The 2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2024–25 Honda PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second conference of the 2024–25 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 22nd edition of the Commissioner's Cup started on November 27, 2024, and ended on March 28, 2025. The tournament allowed teams to hire foreign players or imports with unlimited height limit.
It was initially reported that the champions of this conference would represent the Philippines at the 2025 Basketball Champions League Asia, before it was instead awarded to the Meralco Bolts as champions of the 2024 PBA Philippine Cup. The PBA previously skipped the 2024 edition of the Asian continental club tournament.
Format All participating teams played in a single round-robin elimination, with each team playing 12 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: QF1: #1 vs #8 (#1 twice-to-beat) QF2: #2 vs #7 (#2 twice-to-beat) QF3: #3 vs #6 (best-of-3 series) QF4: #4 vs #5 (best-of-3 series) Semifinals (best-of-seven series): SF1: QF1 winner vs. QF4 winner SF2: QF2 winner vs. QF3 winner Finals (best-of-seven series) F1: SF1 winner vs SF2 winner
Elimination round Team standings
Results table
Eighth seed playoff
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(1) NorthPort vs. (8) Magnolia NorthPort has the twice-to-beat advantage; they have to be beaten twice, while their opponents just once, to advance.
(2) TNT vs. (7) Eastern TNT has the twice-to-beat advantage; they have to be beaten twice, while their opponents just once, to advance.
(3) Converge vs. (6) Rain or Shine This is a best-of-three playoff.
(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) Meralco This is a best-of-three playoff.
Semifinals The semifinals is a best-of-seven playoff.
(1) NorthPort vs. (4) Barangay Ginebra
(2) TNT vs. (6) Rain or Shine
Finals This is a best-of-seven playoff.
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.
Guest team Eastern is also subjected to the same rules with the PBA making it choose between Cameron Clark or Chris McLaughlin as its designated import player, although it also has other players born outside Hong Kong in its PBA roster.
Team Name Debuted Last game Record Ref. Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Justin Brownlee December 11, 2024 March 28, 2025 17–9 Blackwater Bossing George King November 28, 2024 January 19, 2025 2–8 No import January 21, 2025 , January 25, 2025 1–1 Converge FiberXers Cheick Diallo November 27, 2024 February 9, 2025 9–6 Eastern Cameron Clark November 27, 2024 February 6, 2025 3–2 Chris McLaughlin December 10, 2024 January 29, 2025 4–4 Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots Ricardo Ratliffe November 28, 2024 February 6, 2025 7–7 Meralco Bolts Akil Mitchell November 29, 2024 February 9, 2025 7–4 D. J. Kennedy December 6, 2024 1–0 No import December 12, 2024 , January 29, 2025 , January 31, 2025 0–3 NLEX Road Warriors Mike Watkins November 28, 2024 February 2, 2025 6–7 NorthPort Batang Pier Kadeem Jack November 28, 2024 March 7, 2025 11–7 Phoenix Fuel Masters Donovan Smith November 27, 2024 January 24, 2025 3–9 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters No import December 1, 2024 0–1 Deon Thompson December 4, 2024 March 7, 2025 10–9 San Miguel Beermen Quincy Miller December 3, 2024 December 10, 2024 1–2 Torren Jones December 13, 2024 December 15, 2024 2–0 Jabari Narcis December 22, 2024 January 12, 2025 1–2 Malik Pope January 18, 2025 January 26, 2025 1–3 Terrafirma Dyip Ryan Richards November 27, 2024 December 3, 2024 0–3 Brandon Edwards December 6, 2024 January 22, 2025 1–8 TNT Tropang Giga Rondae Hollis-Jefferson December 6, 2024 March 28, 2025 16–8
Awards Player of the Week WeekPlayerRef. November 27 – December 1 Bong Quinto December 3–8 Joshua Munzon December 10–15 Calvin Oftana December 17–25 Jordan Heading January 5–12 Joshua Munzon January 14–19 Chris Banchero January 21–26 Robert Bolick January 29 – February 2 Zavier Lucero February 5–9 Adrian Nocum February 26 – March 2 Jayson Castro March 5–7 Calvin Oftana
Rookie of the Week WeekPlayerRef. November 27 – December 1 Mark Nonoy December 3–8 Xyrus Torres December 10–15 Sedrick Barefield December 17–25 RJ Abarrientos January 5–12 RJ Abarrientos January 14–19 Peter Alfaro January 21–26 Mark Nonoy January 29 – February 2 RJ Abarrientos
Reinforcement of the Week WeekPlayerRef. November 27 – December 1 Cameron Clark December 3–8 Kadeem Jack December 10–15 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson December 17–25 Cheick Diallo January 5–12 Donovan Smith January 14–19 Akil Mitchell January 21–26 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson January 29 – February 2 Ricardo Ratliffe February 5–9 Deon Thompson
Statistics
Individual statistical leaders
Local players Category Player Team Statistic Points per game Robert Bolick NLEX Road Warriors 23.3 Rebounds per game June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 16.3 Assists per game Robert Bolick NLEX Road Warriors 8.0 Steals per game Joshua Munzon NorthPort Batang Pier 2.1 Blocks per game Kemark Cariño Terrafirma Dyip 1.2 Turnovers per game four players 3.3Fouls per game Ramon Cao Eastern 3.8 Cliff Hodge Meralco Bolts Minutes per game June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 39.4 FG% Louie Sangalang Terrafirma Dyip 58.3% FT% Paul Lee Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 100.0% 3FG% Robbie Herndon NLEX Road Warriors 54.5% 4FG% Robert Bolick NLEX Road Warriors 28.1% Double-doubles June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 11 Triple-doubles Arvin Tolentino NorthPort Batang Pier 2
Import players Category Player Team Statistic Points per game George King Blackwater Bossing 34.5 Rebounds per game Mike Watkins NLEX Road Warriors 21.3 Assists per game Rondae Hollis-Jefferson TNT Tropang Giga 5.6 Steals per game Akil Mitchell Meralco Bolts 3.3 Blocks per game Mike Watkins NLEX Road Warriors 2.6 Turnovers per game Mike Watkins NLEX Road Warriors 3.8 Fouls per game Chris McLaughlin Eastern 3.4 Minutes per game Mike Watkins NLEX Road Warriors 44.3 FG% Cheick Diallo Converge FiberXers 61.2% FT% George King Blackwater Bossing 91.2% 3FG% Cameron Clark Eastern 53.8% 4FG% George King Blackwater Bossing 31.3% Double-doubles Rondae Hollis-Jefferson TNT Tropang Giga 22Triple-doubles Rondae Hollis-Jefferson TNT Tropang Giga 1 Akil Mitchell Meralco Bolts
Individual game highs
Local players Category Player Team Statistic Points Calvin Oftana TNT Tropang Giga 42 Rebounds June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 23 Assists Scottie Thompson Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 13 Steals four players 5 Blocks Cliff Hodge Meralco Bolts 5 Three point field goals Calvin Oftana TNT Tropang Giga 9Four point field goals Jerrick Ahanmisi Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 3 Paul Lee
Import players Category Player Team Statistic Points Justin Brownlee Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 49 Rebounds Mike Watkins NLEX Road Warriors 30 Assists Justin Brownlee Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 11 Steals Akil Mitchell Meralco Bolts 7 Blocks Donovan Smith Phoenix Fuel Masters 5 Three point field goals Justin Brownlee Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6Four point field goals George King (4 times) Blackwater Bossing 4 Donovan Smith Phoenix Fuel Masters
Team statistical leaders Category Team Statistic Points per game NorthPort Batang Pier 109.7 Rebounds per game San Miguel Beermen 54.7 Assists per game Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 24.3 Steals per game NorthPort Batang Pier 11.2 Blocks per game NorthPort Batang Pier 4.4 Turnovers per game Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 15.5 Fouls per game Eastern 28.4 FG% Converge FiberXers 48.0% FT% Blackwater Bossing 80.4% 3FG% Converge FiberXers 38.8% 4FG% Blackwater Bossing 28.9%
Final rankings
References