2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup
2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Duration	April 22 – August 8, 2018
TV partner(s)	Local: ; ESPN 5 ; The 5 Network ; PBA Rush (HD) ; International: ; AksyonTV International
Finals
Champions	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Runners-up	San Miguel Beermen
Awards
Best Player	June Mar Fajardo ; (San Miguel Beermen)
Best Import	Justin Brownlee ; (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
Finals MVP	Scottie Thompson ; (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
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The 2018 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2018 Honda–PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons,^[1] was the second conference of the 2017–18 PBA season. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'10". The conference started on April 22 and ended on August 8, 2018.

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	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^[a]	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727^[a]	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636	2
5	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^[b]	3
6	San Miguel Beermen	6	5	.545^[b]	3
7	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	6	5	.545^[b]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Columbian Dyip	4	7	.364^[c]	5
10	Phoenix Fuel Masters	4	7	.364^[c]	5
11	NLEX Road Warriors	2	9	.182	7
12	Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	8

Source: PBA.ph
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); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

Schedule

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Alaska	ROS	BWE	COL	TNT	SMB	GP	MAG	NLEX	MER	BGSM	PHX
Barangay Ginebra	ROS	TNT	BWE	PHX	MER	SMB	NLEX	MAG	COL	ALA	GP
Blackwater	COL	PHX	ALA	GP	BGSM	TNT	NLEX	MAG	ROS	MER	SMB
Columbian	BWE	MER	NLEX	ALA	ROS	MAG	TNT	SMB	PHX	BGSM	GP
GlobalPort	TNT	MER	BWE	MAG	NLEX	ROS	ALA	SMB	PHX	COL	BGSM
Magnolia	PHX	GP	COL	MER	ROS	BWE	ALA	TNT	BGSM	NLEX	SMB
Meralco	COL	GP	NLEX	SMB	MAG	BGSM	PHX	BWE	ALA	TNT	ROS
NLEX	COL	ROS	MER	PHX	GP	BWE	TNT	BGSM	ALA	SMB	MAG
Phoenix	BWE	TNT	MAG	NLEX	BGSM	SMB	MER	COL	ROS	GP	ALA
Rain or Shine	ALA	BGSM	NLEX	COL	SMB	GP	MAG	BWE	PHX	MER	TNT
San Miguel	MER	ROS	ALA	PHX	BGSM	COL	GP	TNT	NLEX	BWE	MAG
TNT	GP	PHX	BGSM	ALA	BWE	COL	NLEX	MAG	SMB	MER	ROS

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

Results

Team	ALA	BGSM	BWE	COL	GP	MAG	MER	NLEX	PHX	ROS	SMB	TNT
Alaska		86–105	93–74	134–103	109–103	103–99	74–89	120–111	114–91	103–109*	105–103	110–100
Barangay Ginebra	—		105–91	134–107	116–98	104–84	82–93	93–85	98–103**	89–108	97–104*	92–96
Blackwater	—	—		98–126	106–117	86–84	75–102	89–93	102–107	94–104	106–115	101–120
Columbian	—	—	—		115–133	101–126	103–116	123–103	115–107	104–96	117–129	95–123
GlobalPort	—	—	—	—		87–92	86–85	116–94	108–135	90–96	98–94	114–128
Magnolia	—	—	—	—	—		81–79	116–89	87–89	96–99*	101–97	111–89
Meralco	—	—	—	—	—	—		106–90	103–100*	99–106*	93–85	85–91
NLEX	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		120–115*	97–98	114–125	106–117
Phoenix	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		106–108	94–106	98–106
Rain or Shine	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		123–119*	85–100
San Miguel	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		99–94
TNT	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket


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

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Rain or Shine	113	103

8	GlobalPort	114	97
				1	Rain or Shine	1
(best-of-3)
				5	Barangay Ginebra	3
4	Meralco		0

5	Barangay Ginebra		2
							5	Barangay Ginebra	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							6	San Miguel	2
2	Alaska		89

7	Magnolia		78
				2	Alaska	1
(best-of-3)
				6	San Miguel	3
3	TNT		0

6	San Miguel		2

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 113, GlobalPort Batang Pier 114
Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 34–28, 31–31, 22–31
Pts: Johnson 24 Rebs: Johnson 15 Asts: Ahanmisi 8		Pts: White 28 Rebs: White 16 Asts: Pringle 9

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 103, GlobalPort Batang Pier 97
Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 22–16, 29–29, 28–30
Pts: Johnson 29 Rebs: Johnson, Norwood 15 Asts: Johnson 6		Pts: Pringle 23 Rebs: White 10 Asts: Pringle 8
Rain or Shine wins series in two games

Alaska Aces 89, Magnolia Hotshots 78
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 20–22, 32–19, 11–16
Pts: Manuel 22 Rebs: Simpson 15 Asts: Enciso, Simpson 4		Pts: Chism 20 Rebs: Chism 15 Asts: Barroca 5
Alaska wins series in one game

TNT KaTropa 110, San Miguel Beermen 121
Scoring by quarter: 40–21, 22–27, 26–38, 22–35
Pts: Pogoy, Smith 17 Rebs: Castro, Smith 8 Asts: Castro 9		Pts: Balkman 36 Rebs: Balkman 16 Asts: Cabagnot, Ross 6

Format

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Results

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) Rain or Shine vs. (8) GlobalPort

(2) Alaska vs. (7) Magnolia

(3) TNT vs. (6) San Miguel

(4) Meralco vs. (5) Barangay Ginebra

Semifinals

(1) Rain or Shine vs. (5) Barangay Ginebra

(2) Alaska vs. (6) San Miguel

Finals

Imports

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

References

External links