2018 PBA Commissioner 's Cup - wikipedia 2018 PBA Commissioner 's Cup 2018 PBA Commissioner 's Cup Duration April 22, 2018 -- present PBA Commissioner 's Cup chronology < 2017 PBA conference chronology < 2017 -- 18 Philippine The 2018 Philippine Basketball Association ( PBA ) Commissioner 's Cup, also known as the 2018 Honda -- PBA Commissioner 's Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the second conference of the 2017 -- 18 PBA season. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'10 ``. The conference started on April 22, 2018. Contents 1 Format 2 Elimination round 2.1 Team standings 2.2 Schedule 2.3 Results 3 Imports 4 Awards 4.1 Players of the Week 5 References 6 External links 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 ( best - of - 3 series ) QF4 : # 4 vs # 5 ( best - of - 3 series ) 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 PCT GB Qualification Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5. 833 -- Twice - to - beat in the quarterfinals Alaska Aces. 800 0.5 TNT KaTropa. 800 0.5 Best - of - three quarterfinals Magnolia Hotshots. 750 5 Meralco Bolts. 600 1.5 6 Phoenix Fuel Masters. 500 7 GlobalPort Batang Pier. 500 Twice - to - win in the quarterfinals 8 Columbian Dyip. 500 9 NLEX Road Warriors. 333 Eliminated 10 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel. 250 11 San Miguel Beermen. 250 12 Blackwater Elite 0 7. 000 5.5 Updated to match ( es ) played on May 30, 2018. Source : PBA.ph Schedule Teams 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Alaska ROS BWE COL TNT SMB GP MAG NLEX MER BGSM PHX Barangay Ginebra ROS TNT BWE PHX MER SMB NLEX MAG COL ALA GP Blackwater COL PHX ALA GP BGSM TNT NLEX MAG ROS MER SMB Columbian BWE MER NLEX ALA ROS MAG TNT SMB PHX BGSM GP GlobalPort TNT MER BWE MAG NLEX ROS ALA SMB PHX COL BGSM Magnolia PHX GP COL MER ROS BWE ALA TNT BGSM NLEX SMB Meralco COL GP NLEX SMB MAG BGSM PHX BWE ALA TNT ROS NLEX COL ROS MER PHX GP BWE TNT BGSM ALA SMB MAG Phoenix BWE TNT MAG NLEX BGSM SMB MER COL ROS GP ALA Rain or Shine ALA BGSM NLEX COL SMB GP MAG BWE PHX MER TNT San Miguel MER ROS ALA PHX BGSM COL GP TNT NLEX BWE MAG TNT GP PHX BGSM ALA BWE COL NLEX MAG SMB MER ROS Win OT Win Loss OT Loss Results Team ALA BGSM BWE COL GP MAG MER NLEX PHX ROS SMB TNT Alaska Jun. 24 93 -- 74 134 -- 103 Jun. 2 Jun. 10 Jun. 17 Jun. 15 Jul. 6 103 -- 109 * 105 -- 103 110 -- 100 Brgy. Ginebra -- 105 -- 91 Jun. 20 Jul. 6 Jun. 17 Jun. 1 Jun. 9 98 -- 103 * * 89 -- 108 Jun. 3 92 -- 96 Blackwater -- -- 98 -- 126 106 -- 117 Jun. 6 Jun. 15 89 -- 93 102 -- 107 Jun. 8 Jul. 4 101 -- 120 Columbian -- -- -- Jun. 22 101 -- 126 103 -- 116 123 -- 103 Jun. 10 104 -- 96 Jun. 6 Jun. 1 GlobalPort -- -- -- -- 87 -- 92 86 -- 85 116 -- 94 Jun. 20 90 -- 96 Jun. 13 114 -- 128 Magnolia -- -- -- -- -- 81 -- 79 Jul. 4 87 -- 89 Jun. 2 Jul. 7 Jun. 13 Meralco -- -- -- -- -- -- 106 -- 90 Jun. 8 Jun. 24 93 -- 85 Jun. 22 NLEX -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 120 -- 115 * 97 -- 98 Jun. 23 Jun. 3 Phoenix -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Jun. 16 94 -- 106 98 -- 106 Rain or Shine -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 123 -- 119 * Jul. 7 San Miguel -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Jun. 16 TNT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Win OT Win Loss OT Loss 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 Antonio Campbell April 27 ( vs. Rain or Shine ) 4 -- 1 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Charles García April 29 ( vs. Rain or Shine ) May 20 ( vs. Phoenix ) 1 -- 3 Justin Brownlee Blackwater Elite Jarrid Famous April 22 ( vs. Columbian ) May 18 ( vs. TNT ) 0 -- 6 Henry Walker May 30 ( vs. NLEX ) 0 -- 1 Columbian Dyip C.J. Aiken April 22 ( vs. Blackwater ) April 28 ( vs. NLEX ) 2 -- 1 John Fields May 4 ( vs. Alaska ) 1 -- 2 GlobalPort Batang Pier Malcolm White April 22 ( vs. TNT ) 3 -- 3 Magnolia Hotshots Vernon Macklin May 6 ( vs. Phoenix ) May 18 ( vs. Meralco ) 3 -- 1 Curtis Kelly Meralco Bolts Arinze Onuaku April 25 ( vs. Columbian ) 3 -- 2 NLEX Road Warriors Adrian Forbes April 28 ( vs. Columbian ) April 28 ( vs. Columbian ) 0 -- 1 Arnett Moultrie May 2 ( vs. Rain or Shine ) 2 -- 3 Phoenix Fuel Masters James White April 25 ( vs. Blackwater ) May 11 ( vs. NLEX ) 2 -- 2 Eugene Phelps May 20 ( vs. Barangay Ginebra ) 1 -- 1 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Reggie Johnson April 27 ( vs. Alaska ) 5 -- 1 San Miguel Beermen Troy Gillenwater May 9 ( vs. Meralco ) May 13 ( vs. Rain or Shine ) 0 -- 2 Renaldo Balkman May 19 ( vs. Alaska ) 1 -- 1 TNT KaTropa Jeremy Tyler April 22 ( vs. GlobalPort ) May 13 ( vs. Alaska ) 3 -- 1 No Import May 18 ( vs. Blackwater ) 1 -- 0 Joshua Smith Awards Players of the Week Week Player Ref. April 22 -- 29 Chris Tiu ( Rain or Shine Elasto Painters ) April 30 -- May 6 Jayson Castro ( TNT KaTropa ) May 7 -- 13 Vic Manuel ( Alaska Aces ) May 14 -- 21 Paul Lee ( Magnolia Hotshots ) References Jump up ^ Ansis, JC ( March 9, 2018 ). `` PBA, Honda Philippines ink partnership for Commissioner 's Cup ''. ESPN 5. Retrieved April 3, 2018. ^ Jump up to : Ramos, Gerry ( April 5, 2018 ). `` Alaska brings in young, untested Antonio Campbell to complete cast of Commissioner 's Cup imports ''. Jump up ^ Sacamos, Karlo ( April 20, 2018 ). `` Ginebra bringing in new import Charles Garcia to replace Shane Edwards ''. Jump up ^ Terrado, Reuben ( May 21, 2018 ). `` Justin Brownlee back with Ginebra as Charles Garcia is sent packing ''. ^ Jump up to : Ramos, Gerry ( March 9, 2018 ). `` Jarrid Famous makes PBA comeback with Blackwater as KIA taps new import CJ Aiken ''. Jump up ^ Ramos, Gerry ( May 21, 2018 ). `` Blackwater bringing back Henry Walker for Jarrid Famous as Elite prime up for season - ending conference ''. Jump up ^ Ramos, Gerry ( May 2, 2018 ). `` Columbian Dyip bring in new import Fields, let go of Aiken despite winning record ''. Jump up ^ `` Former Brgy. Ginebra import Vernon Macklin set to reinforce Magnolia in Commissioner 's Cup ''. February 19, 2018. Jump up ^ Sacamos, Karlo ( May 24, 2018 ). `` New Magnolia import Curtis Kelly arriving next week as Hotshots try to sustain surge ''. Jump up ^ `` White, Macklin, Onuaku to return for PBA Commissioner 's Cup ''. Jump up ^ Sacamos, Karlo ( April 20, 2018 ). `` NLEX taps new import Adrian Forbes as Arnett Moultrie yet to arrive from Bahrain stint ''. Jump up ^ `` NLEX original choice Arnett Moultrie to take over from Forbes in time for game vs Rain or Shine ''. April 30, 2018. Jump up ^ Sacamos, Karlo ( March 4, 2018 ). `` Phoenix set to tap former Kia import James White as Louie Alas eyeing early preparations for Comm 's Cup ''. Jump up ^ Ramos, Gerry ( May 19, 2018 ). `` Phoenix activates Eugene Phelps in place of injured James White for game against Ginebra ''. Jump up ^ Ramos, Gerry ( March 28, 2018 ). `` Rain or Shine goes for extra size with former ABL Best Import Reggie Johnson ''. Jump up ^ Ramos, Gerry ( March 20, 2018 ). `` SMB taps new import Troy Gillenwater as Charles Rhodes still uncertain for Commissioner 's Cup ''. Jump up ^ Ramos, Gerry ( May 15, 2018 ). `` Balkman rejoins San Miguel in bid to complete unfinished PBA business from 2013 ''. Jump up ^ Ramos, Gerry ( March 23, 2018 ). `` TNT banking on former prep - to - pro cager Jeremy Tyler as Commissioner 's Cup import ''. Jump up ^ Sacamos, Karlo ( May 18, 2018 ). `` Big Joshua Smith set to make return to TNT KaTropa as replacement for Tyler ''. Jump up ^ `` Chris Tiu 's steady leadership puts ROS right on track ''. PBA.ph. April 30, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Jayson Castro is week 's best ''. PBA.ph. May 10, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018. Jump up ^ `` A fit and healthy Vic Manuel keeps Alaska soaring ''. PBA.ph. May 14, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018. Jump up ^ `` For providing spark to keep Hotshots ' hot streak, Paul Lee named PBA Player of the Week ''. SPIN.ph. May 21, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018. 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