2019 PBA Governors' Cup

The 2019 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup also known as the 2019 Honda–PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons was the third and final conference of the 2019 PBA season. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'5".

2019 PBA Governors' Cup
Duration	September 20, 2019 – January 17, 2020
TV partner(s)	Local: ESPN 5 TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International
Finals
Champions	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Runners-up	Meralco Bolts
Awards
Best Player	Christian Standhardinger (NorthPort Batang Pier)
Best Import	Allen Durham (Meralco Bolts)
Finals MVP	Japeth Aguilar (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
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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	NLEX Road Warriors	8	3	.727[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	Meralco Bolts	8	3	.727[a]	—
3	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727[a]	—
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636	1
5	San Miguel Beermen	6	5	.545[b]	2	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	6	5	.545[b]	2
7	Alaska Aces	5	6	.455[c]	3
8	NorthPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455[c]	3
9	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	4	7	.364[d]	4
10	Kia Picanto	4	7	.364[d]	4
11	Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters	3	8	.273	5
12	Blackwater Elite	2	9	.182	6

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), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss^[1]>
Notes:

1. Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.090, Meralco 0.959, TNT 0.958
2. Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
3. Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 NorthPort
4. Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Columbian

Schedule

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

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

Results

Teams	ALA	BGSM	BWE	COL	MAG	MER	NLEX	NP	PHX	ROS	SMB	TNT
Alaska	—	83–102	101–91	110–117	90–95	75–101	106–90	106–99	105–102	78–71	83–109	93–99*
Barangay Ginebra		—	101–93	113–90	105–83	77–101	111–113*	96–98	101–103	98–89	129–124	96–93
Blackwater			—	90–102	95–89	97–106	109–115	107–98	117–120*	82–99	96–99*	107–135
Columbian				—	103–118	74–92	111–117	114–108	106–104	90–96	107–113	120–125
Magnolia					—	92–98	85–86	96–80	97–81	69–68	89–90	100–93
Meralco						—	99–105	103–89	111–94	81–83	125–99	113–116
NLEX							—	94–102	123–116	111–91	94–98	126–113
NorthPort								—	80–70	99–94	127–119	100–103
Phoenix Pulse									—	86–84	119–130	118–123
Rain or Shine										—	91–85	91–103
San Miguel											—	109–114
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	NLEX	90	123
	8	NorthPort	115	126***
							8	NorthPort	1
	(#4 twice-to-beat)
							4	Barangay Ginebra	3
	4	Barangay Ginebra		100
	5	San Miguel		97
												4	Barangay Ginebra	4
	(#2 twice-to-beat)
												2	Meralco	1
	2	Meralco		94
	7	Alaska		84
							2	Meralco	3
	(#3 twice-to-beat)
							3	TNT	2
	3	TNT		98
	6	Magnolia		97

*Game went into overtime

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Quarterfinals

(1) NLEX vs. (8) NorthPort

ESPN5

November 25 4:30 pm

Box score

NLEX Road Warriors 90, NorthPort Batang Pier 115
Scoring by quarter: 24–34, 16–27, 24–22, 26–32
Pts: Quiñahan 20 Rebs: Erram 10 Asts: Ravena 5		Pts: Qualls 39 Rebs: Qualls 16 Asts: Elorde 6

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilinguen, B. Oliva, R. Dacanay, A. Nubla

ESPN5

November 27 7:00 pm

Box score

NLEX Road Warriors 123, NorthPort Batang Pier 126 (3OT)
Scoring by quarter: 27–24, 29–19, 18–27, 25–29, Overtime: 9–9, 8–8, 7–10
Pts: Harris 43 Rebs: Harris 16 Asts: Ravena 6		Pts: Standhardinger 33 Rebs: Standhardinger 23 Asts: Standhardinger 7
NorthPort wins series in two games

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, J. Mariano, R. Dacanay, M. Flordeliza

(2) Meralco vs. (7) Alaska

ESPN5

November 24 4:30 pm

Box score

Meralco Bolts 94, Alaska Aces 84
Scoring by quarter: 29–12, 20–21, 24–30, 21–21
Pts: Durham 28 Rebs: Durham 16 Asts: Durham 8		Pts: Casio 20 Rebs: House 9 Asts: Ahanmisi 4
Meralco wins series in one game

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: J. Mariano, R. Yante, J. Narandan, J. Tantay

(3) TNT vs. (6) Magnolia

ESPN5

November 25 7:00 pm

Box score

TNT KaTropa 98, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 97
Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 26–28, 18–26, 32–17
Pts: Castro 30 Rebs: McDaniels 17 Asts: Castro 7		Pts: Travis 32 Rebs: Travis 26 Asts: Banchero 8
TNT wins series in one game

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, M. Montoya, M. Orioste, N. Cortez

(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) San Miguel

ESPN5

November 24 6:45 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 100, San Miguel Beermen 97
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 31–35, 24–25, 22–14
Pts: Brownlee 41 Rebs: Brownlee 11 Asts: Tenorio 7		Pts: Fajardo 24 Rebs: Fajardo 18 Asts: Cabagnot 6
Barangay Ginebra wins series in one game

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: S. Pineda, R. Gruta, J. Nicandro, J. Jarabejo

Semifinals

(2) Meralco vs. (3) TNT

ESPN5

December 15 6:30 pm

Box score

Meralco Bolts 94, TNT KaTropa 103
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 16–25, 20–30, 33–26
Pts: Durham 32 Rebs: Durham 21 Asts: Durham, Jackson 3		Pts: McDaniels 38 Rebs: McDaniels 14 Asts: Castro 7

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: S. Pineda, R. Yante, J. Tantay, J. Baldago

ESPN5

December 17 7:00 pm

Box score

Meralco Bolts 114, TNT KaTropa 94
Scoring by quarter: 35–16, 28–13, 26–37, 25–28
Pts: Durham 44 Rebs: Durham 19 Asts: Durham 11		Pts: McDaniels 51 Rebs: McDaniels 9 Asts: McDaniels, Parks 3

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: J. Mariano, R. Gruta, R. Dacanay, A. Nubla

ESPN5

December 19 7:00 pm

Box score

Meralco Bolts 97, TNT KaTropa 101
Scoring by quarter: 29–23, 22–19, 20–35, 26–24
Pts: Durham 32 Rebs: Durham 19 Asts: Durham 7		Pts: Rosario 25 Rebs: McDaniels 14 Asts: Castro 10

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, S. Pineda, M. Montoya, J. Jarabejo

ESPN5

December 21 6:30 pm

Box score

Meralco Bolts 95, TNT KaTropa 83
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 33–21, 22–23, 22–15
Pts: Durham 36 Rebs: Durham 19 Asts: Amer 7		Pts: McDaniels 26 Rebs: McDaniels 9 Asts: Castro 7

Ynares Center, Antipolo Referees: N. Quilingen, R. Dacanay, M. Flordeliza, J. Narandan

ESPN5

December 23 7:00 pm

Box score

Meralco Bolts 89, TNT KaTropa 78
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 15–19, 29–19, 23–17
Pts: Durham 28 Rebs: Durham 10 Asts: Durham 8		Pts: McDaniels 30 Rebs: McDaniels 13 Asts: Castro, Parks 4
Meralco wins series, 3–2

Ynares Center, Antipolo Referees: P. Balao, S. Pineda, R. Gruta, J. Tantay

(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (8) NorthPort

ESPN5

December 14 6:30 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 90, NorthPort Batang Pier 124
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 17–31, 29–27, 22–46
Pts: Brownlee 24 Rebs: Brownlee 19 Asts: Brownlee 6		Pts: Qualls 38 Rebs: Qualls, Standhardinger 15 Asts: Standhardinger 6

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilinguen, R. Dacanay, M. Flordeliza, J. Nicandro

ESPN5

December 16 7:00 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 113, NorthPort Batang Pier 88
Scoring by quarter: 31–18, 31–26, 32–26, 19–18
Pts: Pringle 23 Rebs: J. Aguilar 12 Asts: Thompson 6		Pts: Qualls 20 Rebs: Anthony 11 Asts: Elorde 7

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, R. Gruta, B. Oliva, A. Nubla

ESPN5

December 18 7:00 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 132, NorthPort Batang Pier 105
Scoring by quarter: 36–31, 28–17, 36–24, 32–33
Pts: Brownlee 41 Rebs: Brownlee 11 Asts: Thompson 8		Pts: Qualls 32 Rebs: Qualls 10 Asts: Elorde 8

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: J. Mariano, S. Pineda, M. Flordeliza, J. Narandan

ESPN5

December 20 7:00 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 120, NorthPort Batang Pier 107
Scoring by quarter: 32–21, 24–18, 30–36, 34–32
Pts: Brownlee 36 Rebs: Brownlee 19 Asts: Brownlee 8		Pts: Standhardinger 32 Rebs: Standhardinger 15 Asts: Qualls, Standhardinger 7
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 3–1

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

Finals

Main article: 2019 PBA Governors' Cup Finals

ESPN5

January 7, 2020 7:00 pm

Box score

Meralco Bolts 87, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 91

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

ESPN5

January 10, 2020 7:00 pm

Box score

Meralco Bolts 104, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 102

Quezon Convention Center, Lucena

ESPN5

January 12, 2020 6:30 pm

Box score

Meralco Bolts 84, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 92

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

ESPN5

January 15, 2020 7:00 pm

Box score

Meralco Bolts 72, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 94

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

ESPN5

January 17, 2020 7:00 pm

Box score

Meralco Bolts 93, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 105

Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–1

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	Justin Watts[2]	September 20 (vs. Columbian)	September 22 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	0–2
	No import	September 29 (vs. San Miguel)		0–1
	Franko House[3]	October 4 (vs. Meralco)	November 24 (vs. Meralco)	5–4
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Justin Brownlee[4]	September 22 (vs. Alaska)	January 17 (vs. Meralco)	15–6
Blackwater Elite	Marqus Blakely[5][6]	September 25 (vs. TNT)	November 15 (vs. Phoenix)	2–8
	Aaron Fuller[7][6]	October 11 (vs. Columbian)		0–1
Columbian Dyip	Khapri Alston[4]	September 20 (vs. Alaska)	November 15 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	4–7
Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	Romeo Travis[4]	September 21 (vs. Meralco)	November 25 (vs. TNT)	6–5
	No import	October 16 (vs. Blackwater)		0–1
Meralco Bolts	Allen Durham[4]	September 21 (vs. Magnolia)	January 17 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	13–9
NLEX Road Warriors	Olu Ashaolu[4]	September 21 (vs. Phoenix)	October 5 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	4–1
	Manny Harris[8]	October 16 (vs. Columbian)	November 27 (vs. NorthPort)	4–4
NorthPort Batang Pier	Mychal Ammons[9]	September 20 (vs. Rain or Shine)	October 12 (vs. Phoenix)	2–4
	Michael Qualls[10]	October 23 (vs. San Miguel)	December 20 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	6–5
Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters	Eugene Phelps[4]	September 21 (vs. NLEX)	October 12 (vs. NorthPort)	2–5
	Alonzo Gee[11]	October 25 (vs. Columbian)	November 15 (vs. Blackwater)	1–3
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Joel Wright[12]	September 20 (vs. NorthPort)	September 28 (vs. TNT)	1–2
	Kayel Locke[13]	October 4 (vs. Magnolia)	October 13 (vs. Alaska)	0–3
	Kwame Alexander[14]	October 23 (vs. Blackwater)	October 26 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	1–1
	Richard Ross[15]	October 30 (vs. NLEX)	November 17 (vs. Meralco)	2–1
San Miguel Beermen	Dez Wells[4]	September 25 (vs. Phoenix)	October 27 (vs. Meralco)	5–3
	No import	November 6 (vs. Blackwater)		1–0
	John Holland[16]	November 9 (vs. Rain or Shine)	November 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	0–3
TNT KaTropa	K. J. McDaniels[4]	September 25 (vs. Blackwater)	December 23 (vs. Meralco)	11–6

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:

• Best Player of the Conference: Christian Standhardinger (NorthPort Batang Pier)
• Best Import of the Conference: Allen Durham (Meralco Bolts)
• Finals MVP: Japeth Aguilar (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)

Players of the Week

Week	Player	Ref.
September 20–22	Raymond Almazan (Meralco Bolts)	[17]
September 23–29	Kiefer Ravena (NLEX Road Warriors)	[18]
September 30 – October 6	Baser Amer (Meralco Bolts)	[19]
October 7–13	Troy Rosario (TNT KaTropa) Jeron Teng (Alaska Aces)	[20]
October 14–20	June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen) Raymond Almazan (Meralco Bolts)	[21]
October 21–27	Christian Standhardinger (NorthPort Batang Pier)	[22]
October 28 – November 3	Vic Manuel (Alaska Aces)	[23]
November 4–10	Anjo Caram (Meralco Bolts)	[24]

Statistics

Individual statistical leaders

Local players

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points per game	CJ Perez	Columbian Dyip	23.2
Rebounds per game	June Mar Fajardo	San Miguel Beermen	14.0
Assists per game	Kiefer Ravena	NLEX Road Warriors	7.8
Steals per game	CJ Perez	Columbian Dyip	2.5
Blocks per game	John Paul Erram	NLEX Road Warriors	2.2
Turnovers per game	CJ Perez	Columbian Dyip	4.1
Fouls per game	Beau Belga	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	4.1
Minutes per game	CJ Perez	Columbian Dyip	39.9
FG%	Japeth Aguilar	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	59.2%
FT%	LA Tenorio	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	95.5%
3FG%	Von Pessumal	San Miguel Beermen	45.0%
Double-doubles	June Mar Fajardo	San Miguel Beermen	12
Triple-doubles	Chris Newsome	Meralco Bolts	1

Import players

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points per game	Dez Wells	San Miguel Beermen	37.1
Rebounds per game	Khapri Alston	Columbian Dyip	18.2
Assists per game	Justin Brownlee	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6.8
Steals per game	Marqus Blakely	Blackwater Elite	3.5
Blocks per game	K. J. McDaniels	TNT KaTropa	3.4
Turnovers per game	K. J. McDaniels	TNT KaTropa	4.6
Fouls per game	Franko House	Alaska Aces	4.9
Minutes per game	Michael Qualls	NorthPort Batang Pier	46.2
FG%	Dez Wells	San Miguel Beermen	54.7%
FT%	Dez Wells	San Miguel Beermen	85.1%
3FG%	Marqus Blakely	Blackwater Elite	40.0%
Double-doubles	Allen Durham	Meralco Bolts	22
Triple-doubles	Justin Brownlee	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	4

Individual game highs

Local players

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points	Bobby Ray Parks Jr.	Blackwater Elite	39
Rebounds	Raymond Almazan	Meralco Bolts	24
Assists	Kiefer Ravena	NLEX Road Warriors	17
Steals	Chris Ross	San Miguel Beermen	7
Blocks	Ian Sangalang	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	7
	Japeth Aguilar	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Three point field goals	Rashawn McCarthy	Columbian Dyip	7
	Troy Rosario	TNT KaTropa

Import players

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points	Dez Wells	San Miguel Beermen	56
Rebounds	Allen Durham	Meralco Bolts	27
Assists	Justin Brownlee	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	14
Steals	Manny Harris	NLEX Road Warriors	7
Blocks	Marqus Blakely	Blackwater Elite	8
Three point field goals	Manny Harris	NLEX Road Warriors	6
	K. J. McDaniels (twice)	TNT KaTropa
	Justin Brownlee	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel

Team statistical leaders

Category	Team	Statistic
Points per game	NLEX Road Warriors	106.7
Rebounds per game	Columbian Dyip	48.9
Assists per game	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	26.6
Steals per game	Columbian Dyip	9.7
Blocks per game	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5.1
Turnovers per game	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	16.8
FG%	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	48.0%
FT%	NLEX Road Warriors	79.6%
3FG%	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	36.5%