2018 PBA Governors' Cup

2018 PBA Governors' Cup
2018 PBA Governors' Cup
Duration	August 17 – December 19, 2018
TV partner(s)	Local: ; ESPN 5 ; The 5 Network ; PBA Rush (HD) ; International: ; AksyonTV International
Finals
Champions	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok
Runners-up	Alaska Aces
Awards
Best Player	Paul Lee; (Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok)
Best Import	Mike Harris; (Alaska Aces)
Finals MVP	Mark Barroca; (Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
	< 2017 2019 >
PBA conference chronology
	< 2018 Commissioner's 2019 Philippine >

The 2018 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2018 Honda Click–PBA Governor's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the 2017–18 PBA season. The tournament allowed 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 v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	Phoenix Fuel Masters	8	3	.727^[a]	1
3	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^[a]	1
4	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	8	3	.727^[a]	1
5	Blackwater Elite	7	4	.636	2	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	San Miguel Beermen	6	5	.545	3
7	Meralco Bolts	5	6	.455^[b]	4
8	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^[b]	4
9	TNT KaTropa	4	7	.364	5
10	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	3	8	.273	6
11	NorthPort Batang Pier	2	9	.182	7
12	Columbian Dyip	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^[1]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 NLEX

Schedule

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

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

Results

Team	ALA	BGSM	BWE	COL	MAG	MER	NLEX	NP	PHX	ROS	SMB	TNT
Alaska		101–109	116–109	104–94	73–83	80–72	110–116*	95–85	108–97	106–89	127–119	125–96
Barangay Ginebra	—		118–124*	96–84	93–86	111–105	106–92	104–98	101–99	97–104	110–102	112–93
Blackwater	—	—		120–99	99–133	94–91	106–124	113–111	91–97	99–93	103–100	104–98*
Columbian	—	—	—		95–113	106–109	104–116	101–118	107–113	100–84	119–143	114–118*
Magnolia	—	—	—	—		88–94	102–72	104–87	82–95	92–76	109–108	116–103
Meralco	—	—	—	—	—		108–105	94–99	86–96	91–82	111–81	90–92
NLEX	—	—	—	—	—	—		123–107	97–123	101–107	112–125	103–90
NorthPort	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		91–132	98–120	107–114	102–104
Phoenix	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		103–97	100–117	112–82
Rain or Shine	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		97–109	104–110
San Miguel	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		107–96
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	Barangay Ginebra		111

8	NLEX		75
				1	Barangay Ginebra	1
(#4 twice-to-beat)
				4	Magnolia	3
4	Magnolia		103

5	Blackwater		99
							4	Magnolia	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							3	Alaska	2
2	Phoenix	74	103

7	Meralco	90	108*
				7	Meralco	1
(#3 twice-to-beat)
				3	Alaska	3
3	Alaska		96

6	San Miguel		85

*Game went into overtime.

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 111, NLEX Road Warriors 75
Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 24–16, 26–26, 35–13
Pts: Aguilar 18 Rebs: Aguilar, Brownlee 10 Asts: Brownlee 10		Pts: Fuller 25 Rebs: Fuller 12 Asts: Fuller 4
Barangay Ginebra wins series in one game

Phoenix Fuel Masters 74, Meralco Bolts 90
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 18–18, 20–33, 19–24
Pts: Phelps 27 Rebs: Phelps 17 Asts: Jazul, Revilla 3		Pts: Durham 26 Rebs: Durham 16 Asts: Amer 6

Phoenix Fuel Masters 103, Meralco Bolts 108 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 23–18, 18–30, 26–24, Overtime: 9–14
Pts: Perkins 24 Rebs: Phelps 23 Asts: Phelps 7		Pts: Durham 32 Rebs: Durham 21 Asts: Durham 9
Meralco wins series in two games

Alaska Aces 96, San Miguel Beermen 85
Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 20–23, 21–7, 32–36
Pts: Harris 25 Rebs: Harris 17 Asts: four players 3		Pts: Murphy 19 Rebs: Standhardinger 11 Asts: Ross 7
Alaska wins series in one game

Format

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Results

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (8) NLEX

(2) Phoenix vs. (7) Meralco

(3) Alaska vs. (6) San Miguel

(4) Magnolia vs. (5) Blackwater

Semifinals

(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (4) Magnolia

(3) Alaska vs. (7) Meralco

Finals

Imports

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

References

External links