2018 PBA Governors' Cup

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".

2018 PBA Governors' Cup
Duration	August 17 – December 19, 2018
TV partner(s)	Local: ESPN 5 The 5 Network PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International
Finals
Champions	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok
Runners-up	Alaska Aces
Awards
Best Player	Paul Lee (Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok)
Best Import	Mike Harris (Alaska Aces)
Finals MVP	Mark Barroca (Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok)
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, 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

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	Phoenix Fuel Masters	8	3	.727[a]	1
3	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727[a]	1
4	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	8	3	.727[a]	1
5	Blackwater Elite	7	4	.636	2	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	San Miguel Beermen	6	5	.545	3
7	Meralco Bolts	5	6	.455[b]	4
8	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455[b]	4
9	TNT KaTropa	4	7	.364	5
10	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	3	8	.273	6
11	NorthPort Batang Pier	2	9	.182	7
12	Columbian Dyip	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^[1]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982
2. Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 NLEX

Schedule

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Alaska	MER	TNT	PHX	BGSM	ROS	SMB	MAG	COL	BWE	NLEX	NP
Barangay Ginebra	COL	ALA	NP	BWE	SMB	PHX	NLEX	MER	ROS	MAG	TNT
Blackwater	TNT	SMB	NP	BGSM	NLEX	MER	ROS	MAG	ALA	COL	PHX
Columbian	MER	PHX	NLEX	BGSM	TNT	SMB	MAG	NP	ALA	ROS	BWE
Magnolia	NLEX	NP	PHX	ROS	SMB	COL	BWE	ALA	MER	TNT	BGSM
Meralco	COL	TNT	ALA	PHX	BWE	BGSM	NP	NLEX	MAG	ROS	SMB
NLEX	TNT	NP	MAG	COL	SMB	BWE	BGSM	PHX	MER	ALA	ROS
NorthPort	NLEX	PHX	MAG	BGSM	BWE	TNT	COL	MER	ROS	SMB	ALA
Phoenix	COL	NP	ALA	TNT	MER	MAG	BGSM	NLEX	SMB	ROS	BWE
Rain or Shine	TNT	MAG	ALA	BWE	BGSM	NP	COL	MER	PHX	SMB	NLEX
San Miguel	NLEX	BWE	COL	BGSM	MAG	ALA	PHX	TNT	NP	ROS	MER
TNT	NLEX	MER	BWE	ALA	PHX	COL	ROS	NP	SMB	MAG	BGSM

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

Results

Team	ALA	BGSM	BWE	COL	MAG	MER	NLEX	NP	PHX	ROS	SMB	TNT
Alaska		101–109	116–109	104–94	73–83	80–72	110–116*	95–85	108–97	106–89	127–119	125–96
Barangay Ginebra	—		118–124*	96–84	93–86	111–105	106–92	104–98	101–99	97–104	110–102	112–93
Blackwater	—	—		120–99	99–133	94–91	106–124	113–111	91–97	99–93	103–100	104–98*
Columbian	—	—	—		95–113	106–109	104–116	101–118	107–113	100–84	119–143	114–118*
Magnolia	—	—	—	—		88–94	102–72	104–87	82–95	92–76	109–108	116–103
Meralco	—	—	—	—	—		108–105	94–99	86–96	91–82	111–81	90–92
NLEX	—	—	—	—	—	—		123–107	97–123	101–107	112–125	103–90
NorthPort	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		91–132	98–120	107–114	102–104
Phoenix	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		103–97	100–117	112–82
Rain or Shine	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		97–109	104–110
San Miguel	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		107–96
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	Barangay Ginebra		111
	8	NLEX		75
							1	Barangay Ginebra	1
	(#4 twice-to-beat)
							4	Magnolia	3
	4	Magnolia		103
	5	Blackwater		99
												4	Magnolia	4
	(#2 twice-to-beat)
												3	Alaska	2
	2	Phoenix	74	103
	7	Meralco	90	108*
							7	Meralco	1
	(#3 twice-to-beat)
							3	Alaska	3
	3	Alaska		96
	6	San Miguel		85

*Game went into overtime.

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Quarterfinals

(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (8) NLEX

ESPN 5

November 6 7:00 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 111, NLEX Road Warriors 75
Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 24–16, 26–26, 35–13
Pts: Aguilar 18 Rebs: Aguilar, Brownlee 10 Asts: Brownlee 10		Pts: Fuller 25 Rebs: Fuller 12 Asts: Fuller 4
Barangay Ginebra wins series in one game

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Guevarra, R. Gruta, B. Oliva, N. Cortez

(2) Phoenix vs. (7) Meralco

ESPN 5

November 7 4:30 pm

Box score

Phoenix Fuel Masters 74, Meralco Bolts 90
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 18–18, 20–33, 19–24
Pts: Phelps 27 Rebs: Phelps 17 Asts: Jazul, Revilla 3		Pts: Durham 26 Rebs: Durham 16 Asts: Amer 6

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Referees: N. Guevarra, R. Yante, M. Orioste, A. Nubla

ESPN 5

November 9 7:00 pm

Box score

Phoenix Fuel Masters 103, Meralco Bolts 108 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 23–18, 18–30, 26–24, Overtime: 9–14
Pts: Perkins 24 Rebs: Phelps 23 Asts: Phelps 7		Pts: Durham 32 Rebs: Durham 21 Asts: Durham 9
Meralco wins series in two games

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, R. Yante, B. Oliva, M. Orioste

(3) Alaska vs. (6) San Miguel

ESPN 5

November 7 7:00 pm

Box score

Alaska Aces 96, San Miguel Beermen 85
Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 20–23, 21–7, 32–36
Pts: Harris 25 Rebs: Harris 17 Asts: four players 3		Pts: Murphy 19 Rebs: Standhardinger 11 Asts: Ross 7
Alaska wins series in one game

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Referees: P. Balao, B. Oliva, M. Montoya, J. Nicandro

(4) Magnolia vs. (5) Blackwater

ESPN 5

November 6 4:30 pm

Box score

Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 103, Blackwater Elite 99
Scoring by quarter: 32–22, 23–25, 21–31, 27–21
Pts: Lee 22 Rebs: Travis 20 Asts: Travis 12		Pts: Walker 18 Rebs: Erram 19 Asts: Pinto, Walker 5
Magnolia wins series in one game

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, R. Yante, M. Montoya, M. Orioste

Semifinals

(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (4) Magnolia

ESPN 5

November 10 6:30 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 98, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 106
Scoring by quarter: 39–31, 16–32, 21–23, 22–20
Pts: Brownlee 37 Rebs: Brownlee 14 Asts: Brownlee 8		Pts: Travis 37 Rebs: Travis 16 Asts: Travis 5

Ynares Center, Antipolo Referees: P. Balao, R. Yante, M. Orioste, N. Cortes

ESPN 5

November 12 7:00 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 97, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 101
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 28–26, 22–28, 29–26
Pts: Brownlee 31 Rebs: Thompson 15 Asts: Brownlee 7		Pts: Travis 25 Rebs: Travis 12 Asts: Barroca, Travis 7

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

ESPN 5

November 14 7:00 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 107, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 103
Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 19–36, 37–23, 28–22
Pts: Brownlee 46 Rebs: Brownlee 19 Asts: four players 5		Pts: Barroca 19 Rebs: Sangalang 11 Asts: Jalalon 8

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, N. Guevarra, B. Oliva, N. Ranido

ESPN 5

November 16 7:00 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 108, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 112
Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 26–31, 26–30, 29–31
Pts: Brownlee 32 Rebs: Aguilar 14 Asts: Thompson 8		Pts: Travis 50 Rebs: Travis 13 Asts: Sangalang 6
Magnolia wins series, 3–1

Ynares Center, Antipolo Attendance: 7,400 Referees: N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, J. Narandan, J. Borja

(3) Alaska vs. (7) Meralco

ESPN 5

November 11 6:30 pm

Box score

Alaska Aces 92, Meralco Bolts 97
Scoring by quarter: 17–25, 17–22, 22–25, 36–25
Pts: Harris 37 Rebs: Harris 18 Asts: Banchero 4		Pts: Durham 32 Rebs: Durham 14 Asts: Durham 6

Ynares Center, Antipolo Referees: N. Quilingen, M. Montoya, J. Narandan, N. Ranido

ESPN 5

November 13 7:00 pm

Box score

Alaska Aces 100, Meralco Bolts 95
Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 24–19, 27–20, 26–35
Pts: Harris 37 Rebs: Harris 19 Asts: Banchero 8		Pts: Durham 24 Rebs: Durham 9 Asts: Durham 12

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: P. Balao, R. Yante, B. Oliva, M. Flordeliza

ESPN 5

November 15 7:00 pm

Box score

Alaska Aces 104, Meralco Bolts 102
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 22–31, 28–21, 29–28
Pts: Harris 31 Rebs: Harris 24 Asts: Harris 7		Pts: Durham 37 Rebs: Durham 13 Asts: Durham 8

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Referees: N. Guevarra, E. Tangkion, M. Orioste, N. Ranido

ESPN 5

November 17 6:30 pm

Box score

Alaska Aces 99, Meralco Bolts 92
Scoring by quarter: 21–28, 26–20, 21–12, 31–32
Pts: Harris 27 Rebs: Harris 14 Asts: four players 3		Pts: Durham 31 Rebs: Durham 14 Asts: Newsome 7
Alaska wins series, 3–1

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

Finals

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ESPN 5

December 5 7:00 pm

Box score

Alaska Aces 84, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 100

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

ESPN 5

December 7 7:00 pm

Box score

Alaska Aces 71, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 77

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

ESPN 5

December 9 6:30 pm

Box score

Alaska Aces 100, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 71

Ynares Center, Antipolo

ESPN 5

December 12 7:00 pm

Box score

Alaska Aces 90, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 76

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

ESPN 5

December 14 7:00 pm

Box score

Alaska Aces 78, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 79

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

ESPN 5

December 19 7:00 pm

Box score

Alaska Aces 86, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 102

Magnolia wins series, 4–2

Ynares Center, Antipolo

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[2]	August 24 (vs. Meralco)	December 19 (vs. Magnolia)	14–8
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Justin Brownlee[3]	August 31 (vs. Columbian)	November 16 (vs. Magnolia)	11–5
Blackwater Elite	Henry Walker[4]	August 24 (vs. TNT)	November 6 (vs. Magnolia)	7–5
Columbian Dyip	Akeem Wright[3]	August 17 (vs. Meralco)	October 27 (vs. Blackwater)	1–10
Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	Romeo Travis[5]	August 22 (vs. NLEX)	December 19 (vs. Alaska)	16–6
Meralco Bolts	Allen Durham[2]	August 17 (vs. Columbian)	November 17 (vs. Alaska)	8–9
NLEX Road Warriors	Olu Ashaolu[6]	August 17 (vs. TNT)	August 22 (vs. Magnolia)	2–1
	Aaron Fuller[7]	August 29 (vs. Columbian)	November 6 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	3–6
NorthPort Batang Pier	Rashad Woods[8]	August 19 (vs. NLEX)	October 28 (vs. Alaska)	2–9
Phoenix Fuel Masters	Eugene Phelps[9]	August 22 (vs. Columbian)	November 9 (vs. Meralco)	8–5
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	J'Nathan Bullock[10]	September 22 (vs. TNT)	September 26 (vs. Magnolia)	0–2
	Terrence Watson[11]	October 3 (vs. Alaska)	October 27 (vs. San Miguel)	2–6
	No import	November 3 (vs. NLEX)		1–0
San Miguel Beermen	Arizona Reid[12]	September 1 (vs. NLEX)	September 23 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	2–2
	Kevin Murphy[13]	September 30 (vs. Magnolia)	November 7 (vs. Alaska)	4–4
TNT KaTropa	Mike Glover[14]	August 17 (vs. NLEX)	August 17 (vs. NLEX)	0–1
	No import	August 19 (vs. Meralco)		1–0
	Stacy Davis[15]	August 24 (vs. Blackwater)	September 2 (vs. Columbian)	1–3
	Marqus Blakely[16]	September 22 (vs. Rain or Shine)	November 4 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	2–3

Awards

Conference

• Best Player of the Conference: Paul Lee (Magnolia Hotshots)
• Best Import of the Conference: Mike Harris (Alaska Aces)
• Finals MVP: Mark Barroca (Magnolia Hotshots)

Players of the Week

Week	Player	Ref.
August 17–19	Mark Tallo (NLEX Road Warriors)	[17]
August 20–26	Simon Enciso (Alaska Aces)	[18]
August 27 – September 2	Christian Standhardinger (San Miguel Beermen)	[19]
September 17–23	John Pinto (Blackwater Elite)	[20]
September 24–30	Paul Lee (Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok)	[21]
October 1–7	Paul Zamar (Blackwater Elite)	[22]
October 8–14	Jio Jalalon (Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok)	[23]
October 15–21	Chris Banchero (Alaska Aces)	[24]
October 22–28	Christian Standhardinger (San Miguel Beermen)	[25]
October 29 – November 4	Chris Tiu (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)	[26]
November 5–11	Baser Amer (Meralco Bolts)	[27]