# 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals

The 2016 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters and the Alaska Aces competed for the 16th Commissioner's Cup championship and the 117th overall championship contested by the league.
This was the first championship series that does not involve any team owned by the San Miguel Corporation or the MVP Group of Companies since the 2000 All-Filipino Cup finals, when the Alaska Milkmen won the championship series against the Purefoods TJ Hotdogs. Purefoods was still then owned by the Ayala Corporation when the finals series was held. This was also the first championship series since the 2004 Fiesta Conference when both the top two teams at the end of the eliminations did not advance to the finals.

## Background
### Road to the finals

| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Alaska Aces | Alaska Aces |
| Finished 7–4 (.636): Tied with Alaska and Barangay Ginebra at 3rd place | Elimination round | Elimination round | Finished 7–4 (.636): Tied with Rain or Shine and Barangay Ginebra at 3rd place |
| 0–2 (5th place) | Tiebreaker* | Tiebreaker* | 2–0 (3rd place) |
| def. Barangay Ginebra, 2–0 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | def. TNT, 2–1 |
| def. San Miguel, 3–1 | Semifinals | Semifinals | def. Meralco, 3–2 |

### Head-to-head matchup

* February 27
* summary
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

## Series summary

| Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Wins |
| Rain or Shine | 105 | 105 | 112 | 99 | 78 | 109 | 4 |
| Alaska Aces | 97 | 103 | 108 | 111 | 86 | 92 | 2 |
| Venue | Araneta | Araneta | Araneta | Araneta | Araneta | Araneta | |
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### Game 1

* TV5
* May 6 7:00pm
* Boxscore
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 105, Alaska Aces 97 :
| Scoring by quarter: 29–25, 22–21, 23–31, 31–20 |||
| Pts: Lee 20 Rebs: Henderson-Niles 13 Asts: Cruz 5 | Pts: Dozier 41 Rebs: Dozier 15 Asts: Banchero 4 |
| Rain or Shine lead series, 1–0 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: A. Herrera, N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay

### Game 2

* TV5
* May 8 5:00pm
* Boxscore
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 105, Alaska Aces 103 :
| Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 28–25, 27–28, 29–24 |||
| Pts: Chan, Lee 17 Rebs: Henderson-Niles 13 Asts: Ibañes, Lee 4 | Pts: Jazul 24 Rebs: Dozier 9 Asts: Dozier 5 |
| Rain or Shine lead series, 2–0 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: A. Herrera, N. Quilingen, E. Aquino, R. Marabe

### Game 3

* TV5
* May 11 7:00pm
* Boxscore
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 112, Alaska Aces 108 :
| Scoring by quarter: 28–28, 34–19, 33–25, 17–36 |||
| Pts: Quiñahan 18 Rebs: Henderson-Niles 13 Asts: Henderson-Niles 5 | Pts: Dozier 23 Rebs: Abueva, Dozier 8 Asts: Abueva 6 |
| Rain or Shine lead series, 3–0 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: J. Mariano, J. Oliva, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya

### Game 4

* TV5
* May 13 7:00pm
* Boxscore
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 99, Alaska Aces 111 :
| Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 18–29, 28–36, 32–21 |||
| Pts: Ahanmisi 30 Rebs: Belga, Quiñahan 6 Asts: Belga 4 | Pts: Dozier 23 Rebs: Abueva 10 Asts: Banchero 8 |
| Rain or Shine lead series, 3–1 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya

### Game 5

* TV5
* May 15 5:00pm
* Boxscore
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 78, Alaska Aces 86 :
| Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 21–22, 17–19, 21–30 |||
| Pts: Chan 17 Rebs: Henderson-Niles 8 Asts: Ahanmisi 3 | Pts: Abueva 20 Rebs: Abueva 13 Asts: Jazul 4 |
| Rain or Shine lead series, 3–2 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, E. Aquino, J. Narandan

### Game 6

* TV5
* May 18 7:00pm
* Boxscore
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 109, Alaska Aces 92 :
| Scoring by quarter: 38–24, 21–25, 25–20, 25–23 |||
| Pts: Cruz 21 Rebs: Henderson-Niles 9 Asts: Ahanmisi, Belga 4 | Pts: Abueva 26 Rebs: Dozier 13 Asts: Baguio 5 |
| Rain or Shine wins series, 4–2 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, E. Aquino, R. Dacanay

## Rosters

* $^a$ also serves as Rain or Shine's board governor.
* $^a$ also serves as Alaska's board governor.

## Broadcast notes

The Commissioner's Cup finals will be aired on TV5 with simulcast on Hyper (both in standard and high definition). TV5's radio arm, Radyo5 will provide the radio play-by-play coverage. Fox Sports Asia airs the games as well on a delayed basis.
Sports5 will also provide online livestreaming via their official YouTube account using the TV5 feed.
The Hyper/Cignal TV broadcast will provide English-language coverage of the finals.
| Game | Sports5 | Sports5 | Sports5 | Cignal TV/Hyper (English) | Cignal TV/Hyper (English) |
| Game | Play-by-play | Analyst(s) | Courtside reporters | Play-by-play | Analyst(s) |
| Game 1 | Magoo Marjon | Andy Jao and Tab Baldwin | Rizza Diaz | James Velasquez | Vince Hizon |
| Game 2 | Charlie Cuna | Ryan Gregorio and Tab Baldwin | Carla Lizardo | Sev Sarmenta | Charles Tiu |
| Game 3 | Magoo Marjon | Quinito Henson and Tab Baldwin | Apple David | Aaron Atayde | Ali Peek |
| Game 4 | Charlie Cuna | Andy Jao and Norman Black | Sel Guevara | Magoo Marjon | Don Allado |
| Game 5 | Sev Sarmenta | Ryan Gregorio and Dominic Uy | Erika Padilla | Magoo Marjon | Ali Peek |
| Game 6 | Charlie Cuna | Quinito Henson and Ryan Gregorio | Rizza Diaz | Sev Sarmenta | Don Allado |
* Additional Game 6 crew:
** Trophy presentation: James Velazquez
** Dugout celebration interviewer: Apple David