# 2018 PBA Governors' Cup

The 2018 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2018 Honda Click–PBA Governor's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the 2017–18 PBA season. The tournament allowed teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'5".

## 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 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 2 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 3 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 4 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 5 | Blackwater Elite | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 6 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 7 | Meralco Bolts | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 8 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 9 | TNT KaTropa | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 10 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 11 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
| 12 | Columbian Dyip | 1 | 10 | .091 | 8 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 NLEX

### Schedule

| Team ╲ Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Alaska | MER | TNT | PHX | BGSM | ROS | SMB | MAG | COL | BWE | NLEX | NP |
| Barangay Ginebra | COL | ALA | NP | BWE | SMB | PHX | NLEX | MER | ROS | MAG | TNT |
| Blackwater | TNT | SMB | NP | BGSM | NLEX | MER | ROS | MAG | ALA | COL | PHX |
| Columbian | MER | PHX | NLEX | BGSM | TNT | SMB | MAG | NP | ALA | ROS | BWE |
| Magnolia | NLEX | NP | PHX | ROS | SMB | COL | BWE | ALA | MER | TNT | BGSM |
| Meralco | COL | TNT | ALA | PHX | BWE | BGSM | NP | NLEX | MAG | ROS | SMB |
| NLEX | TNT | NP | MAG | COL | SMB | BWE | BGSM | PHX | MER | ALA | ROS |
| NorthPort | NLEX | PHX | MAG | BGSM | BWE | TNT | COL | MER | ROS | SMB | ALA |
| Phoenix | COL | NP | ALA | TNT | MER | MAG | BGSM | NLEX | SMB | ROS | BWE |
| Rain or Shine | TNT | MAG | ALA | BWE | BGSM | NP | COL | MER | PHX | SMB | NLEX |
| San Miguel | NLEX | BWE | COL | BGSM | MAG | ALA | PHX | TNT | NP | ROS | MER |
| TNT | NLEX | MER | BWE | ALA | PHX | COL | ROS | NP | SMB | MAG | BGSM |

### Results

| Team | ALA | BGSM | BWE | COL | MAG | MER | NLEX | NP | PHX | ROS | SMB | TNT |
| Alaska | | 101–109 | 116–109 | 104–94 | 73–83 | 80–72 | 110–116* | 95–85 | 108–97 | 106–89 | 127–119 | 125–96 |
| Barangay Ginebra | — | | 118–124* | 96–84 | 93–86 | 111–105 | 106–92 | 104–98 | 101–99 | 97–104 | 110–102 | 112–93 |
| Blackwater | — | — | | 120–99 | 99–133 | 94–91 | 106–124 | 113–111 | 91–97 | 99–93 | 103–100 | 104–98* |
| Columbian | — | — | — | | 95–113 | 106–109 | 104–116 | 101–118 | 107–113 | 100–84 | 119–143 | 114–118* |
| Magnolia | — | — | — | — | | 88–94 | 102–72 | 104–87 | 82–95 | 92–76 | 109–108 | 116–103 |
| Meralco | — | — | — | — | — | | 108–105 | 94–99 | 86–96 | 91–82 | 111–81 | 90–92 |
| NLEX | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 123–107 | 97–123 | 101–107 | 112–125 | 103–90 |
| NorthPort | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 91–132 | 98–120 | 107–114 | 102–104 |
| Phoenix | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 103–97 | 100–117 | 112–82 |
| Rain or Shine | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 97–109 | 104–110 |
| San Miguel | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 107–96 |
| 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 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 111 | | | | | | |
| 8 | NLEX | NLEX | 75 | | | | | | |
| 8 | NLEX | NLEX | 75 | 1 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | | | |
| (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | 1 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | | | |
| (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | 4 | Magnolia | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Magnolia | Magnolia | 103 | 4 | Magnolia | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Blackwater | Blackwater | 99 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Blackwater | Blackwater | 99 | | | | 4 | Magnolia | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 4 | Magnolia | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 3 | Alaska | 2 |
| 2 | Phoenix | 74 | 103 | | | | 3 | Alaska | 2 |
| 7 | Meralco | 90 | 108* | | | | | | |
| 7 | Meralco | 90 | 108* | 7 | Meralco | 1 | | | |
| (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | 7 | Meralco | 1 | | | |
| (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | 3 | Alaska | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Alaska | Alaska | 96 | 3 | Alaska | 3 | | | |
| 6 | San Miguel | San Miguel | 85 | | | | | | |
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## Quarterfinals
### (1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (8) NLEX

* ESPN 5
* November 6 7:00 pm
* Box score
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 111, NLEX Road Warriors 75 :
| Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 24–16, 26–26, 35–13 |||
| Pts: Aguilar 18 Rebs: Aguilar, Brownlee 10 Asts: Brownlee 10 | Pts: Fuller 25 Rebs: Fuller 12 Asts: Fuller 4 |
| Barangay Ginebra wins series in one game |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Guevarra, R. Gruta, B. Oliva, N. Cortez

### (2) Phoenix vs. (7) Meralco

* ESPN 5
* November 7 4:30 pm
* Box score
Phoenix Fuel Masters 74, Meralco Bolts 90 :
| Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 18–18, 20–33, 19–24 |||
| Pts: Phelps 27 Rebs: Phelps 17 Asts: Jazul, Revilla 3 | Pts: Durham 26 Rebs: Durham 16 Asts: Amer 6 |
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Referees: N. Guevarra, R. Yante, M. Orioste, A. Nubla
* ESPN 5
* November 9 7:00 pm
* Box score
Phoenix Fuel Masters 103, Meralco Bolts 108 (OT) :
| Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 23–18, 18–30, 26–24, Overtime: 9–14 |||
| Pts: Perkins 24 Rebs: Phelps 23 Asts: Phelps 7 | Pts: Durham 32 Rebs: Durham 21 Asts: Durham 9 |
| Meralco wins series in two games |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, R. Yante, B. Oliva, M. Orioste

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

* ESPN 5
* November 7 7:00 pm
* Box score
Alaska Aces 96, San Miguel Beermen 85 :
| Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 20–23, 21–7, 32–36 |||
| Pts: Harris 25 Rebs: Harris 17 Asts: four players 3 | Pts: Murphy 19 Rebs: Standhardinger 11 Asts: Ross 7 |
| Alaska wins series in one game |||
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Referees: P. Balao, B. Oliva, M. Montoya, J. Nicandro

### (4) Magnolia vs. (5) Blackwater

* ESPN 5
* November 6 4:30 pm
* Box score
Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 103, Blackwater Elite 99 :
| Scoring by quarter: 32–22, 23–25, 21–31, 27–21 |||
| Pts: Lee 22 Rebs: Travis 20 Asts: Travis 12 | Pts: Walker 18 Rebs: Erram 19 Asts: Pinto, Walker 5 |
| Magnolia wins series in one game |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, R. Yante, M. Montoya, M. Orioste

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

* ESPN 5
* November 10 6:30 pm
* Box score
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 98, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 106 :
| Scoring by quarter: 39–31, 16–32, 21–23, 22–20 |||
| Pts: Brownlee 37 Rebs: Brownlee 14 Asts: Brownlee 8 | Pts: Travis 37 Rebs: Travis 16 Asts: Travis 5 |
* Ynares Center, Antipolo Referees: P. Balao, R. Yante, M. Orioste, N. Cortes
* ESPN 5
* November 12 7:00 pm
* Box score
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 97, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 101 :
| Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 28–26, 22–28, 29–26 |||
| Pts: Brownlee 31 Rebs: Thompson 15 Asts: Brownlee 7 | Pts: Travis 25 Rebs: Travis 12 Asts: Barroca, Travis 7 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, M. Montoya, J. Nicandro
* ESPN 5
* November 14 7:00 pm
* Box score
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 107, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 103 :
| Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 19–36, 37–23, 28–22 |||
| Pts: Brownlee 46 Rebs: Brownlee 19 Asts: four players 5 | Pts: Barroca 19 Rebs: Sangalang 11 Asts: Jalalon 8 |
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: P. Balao, N. Guevarra, B. Oliva, N. Ranido
* ESPN 5
* November 16 7:00 pm
* Box score
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 108, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 112 :
| Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 26–31, 26–30, 29–31 |||
| Pts: Brownlee 32 Rebs: Aguilar 14 Asts: Thompson 8 | Pts: Travis 50 Rebs: Travis 13 Asts: Sangalang 6 |
| Magnolia wins series, 3–1 |||
* Ynares Center, Antipolo Attendance: 7,400 Referees: N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, J. Narandan, J. Borja

### (3) Alaska vs. (7) Meralco

* ESPN 5
* November 11 6:30 pm
* Box score
Alaska Aces 92, Meralco Bolts 97 :
| Scoring by quarter: 17–25, 17–22, 22–25, 36–25 |||
| Pts: Harris 37 Rebs: Harris 18 Asts: Banchero 4 | Pts: Durham 32 Rebs: Durham 14 Asts: Durham 6 |
* Ynares Center, Antipolo Referees: N. Quilingen, M. Montoya, J. Narandan, N. Ranido
* ESPN 5
* November 13 7:00 pm
* Box score
Alaska Aces 100, Meralco Bolts 95 :
| Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 24–19, 27–20, 26–35 |||
| Pts: Harris 37 Rebs: Harris 19 Asts: Banchero 8 | Pts: Durham 24 Rebs: Durham 9 Asts: Durham 12 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: P. Balao, R. Yante, B. Oliva, M. Flordeliza
* ESPN 5
* November 15 7:00 pm
* Box score
Alaska Aces 104, Meralco Bolts 102 :
| Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 22–31, 28–21, 29–28 |||
| Pts: Harris 31 Rebs: Harris 24 Asts: Harris 7 | Pts: Durham 37 Rebs: Durham 13 Asts: Durham 8 |
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Referees: N. Guevarra, E. Tangkion, M. Orioste, N. Ranido
* ESPN 5
* November 17 6:30 pm
* Box score
Alaska Aces 99, Meralco Bolts 92 :
| Scoring by quarter: 21–28, 26–20, 21–12, 31–32 |||
| Pts: Harris 27 Rebs: Harris 14 Asts: four players 3 | Pts: Durham 31 Rebs: Durham 14 Asts: Newsome 7 |
| Alaska wins series, 3–1 |||
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

## Finals

* ESPN 5
* December 5 7:00 pm
* Box score
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* ESPN 5
* December 7 7:00 pm
* Box score
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ESPN 5
* December 9 6:30 pm
* Box score
* Ynares Center, Antipolo
* ESPN 5
* December 12 7:00 pm
* Box score
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ESPN 5
* December 14 7:00 pm
* Box score
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ESPN 5
* December 19 7:00 pm
* Box score
Alaska Aces 86, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 102 :
* Magnolia wins series, 4–2 ||
* Ynares Center, Antipolo

## 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 | Mike Harris | August 24 (vs. Meralco) | December 19 (vs. Magnolia) | 14–8 |
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Justin Brownlee | August 31 (vs. Columbian) | November 16 (vs. Magnolia) | 11–5 |
| Blackwater Elite | Henry Walker | August 24 (vs. TNT) | November 6 (vs. Magnolia) | 7–5 |
| Columbian Dyip | Akeem Wright | August 17 (vs. Meralco) | October 27 (vs. Blackwater) | 1–10 |
| Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | Romeo Travis | August 22 (vs. NLEX) | December 19 (vs. Alaska) | 16–6 |
| Meralco Bolts | Allen Durham | August 17 (vs. Columbian) | November 17 (vs. Alaska) | 8–9 |
| NLEX Road Warriors | Olu Ashaolu | August 17 (vs. TNT) | August 22 (vs. Magnolia) | 2–1 |
| NLEX Road Warriors | Aaron Fuller | August 29 (vs. Columbian) | November 6 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 3–6 |
| NorthPort Batang Pier | Rashad Woods | August 19 (vs. NLEX) | October 28 (vs. Alaska) | 2–9 |
| Phoenix Fuel Masters | Eugene Phelps | August 22 (vs. Columbian) | November 9 (vs. Meralco) | 8–5 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | J'Nathan Bullock | September 22 (vs. TNT) | September 26 (vs. Magnolia) | 0–2 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Terrence Watson | October 3 (vs. Alaska) | October 27 (vs. San Miguel) | 2–6 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | No import | November 3 (vs. NLEX) | November 3 (vs. NLEX) | 1–0 |
| San Miguel Beermen | Arizona Reid | September 1 (vs. NLEX) | September 23 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 2–2 |
| San Miguel Beermen | Kevin Murphy | September 30 (vs. Magnolia) | November 7 (vs. Alaska) | 4–4 |
| TNT KaTropa | Mike Glover | August 17 (vs. NLEX) | August 17 (vs. NLEX) | 0–1 |
| TNT KaTropa | No import | August 19 (vs. Meralco) | August 19 (vs. Meralco) | 1–0 |
| TNT KaTropa | Stacy Davis | August 24 (vs. Blackwater) | September 2 (vs. Columbian) | 1–3 |
| TNT KaTropa | Marqus Blakely | September 22 (vs. Rain or Shine) | November 4 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 2–3 |

## Awards
### Conference

* Best Player of the Conference: Paul Lee (Magnolia Hotshots)
* Best Import of the Conference: Mike Harris (Alaska Aces)
* Finals MVP: Mark Barroca (Magnolia Hotshots)

### Players of the Week

| Week | Player |
| August 17–19 | Mark Tallo (NLEX Road Warriors) |
| August 20–26 | Simon Enciso (Alaska Aces) |
| August 27 – September 2 | Christian Standhardinger (San Miguel Beermen) |
| September 17–23 | John Pinto (Blackwater Elite) |
| September 24–30 | Paul Lee (Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok) |
| October 1–7 | Paul Zamar (Blackwater Elite) |
| October 8–14 | Jio Jalalon (Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok) |
| October 15–21 | Chris Banchero (Alaska Aces) |
| October 22–28 | Christian Standhardinger (San Miguel Beermen) |
| October 29 – November 4 | Chris Tiu (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| November 5–11 | Baser Amer (Meralco Bolts) |