2023 PBA Governors' Cup

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.

2023 PBA Governors' Cup
DurationJanuary 22 – April 21, 2023
TV partner(s)Local:
One Sports
TV5
PBA Rush (HD)
International:
AksyonTV International
iWantTFC[note 1]
Finals
ChampionsTNT Tropang Giga
Runners-upBarangay Ginebra San Miguel
Awards
Best PlayerChristian Standhardinger
(Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
Best ImportRondae Hollis-Jefferson
(TNT Tropang Giga)
Finals MVPMikey Williams
(TNT Tropang Giga)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

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 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[lower-alpha 1] 3
5 Magnolia Hotshots 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 1] 3 Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6 NLEX Road Warriors 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 1] 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:
  1. Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.099, Magnolia 1.0741, NLEX 0.86

Schedule
Team ╲ Game1234567891011
Barangay GinebraROSNLEXNPMAGSMBBWBMERPHXCONTERTNT
BlackwaterNLEXPHXSMBMERTERROSTNTBGSMCONNPMAG
ConvergeNPTERMAGROSTNTSMBNLEXBWBPHXMERBGSM
MagnoliaCONTNTSMBPHXBGSMNLEXROSMERNPTERBWB
MeralcoROSNPTERBWBSMBTNTNLEXMAGBGSMCONPHX
NLEXBWBNPTNTPHXBGSMMAGCONMERROSTERSMB
NorthPortCONMERNLEXPHXBGSMSMBTERBWBMAGROSTNT
Phoenix Super LPGTNTBWBSMBNPNLEXMAGTERCONROSBGSMMER
Rain or ShineMERTNTCONBGSMBWBTERMAGNLEXPHXNPSMB
San MiguelPHXBWBTERMAGMERCONNPBGSMTNTNLEXROS
TerrafirmaCONMERSMBBWBTNTROSPHXNPNLEXMAGBGSM
TNTPHXROSNLEXMAGCONTERBWBMERSMBNPBGSM
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
QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-5)		Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1TNT132
8Phoenix Super LPG105
1TNT3
(#4 twice-to-beat)
4Meralco1
4Meralco113*
5Magnolia107
1TNT4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
3Barangay Ginebra2
2San Miguel121
7Converge105
2San Miguel0
(#3 twice-to-beat)
3Barangay Ginebra3
3Barangay Ginebra127
6NLEX93

*Game went into overtime

Quarterfinals

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

(1) TNT vs. (8) Phoenix Super LPG
March 22
3:00 pm
TNT Tropang Giga 132, Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 105
Scoring by quarter: 38–41, 28–23, 34–19, 32–22
Pts: Pogoy 25
Rebs: Hollis-Jefferson 12
Asts: Hollis-Jefferson 10		 Pts: Maxwell 23
Rebs: Maxwell 10
Asts: Mocon 4
TNT wins series in one game
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Jimmy Mariano, Mike Flordeliza, Janine Nicandro, Charlie Amparado

(2) San Miguel vs. (7) Converge
March 19
4:30 pm
San Miguel Beermen 121, Converge FiberXers 105
Scoring by quarter: 34–27, 23–31, 37–24, 27–23
Pts: Clark 40
Rebs: Clark 13
Asts: Perez, Ross 5		 Pts: Vodanovich 39
Rebs: Vodanovich 10
Asts: Ahanmisi, Stockton 4
San Miguel wins series in one game
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Sherwin Pineda, Bing Oliva, Joel Baldago, Jonathan Tangkion

(3) Barangay Ginebra vs. (6) NLEX
March 19
6:45 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 127, NLEX Road Warriors 93
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 38–19, 37–26, 34–31
Pts: Brownlee 31
Rebs: Brownlee 13
Asts: Pinto, Thompson 7		 Pts: Anthony 16
Rebs: Ganuelas-Rosser 10
Asts: Rosales 6
Barangay Ginebra wins series in one game
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Nol Quilingen, Mike Flordeliza, Janine Nicandro, Kenny Hallig

(4) Meralco vs. (5) Magnolia
March 22
5:45 pm
Meralco Bolts 113, Magnolia Hotshots 107 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 25–28, 29–29, 20–18, Overtime: 17–11
Pts: Newsome 33
Rebs: Black 12
Asts: Newsome 7		 Pts: Lee 22
Rebs: Hester 19
Asts: Abueva 4
Meralco wins series in one game
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Sherwin Pineda, Mardy Montoya, Don Al de Dios

Semifinals

All match-ups are best-of-five playoffs.

(1) TNT vs. (4) Meralco
March 24
5:45 pm
TNT Tropang Giga 110, Meralco Bolts 80
Scoring by quarter: 31–19, 26–26, 35–21, 18–14
Pts: Hollis-Jefferson 22
Rebs: Hollis-Jefferson 13
Asts: Hollis-Jefferson 12		 Pts: McDaniels 12
Rebs: McDaniels 14
Asts: Black 5
Ynares Center, Antipolo
Referees: Peter Balao, Bing Oliva, Joel Baldago, Charlie Amparado
March 26
4:30 pm
TNT Tropang Giga 117, Meralco Bolts 124 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 30–35, 19–24, 37–27, 26–26, Overtime: 5–12
Pts: M. Williams 29
Rebs: Hollis-Jefferson 15
Asts: Hollis-Jefferson 9		 Pts: McDaniels 39
Rebs: McDaniels 20
Asts: Black 10
Ynares Center, Antipolo
Referees: Rommel Gruta, Mardy Montoya, Mike Flordeliza, Jonathan Tangkion
March 29
5:45 pm
TNT Tropang Giga 99, Meralco Bolts 80
Scoring by quarter: 30–15, 26–15, 19–29, 24–21
Pts: Hollis-Jefferson 40
Rebs: Hollis-Jefferson 13
Asts: three players 3		 Pts: McDaniels 30
Rebs: Black 11
Asts: Newsome 5
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Jerry Narandan, Albert Nubla, Kenny Hallig
March 31
5:45 pm
TNT Tropang Giga 107, Meralco Bolts 92
Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 31–27, 30–26, 24–17
Pts: Hollis-Jefferson 42
Rebs: Hollis-Jefferson 11
Asts: Pogoy 4		 Pts: McDaniels 37
Rebs: McDaniels 12
Asts: Black 7
TNT wins series, 3–1
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Sherwin Pineda, Rommel Gruta, Mardy Montoya, Erwin Traballo

(2) San Miguel vs. (3) Barangay Ginebra
March 24
3:00 pm
San Miguel Beermen 112, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 121
Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 25–37, 33–33, 32–26
Pts: Clark 26
Rebs: Tautuaa 10
Asts: Enciso 6		 Pts: Standhardinger 33
Rebs: Brownlee 12
Asts: Thompson 7
Ynares Center, Antipolo
Referees: Jimmy Mariano, Rommel Gruta, Jerry Narandan, Kenny Hallig
March 26
6:45 pm
San Miguel Beermen 103, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 121
Scoring by quarter: 24–31, 21–32, 27–31, 31–27
Pts: Clark 23
Rebs: Clark 17
Asts: Ross 8		 Pts: Brownlee, Standhardinger 32
Rebs: Thompson 11
Asts: Thompson 11
Ynares Center, Antipolo
Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Bing Oliva, Albert Nubla, Charlie Amparado
March 29
3:00 pm
San Miguel Beermen 85, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 87
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 34–21, 20–20, 15–29
Pts: Clark 16
Rebs: Clark 10
Asts: Enciso 5		 Pts: Brownlee 22
Rebs: Standhardinger 17
Asts: Standhardinger 7
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 3–0
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Peter Balao, Mardy Montoya, Janine Nicandro, Don Al de Dios

Finals
Main article: 2023 PBA Governors' Cup Finals

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.

TeamNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Barangay Ginebra San MiguelUnited States Justin BrownleeFebruary 5 (vs. Rain or Shine)April 21 (vs. TNT)14–7
Blackwater BossingUnited States Shawn GloverJanuary 25 (vs. NLEX)March 8 (vs. Magnolia)1–7
United States Troy WilliamsFebruary 9 (vs. Terrafirma)February 15 (vs. TNT)0–3
Converge FiberXersNew Zealand Ethan RusbatchJanuary 22 (vs. NorthPort)1–0
United States Jamaal FranklinJanuary 26 (vs. Terrafirma)March 5 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)5–5
New Zealand Tom VodanovichMarch 19 (vs. San Miguel)0–1
Magnolia HotshotsUnited States Erik McCreeJanuary 29 (vs. Converge)February 5 (vs. San Miguel)0–3
United States Antonio HesterFebruary 10 (vs. Phoenix)March 22 (vs. Meralco)7–2
Meralco BoltsUnited States K. J. McDanielsJanuary 22 (vs. Rain or Shine)March 31 (vs. TNT)9–7
NLEX Road WarriorsUnited States Jonathon SimmonsJanuary 25 (vs. Blackwater)February 4 (vs. Phoenix)4–0
United States Wayne Selden Jr.February 8 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)March 15 (vs. San Miguel)3–4
No importMarch 19 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)0–1
NorthPort Batang PierUnited States Marcus WeathersJanuary 22 (vs. Converge)February 2 (vs. Phoenix)0–4
United States Kevin Murphy February 10 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)March 15 (vs. TNT)3–4
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel MastersUnited States Du'Vaughn MaxwellJanuary 25 (vs. TNT)March 22 (vs. TNT)4–8
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersUnited States Michael QuallsJanuary 22 (vs. Meralco)February 5 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)0–4
United States Greg Smith IIFebruary 12 (vs. Blackwater)February 25 (vs. NLEX)1–2
No importFebruary 16 (vs. Terrafirma), March 1 (vs. Phoenix), March 4 (vs. NorthPort), March 17 (vs. San Miguel)1–3
San Miguel BeermenUnited States Cameron ClarkJanuary 29 (vs. Phoenix)March 29 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)10–5
Terrafirma DyipUnited States Jordan WilliamsJanuary 26 (vs. Converge)March 8 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)2–9
TNT Tropang GigaUnited States Jalen HudsonJanuary 25 (vs. Phoenix)February 11 (vs. Terrafirma)5–1
United States Rondae Hollis-JeffersonFebruary 15 (vs. Blackwater)April 21 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)13–3
Sources:[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Awards

Players of the Week
Week Player Ref.
January 22–29 Maverick Ahanmisi (Converge FiberXers) [22]
February 1–5 CJ Perez (San Miguel Beermen) [23]
February 8–12 Mark Barroca (Magnolia Hotshots) [24]
February 15–19 Calvin Oftana (TNT Tropang Giga) [25]
February 22–26 Encho Serrano (Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters) [26]
March 1–5 Christian Standhardinger (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) [27]
March 8 & 15–19 CJ Perez (San Miguel Beermen) [28]
March 22–26 Christian Standhardinger (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) [29]

Statistics

Local players
CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic
Points per gameJuami TiongsonTerrafirma Dyip23.3
Rebounds per gameJune Mar FajardoSan Miguel Beermen12.8
Assists per gameSimon EncisoSan Miguel Beermen7.7
Steals per gameJio JalalonMagnolia Hotshots2.5
Blocks per gameBrandon Ganuelas-RosserNLEX Road Warriors2.1
Turnovers per gameChristian StandhardingerBarangay Ginebra San Miguel3.3
Fouls per gameBeau BelgaRain or Shine Elasto Painters4.4
Minutes per gameChristian StandhardingerBarangay Ginebra San Miguel37.1
FG%Tyrus HillBlackwater Bossing75.0%
FT%Allein MaliksiMeralco Bolts94.6%
3FG%Anjo CaramMeralco Bolts56.3%
Double-doublesChristian StandhardingerBarangay Ginebra San Miguel13
Triple-doublesScottie ThompsonBarangay Ginebra San Miguel2

Import players
CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic
Points per gameKevin MurphyNorthPort Batang Pier36.7
Rebounds per gameK. J. McDanielsMeralco Bolts16.6
Assists per gameJustin BrownleeBarangay Ginebra San Miguel7.4
Steals per gameJordan WilliamsTerrafirma Dyip2.5
Blocks per gameDu'Vaughn MaxwellPhoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters3.2
Turnovers per gameJamaal FranklinConverge FiberXers5.2
Fouls per gameWayne Selden Jr.NLEX Road Warriors3.7
Minutes per gameWayne Selden Jr.NLEX Road Warriors44.6
FG%Antonio HesterMagnolia Hotshots64.0%
FT%Justin BrownleeBarangay Ginebra San Miguel91.7%
3FG%Kevin MurphyNorthPort Batang Pier41.3%
Double-doublesK. J. McDanielsMeralco Bolts16
Triple-doublesRondae Hollis-JeffersonTNT Tropang Giga3

Local players
CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic
PointsDon TrollanoNLEX Road Warriors44
ReboundsJune Mar FajardoSan Miguel Beermen18
AssistsSimon EncisoSan Miguel Beermen13
StealsJio JalalonMagnolia Hotshots6
BlocksBrandon Ganuelas-RosserNLEX Road Warriors5
Three point field goalsDon TrollanoNLEX Road Warriors9
Mikey WilliamsTNT Tropang Giga

Import players
CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic
PointsJordan WilliamsTerrafirma Dyip57
Jamaal FranklinConverge FiberXers
ReboundsK. J. McDanielsMeralco Bolts23
AssistsJamaal FranklinConverge FiberXers15
StealsWayne Selden Jr.NLEX Road Warriors8
BlocksDu'Vaughn MaxwellPhoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters6
Three point field goalsJamaal Franklin (twice)Converge FiberXers9

Team statistical leaders
CategoryTeamStatistic
Points per gameTNT Tropang Giga117.3
Rebounds per gameMagnolia Hotshots49.2
Assists per gameBarangay Ginebra San Miguel29.8
Steals per gameTerrafirma Dyip8.5
Blocks per gamePhoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters4.6
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Turnovers per gameConverge FiberXers18.6
Fouls per gameConverge FiberXers28.5
FG%Barangay Ginebra San Miguel50.7%
FT%Converge FiberXers77.9%
3FG%Barangay Ginebra San Miguel39.0%
TNT Tropang Giga

Notes
  1. Live on iWantTFC worldwide excluding Philippines and United States

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