2018 PBA Governors' Cup

2018 PBA Governors' Cup
Duration August 17, 2018 – present
TV partner(s) Local:
ESPN 5
TV5
PBA Rush (HD)
International:
AksyonTV International
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The 2018 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup will be the third and last conference of the 2017–18 PBA season. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'5".

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, a playoff game will be held only for the #8 seed.
  • 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

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 t – Magnolia Hotshots 7 1 .875 — Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2 t – Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 2 .778 0.5
3 Blackwater Elite 6 2 .750 1
4 Alaska Aces 5 2 .714 1.5
5 Phoenix Fuel Masters 6 3 .667 1.5 Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6 TNT KaTropa 4 4 .500 3
7 NLEX Road Warriors 4 5 .444 3.5
8 San Miguel Beermen 3 4 .429 3.5
9 NorthPort Batang Pier 2 6 .250 5
10 Meralco Bolts 2 6 .250 5
11 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 1 4 .200 4.5
12 e – Columbian Dyip 0 8 .000 7
Updated to match(es) played on October 14, 2018. Source: PBA.ph
e – Eliminated; t – Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated.

Schedule

Teams1234567891011
Alaska MER TNTPHXBGSMROSSMBMAGCOLBWENLEXNP
Barangay Ginebra COL ALANPBWESMBPHXNLEXMERROSMAGTNT
Blackwater TNT SMBNPBGSMNLEXMERROSMAGALACOLPHX
Columbian MER PHXNLEXBGSMTNTSMBMAGNPALAROSBWE
Magnolia NLEX NPPHXROSSMBCOLBWEALAMERTNTBGSM
Meralco COL TNTALAPHXBWEBGSMNPNLEXMAGROSSMB
NLEX TNT NPMAGCOLSMBBWEBGSMPHXMERALAROS
NorthPort NLEX PHXMAGBGSMBWETNTCOLMERROSSMBALA
Phoenix COL NPALATNTMERMAGBGSMNLEXSMBROSBWE
Rain or Shine TNT MAGALABWEBGSMNPCOLMERPHXSMBNLEX
San Miguel NLEX BWECOLBGSMMAGALAPHXTNTNPROSMER
TNT NLEX MERBWEALAPHXCOLROSNPSMBMAGBGSM

  Win
  OT Win
  Loss
  OT Loss

Results

Team ALA BGSM BWECOLMAGMERNLEXNPPHXROSSMBTNT
Alaska 101–109Oct. 21Oct. 1773–8380–72Oct. 26Oct. 28108–97106–89127–119125–96
Brgy. Ginebra — 118–12496–84Oct. 28111–105106–92104–98101–9997–104110–102Nov. 4
Blackwater — —Oct. 2799–13394–91106–124113–111Nov. 499–93103–100104–98*
Columbian — ——95–113106–109104–116101–118107–113Oct. 19119–143114–118*
Magnolia — ———Oct .19102–72104–8782–9592–76109–108Oct. 26
Meralco — ————108–10594–9986–96Oct. 21Nov. 390–92
NLEX — ————–123–10797–123Nov. 3112–125103–90
NorthPort — —————–91–132Oct. 17Oct. 24102–104
Phoenix — ——————–Oct. 24100–117112–82
Rain or Shine — ———————–Oct. 27104–110
San Miguel — ————————–Oct. 20
TNT — ——————————

  Win
  OT Win
  Loss
  OT Loss

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 are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.

TeamNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Alaska AcesUnited States Mike Harris[1]August 24 (vs. Meralco)5–2
Barangay Ginebra San MiguelUnited States Justin Brownlee[2]August 31 (vs. Columbian)7–2
Blackwater EliteUnited States Henry Walker[3]August 24 (vs. TNT)6–2
Columbian DyipUnited States Akeem Wright[2]August 17 (vs. Meralco)0–8
Magnolia HotshotsUnited States Romeo Travis[4]August 22 (vs. NLEX)7–1
Meralco BoltsUnited States Allen Durham[1]August 17 (vs. Columbian)2–6
NLEX Road WarriorsNigeria Olu Ashaolu[5]August 17 (vs. TNT)August 22 (vs. Magnolia)2–1
United States Aaron Fuller[6]August 29 (vs. Columbian)2–4
NorthPort Batang PierUnited States Rashad Woods[7]August 19 (vs. NLEX)2–6
Phoenix Fuel MastersUnited States Eugene Phelps[8]August 22 (vs. Columbian)6–3
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersUnited States J'Nathan Bullock[9]September 22 (vs. TNT)September 26 (vs. Magnolia)0–2
United States Terrence Watson[10]October 3 (vs. Alaska)1–2
San Miguel BeermenUnited States Arizona Reid[11]September 1 (vs. NLEX)September 23 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)2–2
United States Kevin Murphy[12]September 30 (vs. Magnolia)1–2
TNT KaTropaUnited States Mike Glover[13]August 17 (vs. NLEX)August 17 (vs. NLEX)0–1
No importAugust 19 (vs. Meralco)1–0
United States Stacy Davis[14]August 24 (vs. Blackwater)September 2 (vs. Columbian)1–3
United States Marqus Blakely[15]September 22 (vs. Rain or Shine)2–0

Awards

Players of the Week

Week Player Ref.
August 17–19 Mark Tallo (NLEX Road Warriors) [16]
August 20–26 Simon Enciso (Alaska Aces) [17]
August 27–September 2 Christian Standhardinger (San Miguel Beermen) [18]
September 17–23 John Pinto (Blackwater Elite) [19]
September 24–30 Paul Lee (Magnolia Hotshots) [20]
October 1–7 Paul Zamar (Blackwater Elite) [21]

References

  1. 1 2 Ramos, Gerry (August 13, 2018). "Alaska taps NBA veteran Mike Harris to complete cast of PBA imports". SPIN.ph.
  2. 1 2 Ramos, Gerry (July 20, 2018). "Columbian Dyip import Akeem Wright is in town". SPIN.ph.
  3. ↑ Ramos, Gerry (May 21, 2018). "Blackwater bringing back Henry Walker for Jarrid Famous as Elite prime up for season-ending conference". SPIN.ph.
  4. ↑ Leongson, Randolph (July 20, 2018). "Ex-Alaska import Romeo Travis returns, this time with Magnolia". SPIN.ph.
  5. ↑ Leongson, Randolph (June 27, 2018). "Ousted NLEX set to field Governors' Cup import Olu Ashaolu". SPIN.ph.
  6. ↑ Ramos, Gerry (August 22, 2018). "Fuller in as Olu undergoes rehab in rare import set-up for NLEX". SPIN.ph.
  7. ↑ Leongson, Randolph (August 4, 2018). "Globalport brings in Rashad Woods as import for Governors' Cup". SPIN.ph.
  8. ↑ Ramos, Gerry (May 19, 2018). "Phoenix activates Eugene Phelps in place of injured James White for game against Ginebra". SPIN.ph.
  9. ↑ Ramos, Gerry (August 6, 2018). "J'Nathan Bullock back for another tour of duty with RoS". SPIN.ph.
  10. ↑ Ramos, Gerry (October 2, 2018). "Rain or Shine looking to turn things around with new import Terrence Watson". SPIN.ph.
  11. ↑ Leongson, Randolph (July 15, 2018). "AZ Reid set for return as San Miguel's Governors' Cup import". SPIN.ph.
  12. ↑ Ramos, Gerry (September 26, 2018). "San Miguel parting ways with AZ Reid as Kevin Murphy comes in". SPIN.ph.
  13. ↑ Leongson, Randolph (August 10, 2018). "Former GlobalPort import Mike Glover set to suit up for TNT". SPIN.ph.
  14. ↑ Ramos, Gerry (August 22, 2018). "TnT taps former Pepperdine standout Stacy Davis as new import". SPIN.ph.
  15. ↑ Sacamos, Karlo (September 10, 2018). "TnT hoping third time's the charm with Marqus Blakely acquisition". SPIN.ph.
  16. ↑ "Mark Tallo earns Player of the Week citation".
  17. ↑ "Simon Enciso steps up at the right time".
  18. ↑ "Standhardinger named PBAPC Player of the week".
  19. ↑ "John Pinto named Cignal-PBAPC Player of the week".
  20. ↑ "Paul Lee takes charge for Magnolia".
  21. ↑ "Paul Zamar shows 'em what he's got".
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