2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup

2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup
2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Duration	November 5, 2023 – February 14, 2024
TV partner(s)	Local: ; RPTV ; A2Z (until Finals Game 5) ; PBA Rush (HD) ; International: ; Pilipinas Live ; Online: ; Pilipinas Live
Finals
Champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots
Awards
Best Player	CJ Perez; (San Miguel Beermen)
Best Import	Johnathan Williams; (Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters)
Finals MVP	CJ Perez; (San Miguel Beermen)
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The 2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2023–24 Honda PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2023–24 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 21st edition of the Commissioner's Cup started on November 5, 2023, and ended on February 14, 2024. The tournament allowed teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m).

The opening was originally scheduled on October 15,^[1] but was moved three weeks past the original date to give players that participated in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the 2022 Asian Games time to rest.^[2]

Guest team and previous Commissioner's Cup runner-up Bay Area Dragons were supposed to compete during the conference, but the team was disbanded by their owners, the East Asia Super League, prior to the start of the conference.^[3]

Format

All participating teams played in a single round-robin elimination, with each team playing 11 games throughout the duration of the conference.
Teams were ranked by win-loss records with the top eight teams advancing to the playoffs. Any ties were broken using tiebreaker criteria.
- If there is a tie for 8th place, a one-game playoff is instead used to determine which team gets the final playoff spot.
The playoff formats were as follows:
- Quarterfinals (twice-to-beat for top four):
  - Matches: 1st vs. 8th, 2nd vs. 7th, 3rd vs. 6th, 4th vs. 5th
- Semifinals (best-of-five series):
  - Matches: 1st/8th vs. 4th/5th; 2nd/7th vs. 3rd/6th
- Finals (best-of-seven series)

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^[a]	1
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	3	.727^[a]	1
4	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	8	3	.727^[a]	1
5	Meralco Bolts	8	3	.727^[a]	1	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	NorthPort Batang Pier	6	5	.545^[b]	3
7	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	5	.545^[b]	3
8	TNT Tropang Giga	5	6	.455	4
9	NLEX Road Warriors	4	7	.364	5
10	Terrafirma Dyip	2	9	.182	7
11	Blackwater Bossing	1	10	.091^[c]	8
12	Converge FiberXers	1	10	.091^[c]	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); if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss^[4]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.17, Barangay Ginebra 0.99, Phoenix Super LPG 0.98, Meralco 0.89
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Rain or Shine
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Converge

Results table

Team	Game
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Barangay Ginebra (BGSM)	CON 100–86	MAG 91–93	ROS 107–102	BWB 90–87	TER 110–99	PHX 77–82	SMB 82–95	MER 110–96	TNT 86–78	NP 103–93	NLEX 103–99
Blackwater (BWB)	CON 103–84	MER 84–91	TER 87–97	PHX 106–111	BGSM 87–90	ROS 110–115	MAG 84–105	TNT 96–105	NLEX 97–104	NP 89–106	SMB 117–125
Converge (CON)	BWB 84–103	TNT 98–101*	BGSM 86–100	SMB 96–105	PHX 98–99	NP 95–111	TER 103–94*	MER 99–105	MAG 80–88	NLEX 103–107	ROS 111–112
Magnolia (MAG)	TNT 110–102	PHX 107–92	NP 112–74	BGSM 93–91	NLEX 99–72	BWB 105–84	SMB 94–90	ROS 110–113	TER 104–91	CON 88–80	MER 80–85
Meralco (MER)	ROS 107–102	BWB 91–84	SMB 83–93	TNT 109–95	NLEX 96–94	NP 125–99	CON 105–99	BGSM 96–110	MAG 85–80	PHX 83–93	TER 109–102
NLEX	PHX 101–113	SMB 117–113*	TER 112–113	NP 112–104	MAG 72–99	MER 94–96	ROS 101–113	TNT 97–113	BWB 104–97	CON 107–103	BGSM 99–103
NorthPort (NP)	TER 108–103	ROS 113–103	MAG 74–112	NLEX 104–112	TNT 128–123*	CON 111–95	SMB 115–101	MER 99–125	PHX 104–113	BWB 106–89	BGSM 93–103
Phoenix Super LPG (PHX)	NLEX 113–101	MAG 92–107	ROS 99–98	BWB 111–106	TER 103–84	CON 99–98	BGSM 82–77	NP 113–104	SMB 96–117	MER 93–83	TNT 96–116
Rain or Shine (ROS)	MER 102–107	NP 103–113	PHX 98–99	BGSM 102–107	SMB 110–115	BWB 115–110	NLEX 113–101	MAG 113–110	TER 116–105	TNT 119–112	CON 112–111
San Miguel (SMB)	NLEX 113–117*	MER 93–83	CON 105–96	ROS 115–110	NP 101–115	MAG 90–94	BGSM 95–82	TNT 98–93	PHX 117–96	TER 132–110	BWB 125–117
Terrafirma (TER)	NP 103–108	BWB 97–87	NLEX 113–112	TNT 93–133	PHX 84–103	BGSM 99–110	CON 94–103*	MAG 91–104	ROS 105–116	SMB 110–132	MER 102–109
TNT	MAG 102–110	CON 101–98*	TER 133–93	MER 95–109	NP 123–128*	NLEX 113–97	BWB 105–96	SMB 93–98	BGSM 78–86	ROS 112–119	PHX 116–96

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: PBA.ph results
Legend: Blue = win; Red = loss; Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime. (*) Number of asterisks denotes number of overtime periods

Bracket


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

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Magnolia		109

8	TNT		94
				1	Magnolia	3
(#4 twice-to-beat)
				4	Phoenix Super LPG	1
4	Phoenix Super LPG	107	88

5	Meralco	116***	84
							1	Magnolia	2
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							2	San Miguel	4
2	San Miguel		127

7	Rain or Shine		122
				2	San Miguel	3
(#3 twice-to-beat)
				3	Barangay Ginebra	0
3	Barangay Ginebra		106

6	NorthPort		93

*Game went into overtime

Quarterfinals

All match-ups have the higher-seeded team having the twice-to-beat advantage, where they have to be beaten twice, and their opponents just once, to advance.

(1) Magnolia vs. (8) TNT

A2Z

January 17
8:00 pm

Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 109, TNT Tropang Giga 94
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 29–21, 27–25, 32–25
Pts: Bey 41 Rebs: Bey 13 Asts: Jalalon 5		Pts: Hollis-Jefferson 27 Rebs: Hollis-Jefferson 9 Asts: Hollis-Jefferson 11
Magnolia wins series in one game

San Miguel Beermen 127, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 122
Scoring by quarter: 36–32, 31–35, 42–22, 18–33
Pts: Boatwright 41 Rebs: Fajardo 13 Asts: Perez 7		Pts: Treadwell 22 Rebs: Treadwell 10 Asts: Treadwell 8
San Miguel wins series in one game

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 106, NorthPort Batang Pier 93
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 30–13, 21–28, 30–30
Pts: Bishop 31 Rebs: Bishop 15 Asts: Thompson 10		Pts: Calma, Munzon 19 Rebs: Jois 14 Asts: Jois 12
Barangay Ginebra wins series in one game

Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 107, Meralco Bolts 116 (3OT)
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 26–26, 15–14, 22–31, Overtime: 11–11, 8–8, 4–13
Pts: Williams 24 Rebs: Williams 24 Asts: Williams 6		Pts: Hodge 20 Rebs: Miller 20 Asts: Newsome, Quinto 4

Format

Elimination round

Team standings

Results table

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) Magnolia vs. (8) TNT

(2) San Miguel vs. (7) Rain or Shine

(3) Barangay Ginebra vs. (6) NorthPort

(4) Phoenix Super LPG vs. (5) Meralco

Semifinals

(1) Magnolia vs. (4) Phoenix Super LPG

(2) San Miguel vs. (3) Barangay Ginebra

Finals

Imports

Awards

Players of the Week

Statistics

Individual statistical leaders

Local players

Import players

Individual game highs

Local players

Import players

Team statistical leaders

References