2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup

The 2018 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2018 Honda–PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons,^[1] was the second conference of the 2017–18 PBA season. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'10". The conference started on April 22 and ended on August 8, 2018.

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Duration	April 22 – August 8, 2018
TV partner(s)	Local: ESPN 5 The 5 Network PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International
Finals
Champions	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Runners-up	San Miguel Beermen
Awards
Best Player	June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen)
Best Import	Justin Brownlee (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
Finals MVP	Scottie Thompson (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
PBA Commissioner's Cup chronology
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Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

• 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:
  • 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-5 series):
  • SF1: QF1 Winner vs. QF4 Winner
  • SF2: QF2 Winner vs. QF3 Winner
• Finals (best-of-7 series)
  • F1: SF1 Winner vs SF2 Winner

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727[a]	1
3	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727[a]	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636	2
5	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545[b]	3
6	San Miguel Beermen	6	5	.545[b]	3
7	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	6	5	.545[b]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4
9	Columbian Dyip	4	7	.364[c]	5
10	Phoenix Fuel Masters	4	7	.364[c]	5
11	NLEX Road Warriors	2	9	.182	7
12	Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	8

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head to head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss^[2]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT
2. Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92
3. Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

Schedule

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Alaska Aces	ROS	BWE	COL	TNT	SMB	GP	MAG	NLEX	MER	BGSM	PHX
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	ROS	TNT	BWE	PHX	MER	SMB	NLEX	MAG	COL	ALA	GP
Blackwater Elite	COL	PHX	ALA	GP	BGSM	TNT	NLEX	MAG	ROS	MER	SMB
Columbian Dyip	BWE	MER	NLEX	ALA	ROS	MAG	TNT	SMB	PHX	BGSM	GP
GlobalPort Batang Pier	TNT	MER	BWE	MAG	NLEX	ROS	ALA	SMB	PHX	COL	BGSM
Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	PHX	GP	COL	MER	ROS	BWE	ALA	TNT	BGSM	NLEX	SMB
Meralco Bolts	COL	GP	NLEX	SMB	MAG	BGSM	PHX	BWE	ALA	TNT	ROS
NLEX Road Warriors	COL	ROS	MER	PHX	GP	BWE	TNT	BGSM	ALA	SMB	MAG
Phoenix Fuel Masters	BWE	TNT	MAG	NLEX	BGSM	SMB	MER	COL	ROS	GP	ALA
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	ALA	BGSM	NLEX	COL	SMB	GP	MAG	BWE	PHX	MER	TNT
San Miguel Beermen	MER	ROS	ALA	PHX	BGSM	COL	GP	TNT	NLEX	BWE	MAG
TNT KaTropa	GP	PHX	BGSM	ALA	BWE	COL	NLEX	MAG	SMB	MER	ROS

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

Results

Team	ALA	BGSM	BWE	COL	GP	MAG	MER	NLEX	PHX	ROS	SMB	TNT
Alaska		86–105	93–74	134–103	109–103	103–99	74–89	120–111	114–91	103–109*	105–103	110–100
Barangay Ginebra	—		105–91	134–107	116–98	104–84	82–93	93–85	98–103**	89–108	97–104*	92–96
Blackwater	—	—		98–126	106–117	86–84	75–102	89–93	102–107	94–104	106–115	101–120
Columbian	—	—	—		115–133	101–126	103–116	123–103	115–107	104–96	117–129	95–123
GlobalPort	—	—	—	—		87–92	86–85	116–94	108–135	90–96	98–94	114–128
Magnolia	—	—	—	—	—		81–79	116–89	87–89	96–99*	101–97	111–89
Meralco	—	—	—	—	—	—		106–90	103–100*	99–106*	93–85	85–91
NLEX	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		120–115*	97–98	114–125	106–117
Phoenix	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		106–108	94–106	98–106
Rain or Shine	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		123–119*	85–100
San Miguel	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		99–94
TNT	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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

Bracket

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals (best-of-5)					finals (best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
	1	Rain or Shine	113	103
	8	GlobalPort	114	97
							1	Rain or Shine	1
	(best-of-3)
							5	Barangay Ginebra	3
	4	Meralco		0
	5	Barangay Ginebra		2
												5	Barangay Ginebra	4
	(#2 twice-to-beat)
												6	San Miguel	2
	2	Alaska		89
	7	Magnolia		78
							2	Alaska	1
	(best-of-3)
							6	San Miguel	3
	3	TNT		0
	6	San Miguel		2

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Quarterfinals

(1) Rain or Shine vs. (8) GlobalPort

ESPN 5

July 10 4:30 pm

Box score

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 113, GlobalPort Batang Pier 114
Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 34–28, 31–31, 22–31
Pts: Johnson 24 Rebs: Johnson 15 Asts: Ahanmisi 8		Pts: White 28 Rebs: White 16 Asts: Pringle 9

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: J. Mariano, R. Yante, R. Gruta, M. Flordeliza

ESPN 5

July 12 7:00 pm

Box score

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 103, GlobalPort Batang Pier 97
Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 22–16, 29–29, 28–30
Pts: Johnson 29 Rebs: Johnson, Norwood 15 Asts: Johnson 6		Pts: Pringle 23 Rebs: White 10 Asts: Pringle 8
Rain or Shine wins series in two games

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, J. Mariano, J. Narandan

(2) Alaska vs. (7) Magnolia

ESPN 5

July 10 7:00 pm

Box score

Alaska Aces 89, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 78
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 20–22, 32–19, 11–16
Pts: Manuel 22 Rebs: Simpson 15 Asts: Enciso, Simpson 4		Pts: Chism 20 Rebs: Chism 15 Asts: Barroca 5
Alaska wins series in one game

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: S. Perez, N. Guevarra, M. Montoya, J. Narandan

(3) TNT vs. (6) San Miguel

ESPN 5

July 9 4:30 pm

Box score

TNT KaTropa 110, San Miguel Beermen 121
Scoring by quarter: 40–21, 22–27, 26–38, 22–35
Pts: Pogoy, Smith 17 Rebs: Castro, Smith 8 Asts: Castro 9		Pts: Balkman 36 Rebs: Balkman 16 Asts: Cabagnot, Ross 6

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: J. Mariano, S. Pineda, E. Tangkion, J. Narandan

ESPN 5

July 11 7:00 pm

Box score

TNT KaTropa 102, San Miguel Beermen 106
Scoring by quarter: 32–27, 24–28, 21–25, 25–26
Pts: Romeo 28 Rebs: Smith 18 Asts: Castro 9		Pts: Balkman 25 Rebs: Fajardo 12 Asts: Ross 10
San Miguel wins series, 2–0

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

(4) Meralco vs. (5) Barangay Ginebra

ESPN 5

July 9 7:00 pm

Box score

Meralco Bolts 81, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 88
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 25–16, 17–29, 19–21
Pts: Amer 15 Rebs: Onuaku 18 Asts: Newsome 7		Pts: Brownlee 25 Rebs: J. Aguilar 10 Asts: Brownlee 6

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

ESPN 5

July 11 4:30 pm

Box score

Meralco Bolts 90, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 104
Scoring by quarter: 28–24, 23–32, 14–23, 25–25
Pts: Onuaku 21 Rebs: Onuaku 13 Asts: Amer, Newsome 4		Pts: Brownlee 36 Rebs: Slaughter 10 Asts: Brownlee 9
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 2–0

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, E. Tangkion, R. Yante, J. Nicandro

Semifinals

(1) Rain or Shine vs. (5) Barangay Ginebra

ESPN 5

July 15 7:00 pm

Box score

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 89, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 102
Scoring by quarter: 17–31, 28–21, 25–24, 19–26
Pts: Johnson 30 Rebs: Johnson 13 Asts: Belga, Tiu 4		Pts: Brownlee 35 Rebs: Brownlee 14 Asts: Brownlee 9

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, E. Tangkion, J. Nicandro

ESPN 5

July 19 7:00 pm

Box score

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 109, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 100
Scoring by quarter: 26–36, 31–21, 30–30, 22–13
Pts: Johnson 25 Rebs: Johnson 20 Asts: Johnson 8		Pts: Brownlee 29 Rebs: Brownlee 12 Asts: three players 4 each

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, J. Mariano, M. Montoya, J. Narandan

ESPN 5

July 21 6:30 pm

Box score

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 72, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 75
Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 13–22, 18–15, 31–14
Pts: Johnson 13 Rebs: Johnson 22 Asts: Belga, Johnson 4		Pts: Brownlee 44 Rebs: Brownlee 15 Asts: Thompson 8

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: N. Quilingen, R. Gruta, R. Yante, M. Flordeliza

ESPN 5

July 23 7:00 pm

Box score

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 94, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 96
Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 20–22, 27–26, 27–23
Pts: Johnson 22 Rebs: Johnson 16 Asts: Norwood 6		Pts: Devance, Slaughter 19 Rebs: Brownlee 17 Asts: Brownlee 8
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 3–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: J. Mariano, E. Tangkion, M. Montoya, J. Nicandro

Note: Game 2 of the Rain or Shine – Barangay Ginebra semifinals series was originally scheduled on July 17, 2018, but was postponed due to inclement weather brought by Tropical Storm Son-Tinh (Henry).^[3]

(2) Alaska vs. (6) San Miguel

ESPN 5

July 14 6:40 pm

Box score

Alaska Aces 79, San Miguel Beermen 92
Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 17–27, 24–23, 14–17
Pts: Simpson 31 Rebs: Simpson 24 Asts: Casio 5		Pts: Fajardo 17 Rebs: Balkman 11 Asts: Cabagnot 5

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, R. Yante, P. Balao

ESPN 5

July 16 7:00 pm

Box score

Alaska Aces 94, San Miguel Beermen 105
Scoring by quarter: 29–18, 23–23, 22–38, 20–26
Pts: Enciso, Simpson 19 Rebs: Simpson 15 Asts: Enciso 6		Pts: Balkman 31 Rebs: Fajardo 18 Asts: Cabagnot 8

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: J. Mariano, N. Guevarra, R. Gruta, J. Narandan

ESPN 5

July 20 7:00 pm

Box score

Alaska Aces 125, San Miguel Beermen 104
Scoring by quarter: 27–25, 37–30, 30–22, 31–27
Pts: Manuel 24 Rebs: Simpson 13 Asts: Enciso 8		Pts: Balkman 28 Rebs: Fajardo 15 Asts: Cabagnot 7

Ynares Center, Antipolo Referees: N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, M. Montoya, J. Nicandro

ESPN 5

July 22 6:30 pm

Box score

Alaska Aces 99, San Miguel Beermen 104
Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 21–23, 25–33, 30–28
Pts: Simpson 24 Rebs: Simpson 21 Asts: Enciso 7		Pts: Fajardo 26 Rebs: Balkman 16 Asts: Cabagnot 9
San Miguel wins series, 3–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, N. Guevarra, S. Pineda, R. Yante

Note: Game 3 of the Alaska – San Miguel semifinals series was originally scheduled on July 18, 2018, but was postponed due to inclement weather brought by Tropical Storm Son-Tinh (Henry).^[4]

Finals

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ESPN 5

July 27 7:00 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 127, San Miguel Beermen 99

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

ESPN 5

July 29 6:30 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 109, San Miguel Beermen 134

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

ESPN 5

August 1 7:00 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 94, San Miguel Beermen 132

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

ESPN 5

August 3 7:00 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 130, San Miguel Beermen 100

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

ESPN 5

August 5 6:30 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 87, San Miguel Beermen 83

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

ESPN 5

August 8 7:00 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 93, San Miguel Beermen 77

Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–2

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

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	Antonio Campbell[5]	April 27 (vs. Rain or Shine)	June 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	7–3
	Diamon Simpson[6]	July 6 (vs. Phoenix)	July 22 (vs. San Miguel)	3–3
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Charles García[7]	April 29 (vs. Rain or Shine)	May 20 (vs. Phoenix)	1–3
	Justin Brownlee[8]	June 1 (vs. Meralco)	August 8 (vs. San Miguel)	14–5
Blackwater Elite	Jarrid Famous[9]	April 22 (vs. Columbian)	May 18 (vs. TNT)	0–6
	Henry Walker[10]	May 30 (vs. NLEX)	July 4 (vs. San Miguel)	1–4
Columbian Dyip	C. J. Aiken[9]	April 22 (vs. Blackwater)	April 28 (vs. NLEX)	2–1
	John Fields[11]	May 4 (vs. Alaska)	June 22 (vs. GlobalPort)	2–6
GlobalPort Batang Pier	Malcolm White[5]	April 22 (vs. TNT)	July 12 (vs. Rain or Shine)	6–7
Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	Vernon Macklin[12]	May 6 (vs. Phoenix)	May 18 (vs. Meralco)	3–1
	Curtis Kelly[13]	June 2 (vs. Rain or Shine)	June 6 (vs. Blackwater)	0–2
	Justin Jackson[14]	June 10 (vs. Alaska)	June 17 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	1–2
	Wayne Chism[15]	July 4 (vs. NLEX)	July 10 (vs. Alaska)	2–1
Meralco Bolts	Arinze Onuaku[16]	April 25 (vs. Columbian)	July 11 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	7–6
NLEX Road Warriors	Adrian Forbes[17]	April 28 (vs. Columbian)	April 28 (vs. Columbian)	0–1
	Arnett Moultrie[18]	May 2 (vs. Rain or Shine)	June 23 (vs. San Miguel)	2–7
	Olu Ashaolu[19]	July 4 (vs. Magnolia)	July 4 (vs. Magnolia)	0–1
Phoenix Fuel Masters	James White[20]	April 25 (vs. Blackwater)	May 11 (vs. NLEX)	2–2
	Eugene Phelps[21]	May 20 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	July 6 (vs. Alaska)	2–5
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Reggie Johnson[22]	April 27 (vs. Alaska)	July 23 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	11–6
San Miguel Beermen	Troy Gillenwater[23]	May 9 (vs. Meralco)	May 13 (vs. Rain or Shine)	0–2
	Renaldo Balkman[24]	May 19 (vs. Alaska)	August 8 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	13–8
TNT KaTropa	Jeremy Tyler[25]	April 22 (vs. GlobalPort)	May 13 (vs. Alaska)	3–1
	No import	May 18 (vs. Blackwater)		1–0
	Joshua Smith[26]	June 1 (vs. Columbian)	July 11 (vs. San Miguel)	4–4

Awards

Conference

The Best Player and Best Import of the Conference awards were handed out prior to Game 4 of the Finals, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum:^[27]

• Best Player of the Conference: June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen)
• Best Import of the Conference: Justin Brownlee (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
• Finals MVP: Scottie Thompson (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)

Players of the Week

Week	Player	Ref.
April 22–29	Chris Tiu (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)	[28]
April 30 – May 6	Jayson Castro (TNT KaTropa)	[29]
May 7–13	Vic Manuel (Alaska Aces)	[30]
May 14–20	Paul Lee (Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok)	[31]
May 30 – June 3	June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen)	[32]
June 4–10	Vic Manuel (Alaska Aces)	[33]
June 11–17	Stanley Pringle (GlobalPort Batang Pier)	[34]
June 18–24	LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)	[35]