2019 PBA Governors' Cup
2019 PBA Governors' Cup | |
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Duration | September 20, 2019 – January 17, 2020 |
TV partner(s) | Local: ESPN 5 TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International |
Finals | |
Champions | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel |
Runners-up | Meralco Bolts |
Awards | |
Best Player | Christian Standhardinger (NorthPort Batang Pier) |
Best Import | Allen Durham (Meralco Bolts) |
Finals MVP | Japeth Aguilar (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) |
PBA Governors' Cup chronology | |
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PBA conference chronology | |
The 2019 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup also known as the 2019 Honda–PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons was the third and final conference of the 2019 PBA season. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'5".
Format
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, a playoff game will be held only for the #8 seed.
- 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
Pos | Team
| W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | NLEX Road Warriors | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
2 | Meralco Bolts | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | |
3 | TNT KaTropa | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | |
4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1 | |
5 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 2 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
6 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 2 | |
7 | Alaska Aces | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 3 | |
8 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 3 | |
9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 4 | 7 | .364[d] | 4 | |
10 | Kia Picanto | 4 | 7 | .364[d] | 4 | |
11 | Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5 | |
12 | Blackwater Elite | 2 | 9 | .182 | 6 |
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[1]
Notes:
- ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.090, Meralco 0.959, TNT 0.958
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 NorthPort
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Columbian
Schedule
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss
Results
Teams | ALA | BGSM | BWE | COL | MAG | MER | NLEX | NP | PHX | ROS | SMB | TNT |
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Alaska | — | 83–102 | 101–91 | 110–117 | 90–95 | 75–101 | 106–90 | 106–99 | 105–102 | 78–71 | 83–109 | 93–99* |
Barangay Ginebra | — | 101–93 | 113–90 | 105–83 | 77–101 | 111–113* | 96–98 | 101–103 | 98–89 | 129–124 | 96–93 | |
Blackwater | — | 90–102 | 95–89 | 97–106 | 109–115 | 107–98 | 117–120* | 82–99 | 96–99* | 107–135 | ||
Columbian | — | 103–118 | 74–92 | 111–117 | 114–108 | 106–104 | 90–96 | 107–113 | 120–125 | |||
Magnolia | — | 92–98 | 85–86 | 96–80 | 97–81 | 69–68 | 89–90 | 100–93 | ||||
Meralco | — | 99–105 | 103–89 | 111–94 | 81–83 | 125–99 | 113–116 | |||||
NLEX | — | 94–102 | 123–116 | 111–91 | 94–98 | 126–113 | ||||||
NorthPort | — | 80–70 | 99–94 | 127–119 | 100–103 | |||||||
Phoenix Pulse | — | 86–84 | 119–130 | 118–123 | ||||||||
Rain or Shine | — | 91–85 | 91–103 | |||||||||
San Miguel | — | 109–114 | ||||||||||
TNT | — |
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 | NLEX | 90 | 123 | |||||||||||
8 | NorthPort | 115 | 126*** | |||||||||||
8 | NorthPort | 1 | ||||||||||||
(#4 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
4 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Barangay Ginebra | 100 | ||||||||||||
5 | San Miguel | 97 | ||||||||||||
4 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | ||||||||||||
(#2 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
2 | Meralco | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Meralco | 94 | ||||||||||||
7 | Alaska | 84 | ||||||||||||
2 | Meralco | 3 | ||||||||||||
(#3 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
3 | TNT | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | TNT | 98 | ||||||||||||
6 | Magnolia | 97 | ||||||||||||
*Game went into overtime
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Quarterfinals
(1) NLEX vs. (8) NorthPort
November 25 4:30 pm |
Box score |
NLEX Road Warriors 90, NorthPort Batang Pier 115 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 24–34, 16–27, 24–22, 26–32 | ||
Pts: Quiñahan 20 Rebs: Erram 10 Asts: Ravena 5 | Pts: Qualls 39 Rebs: Qualls 16 Asts: Elorde 6 |
November 27 7:00 pm |
Box score |
NLEX Road Warriors 123, NorthPort Batang Pier 126 (3OT) | ||
Scoring by quarter: 27–24, 29–19, 18–27, 25–29, Overtime: 9–9, 8–8, 7–10 | ||
Pts: Harris 43 Rebs: Harris 16 Asts: Ravena 6 | Pts: Standhardinger 33 Rebs: Standhardinger 23 Asts: Standhardinger 7 | |
NorthPort wins series in two games |
(2) Meralco vs. (7) Alaska
November 24 4:30 pm |
Box score |
Meralco Bolts 94, Alaska Aces 84 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 29–12, 20–21, 24–30, 21–21 | ||
Pts: Durham 28 Rebs: Durham 16 Asts: Durham 8 | Pts: Casio 20 Rebs: House 9 Asts: Ahanmisi 4 | |
Meralco wins series in one game |
(3) TNT vs. (6) Magnolia
November 25 7:00 pm |
Box score |
TNT KaTropa 98, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 97 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 26–28, 18–26, 32–17 | ||
Pts: Castro 30 Rebs: McDaniels 17 Asts: Castro 7 | Pts: Travis 32 Rebs: Travis 26 Asts: Banchero 8 | |
TNT wins series in one game |
(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) San Miguel
November 24 6:45 pm |
Box score |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 100, San Miguel Beermen 97 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 31–35, 24–25, 22–14 | ||
Pts: Brownlee 41 Rebs: Brownlee 11 Asts: Tenorio 7 | Pts: Fajardo 24 Rebs: Fajardo 18 Asts: Cabagnot 6 | |
Barangay Ginebra wins series in one game |
Semifinals
(2) Meralco vs. (3) TNT
December 15 6:30 pm |
Box score |
Meralco Bolts 94, TNT KaTropa 103 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 16–25, 20–30, 33–26 | ||
Pts: Durham 32 Rebs: Durham 21 Asts: Durham, Jackson 3 | Pts: McDaniels 38 Rebs: McDaniels 14 Asts: Castro 7 |
December 17 7:00 pm |
Box score |
Meralco Bolts 114, TNT KaTropa 94 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 35–16, 28–13, 26–37, 25–28 | ||
Pts: Durham 44 Rebs: Durham 19 Asts: Durham 11 | Pts: McDaniels 51 Rebs: McDaniels 9 Asts: McDaniels, Parks 3 |
December 19 7:00 pm |
Box score |
Meralco Bolts 97, TNT KaTropa 101 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 29–23, 22–19, 20–35, 26–24 | ||
Pts: Durham 32 Rebs: Durham 19 Asts: Durham 7 | Pts: Rosario 25 Rebs: McDaniels 14 Asts: Castro 10 |
December 21 6:30 pm |
Box score |
Meralco Bolts 95, TNT KaTropa 83 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 33–21, 22–23, 22–15 | ||
Pts: Durham 36 Rebs: Durham 19 Asts: Amer 7 | Pts: McDaniels 26 Rebs: McDaniels 9 Asts: Castro 7 |
December 23 7:00 pm |
Box score |
Meralco Bolts 89, TNT KaTropa 78 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 15–19, 29–19, 23–17 | ||
Pts: Durham 28 Rebs: Durham 10 Asts: Durham 8 | Pts: McDaniels 30 Rebs: McDaniels 13 Asts: Castro, Parks 4 | |
Meralco wins series, 3–2 |
(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (8) NorthPort
December 14 6:30 pm |
Box score |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 90, NorthPort Batang Pier 124 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 17–31, 29–27, 22–46 | ||
Pts: Brownlee 24 Rebs: Brownlee 19 Asts: Brownlee 6 | Pts: Qualls 38 Rebs: Qualls, Standhardinger 15 Asts: Standhardinger 6 |
December 16 7:00 pm |
Box score |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 113, NorthPort Batang Pier 88 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 31–18, 31–26, 32–26, 19–18 | ||
Pts: Pringle 23 Rebs: J. Aguilar 12 Asts: Thompson 6 | Pts: Qualls 20 Rebs: Anthony 11 Asts: Elorde 7 |
December 18 7:00 pm |
Box score |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 132, NorthPort Batang Pier 105 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 36–31, 28–17, 36–24, 32–33 | ||
Pts: Brownlee 41 Rebs: Brownlee 11 Asts: Thompson 8 | Pts: Qualls 32 Rebs: Qualls 10 Asts: Elorde 8 |
December 20 7:00 pm |
Box score |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 120, NorthPort Batang Pier 107 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 32–21, 24–18, 30–36, 34–32 | ||
Pts: Brownlee 36 Rebs: Brownlee 19 Asts: Brownlee 8 | Pts: Standhardinger 32 Rebs: Standhardinger 15 Asts: Qualls, Standhardinger 7 | |
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 3–1 |
Finals
January 17, 2020 7:00 pm |
Box score |
Meralco Bolts 93, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 105 | ||
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–1 |
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.
Team | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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Alaska Aces | ![]() | September 20 (vs. Columbian) | September 22 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 0–2 |
No import | September 29 (vs. San Miguel) | 0–1 | ||
![]() | October 4 (vs. Meralco) | November 24 (vs. Meralco) | 5–4 | |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | ![]() | September 22 (vs. Alaska) | January 17 (vs. Meralco) | 15–6 |
Blackwater Elite | ![]() | September 25 (vs. TNT) | November 15 (vs. Phoenix) | 2–8 |
![]() | October 11 (vs. Columbian) | 0–1 | ||
Columbian Dyip | ![]() | September 20 (vs. Alaska) | November 15 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 4–7 |
Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | ![]() | September 21 (vs. Meralco) | November 25 (vs. TNT) | 6–5 |
No import | October 16 (vs. Blackwater) | 0–1 | ||
Meralco Bolts | ![]() | September 21 (vs. Magnolia) | January 17 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 13–9 |
NLEX Road Warriors | ![]() | September 21 (vs. Phoenix) | October 5 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 4–1 |
![]() | October 16 (vs. Columbian) | November 27 (vs. NorthPort) | 4–4 | |
NorthPort Batang Pier | ![]() | September 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) | October 12 (vs. Phoenix) | 2–4 |
![]() | October 23 (vs. San Miguel) | December 20 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 6–5 | |
Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters | ![]() | September 21 (vs. NLEX) | October 12 (vs. NorthPort) | 2–5 |
![]() | October 25 (vs. Columbian) | November 15 (vs. Blackwater) | 1–3 | |
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | ![]() | September 20 (vs. NorthPort) | September 28 (vs. TNT) | 1–2 |
![]() | October 4 (vs. Magnolia) | October 13 (vs. Alaska) | 0–3 | |
![]() | October 23 (vs. Blackwater) | October 26 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 1–1 | |
![]() | October 30 (vs. NLEX) | November 17 (vs. Meralco) | 2–1 | |
San Miguel Beermen | ![]() | September 25 (vs. Phoenix) | October 27 (vs. Meralco) | 5–3 |
No import | November 6 (vs. Blackwater) | 1–0 | ||
![]() | November 9 (vs. Rain or Shine) | November 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 0–3 | |
TNT KaTropa | ![]() | September 25 (vs. Blackwater) | December 23 (vs. Meralco) | 11–6 |
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:
- Best Player of the Conference: Christian Standhardinger (NorthPort Batang Pier)
- Best Import of the Conference: Allen Durham (Meralco Bolts)
- Finals MVP: Japeth Aguilar (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
Players of the Week
Week | Player | Ref. |
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September 20–22 | Raymond Almazan (Meralco Bolts) | [17] |
September 23–29 | Kiefer Ravena (NLEX Road Warriors) | [18] |
September 30 – October 6 | Baser Amer (Meralco Bolts) | [19] |
October 7–13 | Troy Rosario (TNT KaTropa) Jeron Teng (Alaska Aces) | [20] |
October 14–20 | June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen) Raymond Almazan (Meralco Bolts) | [21] |
October 21–27 | Christian Standhardinger (NorthPort Batang Pier) | [22] |
October 28 – November 3 | Vic Manuel (Alaska Aces) | [23] |
November 4–10 | Anjo Caram (Meralco Bolts) | [24] |
Statistics
Individual statistical leaders
Local players
Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
---|---|---|---|
Points per game | CJ Perez | Columbian Dyip | 23.2 |
Rebounds per game | June Mar Fajardo | San Miguel Beermen | 14.0 |
Assists per game | Kiefer Ravena | NLEX Road Warriors | 7.8 |
Steals per game | CJ Perez | Columbian Dyip | 2.5 |
Blocks per game | John Paul Erram | NLEX Road Warriors | 2.2 |
Turnovers per game | CJ Perez | Columbian Dyip | 4.1 |
Fouls per game | Beau Belga | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 4.1 |
Minutes per game | CJ Perez | Columbian Dyip | 39.9 |
FG% | Japeth Aguilar | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 59.2% |
FT% | LA Tenorio | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 95.5% |
3FG% | Von Pessumal | San Miguel Beermen | 45.0% |
Double-doubles | June Mar Fajardo | San Miguel Beermen | 12 |
Triple-doubles | Chris Newsome | Meralco Bolts | 1 |
Import players
Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
---|---|---|---|
Points per game | Dez Wells | San Miguel Beermen | 37.1 |
Rebounds per game | Khapri Alston | Columbian Dyip | 18.2 |
Assists per game | Justin Brownlee | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6.8 |
Steals per game | Marqus Blakely | Blackwater Elite | 3.5 |
Blocks per game | K. J. McDaniels | TNT KaTropa | 3.4 |
Turnovers per game | K. J. McDaniels | TNT KaTropa | 4.6 |
Fouls per game | Franko House | Alaska Aces | 4.9 |
Minutes per game | Michael Qualls | NorthPort Batang Pier | 46.2 |
FG% | Dez Wells | San Miguel Beermen | 54.7% |
FT% | Dez Wells | San Miguel Beermen | 85.1% |
3FG% | Marqus Blakely | Blackwater Elite | 40.0% |
Double-doubles | Allen Durham | Meralco Bolts | 22 |
Triple-doubles | Justin Brownlee | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 4 |
Individual game highs
Local players
Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
---|---|---|---|
Points | Bobby Ray Parks Jr. | Blackwater Elite | 39 |
Rebounds | Raymond Almazan | Meralco Bolts | 24 |
Assists | Kiefer Ravena | NLEX Road Warriors | 17 |
Steals | Chris Ross | San Miguel Beermen | 7 |
Blocks | Ian Sangalang | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 7 |
Japeth Aguilar | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | ||
Three point field goals | Rashawn McCarthy | Columbian Dyip | 7 |
Troy Rosario | TNT KaTropa |
Import players
Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
---|---|---|---|
Points | Dez Wells | San Miguel Beermen | 56 |
Rebounds | Allen Durham | Meralco Bolts | 27 |
Assists | Justin Brownlee | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 14 |
Steals | Manny Harris | NLEX Road Warriors | 7 |
Blocks | Marqus Blakely | Blackwater Elite | 8 |
Three point field goals | Manny Harris | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 |
K. J. McDaniels (twice) | TNT KaTropa | ||
Justin Brownlee | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel |
Team statistical leaders
Category | Team | Statistic |
---|---|---|
Points per game | NLEX Road Warriors | 106.7 |
Rebounds per game | Columbian Dyip | 48.9 |
Assists per game | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 26.6 |
Steals per game | Columbian Dyip | 9.7 |
Blocks per game | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 5.1 |
Turnovers per game | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 16.8 |
FG% | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 48.0% |
FT% | NLEX Road Warriors | 79.6% |
3FG% | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 36.5% |
References
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- ^ Ramos, Gerry (September 10, 2019). "Alaska taps journeyman Justin Watts as import for PBA Governors Cup". SPIN.ph.
- ^ "Two-sport athlete Franko House takes over from Justin Watts as Alaska import". SPIN.ph.
- ^ a b c d e f g h The Governors' Cup imports for each PBA team, Richard Dy, ESPN5, August 12, 2019
- ^ Giongco, Mark (September 24, 2019). "Marqus Blakely stays on as Blackwater for PBA Governors' Cu".
- ^ a b Terrado, Reuben (October 17, 2019). "Blackwater to go with Marqus Blakely as import for rest of conference". spin.ph. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (October 10, 2019). "Blackwater activates Aaron Fuller, but Marqus Blakely staying on". spin.ph. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (October 13, 2019). "Despite strong start, NLEX replaces Ashaolu with NBA veteran Manny Harris". SPIN.ph.
- ^ Leongson, Randolph (August 25, 2019). "NorthPort bringing in former TnT import Mychal Ammons for Governors Cup". SPIN.ph.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (October 21, 2019). "NorthPort brings in new import Michael Qualls to replace Mychal Ammons". SPIN.ph.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (October 19, 2019). "Phoenix brings in former NBA player Alonzo Gee to replace Eugene Phelps". SPIN.ph.
- ^ Leongson, Randolph (August 24, 2019). "Rain or Shine taps former Star reinforcement Joel Wright as import for Governors' Cup". SPIN.ph.
- ^ "Rain or Shine brings in new import Kayel Locke after Joel Wright exit". SPIN.ph.
- ^ "Rain or Shine brings in Kwame Alexander in bid to save flat-lining PBA bid". SPIN.ph.
- ^ "Get to know new Rain or Shine import Richard Ross". SPIN.ph.
- ^ "San Miguel considering John Holland as Dez Wells replacement". SPIN.ph.
- ^ "Raymond Almazan named Player of the Week". PBA.ph. September 27, 2019. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
- ^ "Kiefer Ravena makes sure everyone knows he's back". PBA.ph. October 2, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
- ^ "Baser Amer steps up when the going gets tough". PBA.ph. October 9, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- ^ "Rosario, Teng named PBA Press Corps-Cignal Co-Player of the Week". PBA.ph. October 18, 2019. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
- ^ "June Mar Fajardo, Raymund Almazan dominate". PBA.ph. October 23, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- ^ "Christian Standhardinger runaway choice for Player of the Week citation". PBA.ph. October 30, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ "PBAPC named Vic Manuel Player of the Week". PBA.ph. November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ^ "Anjo Caram is week's best performer". PBA.ph. November 14, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
External links
- PBA Official Website