The 2016 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2016 Oppo-PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the 2015–16 PBA season. Due to the preparations of the Philippines men's national basketball team for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which was held in Manila, the tournament started on July 15 and ended on October 19, 2016.Rain or Shine sends Ginebra crashing out of quarterfinals, Jane Bracher, Rappler, April 19, 2016 The tournament allowed teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of for the top eight teams of combined results of the Philippine Cup and Commissioner's Cup, while the bottom four teams are allowed to hire imports with a height limit of . The teams are allowed to hire an additional Asian import with a height limit of .
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, playoff games will be held only for the #4 and #8 seeds. 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
Schedule
Results
Fourth seed playoff
Eighth seed playoff
Bracket
Quarterfinals (1) TNT vs. (8) Phoenix
(2) San Miguel vs. (7) NLEX
(3) Barangay Ginebra vs. (6) Alaska
(4) Meralco vs. (5) Mahindra
Semifinals (1) TNT vs. (4) Meralco
(2) San Miguel vs. (3) Barangay Ginebra
Finals
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 in gold are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference. Players with an asterisk indicates the Asian imports. Team Name Debuted Last game Record Alaska Aces LaDontae HentonAlaska taps banger, prolific scorer LaDontae Henton as import for Governors Cup, Snow Badua, spin.ph, June 14, 2016 July 17 (vs. Meralco) September 23 (vs. Ginebra) 6–6 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Paul Harris July 16 (vs. GlobalPort) July 16 (vs. GlobalPort) 1–0 Justin BrownleeGinebra taps Justin Brownlee as replacement import for injured Paul Harris, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, July 18, 2016 July 24 (vs. Alaska) October 19 (vs. Meralco) 15–7 Blackwater Elite Eric DawsonLeo Isaac thrilled as Blackwater taps ex-Meralco import Eric Dawson for Governors Cup, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, May 30, 2016 July 16 (vs. NLEX) August 21 (vs. Mahindra) 1–5 No regular import August 17 (vs. Meralco), August 28 (vs. Alaska) 0–2 Keala KingBlackwater brings in new import Keala King to replace injured Eric Dawson, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, September 1, 2016 September 7 (vs. Phoenix) September 18 (vs. San Miguel) 0–3 Imad Qahwash*Penang Chief Minister Cup 2016 Mini-Preview July 29 (vs. Rain or Shine) August 28 (vs. Alaska) 0–6 GlobalPort Batang Pier Dominique SuttonGlobalPort bringing back Omar Krayem, hopes to get Dominique Sutton release from TNT, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, May 31, 2016 July 16 (vs. Ginebra) July 20 (vs. Mahindra) 0–2 Mike GloverGlobalPort taps 'Optimus Prime' as replacement import for NBA aspirant Dominique Sutton, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, July 23, 2016 July 24 (vs. Star) September 14 (vs. Blackwater) 4–5 Mahindra Enforcer James White July 15 (vs. Star) September 24 (vs. Meralco) 6–7 Iman Zandi* July 15 (vs. Star) August 12 (vs. Phoenix) 4–1 Meralco Bolts Allen DurhamMeralco signs former Barako Bull import Allen Durham Richard Dy, Fox Sports, June 7, 2016 July 15 (vs. Phoenix) October 19 (vs. Ginebra) 13–10 Mohammad Jamshidi*Meralco taps Iran’s Jamshidi as Asian import for Govs’ Cup , interaktv.com, June 9, 2016 July 15 (vs. Phoenix) August 10 (vs. Rain or Shine) 3–2 NLEX Road Warriors Henry Walker July 16 (vs. Blackwater) September 23 (vs. San Miguel) 5–7 Rodrigue Akl*NLEX Road Warriors ink Rodrigue Akl, ex Sagesse July 16 (vs. Blackwater) September 23 (vs. San Miguel) 5–7 Phoenix Fuel Masters Marcus SimmonsTNT's Mario Little, Marcus Simmons of Phoenix complete 12-import cast for PBA Governors Cup Snow Badua, spin.ph, June 26, 2016 July 15 (vs. Meralco) July 23 (vs. Rain or Shine) 0–3 Eugene PhelpsPhoenix Fuel Masters tap new import Eugene Phelps to replace Marcus Simmons Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, July 29, 2016 July 31 (vs. GlobalPort) September 24 (vs. TNT) 6–4 Lee Gwan-hee*Phoenix opts to tap Korean Basketball League veteran as Asian import in PBA Governors Cup, Reuben Terrado, spin.ph, June 19, 2016 July 15 (vs. Meralco) September 24 (vs. TNT) 6–7Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Dior LowhornAnother ‘Balik Import’ tapped as Dior Lowhorn suits up for Rain or Shine July 20 (vs. TNT) August 27 (vs. GlobalPort) 3–4 Jason Forte September 2 (vs. Mahindra) September 4 (vs. NLEX) 1–1 Josh Dollard September 10 (vs. San Miguel) September 21 (vs. Phoenix) 1–2San Miguel Beermen Arizona ReidReid vows to be ready for Governors' Cup Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News, May 1, 2016 July 17 (vs. Phoenix) August 19 (vs. GlobalPort) 4–2No regular and Asian import August 24 (vs. Alaska) 1–0 Mike SingletaryMike Singletary arrives to fill in for injured SMB import AZ Reid , Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, August 26, 2016 August 31 (vs. Meralco) September 10 (vs. Rain or Shine) 2–1 Elijah Millsap September 18 (vs. Blackwater) October 4 (vs. Ginebra) 4–3 Mahmoud Abdeen* September 3 (vs. TNT) September 18 (vs. Blackwater) 2–1 Star Hotshots Marqus BlakelyStar's Marqus Blakely to head growing cast of 'balik imports' in PBA Governors' Cup, Snow Badua, spin.ph, June 9, 2016 July 15 (vs. Mahindra) July 31 (vs. San Miguel) 1–3 Joel WrightStruggling Star Hotshots replace Marqus Blakely with Joel Wright, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, August 6, 2016 August 12 (vs. NLEX) September 16 (vs. Rain or Shine) 1–6 TNT KaTropa Mario Little July 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) August 3 (vs. NLEX) 4–0 Mychal Ammons August 13 (vs. Blackwater) October 3 (vs. Meralco) 8–4 Michael Madanly* July 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) October 3 (vs. Meralco) 12–4
Import handicapping # Team Philippine Cup Commissioner's Cup Total Import height limit1 San Miguel Beermen 0.6 1.2 1.8 6'5"2 Alaska Aces 1.2 0.8 2.03 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 2.4 0.4 2.84 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 3.0 2.0 5.05 TNT KaTropa 3.6 2.4 6.06 GlobalPort Batang Pier 1.8 4.8 6.67 NLEX Road Warriors 4.2 2.8 7.08 Star Hotshots 5.4 3.2 8.69 Meralco Bolts 7.2 1.6 8.8 6'9"10 Barako Bull/Phoenix 4.8 4.4 9.211 Blackwater Elite 6.0 4.0 10.012 Mahindra Enforcer 6.6 3.6 10.2 Philippine Cup final ranking comprises 60% of the points, while the elimination round ranking in the Commissioner's Cup is 40%. The four teams with most points gets to have an import of unlimited height.
Statistics Individual statistic leaders Category Player Team Statistic Points per game Terrence Romeo GlobalPort Batang Pier 25.00 Rebounds per game June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 12.88 Assists per game Jayson Castro TNT KaTropa 7.44 Steals per game Chris Ross San Miguel Beermen 2.00 Blocks per game Japeth Aguilar Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 2.30 Turnovers per game Terrence Romeo GlobalPort Batang Pier 3.6 Minutes per game Terrence Romeo GlobalPort Batang Pier 40.40 FG% Bradwyn Guinto Mahindra Enforcer 66.7% FT% Aldrech Ramos Mahindra Enforcer 100.00% 3FG% Chris Tiu Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 52.4% Double-doubles June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 14 Triple-doubles Scottie Thompson Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 1
Awards
Conference Best Player of the Conference: Jayson Castro Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference: Allen Durham Finals MVP: LA Tenorio
Players of the Week WeekPlayerRef. July 18–24RR Garcia July 25–31Jayson Castro August 1–7Keith Agovida August 8–14Anthony Semerad August 15–21Stanley Pringle August 22–28June Mar Fajardo August 29–September 4Jayson Castro September 5–11Arwind Santos September 12–18Jayson Castro September 19–25Jayson Castro September 26–October 2Reynel Hugnatan
References