2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup
2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup | |
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Duration | May 19 – August 16, 2019 |
TV partner(s) | Local: ESPN5 5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International |
Finals | |
Champions | San Miguel Beermen |
Runners-up | TNT KaTropa |
Awards | |
Best Player | Jayson Castro (TNT KaTropa) |
Best Import | Terrence Jones (TNT KaTropa) |
Finals MVP | Terrence Romeo (San Miguel Beermen) |
PBA Commissioner's Cup chronology | |
PBA conference chronology | |
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
[edit ]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
[edit ]Team standings
[edit ]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | TNT KaTropa | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 9 | 2 | .818 | 1 | |
3 | Blackwater Elite | 7 | 4 | .636[a] | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636[a] | 3 | |
5 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 5 | 6 | .455[b] | 5 | |
6 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 6 | .455[b] | 5 | |
7 | San Miguel Beermen | 5 | 6 | .455[b] | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Alaska Aces | 4 | 7 | .364[c] | 6 | |
9 | Meralco Bolts | 4 | 7 | .364[c] | 6 | |
10 | Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters | 4 | 7 | .364[c] | 6 | |
11 | Columbian Dyip | 3 | 8 | .273[d] | 7 | |
12 | NLEX Road Warriors | 3 | 8 | .273[d] | 7 |
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss [2]
Notes:
- ^ 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 108–103 Meralco
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 NLEX
Schedule
[edit ]Team ╲ Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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Alaska | COL | NP | TNT | NLEX | MAG | MER | PHX | SMB | BGSM | ROS | BWE |
Barangay Ginebra | BWE | MER | NP | ROS | TNT | SMB | NLEX | PHX | ALA | MAG | COL |
Blackwater | MER | BGSM | COL | PHX | ROS | NLEX | SMB | NP | MAG | TNT | ALA |
Columbian | ALA | MER | BWE | NLEX | MAG | TNT | ROS | SMB | NP | PHX | BGSM |
Magnolia | ALA | NP | NLEX | COL | PHX | SMB | MER | BWE | BGSM | ROS | TNT |
Meralco | BWE | COL | BGSM | ROS | PHX | ALA | TNT | NLEX | MAG | NP | SMB |
NLEX | TNT | NP | ALA | COL | BWE | MAG | MER | BGSM | ROS | SMB | PHX |
NorthPort | ALA | NLEX | TNT | BGSM | SMB | MAG | ROS | BWE | PHX | COL | MER |
Phoenix | BWE | TNT | MER | ROS | ALA | MAG | NP | BGSM | COL | SMB | NLEX |
Rain or Shine | MER | BWE | BGSM | PHX | NP | COL | NLEX | TNT | ALA | MAG | SMB |
San Miguel | NP | TNT | BWE | BGSM | ALA | MAG | COL | NLEX | PHX | ROS | MER |
TNT | NLEX | ALA | NP | PHX | SMB | BGSM | MER | COL | ROS | BWE | MAG |
Results
[edit ]Teams | ALA | BGSM | BWE | COL | MAG | MER | NLEX | NP | PHX | ROS | SMB | TNT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | — | 106–118 | 104–112 | 111–98 | 103–80 | 93–89 | 100–87 | 81–103 | 76–78 | 84–86 | 107–119 | 85–99 |
Barangay Ginebra | — | 107–108* | 127–123* | 102–81 | 110–95 | 100–85 | 73–70 | 103–111 | 81–104 | 110–107* | 96–104 | |
Blackwater | — | 118–110 | 104–99* | 94–91* | 132–106 | 99–127 | 98–103 | 98–92 | 106–127 | 97–115 | ||
Columbian | — | 103–110 | 92–101 | 120–105 | 108–110 | 100–98 | 86–88* | 134–132* | 102–109 | |||
Magnolia | — | 99–88 | 98–88 | 99–102 | 99–96 | 82–86 | 118–82 | 83–98 | ||||
Meralco | — | 91–100 | 92–93 | 101–95 | 91–84 | 95–91 | 91–104 | |||||
NLEX | — | 79–83 | 87–85 | 100–97 | 105–109 | 87–102 | ||||||
NorthPort | — | 87–97 | 107–105* | 121–88 | 110–86 | |||||||
Phoenix Pulse | — | 82–89 | 108–128 | 88–114 | ||||||||
Rain or Shine | — | 87–89 | 81–102 | |||||||||
San Miguel | — | 97–110 | ||||||||||
TNT | — |
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Eighth seed playoff
[edit ]7:00 pm
Bracket
[edit ]Quarterfinals
[edit ](1) TNT vs. (8) Alaska
[edit ]TNT, with the twice-to-beat advantage, only has to win once, while its opponent, Alaska, has to win twice.
4:30 pm
Rebs: Jones, Trollano 6
Asts: Castro 3 Pts: Simpson, Teng 15
Rebs: Simpson 19
Asts: Enciso 5
7:00 pm
(2) NorthPort vs. (7) San Miguel
[edit ]NorthPort, with the twice-to-beat advantage, only has to win once, while its opponent, San Miguel, has to win twice.
6:45 pm
Rebs: Ibeh 13
Asts: Bolick 6 Pts: McCullough 24
Rebs: Fajardo 19
Asts: Lassiter, McCullough 4
4:30 pm
(3) Blackwater vs. (6) Rain or Shine
[edit ]This is a best-of-three playoff.
4:30 pm
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) Magnolia
[edit ]This is a best-of-three playoff.
6:45 pm
4:30 pm
Semifinals
[edit ]Both series are best-of-five playoffs.
(1) TNT vs. (4) Barangay Ginebra
[edit ]7:00 pm
6:15 pm
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Rebs: Jones 13
Asts: Jones 10 Pts: Aguilar, Brownlee 27
Rebs: three players 9
Asts: Brownlee 8
(6) Rain or Shine vs. (7) San Miguel Beermen
[edit ]6:30 pm
Rebs: Montgomery 17
Asts: Mocon 8 Pts: McCullough 32
Rebs: McCullough 14
Asts: Cabagnot 7
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Rebs: Montgomery 15
Asts: Belga 6 Pts: McCullough 51
Rebs: McCullough 14
Asts: Ross 7
7:00 pm
Rebs: Montgomery 17
Asts: Montgomery 7 Pts: McCullough 35
Rebs: McCullough 18
Asts: Ross 8
Finals
[edit ]6:30 pm
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
6:35 pm
7:00 pm
Imports
[edit ]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 |
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Alaska Aces | United States Chris Daniels [3] [4] | May 19 (vs. Columbian) | June 21 (vs. San Miguel) | 4–3 |
United States Nino Johnson [5] | June 15 (vs. Phoenix) | 0–1 | ||
United States Diamon Simpson [6] | June 30 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | July 24 (vs. TNT) | 2–4 | |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | United States Justin Brownlee [7] | May 24 (vs. Blackwater) | August 1 (vs. TNT) | 10–7 |
Blackwater Elite | United States Alex Stepheson [8] | May 19 (vs. Meralco) | June 8 (vs.NLEX) | 5–1 |
No import | June 14 (vs. San Miguel), June 22 (vs. NorthPort) | 0–2 | ||
United States Staphon Blair [9] | July 5 (vs. Magnolia) | July 14 (vs. Alaska) | 2–1 | |
United States Greg Smith [10] | July 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) | July 25 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 1–2 | |
Columbian Dyip | United States Kyle Barone [11] | May 19 (vs. Alaska) | June 1 (vs. NLEX) | 1–3 |
Dominica Lester Prosper [12] | June 16 (vs. Magnolia) | July 14 (vs. Barangay Ginbera) | 2–5 | |
Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | United States John Fields [13] | June 5 (vs. Alaska) | 0–1 | |
United States James Farr [14] | June 12 (vs. NorthPort) | July 10 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 5–4 | |
United States Rakeem Christmas [15] | July 17 (vs. TNT) | July 23 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 0–3 | |
Meralco Bolts | Nigeria Gani Lawal [16] [17] | May 19 (vs. Blackwater) | June 19 (vs. NLEX) | 3–4 |
United States Jimmie Taylor [18] | June 15 (vs.TNT) | 0–1 | ||
United States Delroy James [19] | June 29 (vs. Magnolia) | July 19 (vs. Alaska) | 1–3 | |
NLEX Road Warriors | United States Curtis Washington [20] | May 22 (vs. TNT) | 0–1 | |
No import | May 25 (vs. NorthPort) | 0–1 | ||
United States Tony Mitchell [21] | May 29 (vs. Alaska) | June 23 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 1–5 | |
Nigeria Olu Ashaolu [22] | June 28 (vs. Rain or Shine) | July 12 (vs. Phoenix) | 2–1 | |
NorthPort Batang Pier | United Kingdom Prince Ibeh [23] | May 22 (vs. Alaska) | July 24 (vs. San Miguel) | 9–4 |
Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters | United States Robert Dozier [24] | May 31 (vs. Blackwater) | June 2 (vs. TNT) | 1–1 |
Israel Richard Howell [25] | June 7 (vs. Meralco) | July 12 (vs. NLEX) | 3–6 | |
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | United States Denzel Bowles [26] | May 31 (vs. Meralco) | July 6 (vs. Alaska) | 4–5 |
United States Carl Montgomery [27] | July 10 (vs. Magnolia) | August 2 (vs. San Miguel) | 4–5 | |
San Miguel Beermen | United States Charles Rhodes [28] | June 5 (vs. NorthPort) | June 30 (vs. Columbian) | 2–5 |
United States Chris McCullough [29] | July 5 (vs. NLEX) | August 16 (vs. TNT) | 12–4 | |
TNT KaTropa | United States Terrence Jones [30] | May 22 (vs. NLEX) | August 16 (vs. San Miguel) | 16–7 |
Awards
[edit ]Conference
[edit ]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:
- Best Player of the Conference: Jayson Castro (TNT KaTropa)
- Best Import of the Conference: Terrence Jones (TNT KaTropa)
- Finals MVP: Terrence Romeo (San Miguel Beermen)
Players of the Week
[edit ]Week | Player | Ref. |
---|---|---|
May 19–26 | Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (Blackwater Elite) | [31] |
May 27 – June 2 | CJ Perez (Columbian Dyip) | [32] |
June 3–9 | Rey Nambatac (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | [33] |
June 10–16 | Roger Pogoy (TNT KaTropa) | [34] |
June 17–23 | Robert Bolick (NorthPort Batang Pier) | [35] |
June 24–30 | Matthew Wright (Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters) | [36] |
July 1–7 | Jayson Castro (TNT KaTropa) | [37] |
July 8–14 | June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen) | [38] |
July 15–21 | Chris Banchero (Alaska Aces) | [39] |
July 22–28 | Troy Rosario (TNT KaTropa) | [40] |
Rookies of the Month
[edit ]Month | Player | Ref. |
---|---|---|
May | Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (Blackwater Elite) | [41] |
June | Robert Bolick (NorthPort Batang Pier) | [42] |
July | Javee Mocon (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | [43] |
Statistics
[edit ]Individual statistical leaders
[edit ]Local players
[edit ]Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
---|---|---|---|
Points per game | CJ Perez | Columbian Dyip | 22.7 |
Rebounds per game | June Mar Fajardo | San Miguel Beermen | 10.4 |
Assists per game | Jayson Castro | TNT KaTropa | 6.2 |
Rashawn McCarthy | Columbian Dyip | ||
Steals per game | Sean Anthony | NorthPort Batang Pier | 2.3 |
Blocks per game | June Mar Fajardo | San Miguel Beermen | 1.5 |
Turnovers per game | Matthew Wright | Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters | 4.3 |
Fouls per game | Jackson Corpuz | Columbian Dyip | 4.8 |
Minutes per game | CJ Perez | Columbian Dyip | 39.8 |
FG% | Jackson Corpuz | Columbian Dyip | 58.2% |
FT% | Marcio Lassiter | San Miguel Beermen | 100.0% |
3FG% | Paul Lee | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 43.5% |
Double-doubles | June Mar Fajardo | San Miguel Beermen | 13 |
Triple-doubles | Jayson Castro | TNT KaTropa | 1 |
Chris Ross | San Miguel Beermen |
Import players
[edit ]Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
---|---|---|---|
Points per game | Lester Prosper | Columbian Dyip | 32.3 |
Rebounds per game | Alex Stepheson | Blackwater Elite | 22.0 |
Assists per game | Terrence Jones | TNT KaTropa | 7.3 |
Steals per game | Justin Brownlee | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 2.7 |
Blocks per game | Prince Ibeh | NorthPort Batang Pier | 4.0 |
Turnovers per game | Terrence Jones | TNT KaTropa | 5.3 |
Fouls per game | Prince Ibeh | NorthPort Batang Pier | 3.9 |
Minutes per game | Justin Brownlee | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 45.2 |
FG% | Prince Ibeh | NorthPort Batang Pier | 62.5% |
FT% | Lester Prosper | Columbian Dyip | 80.0% |
3FG% | Kyle Barone | Columbian Dyip | 44.0% |
Double-doubles | Terrence Jones | TNT KaTropa | 22 |
Triple-doubles | Terrence Jones | TNT KaTropa | 5 |
Individual game highs
[edit ]Local players
[edit ]Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
---|---|---|---|
Points | CJ Perez | Columbian Dyip | 39 |
Rebounds | June Mar Fajardo (twice) | San Miguel Beermen | 19 |
Assists | Jayson Castro | TNT KaTropa | 15 |
Steals | Sean Anthony | NorthPort Batang Pier | 5 |
Roger Pogoy | TNT KaTropa | ||
Chris Ross | San Miguel Beermen | ||
Blocks | nine players (16 occasions) | 3 | |
Three point field goals | Roger Pogoy | TNT KaTropa | 10 |
Chris Ross | San Miguel Beermen |
Import players
[edit ]Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
---|---|---|---|
Points | Chris McCullough | San Miguel Beermen | 51 |
Rebounds | Alex Stepheson | Blackwater Elite | 31 |
Assists | Terrence Jones | TNT KaTropa | 16 |
Steals | Richard Howell | Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters | 7 |
Blocks | Alex Stepheson | Blackwater Elite | 7 |
Terrence Jones | TNT KaTropa | ||
Prince Ibeh (twice) | NorthPort Batang Pier | ||
Three point field goals | Justin Brownlee | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 |
Team statistical leaders
[edit ]Category | Team | Statistic |
---|---|---|
Points per game | Columbian Dyip | 106.9 |
Rebounds per game | NorthPort Batang Pier | 52.0 |
Assists per game | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 25.5 |
Steals per game | NorthPort Batang Pier | 8.8 |
Blocks per game | San Miguel Beermen | 5.7 |
Turnovers per game | NLEX Road Warriors | 19.5 |
FG% | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 45.7% |
FT% | Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters | 74.4% |
3FG% | San Miguel Beermen | 34.7% |
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