The 2017 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2017 PBA Governors' Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and the Meralco Bolts competed for the 17th Governors' Cup championship and the 121st overall championship contested by the league. It was the rematch of the previous year's Governors' Cup finals.[1][2]
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Dates | October 13–27, 2017 | ||||||||||||||
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MVP | LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) | ||||||||||||||
Television | Local: ESPN5 TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International | ||||||||||||||
Announcers | see Broadcast notes | ||||||||||||||
Radio network | Radyo5 (DWFM) | ||||||||||||||
Announcers | see Broadcast notes | ||||||||||||||
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Barangay Ginebra San Miguel won the series, four games to three, successfully defending the Governors' Cup championship. This is the second Governors' Cup and 10th overall championship of the Ginebra franchise.
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Meralco Bolts | ||
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Finished 8–3 (.727): Tied with TNT in 2nd place | Elimination round | Finished 9–2 (.818): 1st place | |
.760 (3rd place) | Tiebreaker* | bye | |
Def. San Miguel in one game (twice-to-beat advantage) | Quarterfinals | Def. Blackwater in two games (twice-to-beat advantage) | |
Def. TNT, 3–1 | Semifinals | Def. Star, 3–0 |
July 23 |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 78, Meralco Bolts 93 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 32–21, 13–22, 12–29, 21–21 | ||
Pts: Tenorio16 Rebs: Slaughter14 Asts: Aguilar5 |
Pts: Durham30 Rebs: Durham24 Asts: Durham9 |
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
Game | Date | Venue | Winner | Result |
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Game 1 | October 13 | Quezon Convention Center | Barangay Ginebra | 102–87 |
Game 2 | October 15 | Smart Araneta Coliseum | Barangay Ginebra | 86–76 |
Game 3 | October 18 | Meralco | 94–81 | |
Game 4 | October 20 | Meralco | 85–83 | |
Game 5 | October 22 | Philippine Arena | Barangay Ginebra | 85–74 |
Game 6 | October 25 | Meralco | 98–91 | |
Game 7 | October 27 | Barangay Ginebra | 101–96 |
October 13 |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 102, Meralco Bolts87 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 29–18, 20–17, 28–36, 25–16 | ||
Pts: Brownlee32 Rebs: Brownlee19 Asts: Mercado8 |
Pts: Durham27 Rebs: Durham14 Asts: Durham8 | |
Barangay Ginebra leads series, 1–0 |
Quezon Convention Center, Lucena, Quezon |
October 15 |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 86, Meralco Bolts76 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 22–13, 17–25, 29–14 | ||
Pts: Brownlee19 Rebs: Brownlee13 Asts: Brownlee7 |
Pts: Durham25 Rebs: Durham22 Asts: Durham7 | |
Barangay Ginebra leads series, 2–0 |
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
October 18 |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 81, Meralco Bolts 94 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 26–23, 17–20, 17–28 | ||
Pts: Brownlee15 Rebs: Brownlee11 Asts: J. Aguilar, Devance4 |
Pts: Durham38 Rebs: Durham20 Asts: Newsome12 | |
Barangay Ginebra leads series, 2–1 |
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
October 20 |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 83, Meralco Bolts 85 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 23–24, 23–27, 20–17 | ||
Pts: Brownlee34 Rebs: Brownlee14 Asts: Brownlee7 |
Pts: Durham28 Rebs: Durham18 Asts: Dillinger5 | |
Series tied, 2–2 |
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
October 22 |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 85, Meralco Bolts74 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 21–20, 24–27, 19–12 | ||
Pts: Brownlee20 Rebs: Slaughter16 Asts: Brownlee5 |
Pts: Durham27 Rebs: Durham19 Asts: Amer, Durham5 | |
Barangay Ginebra leads series, 3–2 |
Philippine Arena, Bocaue, Bulacan |
October 25 |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 91, Meralco Bolts 98 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 17–29, 20–25, 32–21, 22–23 | ||
Pts: Brownlee23 Rebs: Brownlee9 Asts: Brownlee, Thompson4 |
Pts: Durham28 Rebs: Durham19 Asts: Newsome11 | |
Series tied, 3–3 |
Philippine Arena, Bocaue, Bulacan |
October 27 |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 101, Meralco Bolts96 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 25–18, 29–27, 20–32 | ||
Pts: Tenorio26 Rebs: Thompson9 Asts: J. Aguilar, Brownlee5 |
Pts: Durham26 Rebs: Durham24 Asts: Durham9 | |
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–3 |
Philippine Arena, Bocaue, Bulacan |
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The Governors' Cup finals aired on TV5 with simulcasts on PBA Rush (both in standard and high definition). TV5's radio arm, Radyo5 provided the radio play-by-play coverage.
ESPN5 also provided online livestreaming via their official YouTube account using the TV5 feed.
The PBA Rush broadcast provided English-language coverage of the finals.
Game | ESPN5 | PBA Rush (English) | ||||
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Play-by-play | Analyst(s) | Courtside reporters | Play-by-play | Analyst(s) | Courtside reporters | |
Game 1 | Sev Sarmenta | Eric Menk and Eric Reyes | Rizza Diaz | Chuck Araneta | Tony dela Cruz | Mara Aquino |
Game 2 | Magoo Marjon | Quinito Henson and Jason Webb | Sel Guevara | James Velasquez | Jong Uichico | Apple David |
Game 3 | Anthony Suntay | Andy Jao and Yeng Guiao | Selina Dagdag | Carlo Pamintuan | Charles Tiu | Chino Lui Pio |
Game 4 | Charlie Cuna | Eric Menk and Dominic Uy | Sel Guevara | Chiqui Reyes | Ali Peek | Apple David |
Game 5 | Magoo Marjon | Eric Reyes and Quinito Henson | Rizza Diaz | James Velasquez | Tony dela Cruz | Carla Lizardo |
Game 6 | Sev Sarmenta | Dominic Uy and Andy Jao | Rizza Diaz | Carlo Pamintuan | Charles Tiu | Carla Lizardo |
Game 7 | Charlie Cuna | Quinito Henson and Andy Jao | Rizza Diaz | Chuck Araneta | Ali Peek | Carla Lizardo |