# 2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup

The 2018 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2018 Honda–PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was 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 and ended on August 8, 2018.

## 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 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | TNT KaTropa | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Columbian Dyip | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 10 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 11 | NLEX Road Warriors | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Elite | 1 | 10 | .091 | 8 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

### Schedule

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

### Results

| Team | ALA | BGSM | BWE | COL | GP | MAG | MER | NLEX | PHX | ROS | SMB | TNT |
| Alaska | | 86–105 | 93–74 | 134–103 | 109–103 | 103–99 | 74–89 | 120–111 | 114–91 | 103–109* | 105–103 | 110–100 |
| Barangay Ginebra | — | | 105–91 | 134–107 | 116–98 | 104–84 | 82–93 | 93–85 | 98–103** | 89–108 | 97–104* | 92–96 |
| Blackwater | — | — | | 98–126 | 106–117 | 86–84 | 75–102 | 89–93 | 102–107 | 94–104 | 106–115 | 101–120 |
| Columbian | — | — | — | | 115–133 | 101–126 | 103–116 | 123–103 | 115–107 | 104–96 | 117–129 | 95–123 |
| GlobalPort | — | — | — | — | | 87–92 | 86–85 | 116–94 | 108–135 | 90–96 | 98–94 | 114–128 |
| Magnolia | — | — | — | — | — | | 81–79 | 116–89 | 87–89 | 96–99* | 101–97 | 111–89 |
| Meralco | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 106–90 | 103–100* | 99–106* | 93–85 | 85–91 |
| NLEX | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 120–115* | 97–98 | 114–125 | 106–117 |
| Phoenix | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 106–108 | 94–106 | 98–106 |
| Rain or Shine | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 123–119* | 85–100 |
| San Miguel | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 99–94 |
| 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 | Rain or Shine | 113 | 103 | | | | | | |
| 8 | GlobalPort | 114 | 97 | | | | | | |
| 8 | GlobalPort | 114 | 97 | 1 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 5 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Meralco | Meralco | 0 | 5 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | | | | 5 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 5 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 6 | San Miguel | 2 |
| 2 | Alaska | Alaska | 89 | | | | 6 | San Miguel | 2 |
| 7 | Magnolia | Magnolia | 78 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Magnolia | Magnolia | 78 | 2 | Alaska | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | Alaska | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 6 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| 3 | TNT | TNT | 0 | 6 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| 6 | San Miguel | San Miguel | 2 | | | | | | |
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## Quarterfinals
### (1) Rain or Shine vs. (8) GlobalPort

* ESPN 5
* July 10 4:30 pm
* Box score
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 113, GlobalPort Batang Pier 114 :
| Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 34–28, 31–31, 22–31 |||
| Pts: Johnson 24 Rebs: Johnson 15 Asts: Ahanmisi 8 | Pts: White 28 Rebs: White 16 Asts: Pringle 9 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: J. Mariano, R. Yante, R. Gruta, M. Flordeliza
* ESPN 5
* July 12 7:00 pm
* Box score
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 103, GlobalPort Batang Pier 97 :
| Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 22–16, 29–29, 28–30 |||
| Pts: Johnson 29 Rebs: Johnson, Norwood 15 Asts: Johnson 6 | Pts: Pringle 23 Rebs: White 10 Asts: Pringle 8 |
| Rain or Shine wins series in two games |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, J. Mariano, J. Narandan

### (2) Alaska vs. (7) Magnolia

* ESPN 5
* July 10 7:00 pm
* Box score
Alaska Aces 89, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 78 :
| Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 20–22, 32–19, 11–16 |||
| Pts: Manuel 22 Rebs: Simpson 15 Asts: Enciso, Simpson 4 | Pts: Chism 20 Rebs: Chism 15 Asts: Barroca 5 |
| Alaska wins series in one game |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: S. Perez, N. Guevarra, M. Montoya, J. Narandan

### (3) TNT vs. (6) San Miguel

* ESPN 5
* July 9 4:30 pm
* Box score
TNT KaTropa 110, San Miguel Beermen 121 :
| Scoring by quarter: 40–21, 22–27, 26–38, 22–35 |||
| Pts: Pogoy, Smith 17 Rebs: Castro, Smith 8 Asts: Castro 9 | Pts: Balkman 36 Rebs: Balkman 16 Asts: Cabagnot, Ross 6 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: J. Mariano, S. Pineda, E. Tangkion, J. Narandan
* ESPN 5
* July 11 7:00 pm
* Box score
TNT KaTropa 102, San Miguel Beermen 106 :
| Scoring by quarter: 32–27, 24–28, 21–25, 25–26 |||
| Pts: Romeo 28 Rebs: Smith 18 Asts: Castro 9 | Pts: Balkman 25 Rebs: Fajardo 12 Asts: Ross 10 |
| San Miguel wins series, 2–0 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilinguen, N. Guevarra, M. Montoya, M. Flordeliza

### (4) Meralco vs. (5) Barangay Ginebra

* ESPN 5
* July 9 7:00 pm
* Box score
Meralco Bolts 81, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 88 :
| Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 25–16, 17–29, 19–21 |||
| Pts: Amer 15 Rebs: Onuaku 18 Asts: Newsome 7 | Pts: Brownlee 25 Rebs: J. Aguilar 10 Asts: Brownlee 6 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilinguen, N. Guevarra, M. Montoya, M. Flordeliza
* ESPN 5
* July 11 4:30 pm
* Box score
Meralco Bolts 90, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 104 :
| Scoring by quarter: 28–24, 23–32, 14–23, 25–25 |||
| Pts: Onuaku 21 Rebs: Onuaku 13 Asts: Amer, Newsome 4 | Pts: Brownlee 36 Rebs: Slaughter 10 Asts: Brownlee 9 |
| Barangay Ginebra wins series, 2–0 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, E. Tangkion, R. Yante, J. Nicandro

## Semifinals
### (1) Rain or Shine vs. (5) Barangay Ginebra

* ESPN 5
* July 15 7:00 pm
* Box score
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 89, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 102 :
| Scoring by quarter: 17–31, 28–21, 25–24, 19–26 |||
| Pts: Johnson 30 Rebs: Johnson 13 Asts: Belga, Tiu 4 | Pts: Brownlee 35 Rebs: Brownlee 14 Asts: Brownlee 9 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, E. Tangkion, J. Nicandro
* ESPN 5
* July 19 7:00 pm
* Box score
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 109, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 100 :
| Scoring by quarter: 26–36, 31–21, 30–30, 22–13 |||
| Pts: Johnson 25 Rebs: Johnson 20 Asts: Johnson 8 | Pts: Brownlee 29 Rebs: Brownlee 12 Asts: three players 4 each |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, J. Mariano, M. Montoya, J. Narandan
* ESPN 5
* July 21 6:30 pm
* Box score
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 72, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 75 :
| Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 13–22, 18–15, 31–14 |||
| Pts: Johnson 13 Rebs: Johnson 22 Asts: Belga, Johnson 4 | Pts: Brownlee 44 Rebs: Brownlee 15 Asts: Thompson 8 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: N. Quilingen, R. Gruta, R. Yante, M. Flordeliza
* ESPN 5
* July 23 7:00 pm
* Box score
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 94, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 96 :
| Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 20–22, 27–26, 27–23 |||
| Pts: Johnson 22 Rebs: Johnson 16 Asts: Norwood 6 | Pts: Devance, Slaughter 19 Rebs: Brownlee 17 Asts: Brownlee 8 |
| Barangay Ginebra wins series, 3–1 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: J. Mariano, E. Tangkion, M. Montoya, J. Nicandro
Note: Game 2 of the Rain or Shine – Barangay Ginebra semifinals series was originally scheduled on July 17, 2018, but was postponed due to inclement weather brought by Tropical Storm Son-Tinh (Henry).

### (2) Alaska vs. (6) San Miguel

* ESPN 5
* July 14 6:40 pm
* Box score
Alaska Aces 79, San Miguel Beermen 92 :
| Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 17–27, 24–23, 14–17 |||
| Pts: Simpson 31 Rebs: Simpson 24 Asts: Casio 5 | Pts: Fajardo 17 Rebs: Balkman 11 Asts: Cabagnot 5 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, R. Yante, P. Balao
* ESPN 5
* July 16 7:00 pm
* Box score
Alaska Aces 94, San Miguel Beermen 105 :
| Scoring by quarter: 29–18, 23–23, 22–38, 20–26 |||
| Pts: Enciso, Simpson 19 Rebs: Simpson 15 Asts: Enciso 6 | Pts: Balkman 31 Rebs: Fajardo 18 Asts: Cabagnot 8 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: J. Mariano, N. Guevarra, R. Gruta, J. Narandan
* ESPN 5
* July 20 7:00 pm
* Box score
Alaska Aces 125, San Miguel Beermen 104 :
| Scoring by quarter: 27–25, 37–30, 30–22, 31–27 |||
| Pts: Manuel 24 Rebs: Simpson 13 Asts: Enciso 8 | Pts: Balkman 28 Rebs: Fajardo 15 Asts: Cabagnot 7 |
* Ynares Center, Antipolo Referees: N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, M. Montoya, J. Nicandro
* ESPN 5
* July 22 6:30 pm
* Box score
Alaska Aces 99, San Miguel Beermen 104 :
| Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 21–23, 25–33, 30–28 |||
| Pts: Simpson 24 Rebs: Simpson 21 Asts: Enciso 7 | Pts: Fajardo 26 Rebs: Balkman 16 Asts: Cabagnot 9 |
| San Miguel wins series, 3–1 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, N. Guevarra, S. Pineda, R. Yante
Note: Game 3 of the Alaska – San Miguel semifinals series was originally scheduled on July 18, 2018, but was postponed due to inclement weather brought by Tropical Storm Son-Tinh (Henry).

## Finals

* ESPN 5
* July 27 7:00 pm
* Box score
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ESPN 5
* July 29 6:30 pm
* Box score
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ESPN 5
* August 1 7:00 pm
* Box score
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ESPN 5
* August 3 7:00 pm
* Box score
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ESPN 5
* August 5 6:30 pm
* Box score
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ESPN 5
* August 8 7:00 pm
* Box score
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 93, San Miguel Beermen 77 :
* Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–2 ||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

## 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) | June 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 7–3 |
| Alaska Aces | Diamon Simpson | July 6 (vs. Phoenix) | July 22 (vs. San Miguel) | 3–3 |
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Charles García | April 29 (vs. Rain or Shine) | May 20 (vs. Phoenix) | 1–3 |
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Justin Brownlee | June 1 (vs. Meralco) | August 8 (vs. San Miguel) | 14–5 |
| Blackwater Elite | Jarrid Famous | April 22 (vs. Columbian) | May 18 (vs. TNT) | 0–6 |
| Blackwater Elite | Henry Walker | May 30 (vs. NLEX) | July 4 (vs. San Miguel) | 1–4 |
| Columbian Dyip | C. J. Aiken | April 22 (vs. Blackwater) | April 28 (vs. NLEX) | 2–1 |
| Columbian Dyip | John Fields | May 4 (vs. Alaska) | June 22 (vs. GlobalPort) | 2–6 |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | Malcolm White | April 22 (vs. TNT) | July 12 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 6–7 |
| Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | Vernon Macklin | May 6 (vs. Phoenix) | May 18 (vs. Meralco) | 3–1 |
| Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | Curtis Kelly | June 2 (vs. Rain or Shine) | June 6 (vs. Blackwater) | 0–2 |
| Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | Justin Jackson | June 10 (vs. Alaska) | June 17 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 1–2 |
| Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | Wayne Chism | July 4 (vs. NLEX) | July 10 (vs. Alaska) | 2–1 |
| Meralco Bolts | Arinze Onuaku | April 25 (vs. Columbian) | July 11 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 7–6 |
| NLEX Road Warriors | Adrian Forbes | April 28 (vs. Columbian) | April 28 (vs. Columbian) | 0–1 |
| NLEX Road Warriors | Arnett Moultrie | May 2 (vs. Rain or Shine) | June 23 (vs. San Miguel) | 2–7 |
| NLEX Road Warriors | Olu Ashaolu | July 4 (vs. Magnolia) | July 4 (vs. Magnolia) | 0–1 |
| Phoenix Fuel Masters | James White | April 25 (vs. Blackwater) | May 11 (vs. NLEX) | 2–2 |
| Phoenix Fuel Masters | Eugene Phelps | May 20 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | July 6 (vs. Alaska) | 2–5 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Reggie Johnson | April 27 (vs. Alaska) | July 23 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 11–6 |
| San Miguel Beermen | Troy Gillenwater | May 9 (vs. Meralco) | May 13 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 0–2 |
| San Miguel Beermen | Renaldo Balkman | May 19 (vs. Alaska) | August 8 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 13–8 |
| TNT KaTropa | Jeremy Tyler | April 22 (vs. GlobalPort) | May 13 (vs. Alaska) | 3–1 |
| TNT KaTropa | No import | May 18 (vs. Blackwater) | May 18 (vs. Blackwater) | 1–0 |
| TNT KaTropa | Joshua Smith | June 1 (vs. Columbian) | July 11 (vs. San Miguel) | 4–4 |

## Awards
### Conference

The Best Player and Best Import of the Conference awards were handed out prior to Game 4 of the Finals, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum:
* Best Player of the Conference: June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen)
* Best Import of the Conference: Justin Brownlee (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
* Finals MVP: Scottie Thompson (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)

### Players of the Week

| Week | Player |
| 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 14–20 | Paul Lee (Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok) |
| May 30 – June 3 | June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen) |
| June 4–10 | Vic Manuel (Alaska Aces) |
| June 11–17 | Stanley Pringle (GlobalPort Batang Pier) |
| June 18–24 | LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) |