2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup

The 2017 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2017 Oppo-PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second conference of the 2016–17 PBA season. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'10".[1][2]

2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup
DurationMarch 17 – July 2, 2017
TV partner(s)Local:
Sports5
TV5
PBA Rush (HD)
International:
AksyonTV International
Finals
ChampionsSan Miguel Beermen
Runners-upTNT KaTropa
Awards
Best PlayerChris Ross
(San Miguel Beermen)
Best ImportCharles Rhodes
(San Miguel Beermen)
Finals MVPAlex Cabagnot
(San Miguel Beermen)
PBA Commissioner's Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

The tournament had two breaks with no games scheduled for more than seven days: first during the All-Star Week (April 26 to 30) and second during the SEABA Championship (May 12 to 18).

Format

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The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

  • 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:
    • QF1: #1 vs #8 (#1 twice-to-beat)
    • QF2: #2 vs #7 (#2 twice-to-beat)
    • QF3: #3 vs #6 (best-of-3 series)
    • QF4: #4 vs #5 (best-of-3 series)
  • Semifinals (best-of-5 series):
    • SF1: QF1 Winner vs. QF4 Winner
    • SF2: QF2 Winner vs. QF3 Winner
  • Finals (best-of-7 series)
    • F1: SF1 Winner vs SF2 Winner

Elimination round

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Team standings

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 9 2 .818[a] Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 9 2 .818[a]
3 Star Hotshots 9 2 .818[a] Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 TNT KaTropa 8 3 .727 1
5 Meralco Bolts 7 4 .636 2
6 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 6 .455 4
7 Phoenix Fuel Masters 4 7 .364[b] 5 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 GlobalPort Batang Pier 4 7 .364[b] 5
9 Alaska Aces 4 7 .364[b] 5
10 Mahindra Floodbuster 3 8 .273 6
11 Blackwater Elite 2 9 .182[c] 7
12 NLEX Road Warriors 2 9 .182[c] 7
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.117, San Miguel 0.990, Star 0.903
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.127, Alaska 1.116, GlobalPort 0.791; eighth seed playoff: GlobalPort 107–106 Alaska
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 NLEX

Schedule

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Team ╲ Game1234567891011
Alaska AcesGPBWEMAHROSMERPHXBGSMTNTNLEXSMBSH
Barangay Ginebra San MiguelPHXGPSHNLEXTNTALAROSSMBBWEMERMAH
Blackwater ElitePHXALAROSTNTGPMERSHNLEXMAHBGSMSMB
GlobalPort Batang PierALASHBGSMBWENLEXTNTMAHPHXMERROSSMB
Mahindra FloodbusterMERROSNLEXALASHTNTSMBGPBWEPHXBGSM
Meralco BoltsMAHNLEXTNTROSSMBALABWEPHXGPSHBGSM
NLEX Road WarriorsROSMERMAHSHTNTGPBGSMBWESMBALAPHX
Phoenix Fuel MastersBWESHTNTBGSMSMBROSALAMERGPMAHNLEX
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersNLEXMAHBWEMERALAPHXSMBSHBGSMGPTNT
San Miguel BeermenMERPHXSHMAHROSTNTNLEXBGSMALABWEGP
Star HotshotsPHXGPNLEXMAHBGSMSMBBWEROSTNTMERALA
TNT KaTropaMERPHXBWENLEXMAHGPBGSMSMBSHALAROS
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

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Team ALA BGSM BWE GP MAH MER NLEX PHX ROS SMB SH TNT
Alaska 102–103 109–95 107–79 98–92 91–99 92–100 86–94 105–102 97–109 98–102* 110–119
Barangay Ginebra 96–82 113–96 94–80 90–89 101–92 91–94 112–118 107–99 113–98 107–89
Blackwater 118–113 87–96 91–102 104–98 116–118** 88–95 113–124 90–96 89–92
GlobalPort 105–86 94–86 85–82 72–84 107–101 101–112 77–103 88–109
Mahindra 86–94 89–81 122–121* 95–99* 80–109 83–97 84–86
Meralco 91–84 81–66 89–83 92–99 90–108 94–89
NLEX 116–114 105–113 108–114 103–105 121–126*
Phoenix 94–96 88–110 82–101 109–134
Rain or Shine 98–111 93–99 102–105
San Miguel 103–97 103–112
Star 107–97
TNT
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Eighth seed playoff

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June 4
GlobalPort Batang Pier 107, Alaska Aces 106
Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 32–23, 22–29, 33–28
Pts: Harper 32
Rebs: Harper 17
Asts: Pringle 5
Pts: Jefferson 32
Rebs: Jefferson 16
Asts: Exciminiano 4
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: J. Mariano, E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay, E. Botecario

Bracket

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QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-5)
Finals
(best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1Barangay Ginebra96
8GlobalPort85
1Barangay Ginebra1
(best-of-3)
4TNT3
4TNT2
5Meralco1
4TNT2
(#2 twice-to-beat)
2San Miguel4
2San Miguel115
7Phoenix96
2San Miguel3
(best-of-3)
3Star1
3Star2
6Rain or Shine0

Quarterfinals

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(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (8) GlobalPort

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June 6
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 96, GlobalPort Batang Pier 85
Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 20–14, 30–23, 20–29
Pts: Brownlee 39
Rebs: Thompson 12
Asts: Tenorio 8
Pts: Harper 29
Rebs: Harper 15
Asts: Pringle 3
Barangay Ginebra wins series in one game
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: J. Mariano, E. Tangkion, M. Montoya, M. Lasaga

(2) San Miguel vs. (7) Phoenix

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June 6
San Miguel Beermen 115, Phoenix Fuel Masters 96
Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 29–16, 31–32, 27–27
Pts: Lassiter 26
Rebs: Rhodes 11
Asts: Ross 10
Pts: McKay 20
Rebs: McKay 13
Asts: Wright 7
San Miguel wins series in one game
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: N. Quilinguen, R. Gruta, M. Flordeliza, G. Narandan

(3) Star vs. (6) Rain or Shine

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June 5
Star Hotshots 118, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 82
Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 35–17, 34–24, 23–18
Pts: Ratliffe 29
Rebs: Ratliffe 8
Asts: Lee 10
Pts: Crews 19
Rebs: Crews 13
Asts: Tolomia 5
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: N. Guevarra, S. Pineda, R. Yante, E. Botecario
June 7
Star Hotshots 84, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 69
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 17–18, 22–15, 29–17
Pts: Ratliffe 26
Rebs: Ratliffe 24
Asts: Ratliffe 5
Pts: Crews 12
Rebs: Belga 6
Asts: Ahanmisi 4
Star wins series, 2–0
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: N. Guevarra, E. Tangkion, R. Gruta, J. Narandan

(4) TNT vs. (5) Meralco

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June 5
TNT KaTropa 102, Meralco Bolts 84
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 17–14, 27–32, 33–25
Pts: Castro 25
Rebs: Tautuaa, Williams 8
Asts: Castro 7
Pts: Newsome 21
Rebs: Stepheson 16
Asts: Newsome, Stepheson 4
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: N. Quilingen, P. Balao, B. Oliva, J. Nicandro
June 7
TNT KaTropa 100, Meralco Bolts 103 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 13–32, 31–17, 29–30, 19–13, Overtime: 8–11
Pts: Smith 18
Rebs: Smith 18
Asts: Garcia 5
Pts: Amer 32
Rebs: Stepheson 13
Asts: Dillinger 6
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: P. Balao, J. Mariano, R. Yante, D. Dacanay
June 9
TNT KaTropa 104, Meralco Bolts 96 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 29–19, 9–24, 28–30, 23–16, Overtime: 15–7
Pts: Castro, Smith 31
Rebs: Smith 27
Asts: Smith 4
Pts: Amer 25
Rebs: Hodge, Stepheson 12
Asts: Newsome 9
TNT wins series, 2–1
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, M. Flordeliza, M. Orioste

Semifinals

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(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (4) TNT

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June 11
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 94, TNT KaTropa 100
Scoring by quarter: 13–23, 24–22, 29–28, 28–27
Pts: Brownlee 24
Rebs: Brownlee 14
Asts: Brownlee 6
Pts: Smith 35
Rebs: Smith 13
Asts: Castro 6
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: J. Mariano, S. Pineda, B. Oliva, M. Orioste
June 13
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 103, TNT KaTropa 107
Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 33–34, 26–28, 18–23
Pts: Brownlee, Tenorio 22
Rebs: Brownlee 12
Asts: Thompson 9
Pts: Smith 16
Rebs: Smith 16
Asts: Castro 8
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, G. Narandan, E. Botecario
June 15
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 125, TNT KaTropa 101
Scoring by quarter: 34–28, 27–19, 35–27, 29–27
Pts: Brownlee 31
Rebs: Brownlee 11
Asts: Mercado 5
Pts: Garcia 16
Rebs: Smith 7
Asts: Castro, Garcia 3
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: E. Tangkion, S. Pineda, R. Gruta, M. Orioste
June 17
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 109, TNT KaTropa 122
Scoring by quarter: 35–29, 28–37, 29–29, 17–27
Pts: Aguilar 31
Rebs: Brownlee 15
Asts: Tenorio 10
Pts: Castro 38
Rebs: Williams 12
Asts: Castro 11
TNT wins series, 3–1
Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
Referees: N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, B. Oliva, M. Flordeliza

(2) San Miguel vs. (3) Star

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June 10
San Miguel Beermen 105, Star Hotshots 109
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 24–22, 26–30, 23–24
Pts: Rhodes 34
Rebs: Rhodes, Ross 10
Asts: Ross 15
Pts: Maliksi, Ratliffe 26
Rebs: Ratliffe 21
Asts: Lee 8
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, M. Montoya, J. Nicandro
June 12
San Miguel Beermen 77, Star Hotshots 76
Scoring by quarter: 25–16, 19–14, 14–30, 19–16
Pts: Rhodes 21
Rebs: Rhodes 10
Asts: Lassiter, Ross 4
Pts: Ratliffe 25
Rebs: Ratliffe 35
Asts: Melton, Ratliffe 3
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: N. Guevarra, S. Pineda, R. Yante, R. Dacanay
June 14
San Miguel Beermen 111, Star Hotshots 110
Scoring by quarter: 32–28, 24–24, 29–29, 26–29
Pts: Rhodes 36
Rebs: Fajardo, Ross 8
Asts: Ross 8
Pts: Ratliffe 44
Rebs: Ratliffe 19
Asts: Ratliffe 7
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: J. Mariano, E. Tangkion, M. Flordeliza, M. Orioste
June 16
San Miguel Beermen 109, Star Hotshots 102
Scoring by quarter: 29–27, 23–22, 31–20, 26–33
Pts: Cabagnot 26
Rebs: Rhodes 10
Asts: Ross 10
Pts: Ratliffe 36
Rebs: Ratliffe 17
Asts: Barroca 6
San Miguel wins series, 3–1
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: P. Balao, S. Pineda, B. Oliva, M. Lasaga

Finals

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TV5
July 2
6:30pm
TNT KaTropa 91, San Miguel Beermen 115
San Miguel wins series, 4–2

Imports

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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.

Team Name Debuted Last game Record
Alaska Aces Cory Jefferson[3] March 18 (vs. GlobalPort) June 4 (vs. GlobalPort) 4–8
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Justin Brownlee[4] April 1 (vs. Phoenix) June 17 (vs. TNT) 11–5
Blackwater Elite Greg Smith[5] March 18 (vs. Phoenix) May 31 (vs. San Miguel) 3–8
GlobalPort Batang Pier Sean Williams[6] March 18 (vs. Alaska) April 5 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) 0–3
Malcolm White[7] April 8 (vs. Blackwater) May 5 (vs. Phoenix) 2–3
Justin Harper[8] May 10 (vs. Meralco) June 6 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) 3–2
Mahindra Floodbuster James White[9] March 17 (vs. Meralco) March 29 (vs. Alaska) 1–3
Keith Wright[10] April 5 (vs. Star) June 2 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) 2–5
Meralco Bolts Alex Stepheson[11] March 17 (vs. Mahindra) June 9 (vs. TNT) 8–6
NLEX Road Warriors Wayne Chism[12] March 17 (vs. Rain or Shine) May 27 (vs. Phoenix) 2–9
Phoenix Fuel Masters Eugene Phelps[13] March 18 (vs. Blackwater) March 18 (vs. Blackwater) 1–0
Jameel McKay[14] March 22 (vs. Star) June 6 (vs. San Miguel) 3–8
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Shawn Taggart[9] March 17 (vs. NLEX) May 6 (vs. Star) 4–4
Duke Crews[15] May 19 (vs. Ginebra) June 7 (vs. Star) 1–4
San Miguel Beermen Charles Rhodes[9] April 2 (vs. Meralco) July 2 (vs. TNT) 17–5
Star Hotshots Tony Mitchell[4] March 22 (vs. Phoenix) May 6 (vs. Rain or Shine) 6–2
Ricardo Ratliffe[16] May 10 (vs. TNT) June 16 (vs. San Miguel) 6–3
TNT KaTropa Lou Amundson[17] March 24 (vs. Meralco) March 26 (vs. Phoenix) 1–1
Donté Greene[18] March 31 (vs. Blackwater) May 10 (vs. Star) 5–2
Joshua Smith[19] May 20 (vs. Alaska) July 2 (vs. San Miguel) 9–6

Awards

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Conference

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Players of the Week

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Week Player Ref.
March 17–19 James Yap (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) [20]
March 20–26 Mark Barroca (Star Hotshots) [21]
March 27 – April 2 Sonny Thoss (Alaska Aces) [22]
April 3–9 LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) [23]
April 10–16 Jeff Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) [24]
April 17–23 LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) [25]
May 2–7 Baser Amer (Meralco Bolts) [26]
May 8–21 Jericho Cruz (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) [27]
May 22–28 LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) [28]
May 29 – June 4 Chris Ross (San Miguel Beermen) [29]
June 5 – June 11 Roger Pogoy (TNT KaTropa) [30]
June 12–18 Jayson Castro (TNT KaTropa) [31]

References

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  1. ^ New PBA import height ceiling throws monkey wrench into Ginebra plans for Brownlee, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, November 4, 2016
  2. ^ PBA eyes invitational for Asian teams, removal of import handicapping, Rappler, November 5, 2016
  3. ^ Sacamos, Karlo (March 16, 2017). "Alaska finds Octavius Ellis replacement in nick of time with ex-Nets forward Cory Jefferson". spin.ph. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
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  5. ^ Ramos, Gerry (March 4, 2017). "Blackwater taps NBA veteran, D-League All-Star Greg Smith as Commissioner's Cup import". spin.ph. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  6. ^ "2 NBA Vets Coming For 2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup". pba.ph. March 10, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  7. ^ Ramos, Gerry (April 7, 2017). "GlobalPort brings in new import Malcolm White to replace Williams as losses pile up". spin.ph. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  8. ^ Sacamos, Karlo (May 9, 2017). "GlobalPort set to field third import this conference in NBA veteran Justin Harper". spin.ph. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  9. ^ a b c Ramos, Gerry (March 2, 2017). "SMB takes chance on untested Charles Rhodes as Ginebra sticks with Justin Brownlee". spin.ph. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  10. ^ Struggling Mahindra pins hope on new import in duel versus Star, pba.ph, April 4, 2017
  11. ^ Sacamos, Karlo (February 23, 2017). "Meralco bringing in former NBA player Alex Stepheson as Onuaku unavailable". spin.ph. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  12. ^ Wayne Chism looking in the best of shape as he reunites with Yeng Guiao at NLEX, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, February 19, 2017
  13. ^ Eugene Phelps back to hold the fort as Phoenix negotiates with import of choice, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, March 8, 2017
  14. ^ Sacamos, Karlo (March 20, 2017). "Phoenix taps defensive demon Jameel Mckay to replace high-scoring Eugene Phelps". spin.ph. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  15. ^ Rain or Shine parts ways with Shawn Taggart, brings back Duke Crews, interaksyon.com, Rey Joble, May 10, 2017
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  17. ^ Amundson, Ka Tropa giving Black the cold feet, pba.ph, March 23, 2017
  18. ^ Donte Greene on stand-by as fellow NBA veteran Lou Amundson makes TNT debut, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, March 23, 2017
  19. ^ Ramos, Gerry (May 19, 2017). "Fresh from Gilas stint, Castro, Pogoy, Rosario ready to suit up for TnT right away vs Alaska". spin.ph. Retrieved May 20, 2017. Joshua Smith, the former UCLA and Georgetown University product, is set to debut for the Texters after practicing with the team for almost a week now during the Seaba break.
  20. ^ "Yap named PBAPC Player of the Week". pba.ph. March 20, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  21. ^ "PBAPC picks Star's Mark Barroca as week's best". pba.ph. March 27, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  22. ^ "PBA Player Of The Week: Who Else But Sonny Thoss". pba.ph. April 3, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  23. ^ "All-around effort earns Tenorio Player of the Week honors". pba.ph. April 10, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  24. ^ "Jeff Chan takes charge". pba.ph. April 17, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  25. ^ "Another stellar performance earns Tenorio second Player of the Week citation". pba.ph. April 24, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  26. ^ "Only in his second season, Amer is already playing like a veteran". pba.ph. May 8, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  27. ^ "Jericho Cruz rises to the occasion". pba.ph. May 22, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  28. ^ "Tenorio named Player of the Week for third time". pba.ph. May 30, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  29. ^ "All-around game earns Ross Player of the Week citation". pba.ph. June 5, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
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