# 2017 PBA Governors' Cup

The 2017 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2017 Oppo-PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the 2016–17 PBA season. The tournament started on July 19 and ended on October 27, 2017. The tournament allowed teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m).
Due to the FIBA Asia Cup, the league decided to temporarily shelve signing up Asian imports.

## Format

The tournament format for this conference is as follows:
* 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 (higher seed with the twice-to-beat advantage):
** QF1: #1 seed vs #8 seed
** QF2: #2 seed vs #7 seed
** QF3: #3 seed vs #6 seed
** QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed
* Semifinals (best-of-5 series):
** SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
** SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
* Finals (best-of-7 series)
** Winners of the semifinals

## Elimination round
### Team standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Meralco Bolts | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | TNT KaTropa | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 4 | Star Hotshots | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 5 | NLEX Road Warriors | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 7 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Blackwater Elite | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Alaska Aces | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 11 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
| 12 | Kia Picanto | 0 | 11 | .000 | 9 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Talk 'N Text 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
* 1 2 3 4 Head to-head quotient: Star 1.04, NLEX 1.01, San Miguel 0.99, Rain or Shine 0.96
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 GlobalPort

### Schedule

| Team ╲ Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Alaska Aces | NLEX | PHX | SH | TNT | BWE | BGSM | SMB | GP | KIA | MER | ROS |
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | MER | GP | KIA | NLEX | ALA | PHX | SH | BWE | SMB | ROS | TNT |
| Blackwater Elite | MER | SH | SMB | PHX | NLEX | ALA | TNT | KIA | BGSM | GP | ROS |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | ROS | PHX | BGSM | KIA | SMB | TNT | NLEX | ALA | SH | BWE | MER |
| Kia Picanto | PHX | NLEX | TNT | BGSM | MER | ROS | GP | BWE | ALA | SMB | SH |
| Meralco Bolts | BWE | BGSM | ROS | KIA | NLEX | PHX | TNT | SH | ALA | GP | SMB |
| NLEX Road Warriors | ALA | KIA | ROS | PHX | BGSM | MER | BWE | SMB | GP | TNT | SH |
| Phoenix Fuel Masters | KIA | ALA | GP | NLEX | BWE | MER | SH | TNT | BGSM | ROS | SMB |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | GP | NLEX | MER | KIA | TNT | SH | SMB | PHX | BGSM | ALA | BWE |
| San Miguel Beermen | BWE | TNT | SH | GP | NLEX | ALA | ROS | BGSM | KIA | PHX | MER |
| Star Hotshots | BWE | ALA | SMB | PHX | ROS | BGSM | MER | GP | TNT | KIA | NLEX |
| TNT KaTropa | KIA | SMB | ALA | ROS | PHX | BWE | GP | MER | NLEX | SH | BGSM |

### Results

| Team | ALA | BGSM | BWE | GP | KIA | MER | NLEX | PHX | ROS | SMB | SH | TNT |
| Alaska | | 80–94 | 106–111** | 101–88 | 102–94 | 78–106 | 104–112 | 93–95 | 82–112 | 90–79 | 92–101 | 106–107 |
| Barangay Ginebra | — | | 98–81 | 124–108 | 120–99 | 78–93 | 110–97 | 105–92 | 89–82 | 103–107 | 105–101* | 92–121 |
| Blackwater | — | — | | 118–107 | 118–97 | 78–107 | 107–106 | 92–86 | 98–122 | 93–118 | 86–103 | 96–117 |
| GlobalPort | — | — | — | | 102–90 | 93–100 | 99–109 | 100–91 | 96–98 | 112–115 | 83–109 | 119–112 |
| Kia | — | — | — | — | | 97–112 | 93–100 | 105–118 | 86–94 | 112–118 | 81–128 | 96–106 |
| Meralco | — | — | — | — | — | | 94–100 | 107–104 | 89–73 | 104–101 | 96–90 | 107–113 |
| NLEX | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 95–91 | 122–114** | 103–100 | 93–101 | 107–112 |
| Phoenix | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 111–116 | 107–109 | 81–100 | 103–110 |
| Rain or Shine | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 96–103 | 92–88 | 105–73 |
| San Miguel | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 98–104 | 97–91 |
| Star | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 99–104 |
| TNT | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) |
| (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | Meralco | 91 | 104 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Blackwater | 92 | 96 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Blackwater | 92 | 96 | 1 | Meralco | 3 | | | |
| (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | 1 | Meralco | 3 | | | |
| (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | 4 | Star | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Star | Star | 89 | 4 | Star | 0 | | | |
| 5 | NLEX | NLEX | 77 | | | | | | |
| 5 | NLEX | NLEX | 77 | | | | 1 | Meralco | 3 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 1 | Meralco | 3 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 |
| 2 | TNT | 102 | 118 | | | | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 |
| 7 | Rain or Shine | 106 | 114 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Rain or Shine | 106 | 114 | 2 | TNT | 1 | | | |
| (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | 2 | TNT | 1 | | | |
| (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 104 | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| 6 | San Miguel | San Miguel | 84 | | | | | | |
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## Quarterfinals
### (1) Meralco vs. (8) Blackwater

* September 26
* Box score
Meralco Bolts 91, Blackwater Elite 92 :
| Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 23–18, 22–21, 29–29 |||
| Pts: Newsome 19 Rebs: Durham 21 Asts: Durham 7 | Pts: Walker 30 Rebs: Walker 18 Asts: Walker 6 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: J. Mariano, R. Gruta, M. Montoya, J. Nicandro
* September 28
* Box score
Meralco Bolts 104, Blackwater Elite 96 :
| Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 18–30, 33–25, 31–19 |||
| Pts: Amer 31 Rebs: Durham 20 Asts: Durham 9 | Pts: Walker 34 Rebs: Walker 16 Asts: Sumang 8 |
| Meralco wins series in two games |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay, M. Orioste

### (2) TNT vs. (7) Rain or Shine

* September 27
* Box score
TNT KaTropa 102, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 106 :
| Scoring by quarter: 28–26, 19–26, 28–32, 27–22 |||
| Pts: Williams 23 Rebs: Rosario 16 Asts: Castro, Rice Jr. 6 | Pts: Bullock 31 Rebs: Bullock 15 Asts: Norwood 6 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: P. Balao, E. Tangkion, J. Narandan, M. Flordeliza
* September 29
* Box score
TNT KaTropa 118, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 114 :
| Scoring by quarter: 27–27, 32–32, 26–27, 33–28 |||
| Pts: Rice Jr. 34 Rebs: Rice Jr. 16 Asts: Castro 12 | Pts: Bullock 30 Rebs: Ahanmisi 12 Asts: Ahanmisi 8 |
| TNT wins series in two games |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilinguen, N. Guevarra, M. Montoya, J. Nicandro

### (3) Barangay Ginebra vs. (6) San Miguel

* September 27
* Box score
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 104, San Miguel Beermen 84 :
| Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 22–9, 29–29, 30–23 |||
| Pts: Brownlee 37 Rebs: Thompson 13 Asts: Tenorio 10 | Pts: Watson 30 Rebs: Fajardo 22 Asts: Ross 7 |
| Barangay Ginebra wins series in one game |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, R. Yante, E. Botecario

### (4) Star vs. (5) NLEX

* September 26
* Box score
Star Hotshots 89, NLEX Road Warriors 77 :
| Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 22–23, 16–18, 28–14 |||
| Pts: Acox 21 Rebs: Acox 12 Asts: Pingris 5 | Pts: Fuller 16 Rebs: Fuller 9 Asts: Fonacier 4 |
| Star wins series in one game |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: N. Quilinguen, N. Guevarra, R. Dacanay, M. Orioste

## Semifinals
### (1) Meralco vs. (4) Star

* October 1
* Box score
Meralco Bolts 72, Star Hotshots 66 :
| Scoring by quarter: 7–21, 25–15, 15–17, 25–13 |||
| Pts: Durham 23 Rebs: Durham 23 Asts: Dillinger 5 | Pts: Jalalon 15 Rebs: Acox 16 Asts: Jalalon, Pingris 3 |
* Alonte Sports Arena, Biñan, Laguna Referees: J. Mariano, N. Guevarra, J. Narandan, M. Orioste
* October 3
* Box score
Meralco Bolts 98, Star Hotshots 74 :
| Scoring by quarter: 30–11, 23–21, 25–16, 20–26 |||
| Pts: three players 18 each Rebs: Durham 25 Asts: Amer 8 | Pts: Barroca 16 Rebs: Acox 12 Asts: Jalalon 3 |
* Sta. Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex, Santa Rosa, Laguna Referees: P. Balao, S. Pineda, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya
* October 5
* Box score
Meralco Bolts 91, Star Hotshots 88 (OT) :
| Scoring by quarter: 30–27, 24–16, 15–25, 14–15, Overtime: 8–5 |||
| Pts: Durham 24 Rebs: Durham 19 Asts: Durham 6 | Pts: Barroca 21 Rebs: Barroca 12 Asts: Barroca 8 |
| Meralco wins series, 3–0 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: J. Mariano, R. Gruta, R. Yante, J. Narandan

### (2) TNT vs. (3) Barangay Ginebra

* October 2
* Box score
TNT KaTropa 94, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 121 :
| Scoring by quarter: 22–31, 26–29, 27–35, 19–26 |||
| Pts: Rice Jr. 26 Rebs: Rice Jr. 10 Asts: Castro 7 | Pts: Brownlee 21 Rebs: Brownlee, Mariano 8 Asts: Tenorio 7 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilinguen, R. Gruta, R. Yante, D. Dacanay
* October 4
* Box score
TNT KaTropa 103, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 96 :
| Scoring by quarter: 31–14, 18–33, 27–22, 27–27 |||
| Pts: Rice Jr. 21 Rebs: Williams 11 Asts: Castro 10 | Pts: Brownlee 25 Rebs: Brownlee 10 Asts: Tenorio 6 |
* Batangas City Coliseum, Batangas City, Batangas Referees: J. Mariano, E. Tangkion, J. Narandan, M. Flordeliza
* October 6
* Box score
TNT KaTropa 103, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 106 :
| Scoring by quarter: 26–31, 23–29, 31–25, 23–21 |||
| Pts: Rice Jr. 44 Rebs: Rice Jr. 20 Asts: Castro 9 | Pts: Devance 20 Rebs: Brownlee 13 Asts: Tenorio 8 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, N. Guevarra, S. Pineda, M. Orioste
* October 8
* Box score
TNT KaTropa 105, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 115 :
| Scoring by quarter: 41–32, 25–20, 20–28, 19–35 |||
| Pts: Rosario 28 Rebs: Rosario 10 Asts: Castro 9 | Pts: Brownlee 46 Rebs: Brownlee 10 Asts: Tenorio 7 |
| Barangay Ginebra wins series, 3–1 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, R. Gruta, M. Montoya

## Finals

* ESPN5
* October 13 7:00 pm
* Box score
* Quezon Convention Center, Lucena, Quezon
* ESPN5
* October 15 6:30pm
* Box score
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ESPN5
* October 18 7:00pm
* Box score
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ESPN5
* October 20 7:00pm
* Box score
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ESPN5
* October 22 6:30pm
* Box score
* Philippine Arena, Bocaue, Bulacan
* ESPN5
* October 25 7:00pm
* Box score
* Philippine Arena, Bocaue, Bulacan
* ESPN5
* October 27 7:00pm
* Box score
Meralco Bolts 96, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 101 :
* Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–3 ||
* Philippine Arena, Bocaue, Bulacan

## 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 in gold are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.
| Team | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Alaska Aces | LaDontae Henton | July 19 (vs. NLEX) | September 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 3–8 |
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Justin Brownlee | July 23 (vs. Meralco) | October 27 (vs. Meralco) | 16–7 |
| Blackwater Elite | Trevis Simpson | July 21 (vs. Meralco) | July 29 (vs. San Miguel) | 0–3 |
| Blackwater Elite | Henry Walker | August 6 (vs. Phoenix) | September 28 (vs. Meralco) | 6–4 |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | Jabril Trawick | July 21 (vs. Rain or Shine) | July 21 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 0–1 |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | Murphy Holloway | July 26 (vs. Phoenix) | September 17 (vs. Blackwater) | 3–6 |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | No Import | September 22 (vs. Meralco) | September 22 (vs. Meralco) | 0–1 |
| Kia Picanto | Markeith Cummings | July 19 (vs. Phoenix) | August 20 (vs. GlobalPort) | 0–7 |
| Kia Picanto | Geron Johnson | September 1 (vs. Blackwater) | September 22 (vs. Star) | 0–4 |
| Meralco Bolts | Allen Durham | July 21 (vs. Blackwater) | October 27 (vs. Baarangay Ginebra) | 16–7 |
| NLEX Road Warriors | Aaron Fuller | July 19 (vs. Alaska) | September 26 (vs. Star) | 7–5 |
| Phoenix Fuel Masters | Eugene Phelps | July 19 (vs. Kia) | August 6 (vs. Blackwater) | 2–3 |
| Phoenix Fuel Masters | Brandon Brown | August 18 (vs. Meralco) | September 20 (vs. San Miguel) | 0–6 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | J.D. Weatherspoon | July 21 (vs. GlobalPort) | July 29 (vs. Meralco) | 1–2 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | J'Nathan Bullock | August 13 (vs. Kia) | September 29 (vs. TNT) | 7–3 |
| San Miguel Beermen | Wendell McKines | July 29 (vs. Blackwater) | August 27 (vs. NLEX) | 3–2 |
| San Miguel Beermen | Terik Bridgeman | September 2 (vs. Alaska) | September 6 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 1–1 |
| San Miguel Beermen | Terrence Watson | September 10 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | September 27 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 3–2 |
| Star Hotshots | Cinmeon Bowers | July 23 (vs. Blackwater) | July 23 (vs. Blackwater) | 1–0 |
| Star Hotshots | Malcolm Hill | July 28 (vs. Alaska) | September 15 (vs. GlobalPort) | 4–3 |
| Star Hotshots | Kristófer Acox | September 17 (vs. TNT) | October 5 (vs. Meralco) | 3–4 |
| TNT KaTropa | Michael Craig | July 28 (vs. Kia) | August 4 (vs. Alaska) | 2–1 |
| TNT KaTropa | Glen Rice Jr. | August 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) | October 8 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 8–6 |

## Awards
### Conference

* Best Player of the Conference: Greg Slaughter (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
* Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference: Allen Durham (Meralco Bolts)

### Players of the Week

| Week | Player |
| July 19–23 | Kevin Alas (NLEX Road Warriors) |
| July 24–30 | LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) |
| July 31 – August 6 | Joe Devance (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) |
| August 13–20 | Chris Tiu (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| August 21–27 | Larry Fonacier (NLEX Road Warriors) |
| August 28 – September 3 | Juami Tiongson (NLEX Road Warriors) |
| September 4–10 | Chris Ross (San Miguel Beermen) |
| September 18–24 | Chris Newsome (Meralco Bolts) |
| September 25 – October 1 | Jared Dillinger (Meralco Bolts) |
| October 2–8 | Jared Dillinger (Meralco Bolts) |