# 2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup

The 2017 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2017 Oppo-PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second conference of the 2016–17 PBA season. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'10".
The tournament had two breaks with no games scheduled for more than seven days: first during the All-Star Week (April 26 to 30) and second during the SEABA Championship (May 12 to 18).

## 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 | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Star Hotshots | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | TNT KaTropa | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Alaska Aces | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 10 | Mahindra Floodbuster | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 11 | Blackwater Elite | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
| 12 | NLEX Road Warriors | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.117, San Miguel 0.990, Star 0.903
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.127, Alaska 1.116, GlobalPort 0.791; eighth seed playoff: GlobalPort 107–106 Alaska
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 NLEX

### Schedule

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

### Results

| Team | ALA | BGSM | BWE | GP | MAH | MER | NLEX | PHX | ROS | SMB | SH | TNT |
| Alaska | | 102–103 | 109–95 | 107–79 | 98–92 | 91–99 | 92–100 | 86–94 | 105–102 | 97–109 | 98–102* | 110–119 |
| Barangay Ginebra | — | | 96–82 | 113–96 | 94–80 | 90–89 | 101–92 | 91–94 | 112–118 | 107–99 | 113–98 | 107–89 |
| Blackwater | — | — | | 118–113 | 87–96 | 91–102 | 104–98 | 116–118** | 88–95 | 113–124 | 90–96 | 89–92 |
| GlobalPort | — | — | — | | 105–86 | 94–86 | 85–82 | 72–84 | 107–101 | 101–112 | 77–103 | 88–109 |
| Mahindra | — | — | — | — | | 86–94 | 89–81 | 122–121* | 95–99* | 80–109 | 83–97 | 84–86 |
| Meralco | — | — | — | — | — | | 91–84 | 81–66 | 89–83 | 92–99 | 90–108 | 94–89 |
| NLEX | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 116–114 | 105–113 | 108–114 | 103–105 | 121–126* |
| Phoenix | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 94–96 | 88–110 | 82–101 | 109–134 |
| Rain or Shine | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 98–111 | 93–99 | 102–105 |
| San Miguel | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 103–97 | 103–112 |
| Star | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 107–97 |
| TNT | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |

## Eighth seed playoff

* June 4
* Box score
GlobalPort Batang Pier 107, Alaska Aces 106 :
| Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 32–23, 22–29, 33–28 |||
| Pts: Harper 32 Rebs: Harper 17 Asts: Pringle 5 | Pts: Jefferson 32 Rebs: Jefferson 16 Asts: Exciminiano 4 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: J. Mariano, E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay, E. Botecario

## Bracket

| 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 | Barangay Ginebra | 96 | | | | | | |
| 8 | GlobalPort | 85 | | | | | | |
| 8 | GlobalPort | 85 | 1 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 4 | TNT | 3 | | | |
| 4 | TNT | 2 | 4 | TNT | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 1 | | | | 4 | TNT | 2 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 4 | TNT | 2 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 2 | San Miguel | 4 |
| 2 | San Miguel | 115 | | | | 2 | San Miguel | 4 |
| 7 | Phoenix | 96 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Phoenix | 96 | 2 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 3 | Star | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Star | 2 | 3 | Star | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Rain or Shine | 0 | | | | | | |
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## Quarterfinals
### (1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (8) GlobalPort

* June 6
* Box score
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 96, GlobalPort Batang Pier 85 :
| Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 20–14, 30–23, 20–29 |||
| Pts: Brownlee 39 Rebs: Thompson 12 Asts: Tenorio 8 | Pts: Harper 29 Rebs: Harper 15 Asts: Pringle 3 |
| Barangay Ginebra wins series in one game |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: J. Mariano, E. Tangkion, M. Montoya, M. Lasaga

### (2) San Miguel vs. (7) Phoenix

* June 6
* Box score
San Miguel Beermen 115, Phoenix Fuel Masters 96 :
| Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 29–16, 31–32, 27–27 |||
| Pts: Lassiter 26 Rebs: Rhodes 11 Asts: Ross 10 | Pts: McKay 20 Rebs: McKay 13 Asts: Wright 7 |
| San Miguel wins series in one game |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilinguen, R. Gruta, M. Flordeliza, G. Narandan

### (3) Star vs. (6) Rain or Shine

* June 5
* Box score
Star Hotshots 118, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 82 :
| Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 35–17, 34–24, 23–18 |||
| Pts: Ratliffe 29 Rebs: Ratliffe 8 Asts: Lee 10 | Pts: Crews 19 Rebs: Crews 13 Asts: Tolomia 5 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Guevarra, S. Pineda, R. Yante, E. Botecario
* June 7
* Box score
Star Hotshots 84, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 69 :
| Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 17–18, 22–15, 29–17 |||
| Pts: Ratliffe 26 Rebs: Ratliffe 24 Asts: Ratliffe 5 | Pts: Crews 12 Rebs: Belga 6 Asts: Ahanmisi 4 |
| Star wins series, 2–0 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Guevarra, E. Tangkion, R. Gruta, J. Narandan

### (4) TNT vs. (5) Meralco

* June 5
* Box score
TNT KaTropa 102, Meralco Bolts 84 :
| Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 17–14, 27–32, 33–25 |||
| Pts: Castro 25 Rebs: Tautuaa, Williams 8 Asts: Castro 7 | Pts: Newsome 21 Rebs: Stepheson 16 Asts: Newsome, Stepheson 4 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilingen, P. Balao, B. Oliva, J. Nicandro
* June 7
* Box score
TNT KaTropa 100, Meralco Bolts 103 (OT) :
| Scoring by quarter: 13–32, 31–17, 29–30, 19–13, Overtime: 8–11 |||
| Pts: Smith 18 Rebs: Smith 18 Asts: Garcia 5 | Pts: Amer 32 Rebs: Stepheson 13 Asts: Dillinger 6 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, J. Mariano, R. Yante, D. Dacanay
* June 9
* Box score
TNT KaTropa 104, Meralco Bolts 96 (OT) :
| Scoring by quarter: 29–19, 9–24, 28–30, 23–16, Overtime: 15–7 |||
| Pts: Castro, Smith 31 Rebs: Smith 27 Asts: Smith 4 | Pts: Amer 25 Rebs: Hodge, Stepheson 12 Asts: Newsome 9 |
| TNT wins series, 2–1 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, M. Flordeliza, M. Orioste

## Semifinals
### (1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (4) TNT

* June 11
* Box score
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 94, TNT KaTropa 100 :
| Scoring by quarter: 13–23, 24–22, 29–28, 28–27 |||
| Pts: Brownlee 24 Rebs: Brownlee 14 Asts: Brownlee 6 | Pts: Smith 35 Rebs: Smith 13 Asts: Castro 6 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: J. Mariano, S. Pineda, B. Oliva, M. Orioste
* June 13
* Box score
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 103, TNT KaTropa 107 :
| Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 33–34, 26–28, 18–23 |||
| Pts: Brownlee, Tenorio 22 Rebs: Brownlee 12 Asts: Thompson 9 | Pts: Smith 16 Rebs: Smith 16 Asts: Castro 8 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, G. Narandan, E. Botecario
* June 15
* Box score
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 125, TNT KaTropa 101 :
| Scoring by quarter: 34–28, 27–19, 35–27, 29–27 |||
| Pts: Brownlee 31 Rebs: Brownlee 11 Asts: Mercado 5 | Pts: Garcia 16 Rebs: Smith 7 Asts: Castro, Garcia 3 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: E. Tangkion, S. Pineda, R. Gruta, M. Orioste
* June 17
* Box score
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 109, TNT KaTropa 122 :
| Scoring by quarter: 35–29, 28–37, 29–29, 17–27 |||
| Pts: Aguilar 31 Rebs: Brownlee 15 Asts: Tenorio 10 | Pts: Castro 38 Rebs: Williams 12 Asts: Castro 11 |
| TNT wins series, 3–1 |||
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Referees: N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, B. Oliva, M. Flordeliza

### (2) San Miguel vs. (3) Star

* June 10
* Box score
San Miguel Beermen 105, Star Hotshots 109 :
| Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 24–22, 26–30, 23–24 |||
| Pts: Rhodes 34 Rebs: Rhodes, Ross 10 Asts: Ross 15 | Pts: Maliksi, Ratliffe 26 Rebs: Ratliffe 21 Asts: Lee 8 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, M. Montoya, J. Nicandro
* June 12
* Box score
San Miguel Beermen 77, Star Hotshots 76 :
| Scoring by quarter: 25–16, 19–14, 14–30, 19–16 |||
| Pts: Rhodes 21 Rebs: Rhodes 10 Asts: Lassiter, Ross 4 | Pts: Ratliffe 25 Rebs: Ratliffe 35 Asts: Melton, Ratliffe 3 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: N. Guevarra, S. Pineda, R. Yante, R. Dacanay
* June 14
* Box score
San Miguel Beermen 111, Star Hotshots 110 :
| Scoring by quarter: 32–28, 24–24, 29–29, 26–29 |||
| Pts: Rhodes 36 Rebs: Fajardo, Ross 8 Asts: Ross 8 | Pts: Ratliffe 44 Rebs: Ratliffe 19 Asts: Ratliffe 7 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: J. Mariano, E. Tangkion, M. Flordeliza, M. Orioste
* June 16
* Box score
San Miguel Beermen 109, Star Hotshots 102 :
| Scoring by quarter: 29–27, 23–22, 31–20, 26–33 |||
| Pts: Cabagnot 26 Rebs: Rhodes 10 Asts: Ross 10 | Pts: Ratliffe 36 Rebs: Ratliffe 17 Asts: Barroca 6 |
| San Miguel wins series, 3–1 |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: P. Balao, S. Pineda, B. Oliva, M. Lasaga

## Finals

* TV5
* June 21 7:00pm
* Box score
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* TV5
* June 23 7:00pm
* Box score
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* TV5
* June 25 6:30pm
* Box score
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* TV5
* June 28 7:00pm
* Box score
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* TV5
* June 30 7:00pm
* Box score
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* TV5
* July 2 6:30pm
* Box score
TNT KaTropa 91, San Miguel Beermen 115 :
* San Miguel wins series, 4–2 ||
* 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 whole conference.
| Team | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Alaska Aces | Cory Jefferson | March 18 (vs. GlobalPort) | June 4 (vs. GlobalPort) | 4–8 |
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Justin Brownlee | April 1 (vs. Phoenix) | June 17 (vs. TNT) | 11–5 |
| Blackwater Elite | Greg Smith | March 18 (vs. Phoenix) | May 31 (vs. San Miguel) | 3–8 |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | Sean Williams | March 18 (vs. Alaska) | April 5 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) | 0–3 |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | Malcolm White | April 8 (vs. Blackwater) | May 5 (vs. Phoenix) | 2–3 |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | Justin Harper | May 10 (vs. Meralco) | June 6 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 3–2 |
| Mahindra Floodbuster | James White | March 17 (vs. Meralco) | March 29 (vs. Alaska) | 1–3 |
| Mahindra Floodbuster | Keith Wright | April 5 (vs. Star) | June 2 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) | 2–5 |
| Meralco Bolts | Alex Stepheson | March 17 (vs. Mahindra) | June 9 (vs. TNT) | 8–6 |
| NLEX Road Warriors | Wayne Chism | March 17 (vs. Rain or Shine) | May 27 (vs. Phoenix) | 2–9 |
| Phoenix Fuel Masters | Eugene Phelps | March 18 (vs. Blackwater) | March 18 (vs. Blackwater) | 1–0 |
| Phoenix Fuel Masters | Jameel McKay | March 22 (vs. Star) | June 6 (vs. San Miguel) | 3–8 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Shawn Taggart | March 17 (vs. NLEX) | May 6 (vs. Star) | 4–4 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Duke Crews | May 19 (vs. Ginebra) | June 7 (vs. Star) | 1–4 |
| San Miguel Beermen | Charles Rhodes | April 2 (vs. Meralco) | July 2 (vs. TNT) | 17–5 |
| Star Hotshots | Tony Mitchell | March 22 (vs. Phoenix) | May 6 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 6–2 |
| Star Hotshots | Ricardo Ratliffe | May 10 (vs. TNT) | June 16 (vs. San Miguel) | 6–3 |
| TNT KaTropa | Lou Amundson | March 24 (vs. Meralco) | March 26 (vs. Phoenix) | 1–1 |
| TNT KaTropa | Donté Greene | March 31 (vs. Blackwater) | May 10 (vs. Star) | 5–2 |
| TNT KaTropa | Joshua Smith | May 20 (vs. Alaska) | July 2 (vs. San Miguel) | 9–6 |

## Awards
### Conference

* Best Player of the Conference: Chris Ross (San Miguel Beermen)
* Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference: Charles Rhodes (San Miguel Beermen)
* Finals MVP: Alex Cabagnot (San Miguel Beermen)

### Players of the Week

| Week | Player |
| March 17–19 | James Yap (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| March 20–26 | Mark Barroca (Star Hotshots) |
| March 27 – April 2 | Sonny Thoss (Alaska Aces) |
| April 3–9 | LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) |
| April 10–16 | Jeff Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| April 17–23 | LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) |
| May 2–7 | Baser Amer (Meralco Bolts) |
| May 8–21 | Jericho Cruz (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| May 22–28 | LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) |
| May 29 – June 4 | Chris Ross (San Miguel Beermen) |
| June 5 – June 11 | Roger Pogoy (TNT KaTropa) |
| June 12–18 | Jayson Castro (TNT KaTropa) |