2023 PBA Governors' Cup

2023 PBA Governors' Cup
2023 PBA Governors' Cup
Duration	January 22 – April 21, 2023
TV partner(s)	Local: ; One Sports ; TV5 ; PBA Rush (HD) ; International: ; AksyonTV International; iWantTFC
Finals
Champions	TNT Tropang Giga
Runners-up	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Awards
Best Player	Christian Standhardinger; (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
Best Import	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson; (TNT Tropang Giga)
Finals MVP	Mikey Williams; (TNT Tropang Giga)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
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The 2023 PBA Governors' Cup was the third and final conference of the 2022–23 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 21st edition of the Governors' Cup started on January 22 and ended on April 21, 2023. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m). Sponsored by Japanese automotive company Honda, the conference is officially known as the 2023 Honda PBA Governors' Cup.

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 (#3 twice-to-beat)
- QF4: #4 vs #5 (#4 twice-to-beat)
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	TNT Tropang Giga	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818	1
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	3	.727	2
4	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636^[a]	3
5	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	7	4	.636^[a]	3	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	NLEX Road Warriors	7	4	.636^[a]	3
7	Converge FiberXers	6	5	.545	4
8	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	4	7	.364	6
9	NorthPort Batang Pier	3	8	.273	7
10	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	2	9	.182	8
11	Terrafirma Dyip	2	9	.182	8
12	Blackwater Bossing	1	10	.091	9

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:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.099, Magnolia 1.0741, NLEX 0.86

Schedule

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Barangay Ginebra	ROS	NLEX	NP	MAG	SMB	BWB	MER	PHX	CON	TER	TNT
Blackwater	NLEX	PHX	SMB	MER	TER	ROS	TNT	BGSM	CON	NP	MAG
Converge	NP	TER	MAG	ROS	TNT	SMB	NLEX	BWB	PHX	MER	BGSM
Magnolia	CON	TNT	SMB	PHX	BGSM	NLEX	ROS	MER	NP	TER	BWB
Meralco	ROS	NP	TER	BWB	SMB	TNT	NLEX	MAG	BGSM	CON	PHX
NLEX	BWB	NP	TNT	PHX	BGSM	MAG	CON	MER	ROS	TER	SMB
NorthPort	CON	MER	NLEX	PHX	BGSM	SMB	TER	BWB	MAG	ROS	TNT
Phoenix Super LPG	TNT	BWB	SMB	NP	NLEX	MAG	TER	CON	ROS	BGSM	MER
Rain or Shine	MER	TNT	CON	BGSM	BWB	TER	MAG	NLEX	PHX	NP	SMB
San Miguel	PHX	BWB	TER	MAG	MER	CON	NP	BGSM	TNT	NLEX	ROS
Terrafirma	CON	MER	SMB	BWB	TNT	ROS	PHX	NP	NLEX	MAG	BGSM
TNT	PHX	ROS	NLEX	MAG	CON	TER	BWB	MER	SMB	NP	BGSM

Source: PBA.ph
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

Results

Teams	BGSM	BWB	CON	MAG	MER	NLEX	NP	PHX	ROS	SMB	TER	TNT
Barangay Ginebra	—	119–93	120–101	88–118	112–107	114–111	115–100	109–89	116–108	99–102	109–104	105–114
Blackwater		—	90–98	95–110	99–125	102–124	104–110	108–105	117–122	86–105	106–119	116–138
Converge			—	111–109	129–132*	112–116	122–92	103–106	112–98	107–103	130–115	122–128
Magnolia				—	84–86	119–103	129–109	108–95	112–97	98–100	121–115*	85–93
Meralco					—	114–98	107–102	92–86	105–87	86–94	88–96	104–111
NLEX						—	121–112	98–94	110–99	106–120	142–125	110–108
NorthPort							—	97–108	113–97	132–145	115–100	110–134
Phoenix Super LPG								—	114–106	93–114	125–100	119–123
Rain or Shine									—	129–116	120–118	100–105
San Miguel										—	122–102	103–105
Terrafirma											—	109–131
TNT												—

Source: PBA.ph results, PBA.ph schedule
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	TNT	132

8	Phoenix Super LPG	105
			1	TNT	3
(#4 twice-to-beat)
			4	Meralco	1
4	Meralco	113*

5	Magnolia	107
						1	TNT	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
						3	Barangay Ginebra	2
2	San Miguel	121

7	Converge	105
			2	San Miguel	0
(#3 twice-to-beat)
			3	Barangay Ginebra	3
3	Barangay Ginebra	127

6	NLEX	93

*Game went into overtime

Quarterfinals

All match-ups had the higher-seeded team having the twice-to-beat advantage, where they had to be beaten twice, and their opponents just once, to advance.

2023 PBA Governors' Cup

Format

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Results

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) TNT vs. (8) Phoenix Super LPG

(2) San Miguel vs. (7) Converge

(3) Barangay Ginebra vs. (6) NLEX

(4) Meralco vs. (5) Magnolia

Semifinals

(1) TNT vs. (4) Meralco

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

Finals

Imports

Awards

Players of the Week

Statistics

Individual statistical leaders

Local players

Import players

Individual game highs

Local players

Import players

Team statistical leaders

Notes

References

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