# 2011 PBA Governors' Cup

The 2011 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup is the third and last conference of the 2010-11 PBA season. The tournament started on June 11 and ended on August 21. The Barako Bull Energy Boosters have extended their leave of absence and Smart Gilas declined to join the season ending conference.
The tournament featured a handicapping system in which will be based on the results of the Philippine Cup and Commissioner's Cup (60% for the Philippine Cup and 40% for the Commissioner's Cup). The top four teams will be allowed with an import with a 6'2" height limit. The next four teams will be allowed with a 6'4" import and the last two teams will be allowed with a 6'6" import.

## Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:
* Single-round robin eliminations; 8 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. Ties are broken among points differences of the tied teams.
* The top six teams after the eliminations will advance to the semifinals.
* Semifinals will be a single round-robin affair with the remaining six teams. Results from the eliminations will be carried over. A playoff incentive for a finals berth will be given to the team that will win at least four of their five semifinal games that does not finish within the top two.
* The top two teams (or the #1 team and the winner of the playoff between team with at least 4 semifinal wins and the #2 team) will face each other in a best-of-seven championship series.

## Elimination round
### Team standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 6 | 2 | .750 | — | Semifinal round |
| 2 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1 | Semifinal round |
| 3 | Alaska Aces | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1 | Semifinal round |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1 | Semifinal round |
| 5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2 | Semifinal round |
| 6 | B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2 | Semifinal round |
| 7 | Powerade Tigers | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2 | |
| 8 | Meralco Bolts | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3 | |
| 9 | Air21 Express | 0 | 8 | .000 | 6 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Petron +10, Alaska +5, Barangay Ginebra −15
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Rain or Shine +11, B-Meg 0, Powerade −11

### Schedule

| Team ╲ Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Air21 | ROS | PET | POW | ALA | MER | BGK | BML | TNT |
| Alaska | TNT | MER | BML | A21 | PET | POW | ROS | BGK |
| B-Meg Derby Ace | ROS | POW | ALA | MER | TNT | PET | BGK | A21 |
| Barangay Ginebra | POW | PET | MER | TNT | A21 | BML | ALA | ROS |
| Meralco | PET | ALA | BGK | BML | A21 | ROS | TNT | POW |
| Petron Blaze | MER | A21 | BGK | ROS | ALA | BML | TNT | POW |
| Powerade | BGK | BML | A21 | TNT | ROS | ALA | PET | MER |
| Rain or Shine | BML | A21 | TNT | PET | POW | MER | ALA | BGK |
| Talk 'N Text | ALA | ROS | POW | BML | BGK | PET | MER | A21 |

## Semifinal round
### Team standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 9 | 4 | .692 | — | Finals |
| 2 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 8 | 5 | .615 | 1 | Finals |
| 3 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 5 | .615 | 1 | |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 8 | 5 | .615 | 1 | |
| 5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3 | |
| 6 | B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4 | |
| Pos | Teamvte | W | L |
| 1 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Alaska Aces | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados | 1 | 4 |

### Results

| Team | BGK | BMEG | PET | ROS | TNT |
| Alaska Aces | 77–81 | 105–86 | 88–81 | 95–89 | 85–103 |
| Barangay Ginebra Kings | | 99–79 | 88–96* | 103–95 | 90–102 |
| B-Meg Llamados | | | 92–97 | 99–98 | 89–101 |
| Petron Blaze Boosters | | | | 86–102 | 98–83 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | | | | | 96–81 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | | | | | |

## Finals

* Solar
* August 7
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Solar
* August 10
* Mindanao Civic Center, Tubod, Lanao del Norte
* Solar
* August 12
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Solar
* August 14
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Solar
* August 17
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Solar
* August 19
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Solar
* August 21
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 73, Petron Blaze Boosters 85 :
* Petron Blaze wins series, 4–3 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## 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 entire conference.
| Team | Import height limit | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Air21 Express | 6'4" | Alpha Bangura | June 15 (vs. Rain or Shine) | July 17 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 0-8 |
| Alaska Aces | 6'4" | Jason Forte | June 15 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | August 3 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 7-5 |
| Barangay Ginebra Kings | 6'2" | Curtis Stinson | June 12 (vs. Powerade) | July 1 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 2-2 |
| Barangay Ginebra Kings | 6'2" | Donald Sloan | July 16 (vs. Alaska) | August 5 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 4-3 |
| B-Meg Llamados | 6'2" | Stefhon Hannah | June 11 (vs. Rain or Shine) | June 26 (vs. Meralco) | 2-2 |
| B-Meg Llamados | 6'2" | Darnell Hinson | June 30 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | July 15 (vs. Air21) | 2-2 |
| B-Meg Llamados | 6'2" | Myron Allen | July 22 (vs. Rain or Shine) | August 3 (vs. Petron Blaze) | 1-4 |
| Meralco Bolts | 6'4" | Chamberlain Oguchi | June 12 (vs. Petron Blaze) | June 26 (vs. B-Meg) | 2-2 |
| Meralco Bolts | 6'4" | Tim Pickett | July 7 (vs. Air21) | July 20 (vs. Powerade) | 1-3 |
| Petron Blaze Boosters | 6'2" | Mike Taylor | June 12 (vs. Meralco) | June 12 (vs. Meralco) | 0-1 |
| Petron Blaze Boosters | 6'2" | Jeremy Wise | June 17 (vs. Air21) | July 15 (vs. Powerade) | 4-2 |
| Petron Blaze Boosters | 6'2" | Anthony Grundy | July 24 (vs. Alaska) | August 21 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 6-5 |
| Powerade Tigers | 6'6" | Chris Porter | June 12 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | July 20 (vs. Meralco) | 4-4 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 6'4" | Arizona Reid | June 11 (vs. B-Meg) | August 5 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 6-7 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 6'2" | Maurice Baker | June 15 (vs. Alaska) | July 17 (vs. Air21) | 6-2 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 6'2" | Scottie Reynolds | July 22 (vs. Alaska) | August 17 (vs. Petron Blaze) | 5-3 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 6'2" | Maurice Baker* | August 19 (vs. Petron Blaze) | August 21 (vs. Petron Blaze) | 1-1 |

### Import handicapping

| Team | PHI | PHI | COM | COM | Weighted average | Weighted average | Weighted average | Import height limit |
| Team | W | L | W | L | W | L | PCT | Import height limit |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 20 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 18.0 | 5.4 | .769 | 6'2" |
| Petron Blaze Boosters | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 11.6 | 8.2 | .586 | 6'2" |
| Barangay Ginebra Kings | 14 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 13.2 | 9.4 | .584 | 6'2" |
| B-Meg Llamados | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 8.2 | 8.6 | .488 | 6'2" |
| Alaska Aces | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7.2 | 7.8 | .480 | 6'4" |
| Air21 Express | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6.4 | 8.6 | .427 | 6'4" |
| Meralco Bolts | 7 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 5.4 | 7.8 | .409 | 6'4" |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5.0 | 8.8 | .362 | 6'4" |
| Powerade Tigers | 3 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2.6 | 9.4 | .217 | 6'6" |
| Barako Bull Energy Boosters* | 3 | 11 | DNP | DNP | 1.8 | 6.6 | .214 | 6'6" |
*did not participate in the Governors Cup

## Awards
### Players of the Week

| Week | Player |
| June 13 – 19 | Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) Arwind Santos (Petron Blaze Boosters) |
| June 20 – 26 | Larry Fonacier (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |
| June 28 – July 3 | James Yap (B-Meg Llamados) |
| July 4 – 10 | Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra Kings) |
| July 11 – 17 | LA Tenorio (Alaska Aces) |
| July 18 – 24 | Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra Kings) |
| July 25 – 31 | Ronjay Buenafe (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| August 1 – 7 | Arwind Santos (Petron Blaze Boosters) |