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).
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
^ a b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel
^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra
^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.04, Rain or Shine 1.03, Phoenix 0.93; eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 105–94 Rain or Shine
Schedule
Results
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
Eighth seed playoff
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(1) TNT vs. (8) Phoenix
(2) San Miguel vs. (7) NLEX
(3) Barangay Ginebra vs. (6) Alaska
(4) Meralco vs. (5) Mahindra
Semifinals
(1) TNT vs. (4) Meralco
(2) San Miguel vs. (3) Barangay Ginebra
Finals
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.
Import handicapping
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
Awards
Conference
Players of the Week
References
^ Rain or Shine sends Ginebra crashing out of quarterfinals , Jane Bracher, Rappler , April 19, 2016
^ Alaska taps banger, prolific scorer LaDontae Henton as import for Governors Cup , Snow Badua , spin.ph, June 14, 2016
^ Ginebra taps Justin Brownlee as replacement import for injured Paul Harris , Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, July 18, 2016
^ Leo Isaac thrilled as Blackwater taps ex-Meralco import Eric Dawson for Governors Cup , Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, May 30, 2016
^ Blackwater brings in new import Keala King to replace injured Eric Dawson , Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, September 1, 2016
^ Penang Chief Minister Cup 2016 Mini-Preview
^ GlobalPort bringing back Omar Krayem, hopes to get Dominique Sutton release from TNT , Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, May 31, 2016
^ GlobalPort taps 'Optimus Prime' as replacement import for NBA aspirant Dominique Sutton , Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, July 23, 2016
^ Badua, Snow (June 6, 2016). "Mahindra opts for James White after bid to bring back Vernon Macklin falls through" . Spin.ph . Retrieved June 6, 2016 .
^ Meralco signs former Barako Bull import Allen Durham Archived 2016-12-21 at the Wayback Machine Richard Dy, Fox Sports, June 7, 2016
^ Meralco taps Iran’s Jamshidi as Asian import for Govs’ Cup Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine , interaktv.com, June 9, 2016
^ NLEX Road Warriors ink Rodrigue Akl, ex Sagesse
^ a b TNT's Mario Little, Marcus Simmons of Phoenix complete 12-import cast for PBA Governors Cup Snow Badua, spin.ph, June 26, 2016
^ Phoenix Fuel Masters tap new import Eugene Phelps to replace Marcus Simmons Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, July 29, 2016
^ Phoenix opts to tap Korean Basketball League veteran as Asian import in PBA Governors Cup , Reuben Terrado, spin.ph, June 19, 2016
^ Another ‘Balik Import’ tapped as Dior Lowhorn suits up for Rain or Shine
^ "RoS bringing in former Alaska import Jason Forte as Smith exceeds height limit" . Sports Interactive Network Philippines . spin.ph . August 31, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
^ Ramos, Gerry (September 9, 2016). "Rain or Shine to parade new import Josh Dollard in crucial match against SMB" . Sports Interactive Network Philippines . Spin.ph . Retrieved September 9, 2016 .
^ Reid vows to be ready for Governors' Cup Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News, May 1, 2016
^ Mike Singletary arrives to fill in for injured SMB import AZ Reid Archived 2016-08-26 at the Wayback Machine , Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, August 26, 2016
^ Ramos, Gerry (September 15, 2016). "Elijah Millsap hopes to complete unfinished business, takes over Mike Singletary as SMB import" . Sports Interactive Network Philippines . spin.ph . Retrieved September 15, 2016 .
^ Ramos, Gerry (August 31, 2016). "SMB bringing in Jordan national player Mahmoud Abdeen as Asian import, says Austria" . Sports Interactive Network Philippines . spin.ph . Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
^ Star's Marqus Blakely to head growing cast of 'balik imports' in PBA Governors' Cup , Snow Badua , spin.ph, June 9, 2016
^ Struggling Star Hotshots replace Marqus Blakely with Joel Wright , Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, August 6, 2016
^ Sacamos, Karlo (August 12, 2016). "Unbeaten TNT defends signing of Mychal Ammons, says it needs a 'big' after Marcus Little" . spin.ph. Retrieved August 12, 2016 .
^ Leongson, Randolph B. (June 13, 2016). "Maxiell, Madanly beef up TNT" . Inquirer.net . Retrieved June 13, 2016 .
^ "Player of the Week: Garcia proving his worth with Star" . Inquirer.net . July 25, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016 .
^ "Player of the Week: Castro rising to the challenge" . Inquirer.net . August 1, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016 .
^ "Player of the Week: Agovida rewards Mahindra's trust" . Inquirer.net . August 8, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016 .
^ "Player of the Week: Semerad steps up with career game for GlobalPort" . Inquirer.net . August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016 .
^ "Player of the Week: Pringle leading GlobalPort's resurgence" . Inquirer.net . August 22, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016 .
^ "Player of the Week: Fajardo delivers for import-less SMB" . Inquirer.net . August 29, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2016 .
^ "Player of the Week: Castro sustains impressive form" . Inquirer.net . September 5, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016 .
^ "Player of the Week: Arwind Santos heating up in time" . Inquirer.net. September 13, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2016 .
^ "Player of the Week: Jayson Castro leads TNT to No. 1 spot" . Inquirer.net. September 19, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2016 .
^ "Determined Castro cops second straight Player of the Week award" . Inquirer.net. September 28, 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016 .
^ "Player of the Week: Meralco's Hugnatan lights up TNT in semis" . Inquirer.net. October 3, 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016 .
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