2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup

2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup
2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Duration	March 17 – July 2, 2017
TV partner(s)	Local: ; Sports5 ; TV5 ; PBA Rush (HD) ; International: ; AksyonTV International
Finals
Champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	TNT KaTropa
Awards
Best Player	Chris Ross; (San Miguel Beermen)
Best Import	Charles Rhodes; (San Miguel Beermen)
Finals MVP	Alex Cabagnot; (San Miguel Beermen)
PBA Commissioner's Cup chronology
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PBA conference chronology
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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]

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

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

Pos	Team v t e	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]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
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	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
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:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.117, San Miguel 0.990, Star 0.903
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.127, Alaska 1.116, GlobalPort 0.791; eighth seed playoff: GlobalPort 107–106 Alaska
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 NLEX

Schedule

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Alaska Aces	GP	BWE	MAH	ROS	MER	PHX	BGSM	TNT	NLEX	SMB	SH
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	PHX	GP	SH	NLEX	TNT	ALA	ROS	SMB	BWE	MER	MAH
Blackwater Elite	PHX	ALA	ROS	TNT	GP	MER	SH	NLEX	MAH	BGSM	SMB
GlobalPort Batang Pier	ALA	SH	BGSM	BWE	NLEX	TNT	MAH	PHX	MER	ROS	SMB
Mahindra Floodbuster	MER	ROS	NLEX	ALA	SH	TNT	SMB	GP	BWE	PHX	BGSM
Meralco Bolts	MAH	NLEX	TNT	ROS	SMB	ALA	BWE	PHX	GP	SH	BGSM
NLEX Road Warriors	ROS	MER	MAH	SH	TNT	GP	BGSM	BWE	SMB	ALA	PHX
Phoenix Fuel Masters	BWE	SH	TNT	BGSM	SMB	ROS	ALA	MER	GP	MAH	NLEX
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	NLEX	MAH	BWE	MER	ALA	PHX	SMB	SH	BGSM	GP	TNT
San Miguel Beermen	MER	PHX	SH	MAH	ROS	TNT	NLEX	BGSM	ALA	BWE	GP
Star Hotshots	PHX	GP	NLEX	MAH	BGSM	SMB	BWE	ROS	TNT	MER	ALA
TNT KaTropa	MER	PHX	BWE	NLEX	MAH	GP	BGSM	SMB	SH	ALA	ROS

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

Results

Team	ALA	BGSM	BWE	GP	MAH	MER	NLEX	PHX	ROS	SMB	SH	TNT
Alaska Aces		102–103	109–95	107–79	98–92	91–99	92–100	86–94	105–102	97–109	98–102*	110–119
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	—		96–82	113–96	94–80	90–89	101–92	91–94	112–118	107–99	113–98	107–89
Blackwater Elite	—	—		118–113	87–96	91–102	104–98	116–118**	88–95	113–124	90–96	89–92
GlobalPort Batang Pier	—	—	—		105–86	94–86	85–82	72–84	107–101	101–112	77–103	88–109
Mahindra Floodbuster	—	—	—	—		86–94	89–81	122–121*	95–99*	80–109	83–97	84–86
Meralco Bolts	—	—	—	—	—		91–84	81–66	89–83	92–99	90–108	94–89
NLEX Road Warriors	—	—	—	—	—	—		116–114	105–113	108–114	103–105	121–126*
Phoenix Fuel Masters	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		94–96	88–110	82–101	109–134
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		98–111	93–99	102–105
San Miguel Beermen	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		103–97	103–112
Star Hotshots	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		107–97
TNT KaTropa	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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

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


Quarterfinals			Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Barangay Ginebra	96

8	GlobalPort	85
			1	Barangay Ginebra	1
(best-of-3)
			4	TNT	3
4	TNT	2

5	Meralco	1
						4	TNT	2
(#2 twice-to-beat)
						2	San Miguel	4
2	San Miguel	115

7	Phoenix	96
			2	San Miguel	3
(best-of-3)
			3	Star	1
3	Star	2

6	Rain or Shine	0

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

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

Format

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Results

Eighth seed playoff

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (8) GlobalPort

(2) San Miguel vs. (7) Phoenix

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

(4) TNT vs. (5) Meralco

Semifinals

(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (4) TNT

(2) San Miguel vs. (3) Star

Finals

Imports

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

References

External links