2016 PBA Governors' Cup

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.^[1] The tournament allowed teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 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 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m). The teams are allowed to hire an additional Asian import with a height limit of 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m).

2016 PBA Governors' Cup
Duration	July 15 – October 19, 2016
TV partner(s)	Local: Sports5 TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International
Finals
Champions	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Runners-up	Meralco Bolts
Awards
Best Player	Jayson Castro (TNT KaTropa)
Best Import	Allen Durham (Meralco Bolts)
Finals MVP	LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
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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

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	TNT KaTropa	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727[a]	2
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	3	.727[a]	2
4	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545[b]	4
5	Mahindra Enforcer	6	5	.545[b]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Alaska Aces	6	5	.545[b]	4
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455[c]	5
8	Phoenix Fuel Masters	5	6	.455[c]	5
9	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455[c]	5
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364	6
11	Star Hotshots	2	9	.182	8
12	Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
2. Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra
3. Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.04, Rain or Shine 1.03, Phoenix 0.93; eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 105–94 Rain or Shine

Schedule

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Alaska Aces	MER	BGSM	TNT	MAH	ROS	SH	SMB	BW	GP	PHX	NLEX
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	GP	ALA	NLEX	MER	BW	SMB	ROS	SH	MAH	PHX	TNT
Blackwater Elite	NLEX	SH	ROS	BGSM	TNT	MER	MAH	ALA	PHX	GP	SMB
GlobalPort Batang Pier	BGSM	MAH	SH	PHX	MER	SMB	ROS	TNT	ALA	NLEX	BW
Mahindra Enforcer	SH	GP	SMB	ALA	PHX	NLEX	BW	TNT	ROS	BGSM	MER
Meralco Bolts	PHX	ALA	TNT	BGSM	ROS	GP	BW	NLEX	SMB	SH	MAH
NLEX Road Warriors	BW	SMB	BGSM	TNT	SH	MAH	MER	PHX	ROS	GP	ALA
Phoenix Fuel Masters	MER	SMB	ROS	GP	MAH	TNT	NLEX	SH	BW	ALA	BGSM
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	TNT	PHX	BW	MER	ALA	BGSM	GP	MAH	NLEX	SMB	SH
San Miguel Beermen	PHX	NLEX	MAH	SH	BGSM	GP	ALA	MER	TNT	ROS	BW
Star Hotshots	MAH	BW	GP	SMB	NLEX	ALA	BGSM	PHX	MER	TNT	ROS
TNT KaTropa	ROS	MER	ALA	NLEX	BW	PHX	MAH	GP	SMB	SH	BGSM

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

Team	ALA	BGSM	BWE	GP	MAH	MER	NLEX	PHX	ROS	SMB	SH	TNT
Alaska		109–100*	107–87	133–106	95–101	96–100	100–85	103–87	114–117	103–106	85–69	118–120
Barangay Ginebra	—		107–95	93–81	93–86	107–93	85–72	96–87	101–87	105–111**	116–103	92–104
Blackwater	—	—		126–139	88–97	90–105	90–96	81–93	92–98	101–107	100–98	89–109
GlobalPort	—	—	—		98–108	126–123**	98–114	107–120	101–99	98–92	102–105*	120–122
Mahindra	—	—	—	—		83–86	81–82	94–100	88–103	105–103	100–92*	107–104
Meralco	—	—	—	—	—		101–95	108–103	109–102	106–110	103–104	95–98
NLEX	—	—	—	—	—	—		91–95*	111–99	93–94	88–85	95–101
Phoenix	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		89–106	113–124	106–93	117–124
Rain or Shine	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		75–82	108–97	98–101
San Miguel	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		109–100	85–105
Star	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		105–115
TNT	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Fourth seed playoff

September 21

Boxscore

Meralco Bolts 104, Mahindra Enforcer 99
Scoring by quarter: 26–29, 15–24, 28–18, 35–28
Pts: Durham 34 Rebs: Durham 7 Asts: Newsome 8		Pts: White 22 Rebs: White 13 Asts: Revilla, White 5

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: S. Pineda, J. Oliva, R. Dacanay, G. Narandan

Eighth seed playoff

September 21

Boxscore

Phoenix Fuel Masters 105, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 94
Scoring by quarter: 29–16, 25–22, 31–33, 20–23
Pts: Phelps 40 Rebs: W. Wilson 15 Asts: Baguio, Phelps 6		Pts: Dollard 20 Rebs: Dollard 7 Asts: Chan, Lee 3

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: A. Herrera, N. Guevarra, E. Tangkion, M. Flordeliza

Bracket

	Quarterfinals (Top 4 twice-to-beat)					Semifinals (Best-of-5)					Finals (Best-of-7)
	1	TNT	136
	8	Phoenix	124
						1	TNT	1
						4	Meralco	3
	4	Meralco	105
	5	Mahindra	82
											4	Meralco	2
											3	Barangay Ginebra	4
	2	San Miguel	114
	7	NLEX	110
						2	San Miguel	2
						3	Barangay Ginebra	3
	3	Barangay Ginebra	109
	6	Alaska	104

Quarterfinals

(1) TNT vs. (8) Phoenix

September 24

Boxscore

TNT KaTropa 136, Phoenix Fuel Masters 124
Scoring by quarter: 32–34, 38–33, 37–26, 29–31
Pts: Castro 42 Rebs: Ammons 13 Asts: Rosales 4		Pts: Phelps 39 Rebs: Phelps 17 Asts: Baguio 4
TNT wins series in one game

Ynares Center, Antipolo Referees: A. Herrera, N. Guevarra, S. Pineda, J. Nicandro

(2) San Miguel vs. (7) NLEX

September 23

Boxscore

San Miguel Beermen 114, NLEX Road Warriors 110
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 39–25, 23–34, 28–28
Pts: Millsap 39 Rebs: Fajardo 13 Asts: Fajardo 5		Pts: Walker 45 Rebs: Walker 17 Asts: Taulava 5
San Miguel wins series in one game

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, J. Oliva, M. Montoya, E. Boticario

(3) Barangay Ginebra vs. (6) Alaska

September 23

Boxscore

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 109, Alaska Aces 104
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 30–18, 33–25, 23–38
Pts: Tenorio 32 Rebs: Brownlee 12 Asts: Thompson 9		Pts: Henton 27 Rebs: Henton 15 Asts: Banchero, Jazul 5
Barangay Ginebra wins series in one game

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay, G. Narandan, M. Flordeliza

(4) Meralco vs. (5) Mahindra

September 24

Boxscore

Meralco Bolts 105, Mahindra Enforcer 82
Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 32–19, 34–16, 21–21
Pts: Durham 24 Rebs: Durham 16 Asts: Durham 6		Pts: White 20 Rebs: White 10 Asts: Bagatsing, Revilla 3
Meralco wins series in one game

Ynares Center, Antipolo Referees: N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, J. Marabe, J. Narandan

Semifinals

(1) TNT vs. (4) Meralco

September 27

Boxscore

TNT KaTropa 113, Meralco Bolts 95
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 21–20, 39–24, 29–28
Pts: Madanly 22 Rebs: Ammons 11 Asts: Castro 9		Pts: Durham 26 Rebs: Durham 21 Asts: Durham 7

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, M. Montoya, S. Pineda, B. Oliva

September 29

Stats

TNT KaTropa 91, Meralco Bolts 106
Scoring by quarter: 15–29, 25–25, 20–26, 31–26
Pts: Castro 24 Rebs: Ammons, Carey 7 Asts: Castro, de Ocampo 4		Pts: Durham 31 Rebs: Durham 21 Asts: Hugnatan, Newsome 5

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: A. Herrera, P. Balao, J. Marabe, B. Oliva

October 1

Boxscore

TNT KaTropa 113, Meralco Bolts 119
Scoring by quarter: 23–28, 24–22, 37–32, 29–37
Pts: Castro 28 Rebs: Ammons 9 Asts: Castro 10		Pts: Durham 23 Rebs: Durham 13 Asts: Newsome 8

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, N. Guevarra, M. Montoya

October 3

Boxscore

TNT KaTropa 88, Meralco Bolts 94
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 21–22, 17–24, 27–30
Pts: Castro 25 Rebs: Ammons 9 Asts: Castro 6		Pts: Hodge 32 Rebs: Durham 16 Asts: Hugnatan, Newsome 4
Meralco wins series, 3–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: A. Herrera, E. Tangkion, D. Dacanay, M. Montoya

(2) San Miguel vs. (3) Barangay Ginebra

September 26

Boxscore

San Miguel Beermen 108, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 115
Scoring by quarter: 36–24, 21–22, 19–33, 32–36
Pts: Millsap 29 Rebs: Fajardo 15 Asts: Millsap 11		Pts: Brownlee 39 Rebs: Brownlee 16 Asts: Thompson 6

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: A. Herrera, J. Marabe, E. Tangkion, J. Nicandro

September 28

Boxscore

San Miguel Beermen 95, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 92
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 27–22, 21–31, 23–21
Pts: Millsap 25 Rebs: Fajardo 23 Asts: Cabagnot 8		Pts: Tenorio 22 Rebs: Brownlee 13 Asts: Tenorio 7

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilinguen, N. Guevarra, J. Mariano, E. Boticario

September 30

Boxscore

San Miguel Beermen 96, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 97
Scoring by quarter: 28–29, 27–22, 22–27, 19–19
Pts: Millsap 24 Rebs: Fajardo, Millsap 12 Asts: Cabagnot 6		Pts: Brownlee 25 Rebs: Thompson 11 Asts: Thompson 10

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 14,253 Referees: S. Pineda, R. Dacanay, M. Flordeliza, E. Boticario

October 2

Boxscore

San Miguel Beermen 101, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 72
Scoring by quarter: 30–22, 25–7, 27–23, 19–20
Pts: Lassiter 25 Rebs: Millsap 17 Asts: Ross 5		Pts: Brownlee 28 Rebs: Cruz 8 Asts: Mercado 5

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 22,196 Referees: A. Herrera, P. Balao, J. Mariano, J. Nicandro

October 4

Stats

San Miguel Beermen 92, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 117
Scoring by quarter: 12–33, 26–12, 15–36, 39–36
Pts: Santos 24 Rebs: Fajardo 12 Asts: Cabagnot 6		Pts: Brownlee 26 Rebs: Thompson 15 Asts: Tenorio 10
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 3–2

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 20,374 Referees: N. Guevarra, S. Pineda, M. Flordeliza, J. Narandan

Finals

Main article: 2016 PBA Governors' Cup Finals

TV5

October 7 7:00pm

Boxscore

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 109, Meralco Bolts 114 (OT)

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

TV5

October 9 6:30pm

Boxscore

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 82, Meralco Bolts 79

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

TV5

October 12 7:00pm

Boxscore

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 103, Meralco Bolts 107

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

TV5

October 14 8:10pm

Boxscore

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 88, Meralco Bolts 86

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

TV5

October 16 6:30pm

Boxscore

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 92, Meralco Bolts 81

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

TV5

October 19 7:00pm

Boxscore

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 91, Meralco Bolts 88

Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–2

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

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 Henton[2]	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 Brownlee[3]	July 24 (vs. Alaska)	October 19 (vs. Meralco)	15–7
Blackwater Elite	Eric Dawson[4]	July 16 (vs. NLEX)	August 21 (vs. Mahindra)	1–5
	No regular import	August 17 (vs. Meralco), August 28 (vs. Alaska)		0–2
	Keala King[5]	September 7 (vs. Phoenix)	September 18 (vs. San Miguel)	0–3
	Imad Qahwash*[6]	July 29 (vs. Rain or Shine)	August 28 (vs. Alaska)	0–6
GlobalPort Batang Pier	Dominique Sutton[7]	July 16 (vs. Ginebra)	July 20 (vs. Mahindra)	0–2
	Mike Glover[8]	July 24 (vs. Star)	September 14 (vs. Blackwater)	4–5
Mahindra Enforcer	James White[9]	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 Durham[10]	July 15 (vs. Phoenix)	October 19 (vs. Ginebra)	13–10
	Mohammad Jamshidi*[11]	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*[12]	July 16 (vs. Blackwater)	September 23 (vs. San Miguel)	5–7
Phoenix Fuel Masters	Marcus Simmons[13]	July 15 (vs. Meralco)	July 23 (vs. Rain or Shine)	0–3
	Eugene Phelps[14]	July 31 (vs. GlobalPort)	September 24 (vs. TNT)	6–4
	Lee Gwan-hee*[15]	July 15 (vs. Meralco)	September 24 (vs. TNT)	6–7
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Dior Lowhorn[16]	July 20 (vs. TNT)	August 27 (vs. GlobalPort)	3–4
	Jason Forte[17]	September 2 (vs. Mahindra)	September 4 (vs. NLEX)	1–1
	Josh Dollard[18]	September 10 (vs. San Miguel)	September 21 (vs. Phoenix)	1–2
San Miguel Beermen	Arizona Reid[19]	July 17 (vs. Phoenix)	August 19 (vs. GlobalPort)	4–2
	No regular and Asian import	August 24 (vs. Alaska)		1–0
	Mike Singletary[20]	August 31 (vs. Meralco)	September 10 (vs. Rain or Shine)	2–1
	Elijah Millsap[21]	September 18 (vs. Blackwater)	October 4 (vs. Ginebra)	4–3
	Mahmoud Abdeen*[22]	September 3 (vs. TNT)	September 18 (vs. Blackwater)	2–1
Star Hotshots	Marqus Blakely[23]	July 15 (vs. Mahindra)	July 31 (vs. San Miguel)	1–3
	Joel Wright[24]	August 12 (vs. NLEX)	September 16 (vs. Rain or Shine)	1–6
TNT KaTropa	Mario Little[13]	July 20 (vs. Rain or Shine)	August 3 (vs. NLEX)	4–0
	Mychal Ammons[25]	August 13 (vs. Blackwater)	October 3 (vs. Meralco)	8–4
	Michael Madanly*[26]	July 20 (vs. Rain or Shine)	October 3 (vs. Meralco)	12–4

Import handicapping

#	Team	Philippine Cup	Commissioner's Cup	Total	Import height limit
1	San Miguel Beermen	0.6	1.2	1.8	6'5"
2	Alaska Aces	1.2	0.8	2.0
3	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	2.4	0.4	2.8
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	3.0	2.0	5.0
5	TNT KaTropa	3.6	2.4	6.0
6	GlobalPort Batang Pier	1.8	4.8	6.6
7	NLEX Road Warriors	4.2	2.8	7.0
8	Star Hotshots	5.4	3.2	8.6
9	Meralco Bolts	7.2	1.6	8.8	6'9"
10	Barako Bull/Phoenix	4.8	4.4	9.2
11	Blackwater Elite	6.0	4.0	10.0
12	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 (TNT KaTropa)
• Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference: Allen Durham (Meralco Bolts)
• Finals MVP: LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)

Players of the Week

Week	Player	Ref.
July 18–24	RR Garcia (Star Hotshots)	[27]
July 25–31	Jayson Castro (TNT KaTropa)	[28]
August 1–7	Keith Agovida (Mahindra Enforcer)	[29]
August 8–14	Anthony Semerad (GlobalPort Batang Pier)	[30]
August 15–21	Stanley Pringle (GlobalPort Batang Pier)	[31]
August 22–28	June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen)	[32]
August 29–September 4	Jayson Castro (TNT KaTropa)	[33]
September 5–11	Arwind Santos (San Miguel Beermen)	[34]
September 12–18	Jayson Castro (TNT KaTropa)	[35]
September 19–25	Jayson Castro (TNT KaTropa)	[36]
September 26–October 2	Reynel Hugnatan (Meralco Bolts)	[37]