2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup

2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup
2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Duration	February 10 – May 18, 2016
TV partner(s)	Local:; Sports5; TV5; Fox Sports ; Cignal PPV (HD) ; Hyper (HD) ; International: ; AksyonTV International
Finals
Champions	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Runners-up	Alaska Aces
Awards
Best Player	Calvin Abueva; (Alaska Aces)
Best Import	Arinze Onuaku; (Meralco Bolts)
Finals MVP	Paul Lee; (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)
PBA Commissioner's Cup chronology
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PBA conference chronology
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The 2016 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2016 Oppo-PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second conference of the 2015–16 PBA season. The tournament allowed teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'9" for the top eight teams of the 2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup, while the bottom four teams were allowed to hire imports with no height limit.^[1]

Format

Due to the preparations of the Philippines men's national basketball team for the upcoming 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the opening of Governors' Cup was moved at the conclusion of the FIBA tournament.^[2]

The following format was 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, playoff games will be held only for the #2 and #8 seeds.
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	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Meralco Bolts	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636^[b]	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636^[b]	1
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636^[b]	1
6	Tropang TNT	6	5	.545	2
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Star Hotshots	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Mahindra Enforcer	4	7	.364	4
10	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273^[d]	5
11	Phoenix Fuel Masters	3	8	.273^[d]	5
12	GlobalPort Batang Pier	3	8	.273^[d]	5

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Meralco
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.18, Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 0.84
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Star
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Blackwater 1.04, Phoenix 0.99, GlobalPort 0.98

Schedule

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

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

Results

Team	ALA	BGSM	BWE	GP	MAH	MER	NLEX	PHX	ROS	SMB	SH	TNT
Alaska		86–80	101–107	103–101	94–102	101–107	104–98	105–89	128–102	96–116	100–92	108–100
Barangay Ginebra	—		89–79	85–89	104–86	103–90	112–114*	102–101	103–92	110–84	92–87	92–107
Blackwater	—	—		115–103	110–102	83–106	75–88	120–124*	107–118	96–108	103–122	102–108
GlobalPort	—	—	—		98–111	88–96	105–110	125–118	94–116	109–120	100–127	108–101
Mahindra	—	—	—	—		86–94	106–99	99–114	98–103	102–96	73–86	78–83
Meralco	—	—	—	—	—		99–104	90–87	98–95	86–94	90–86	88–84
NLEX	—	—	—	—	—	—		106–118	94–121	127–131***	106–99	80–85
Phoenix	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		104–109	109–121	75–91	96–108
Rain or Shine	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		108–105	95–86	103–114
San Miguel	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		117–98	104–98
Star	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		96–88
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	San Miguel	99	103

8	Star	108	99
				1	San Miguel	1
(Best-of-3)
				5	Rain or Shine	3
4	Barangay Ginebra		0

5	Rain or Shine		2
							5	Rain or Shine	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							3	Alaska	2
2	Meralco		104

7	NLEX		97
				2	Meralco	2
(Best-of-3)
				3	Alaska	3
3	Alaska		2

6	TNT		1

Quarterfinals

(1) San Miguel vs. (8) Star

April 18

Stats

San Miguel Beermen 99, Star Hotshots 108
Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 27–22, 22–32, 24–34
Pts: Fajardo 24 Rebs: Wilkerson 14 Asts: Cabagnot 5		Pts: Ratliffe 33 Rebs: Ratliffe 29 Asts: Barroca 3

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: A. Herrera, S. Pineda, R. Dacanay, J. Oliva

April 20

Stats

San Miguel Beermen 103, Star Hotshots 99
Scoring by quarter: 21–29, 31–25, 26–33, 25–12
Pts: Wilkerson 46 Rebs: Wilkerson 17 Asts: Ross 5		Pts: Ratliffe 24 Rebs: Ratliffe 16 Asts: Barroca 3
San Miguel wins series in two games

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: N. Guevarra, R. Marabe, J. Oliva, M. Flordeliza

(2) Meralco vs. (7) NLEX

April 18

Stats

Meralco Bolts 104, NLEX Road Warriors 97
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 19–21, 32–28, 34–26
Pts: Hugnatan 20 Rebs: Onuaku 11 Asts: Alapag, Newsome 4		Pts: Thornton 38 Rebs: Thornton 14 Asts: Thornton 4
Meralco wins series in one game

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, M. Montoya, M. Flordeliza

(3) Alaska vs. (6) TNT

April 17

Alaska Aces 99, Tropang TNT 106
Scoring by quarter: 27–27, 17–30, 28–24, 27–25
Pts: Dozier 22 Rebs: Abueva, Thoss 8 Asts: Abueva, Dozier 4		Pts: Rosario 31 Rebs: Simon 14 Asts: Castro 12

Alaska Aces 85, Tropang TNT 81
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 20–22, 27–25, 18–18
Pts: Dozier 18 Rebs: Dozier 10 Asts: Baguio 6		Pts: Simon 31 Rebs: Simon 15 Asts: Castro 11

Alaska Aces 99, Tropang TNT 81
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 32–16, 24–20, 22–24
Pts: Dozier 20 Rebs: Dozier 14 Asts: Jazul 6		Pts: Simon 20 Rebs: Simon 13 Asts: Castro 6
Alaska wins series, 2–1

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 84, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 88
Scoring by quarter: 27–12, 14–28, 29–30, 14–18
Pts: Tenorio 20 Rebs: Aguilar 12 Asts: Aguilar, Jeffers 3		Pts: Quiñahan 17 Rebs: Henderson-Niles 10 Asts: Tiu 4

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 89, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 102
Scoring by quarter: 21–31, 23–19, 20–27, 25–25
Pts: Jeffers 27 Rebs: Jeffers 14 Asts: Jeffers 6		Pts: Chan 22 Rebs: Henderson-Niles 14 Asts: Ahanmisi, Belga 4
Rain or Shine wins series, 2–0

San Miguel Beermen 94, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 98
Scoring by quarter: 33–17, 17–23, 25–32, 19–26
Pts: Wilkerson 40 Rebs: Fajardo 13 Asts: Santos 4		Pts: Ahanmisi 23 Rebs: Ahanmisi, Henderson-Niles 9 Asts: Ahanmisi 4

San Miguel Beermen 96, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 98
Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 18–24, 20–24, 30–29
Pts: Wilkerson 35 Rebs: Wilkerson 18 Asts: Ross 7		Pts: Cruz 16 Rebs: Henderson-Niles 16 Asts: Ahanmisi 5

San Miguel Beermen 104, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 98
Scoring by quarter: 27–31, 24–22, 29–17, 24–28
Pts: Lassiter 30 Rebs: Fajardo 9 Asts: Ross 12		Pts: Cruz 25 Rebs: Henderson-Niles 11 Asts: Ahanmisi 6

San Miguel Beermen 99, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 124
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 20–38, 28–31, 29–32
Pts: Reid 25 Rebs: Reid 17 Asts: Cabagnot 8		Pts: Lee 18 Rebs: Henderson-Niles 14 Asts: Lee 5
Rain or Shine wins series, 3–1

Meralco Bolts 94, Alaska Aces 97
Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 25–17, 31–28, 15–26
Pts: Hugnatan 21 Rebs: Onuaku 18 Asts: Hugnatan 4		Pts: Jazul 18 Rebs: Dozier 8 Asts: Abueva, Banchero 3

Meralco Bolts 92, Alaska Aces 87
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 23–27, 24–26, 31–17
Pts: Onuaku 22 Rebs: Onuaku 14 Asts: Alapag 8		Pts: Dozier 28 Rebs: Dozier 10 Asts: Baguio 4

Meralco Bolts 72, Alaska Aces 92
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 18–23, 16–28, 18–26
Pts: Onuaku 16 Rebs: Onuaku 12 Asts: Alapag 4		Pts: Dozier 25 Rebs: Dozier 14 Asts: Baguio 6

Meralco Bolts 86, Alaska Aces 70
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 17–18, 26–18, 24–18
Pts: Dillinger 17 Rebs: Onuaku 16 Asts: Newsome 6		Pts: Dozier 18 Rebs: Dozier 15 Asts: Jazul 3

Meralco Bolts 70, Alaska Aces 76
Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 17–15, 11–19, 20–20
Pts: Dillinger 18 Rebs: Onuaku 18 Asts: Hodge 5		Pts: Abueva 19 Rebs: Dozier 18 Asts: Banchero 4
Alaska wins series, 3–2

Alaska Aces 92, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 109
Rain or Shine wins series, 4–2

Team	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Alaska Aces	No Import	February 19 (vs. Blackwater)		0–1
	Shane Edwards^[3]	February 24 (vs. TNT)	April 8 (vs. Meralco)	6–3
	Robert Dozier^[4]	April 15 (vs. NLEX)	May 18 (vs. Rain or Shine)	8–7
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Othyus Jeffers^[5]	February 12 (vs. NLEX)	April 19 (vs. Rain or Shine)	7–6
Blackwater Elite	M. J. Rhett^[6]	February 10 (vs. TNT)	April 10 (vs. Rain or Shine)	3–8
GlobalPort Batang Pier	Brian Williams^[7]	February 12 (vs. Mahindra)	February 14 (vs. Ginebra)	1–1
	Calvin Warner^[8]	February 19 (vs. TNT)	March 6 (vs. Blackwater)	1–3
	Shawn Taggart^[9]	March 12 (vs. Alaska)	April 8 (vs. Phoenix)	1−4
Mahindra Enforcer	Augustus Gilchrist^[10]	February 12 (vs. GlobalPort)	April 13 (vs. Star)	4–7
Meralco Bolts	Arinze Onuaku^[11]	February 10 (vs. Star)	May 4 (vs. Alaska)	11–6
NLEX Road Warriors	Al Thornton^[12]	February 12 (vs. Ginebra)	April 18 (vs. Meralco)	5–7
Phoenix Fuel Masters	Kenny Adeleke^[13]	February 17 (vs. NLEX)	February 21 (vs. Meralco)	1–1
Phoenix Fuel Masters	Kevinn Pinkney^[14]	February 27 (vs. TNT)	April 10 (vs. San Miguel)	2−7
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Wayne Chism^[15]	February 13 (vs. Star)	February 17 (vs. Meralco)	1–1
	Antoine Wright^[16]	February 21 (vs. Ginebra)	March 4 (vs. NLEX)	1–2
	Mo Charlo^[17]	March 11 (vs. San Miguel)	April 5 (vs. GlobalPort)	4−1
	Pierre Henderson-Niles^[18]	April 10 (vs. Blackwater)	May 18 (vs. Alaska)	10–3
San Miguel Beermen	Tyler Wilkerson^[19]	February 20 (vs. Mahindra)	April 26 (vs. Rain or Shine)	9–6
	No Import	April 28 (vs. Rain or Shine)		1–0
	Arizona Reid^[20]	May 1 (vs. Rain or Shine)	May 1 (vs. Rain or Shine)	0–1
Star Hotshots	Denzel Bowles^[21]	February 10 (vs. Meralco)	February 28 (vs. Ginebra)	1–4
Star Hotshots	Ricardo Ratliffe^[22]	March 6 (vs. TNT)	April 20 (vs. San Miguel)	5–3
Tropang TNT	No Import	February 10 (vs. Blackwater), February 19 (vs. GlobalPort)		1–1
	Ivan Johnson^[23]	February 13 (vs. Meralco)	February 13 (vs. Meralco)	0–1
	David Simon^[24]	February 24 (vs. Alaska)	April 22 (vs. Alaska)	6–5

Team	Philippine Cup standings			Import height limit
Team	W	L	%	Import height limit
Alaska Aces	9	2	.818	6'9"
San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636
GlobalPort Batang Pier	7	4	.636
TNT Tropang Texters	6	5	.545
NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455
Barako Bull / Phoenix	5	6	.455
Star Hotshots	4	7	.364	unlimited
Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273
Mahindra Enforcer	2	9	.182
Meralco Bolts	1	10	.091

Week	Player	Ref.
February 10–14	Terrence Romeo (GlobalPort Batang Pier)	^[25]
February 15–21	Jared Dillinger (Meralco Bolts)	^[26]
February 22–28	Calvin Abueva (Alaska Aces)	^[27]
February 29 – March 6	Allein Maliksi (Star Hotshots)	^[28]
March 7–13	Calvin Abueva (Alaska Aces)	^[29]
March 14–20	Chris Ross (San Miguel Beermen)	^[30]
March 21–27	Aldrech Ramos (Mahindra Enforcer)	^[31]
March 30 – April 3	Calvin Abueva (Alaska Aces)	^[32]
April 4–10	Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)	^[33]
April 11–17	Troy Rosario (Tropang TNT)	^[34]
April 18–24	Maverick Ahanmisi (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)	^[35]
April 25 – May 2	Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)	^[36]

2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup

Format

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Results

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) San Miguel vs. (8) Star

(2) Meralco vs. (7) NLEX

(3) Alaska vs. (6) TNT

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

Semifinals

(1) San Miguel vs. (5) Rain or Shine

(2) Meralco vs. (3) Alaska

Finals

Imports

Import handicapping

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

References

External links