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
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 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. Team Name Debuted Last game Record Alaska Aces Mike Harris August 24 December 19 14–8 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Justin Brownlee August 31 November 16 11–5 Blackwater Elite Henry Walker August 24 November 6 7–5 Columbian Dyip Akeem Wright August 17 October 27 1–10 Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok Romeo Travis August 22 December 19 16–6 Meralco Bolts Allen Durham August 17 November 17 8–9NLEX Road Warriors Olu Ashaolu August 17 August 22 2–1 Aaron Fuller August 29 November 6 3–6 NorthPort Batang Pier Rashad Woods August 19 October 28 2–9 Phoenix Fuel Masters Eugene Phelps August 22 November 9 8–5Rain or Shine Elasto Painters J'Nathan Bullock September 22 September 26 0–2 Terrence Watson October 3 October 27 2–6 No import November 3 (vs. NLEX) 1–0San Miguel Beermen Arizona Reid September 1 September 23 2–2 Kevin Murphy September 30 November 7 4–4TNT KaTropa Mike Glover August 17 August 17 0–1 No import August 19 1–0 Stacy Davis August 24 September 2 1–3 Marqus Blakely September 22 November 4 2–3
Awards
Conference Best Player of the Conference: Paul Lee Best Import of the Conference: Mike Harris Finals MVP: Mark Barroca
Players of the Week WeekPlayerRef. August 17–19 Mark Tallo August 20–26 Simon Enciso August 27 – September 2 Christian Standhardinger September 17–23 John Pinto September 24–30 Paul Lee October 1–7 Paul Zamar October 8–14 Jio Jalalon October 15–21 Chris Banchero October 22–28 Christian Standhardinger October 29 – November 4 Chris Tiu November 5–11 Baser Amer
References
External links PBA Official Website