2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals

The 2019 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and the TNT KaTropa competed for the 19th Commissioner's Cup championship and the 126th overall championship contested by the league.^[1]

2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals

Team Coach Wins (7) San Miguel Beermen Leo Austria 4 (1) TNT KaTropa Bong Ravena 2
Dates	August 4–16, 2019
MVP	Terrence Romeo (San Miguel Beermen)
Television	Local: ESPN5 5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International
Announcers	see Broadcast notes
Radio network	Radyo5 (DWFM)
Announcers	see Broadcast notes
Referees
Game 1: N. Quilingen, S. Pineda, J. Narandan, M. Orioste Game 2: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, M. Montoya, A. Nubla Game 3: J. Mariano, R. Gruta, M. Flordeliza, J. Tantay Game 4: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, A. Nubla, J. Baldago Game 5: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, J. Nicandro, J. Baldago Game 6: P. Balao, S. Pineda, R. Dacanay, A. Nubla

The Beermen ties the Barangay Ginebra Kings to become the second 7th seed team and the lowest seed to win a PBA championship since Barangay Ginebra did it in the 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference.^[2]

Background

Further information: 2019 San Miguel Beermen season § Commissioner's Cup, and 2019 TNT KaTropa season § Commissioner's Cup

Road to the finals

Main article: 2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup

San Miguel Beermen		TNT KaTropa
Finished 5–6 (.455): Tied with Magnolia and Rain or Shine in 5th place	Elimination round		Finished 10–1 (.909) in 1st place
Head-to-head quotient: Magnolia 1.19, Rain or Shine 1.01, San Miguel 0.83 (7th place)	Tiebreaker		—
Def. NorthPort in two games (twice-to-win disadvantage)	Quarterfinals		Def. Alaska in two games (twice-to-beat advantage)
Def. Rain or Shine, 3–1	Semifinals		Def. Barangay Ginebra, 3–1

Head-to-head matchup

ESPN5

June 8 6:45 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 97, TNT KaTropa 110
Scoring by quarter: 20–35, 21–22, 23–30, 33–23
Pts: Pessumal 24 Rebs: Fajardo 13 Asts: Ross 8		Pts: Jones 30 Rebs: Jones 18 Asts: Castro 15

Ynares Center, Antipolo Referees: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, M. Orioste, N. Cortez

Series summary

Game	Date	Venue	Winner	Result
Game 1	August 4	Smart Araneta Coliseum	TNT	109–96
Game 2	August 7		San Miguel	127–125 (2OT)
Game 3	August 9		TNT	115–105
Game 4	August 11		San Miguel	106–101
Game 5	August 14		San Miguel	99–94
Game 6	August 16		San Miguel	102–90

Game summaries

Game 1

ESPN5

August 4 6:30 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 96, TNT KaTropa 109
Scoring by quarter: 19–35, 23–25, 30–27, 24–22
Pts: McCullough 33 Rebs: McCullough 15 Asts: Ross 7		Pts: Jones 41 Rebs: Jones 12 Asts: Jones 8
TNT leads series, 1–0

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilingen, S. Pineda, J. Narandan, M. Orioste

Game 2

ESPN5

August 7 7:00 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 127, TNT KaTropa 125 (2OT)
Scoring by quarter: 32–25, 27–20, 25–32, 22–29, Overtime: 8–8, 13–11
Pts: McCullough 32 Rebs: McCullough 22 Asts: Cabagnot, McCullough 7		Pts: Rosario 34 Rebs: Jones 13 Asts: Castro 12
Series tied, 1–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, M. Montoya, A. Nubla

Game 3

ESPN5

August 9 7:00 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 105, TNT KaTropa 115
Scoring by quarter: 33–18, 17–37, 28–31, 27–29
Pts: Fajardo, McCullough 27 Rebs: Fajardo, McCullough 13 Asts: Romeo, Ross 5		Pts: Jones 37 Rebs: Jones 18 Asts: Jones 9
TNT leads series, 2–1

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

Game 4

ESPN5

August 11 6:35 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 106, TNT KaTropa 101
Scoring by quarter: 31–22, 20–30, 31–17, 24–32
Pts: McCullough 27 Rebs: McCullough 22 Asts: Ross 8		Pts: Jones 32 Rebs: Jones 16 Asts: Castro 8
Series tied, 2–2

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 13,578 Referees: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, A. Nubla, J. Baldago

Game 5

ESPN5

August 14 7:00 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 99, TNT KaTropa 94
Scoring by quarter: 22–28, 23–21, 24–31, 30 –14
Pts: McCullough 35 Rebs: McCullough 22 Asts: Romeo 5		Pts: Jones 35 Rebs: Jones 17 Asts: Jones 8
San Miguel leads series, 3–2

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

Game 6

ESPN5

August 16 7:00 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 102, TNT KaTropa 90
Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 19–16, 29–28, 28–27
Pts: McCullough 35 Rebs: Fajardo, McCullough 13 Asts: Romeo, Ross 7		Pts: Jones 41 Rebs: Jones 12 Asts: Castro 6
San Miguel wins series, 4–2

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 12,447 Referees: P. Balao, S. Pineda, R. Dacanay, A. Nubla

Rosters

San Miguel Beermen roster

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Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F/C 1 Chris McCullough (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1995–02–05 Syracuse F/C 2 Billy Mamaril 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1980–06–25 Bakersfield G/F 3 Von Pessumal 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1993–02–12 Ateneo G 5 Alex Cabagnot 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1982–12–08 Hawaiʻi–Hilo G 6 Chris Ross 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1985–03–09 Marshall G 7 Terrence Romeo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 1992–03–16 Far Eastern G 12 Paul Zamar 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1987–10–20 UE G/F 13 Marcio Lassiter  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1987–05–16 Cal State Fullerton C 15 June Mar Fajardo 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 268 lb (122 kg) 1989–11–17 Cebu G/F 18 Louie Vigil 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 1991–09–26 UST G/F 22 Matt Ganuelas-Rosser 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1990–06–13 Cal Poly Pomona G 26 Chico Lanete 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1979–08–01 Lyceum F 29 Arwind Santos (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1981–06–10 Far Eastern F/C 30 Kelly Nabong 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1988–11–17 SRJC F/C 34 Christian Standhardinger 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989–07–04 Hawaiʻi G/F 71 Ronald Tubid 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1981–10–15 UE C 95 Yancy de Ocampo (IN) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1980–03–11 Saint Francis of Assisi	Head coach Leo Austria Assistant coach(es) Peter Martin (1st assistant) Ato Agustin Jimmy Alapag Jorge Gallent Dayong Mendoza Biboy Ravanes Boyzie Zamar Team manager Gee Abanilla Daniel Henares (assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

TNT KaTropa roster

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Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 0 Brian Heruela 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1989–04–13 Cebu F 1 Terrence Jones (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1992–01–09 Kentucky F 4 Harvey Carey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1979–03–18 Sonoma State F/C 5 Frank Golla 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 290 lb (132 kg) 1990–01–17 Ateneo G/F 6 Don Trollano 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1992–01–07 Adamson G 10 Ryan Reyes 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1983–08–10 Cal State Fullerton F/C 12 Marion Magat 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1989–10–22 National-U F 13 Anthony Semerad 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1991–04–25 San Beda F 14 David Semerad 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1991–04–25 San Beda G/F 16 Roger Pogoy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1992–06–16 Far Eastern G 17 Jayson Castro (C) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1986–06–30 Philippine Christian F/C 18 Troy Rosario 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1992–01–20 National-U F/C 19 Ken Bono 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 280 lb (127 kg) 1984–06–19 Adamson F/C 21 Kelly Williams (IN) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1982–02–07 Oakland F 32 Jay Washington 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1981–10–10 Eckerd G 40 John Karlo Casiño 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Centro Escolar C 99 Yousef Taha 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1988–07–08 Mapúa	Head coach Bong Ravena Assistant coach(es) Sandy Arespacochaga (1st assistant) Yurri Escueta Alton Lister Joshua Reyes Mark Dickel (consultant) Team manager Gabby Cui Miguel Fernandez (assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

Broadcast notes

The Philippine Cup finals were aired on TV5 with simulcasts on PBA Rush (both in standard and high definition). 5's radio arm, Radyo5 provided the radio play-by-play coverage.

ESPN5 will also provide online livestreaming via their official YouTube account using the TV5 feed.

The PBA Rush broadcast will provide English-language coverage of the finals.

Game	ESPN5			PBA Rush (English)
	Play-by-play	Analyst(s)	Courtside reporters	Play-by-play	Analyst(s)	Courtside reporters
Game 1	Sev Sarmenta	Dominic Uy	Carla Lizardo	Carlo Pamintuan	Andy Jao	Bea Escudero
Game 2	Chuck Araneta	Quinito Henson	Denise Tan	Carlo Pamintuan	Alex Compton	Bea Escudero
Game 3	Charlie Cuna	Andy Jao	Apple David	Chiqui Reyes	Richard del Rosario	Bea Escudero
Game 4	Magoo Marjon	Quinito Henson	Rizza Diaz	Carlo Pamintuan	Dominic Uy	Bea Escudero
Game 5	Sev Sarmenta	Ryan Gregorio	Selina Dagdag	Paolo del Rosario	Norman Black	Bea Escudero
Game 6	Charlie Cuna	Dominic Uy	Carla Lizardo	Carlo Pamintuan	Ryan Gregorio	Bea Escudero

• Additional Game 6 crew:
  • Trophy presentation: James Velazquez
  • Dugout celebration interviewer: Lyn Olavario