alaska)0–2
Keala King[5]September 7 (vs. Phoenix)September 18 (vs. San Miguel)0–3
Imad Qahwash*[6]July 29 (vs. Rain or Shine)August 28 (vs. Alaska)0–6
GlobalPort Batang Pier Dominique Sutton[7]July 16 (vs. Ginebra)July 20 (vs. Mahindra)0–2
Mike Glover[8]July 24 (vs. Star)September 14 (vs. Blackwater)4–5
Mahindra Enforcer James White[9]July 15 (vs. Star)September 24 (vs. Meralco)6–7
Iman Zandi*July 15 (vs. Star)August 12 (vs. Phoenix)4–1
Meralco Bolts Allen Durham[10]July 15 (vs. Phoenix)October 19 (vs. Ginebra)13–10
Mohammad Jamshidi*[11]July 15 (vs. Phoenix)August 10 (vs. Rain or Shine)3–2
NLEX Road Warriors Henry WalkerJuly 16 (vs. Blackwater)September 23 (vs. San Miguel)5–7
Rodrigue Akl*[12]July 16 (vs. Blackwater)September 23 (vs. San Miguel)5–7
Phoenix Fuel Masters Marcus Simmons[13]July 15 (vs. Meralco)July 23 (vs. Rain or Shine)0–3
Eugene Phelps[14]July 31 (vs. GlobalPort)September 24 (vs. TNT)6–4
Lee Gwan-hee*[15]July 15 (vs. Meralco)September 24 (vs. TNT)6–7
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Dior Lowhorn[16]July 20 (vs. TNT)August 27 (vs. GlobalPort)3–4
Jason Forte[17]September 2 (vs. Mahindra)September 4 (vs. NLEX)1–1
Josh Dollard[18]September 10 (vs. San Miguel)September 21 (vs. Phoenix)1–2
San Miguel Beermen Arizona Reid[19]July 17 (vs. Phoenix)August 19 (vs. GlobalPort)4–2
No regular and Asian importAugust 24 (vs. Alaska)1–0
Mike Singletary[20]August 31 (vs. Meralco)September 10 (vs. Rain or Shine)2–1
Elijah Millsap[21]September 18 (vs. Blackwater)October 4 (vs. Ginebra)4–3
Mahmoud Abdeen*[22]September 3 (vs. TNT)September 18 (vs. Blackwater)2–1
Star Hotshots Marqus Blakely[23]July 15 (vs. Mahindra)July 31 (vs. San Miguel)1–3
Joel Wright[24]August 12 (vs. NLEX)September 16 (vs. Rain or Shine) 1–6
TNT KaTropa Mario Little[13]July 20 (vs. Rain or Shine)August 3 (vs. NLEX)4–0
Mychal Ammons[25]August 13 (vs. Blackwater)October 3 (vs. Meralco)8–4
Michael Madanly*[26]July 20 (vs. Rain or Shine)October 3 (vs. Meralco)12–4

Import handicapping

#TeamPhilippine CupCommissioner's CupTotalImport height limit
1San Miguel Beermen0.61.21.86'5"
2Alaska Aces1.20.82.0
3Rain or Shine Elasto Painters2.40.42.8
4Barangay Ginebra San Miguel3.02.05.0
5TNT KaTropa3.62.46.0
6GlobalPort Batang Pier1.84.86.6
7NLEX Road Warriors4.22.87.0
8Star Hotshots5.43.28.6
9Meralco Bolts7.21.68.86'9"
10Barako Bull/Phoenix4.84.49.2
11Blackwater Elite6.04.010.0
12Mahindra Enforcer6.63.610.2
  • Philippine Cup final ranking comprises 60% of the points, while the elimination round ranking in the Commissioner's Cup is 40%. The four teams with most points gets to have an import of unlimited height.

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic
Points per gameTerrence RomeoGlobalPort Batang Pier25.00
Rebounds per gameJune Mar FajardoSan Miguel Beermen12.88
Assists per gameJayson CastroTNT KaTropa7.44
Steals per gameChris RossSan Miguel Beermen2.00
Blocks per gameJapeth AguilarBarangay Ginebra San Miguel2.30
Turnovers per gameTerrence RomeoGlobalPort Batang Pier3.6
Minutes per gameTerrence RomeoGlobalPort Batang Pier40.40
FG%Bradwyn GuintoMahindra Enforcer66.7%
FT%Aldrech RamosMahindra Enforcer100.00%
3FG%Chris TiuRain or Shine Elasto Painters52.4%
Double-doublesJune Mar FajardoSan Miguel Beermen14
Triple-doublesScottie ThompsonBarangay Ginebra San Miguel1

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

WeekPlayerRef.
July 18–24RR Garcia (Star Hotshots)[27]
July 25–31Jayson Castro (TNT KaTropa)[28]
August 1–7Keith Agovida (Mahindra Enforcer)[29]
August 8–14Anthony Semerad (GlobalPort Batang Pier)[30]
August 15–21Stanley Pringle (GlobalPort Batang Pier)[31]
August 22–28June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen)[32]
August 29–September 4Jayson Castro (TNT KaTropa)[33]
September 5–11Arwind Santos (San Miguel Beermen)[34]
September 12–18Jayson Castro (TNT KaTropa)[35]
September 19–25Jayson Castro (TNT KaTropa)[36]
September 26–October 2Reynel Hugnatan (Meralco Bolts)[37]

References