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 .
The opening was originally scheduled on October 15, 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.
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.
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
Results table
Bracket
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
(2) San Miguel vs. (7) Rain or Shine
(3) Barangay Ginebra vs. (6) NorthPort
(4) Phoenix Super LPG vs. (5) Meralco
Semifinals All match-ups are best-of-five playoffs.
(1) Magnolia vs. (4) Phoenix Super LPG
(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 are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference. Team Name Debuted Last game Record Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Tony Bishop November 17, 2023 January 28, 2024 9–6 Blackwater Bossing Chris Ortiz November 8, 2023 January 12, 2024 1–10Converge FiberXers Tom Vodanovich November 8, 2023 December 2, 2023 0–5 Jamil Wilson December 6, 2023 January 14, 2024 1–5 Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots Tyler Bey November 5, 2023 February 14, 2024 15–7Meralco Bolts Suleiman Braimoh November 8, 2023 December 3, 2023 4–1 Zach Lofton December 10, 2023 December 22, 2023 2–1 Shonn Miller January 6, 2024 January 21, 2024 3–2NLEX Road Warriors Thomas Robinson November 10, 2023 November 22, 2023 2–2 Stokley Chaffee Jr. December 1, 2023 December 22, 2023 1–4 DeAndre Williams-Baldwin January 10, 2024 January 13, 2024 1–1NorthPort Batang Pier Venky Jois November 10, 2023 January 19, 2024 5–6 No import December 8, 2023 1–0 Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters Johnathan Williams November 10, 2023 January 31, 2024 10–7Rain or Shine Elasto Painters DaJuan Summers November 8, 2023 November 24, 2023 0–4 Demetrius Treadwell November 29, 2023 January 19, 2024 6–2San Miguel Beermen Ivan Aska November 15, 2023 December 17, 2023 5–3 Bennie Boatwright December 25, 2023 February 14, 2024 11–2Terrafirma Dyip Thomas De Thaey November 10, 2023 January 12, 2024 2–8 No import November 22, 2023 0–1TNT Tropang Giga Quincy Miller November 5, 2023 0–1 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson November 11, 2023 December 17, 2023 4–3 No import December 25, 2023 0–1 Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson January 5, 2024 January 17, 2024 1–2Sources:
Awards Players of the Week WeekPlayerRef. November 8–12 Arvin Tolentino November 15–19 Javi Gómez de Liaño November 22–26 Maverick Ahanmisi November 29 – December 3 Jason Perkins December 6–10 Arvin Tolentino December 13–17 Chris Ross December 20–25 Scottie Thompson January 5–7 Andrei Caracut January 10–14 Kim Aurin January 17–21 Jason Perkins January 24–28 June Mar Fajardo
Statistics
Individual statistical leaders
Local players Category Player Team Statistic Points per game Arvin Tolentino NorthPort Batang Pier 22.4 Rebounds per game June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 11.2 Assists per game Robert Bolick NLEX Road Warriors 10.3 Steals per game JL delos Santos Converge FiberXers 2.6 Blocks per game June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 2.6 Turnovers per game Robert Bolick NLEX Road Warriors 3.5 Fouls per game Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser NLEX Road Warriors 4.6 Minutes per game Christian Standhardinger Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 38.5 FG% Jewel Ponferada TNT Tropang Giga 68.8% FT% Rey Nambatac Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 96.2% 3FG% Kemark Cariño Terrafirma Dyip 58.8% Double-doubles June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 11
Import players Category Player Team Statistic Points per game Bennie Boatwright San Miguel Beermen 40.3 Rebounds per game Demetrius Treadwell Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 18.1 Assists per game Demetrius Treadwell Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5.9 Steals per game Tony Bishop Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 2.5 Blocks per game Venky Jois NorthPort Batang Pier 2.1 Turnovers per game Venky Jois NorthPort Batang Pier 4.2 Fouls per game Tony Bishop Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 3.2 Minutes per game Jamil Wilson Converge FiberXers 45.8 FG% Johnathan Williams Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 61.1% FT% Jamil Wilson Converge FiberXers 88.2% 3FG% Bennie Boatwright San Miguel Beermen 42.9% Double-doubles Johnathan Williams Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 17 Tyler Bey Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots Triple-doubles Venky Jois NorthPort Batang Pier 1
Individual game highs
Local players Category Player Team Statistic Points Calvin Oftana TNT Tropang Giga 37Rebounds Christian Standhardinger Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 16 June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen Assists Robert Bolick NLEX Road Warriors 15 Steals Jio Jalalon Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 6 Blocks June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 6 Three point field goals Jericho Cruz San Miguel Beermen 8
Import players Category Player Team Statistic Points Zach Lofton Meralco Bolts 54Rebounds Demetrius Treadwell Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 24 Johnathan Williams Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters Assists Venky Jois NorthPort Batang Pier 12 Steals Tony Bishop Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 8 Blocks Venky Jois (thrice) NorthPort Batang Pier 4 Three point field goals Zach Lofton Meralco Bolts 9
Team statistical leaders Category Team Statistic Points per game Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 109.4 Rebounds per game Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 48.7 Assists per game Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 25.6 Steals per game NorthPort Batang Pier 10.3 Blocks per game TNT Tropang Giga 3.7 Turnovers per game Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 16.9 Fouls per game Meralco Bolts 25.5 FG% San Miguel Beermen 47.6% FT% Terrafirma Dyip 76.3% 3FG% TNT Tropang Giga 36.1%
Final rankings
References