The 2001 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup was the third conference of the 2001 PBA season. It started on September 8 and ended on December 16. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.
Format The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference: The teams were divided into 2 groups.
Group A: Alaska Aces Batang Red Bull Thunder Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Shell Turbo Chargers Sta. Lucia Realtors
Group B: Barangay Ginebra Kings Pop Cola Panthers San Miguel Beermen Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Tanduay Rhum Masters
Teams in a group will play against each other twice and against teams in the other group once; 13 games per team. The top eight teams after the eliminations will advance to the quarterfinals. Quarterfinals: Top four teams will have a twice-to-beat advantage against their opponent. QF1: #1 vs. #8 QF2: #2 vs. #7 QF3: #3 vs. #6 QF4: #4 vs. #5 Best-of-five semifinals: SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 Third-place playoff: losers of the semifinals Best-of-seven finals: winners of the semifinals
Imports The following is the list of imports with the replacement imports being highlighted. GP is the number of games played in the conference. Team Name GP Alaska Aces Sean Chambers 3 Dexter Boney 4 Ron Riley 7 Barangay Ginebra Kings Mark Jones 11 Bubba Wells 4 Batang Red Bull Thunder Raymond Tutt 14 Pop Cola Panthers Rosell Ellis 20 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Derrick Brown 13 San Miguel Beermen Lamont Strothers 23 Shell Turbo Chargers Askia Jones 19 Sta. Lucia Realtors Damian Owens 25 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Brandon Williams 13 Todd Bernard 1 Tanduay Rhum Masters Maurice Bell 2 Billy Thomas 10
Elimination round Team standings
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(1) Shell vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra
(2) Sta. Lucia vs. (7) Red Bull
(3) Pop Cola vs. (6) Alaska
(4) San Miguel vs. (5) Talk 'N Text
Semifinals (1) Shell vs. (4) San Miguel
(2) Sta. Lucia vs. (3) Pop Cola
Third place playoff
Finals
References
External links PBA.ph