2023–24_PBA_Commissioner's_Cup

2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup

2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup

First conference of the 2023–24 PBA season

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).

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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:

Elimination round

Team standings

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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:
  1. Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.17, Barangay Ginebra 0.99, Phoenix Super LPG 0.98, Meralco 0.89
  2. Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Rain or Shine
  3. Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Converge

Results table

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Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-5)		Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1Magnolia109
8TNT94
1Magnolia3
(#4 twice-to-beat)
4Phoenix Super LPG1
4Phoenix Super LPG10788
5Meralco116***84
1Magnolia2
(#2 twice-to-beat)
2San Miguel4
2San Miguel127
7Rain or Shine122
2San Miguel3
(#3 twice-to-beat)
3Barangay Ginebra0
3Barangay Ginebra106
6NorthPort93

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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

January 17
8:00 pm
Magnolia 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
PhilSports Arena, Pasig
Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Rommel Gruta, Albert Nubla, Irewin Traballo

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

January 19
4:00 pm
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
PhilSports Arena, Pasig
Referees: Peter Balao, Rommel Gruta, Jeffrey Tantay, Albert Nubla

(3) Barangay Ginebra vs. (6) NorthPort

January 19
8:00 pm
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
PhilSports Arena, Pasig
Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Sherwin Pineda, Mike Flordeliza, Jerry Narandan

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

January 17
4:00 pm
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
PhilSports Arena, Pasig
Referees: Sherwin Pineda, Peter Balao, Bing Oliva, Julius Medillo
January 21
6:30 pm
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 88, Meralco Bolts 84
Scoring by quarter: 30–22, 25–21, 22–19, 11–22
Pts: Williams 21
Rebs: Williams 16
Asts: Mocon 4		 Pts: three players 15
Rebs: Miller 12
Asts: Miller, Newsome 6
Phoenix Super LPG wins series in two games
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Rommel Gruta, Jerry Narandan, Jeffrey Tantay

Semifinals

All match-ups are best-of-five playoffs.

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

January 24
4:00 pm
Magnolia Hotshots 82, Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 79
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 20–25, 23–19, 21–19
Pts: Bey 23
Rebs: Bey 10
Asts: Jalalon 7		 Pts: Perkins 25
Rebs: Williams 18
Asts: Williams 7
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Peter Balao, Sherwin Pineda, Bing Oliva, Irewin Traballo
January 26
8:00 pm
Magnolia Hotshots 82, Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 78
Scoring by quarter: 30–14, 13–20, 19–26, 20–18
Pts: Bey 25
Rebs: Bey 12
Asts: Barroca 5		 Pts: Williams 27
Rebs: Williams 16
Asts: Williams 5
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Rommel Gruta, Albert Nubla, James Paez
January 28
3:00 pm
Magnolia Hotshots 85, Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 103
Scoring by quarter: 31–17, 20–21, 16–33, 18–32
Pts: Bey 18
Rebs: Bey 12
Asts: Jalalon 9		 Pts: Williams 19
Rebs: Williams 15
Asts: Williams 4
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 15,126
Referees: Peter Balao, Rommel Gruta, Mike Flordeliza, Jeffrey Tantay
January 31
8:00 pm
Magnolia Hotshots 89, Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 79
Scoring by quarter: 29–16, 20–22, 21–15, 19–26
Pts: Barroca 21
Rebs: Bey 20
Asts: Lee 6		 Pts: Williams 17
Rebs: Williams 17
Asts: Williams 5
Magnolia wins series, 3–1
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Sherwin Pineda, Albert Nubla, Julius Medillo

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

January 24
8:00 pm
San Miguel Beermen 92, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 90
Scoring by quarter: 28–20, 19–27, 26–26, 19–17
Pts: Perez 26
Rebs: Boatwright 12
Asts: Ross 6		 Pts: Standhardinger 21
Rebs: Bishop, Standhardinger 11
Asts: Thompson 8
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Rommel Gruta, Mike Flordeliza, Kenny Hallig
January 26
4:00 pm
San Miguel Beermen 106, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 96
Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 20–25, 33–28, 30–22
Pts: Boatwright 38
Rebs: Fajardo 14
Asts: Ross 5		 Pts: Malonzo 27
Rebs: Standhardinger 14
Asts: Malonzo 4
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: Peter Balao, Sherwin Pineda, Jerry Narandan, Joel Baldago
January 28
6:30 pm
San Miguel Beermen 94, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 91
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 22–24, 32–27, 19–22
Pts: Boatwright 26
Rebs: Boatwright 13
Asts: Perez 4		 Pts: Bishop 25
Rebs: Thompson 9
Asts: Thompson 5
San Miguel wins series, 3–0
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 15,126
Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Sherwin Pineda, Mardy Montoya, Niño Cortez

Finals

Main article: 2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals
February 2
7:30 pm
Magnolia Hotshots 95, San Miguel Beermen 103
February 7
7:30 pm
Magnolia Hotshots 88, San Miguel Beermen 80
February 11
6:15 pm
Magnolia Hotshots 98, San Miguel Beermen 108
February 14
7:30 pm
Magnolia Hotshots 102, San Miguel Beermen 104
San Miguel wins series, 4–2

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.

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Awards

Players of the Week

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Statistics

Individual statistical leaders

Local players

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Import players

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Individual game highs

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Team statistical leaders

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