2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup
The 2019 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup , also known as the 2019 Honda–PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the second conference of the 2019 PBA season . The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'10".
Format
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
Team standings
^ a b Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Magnolia 1.19, Rain or Shine 1.01, San Miguel 0.83
^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.012, Meralco 1.011, Phoenix 0.977; 8th-seed playoff: Alaska defeated Meralco
^ a b Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 NLEX
Schedule
Results
Source:
PBA.ph Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Eighth seed playoff
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(1) TNT vs. (8) Alaska
TNT, with the twice-to-beat advantage , only has to win once, while its opponent, Alaska, has to win twice.
(2) NorthPort vs. (7) San Miguel
NorthPort, with the twice-to-beat advantage , only has to win once, while its opponent, San Miguel, has to win twice.
(3) Blackwater vs. (6) Rain or Shine
This is a best-of-three playoff .
(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) Magnolia
This is a best-of-three playoff .
Semifinals
Both series are best-of-five playoffs .
(1) TNT vs. (4) Barangay Ginebra
(6) Rain or Shine vs. (7) San Miguel Beermen
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 are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.
Awards
Conference
The Best Player and Best Import of the Conference awards were handed out prior to Game 4 of the Finals, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum :
Players of the Week
Rookies of the Month
Statistics
Individual statistical leaders
Local players
Import players
Individual game highs
Local players
Import players
Team statistical leaders
References
^ Ansis, JC (March 9, 2018). "PBA, Honda Philippines ink partnership for Commissioner's Cup" . ESPN 5 . Retrieved April 3, 2018 .
^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT" .
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^ Leongson, Randolph (June 14, 2019). "Alaska brings in new import Nino Johnson despite winning record with Daniels" . Spin.ph.
^ Leongson, Randolph (June 28, 2019). "Alaska makes another import switch, brings back Diamon Simpson" . Spin.ph.
^ Dy, Richard (March 4, 2019). "Brownlee signs with Al Riyadi, returns to Ginebra in May" . ESPN5.
^ Terrado, Reuben (April 18, 2019). "Blackwater taps former Meralco import Alex Stepheson for Commissioner's Cup" . Spin.ph.
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^ Ramos, Gerry (May 10, 2019). "Magnolia taps former Columbian import John Fields" . Spin.ph.
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^ Ramos, Gerry (July 16, 2019). "Magnolia taps new import Rakeem Christmas for James Farr in bid to arrest skid" . Spin.ph.
^ Leongson, Randolph B. (May 3, 2019). "Meralco taps ex-NBA player Gani Lawal as Commissioner's Cup import" . Spin.ph.
^ Terrado, Reuben (June 18, 2019). "Gani Lawal reactivated in Taylor place for Meralco game vs NLEX" . Spin.ph.
^ Leongson, Randolph B. (June 12, 2019). "Meralco set to field new import Jimmie Taylor in place of Gani Lawal" . Spin.ph.
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^ Leongson, Randolph B. (May 16, 2019). "NLEX turns to Curtis Washington as Tony Mitchell fails to come in" . Spin.ph.
^ Terrado, Reuben (May 24, 2019). "First-choice NLEX import Tony Mitchell all set to suit up vs NorthPort" . Spin.ph.
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^ Leongson, Randolph B. (May 2, 2019). "NorthPort beefs up frontline by tapping bruiser Prince Ibeh as import" . Spin.ph.
^ Leongson, Randolph B. (April 12, 2019). "Phoenix taps former Alaska import Rob Dozier for Commissioner's Cup" . Spin.ph.
^ Ramos, Gerry (June 4, 2019). "Phoenix set to bring in Richard Howell to replace injured Rob Dozier" . Spin.ph.
^ Leongson, Randolph B. (May 1, 2019). "Denzel Bowles is coming back – not with Magnolia but as Rain or Shine import" . Spin.ph.
^ "Rain or Shine brings in Carl Montgomery as replacement import for injured Denzel Bowles" . PBA.ph. July 8, 2019.
^ Ramos, Gerry (April 24, 2019). "Charles Rhodes set for return as San Miguel taps services of Best Import anew" . Spin.ph.
^ Ramos, Gerry (July 2, 2019). "SMB replaces import Charles Rhodes with ex-NBA player Chris McCullough" . Spin.ph.
^ "TNT Katropa taps former NBA player Terrence Jones for Commissioner's Cup" . Spin.ph. May 5, 2019.
^ "Bobby Ray Parks shows his impact with Blackwater" . PBA.ph. May 30, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
^ "High-scoring Perez is Player of the Week" . ABS-CBN. June 6, 2019. Archived from the original on June 8, 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2019 .
^ "Rey Nambatac wins first ever PBAPC-Cignal Player of the Week award" . PBA.ph. June 13, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2019 .
^ "Roger Pogoy unanimous choice for Player of the Week citation" . PBA.ph. June 21, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019 .
^ "Robert Bolick: NorthPort's rising star" . PBA.ph. June 26, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019 .
^ "Matthew Wright gives Phoenix a huge lift" . PBA.ph. July 3, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2019 .
^ "Jayson Castro: Just like old times" . PBA.ph. July 11, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2019 .
^ "Jun Mar Fajardo earns Player of the Week citation" . PBA.ph. July 20, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2019 .
^ "Chris Banchero is hands down choice for Player of the Week award" . PBA.ph. July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "Troy Rosario: More than just a towering presence for TnT" . PBA.ph. July 31, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019 .
^ "Ray Parks Jr. named PBAPC Rookie of the Month" . PBA.ph. June 24, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2019 .
^ "NorthPort's Robert Bolick unanimous choice for PBAPC Rookie of the Month honor" . PBA.ph. July 17, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019 .
^ "Javee Mocon earns third Rookie of the Month honor" . PBA.ph. August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019 .
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