The 2019 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup also known as the 2019 Honda–PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons was the third and final conference of the 2019 PBA season. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'5".
2019 PBA Governors' Cup | |
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Duration | September 20, 2019 – January 17, 2020 |
TV partner(s) | Local: ESPN 5 TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International |
Finals | |
Champions | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel |
Runners-up | Meralco Bolts |
Awards | |
Best Player | Christian Standhardinger (NorthPort Batang Pier) |
Best Import | Allen Durham (Meralco Bolts) |
Finals MVP | Japeth Aguilar (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) |
PBA Governors' Cup chronology | |
PBA conference chronology | |
The tournament format for this conference is as follows:
Pos | Team
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W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | NLEX Road Warriors | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
2 | Meralco Bolts | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | |
3 | TNT KaTropa | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | |
4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1 | |
5 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 2 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
6 | Magnolia Hotshots | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 2 | |
7 | Alaska Aces | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 3 | |
8 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 3 | |
9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 4 | 7 | .364[d] | 4 | |
10 | Columbian Dyip | 4 | 7 | .364[d] | 4 | |
11 | Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5 | |
12 | Blackwater Elite | 2 | 9 | .182 | 6 |
Team ╲ Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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Alaska Aces | COL | BGSM | SMB | MER | MAG | ROS | TNT | BWE | NP | PHX | NLEX |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | ALA | PHX | NLEX | SMB | MAG | ROS | BWE | MER | TNT | COL | NP |
Blackwater Elite | TNT | NLEX | NP | COL | MAG | MER | ROS | ALA | BGSM | SMB | PHX |
Columbian Dyip | ALA | ROS | NP | TNT | BWE | NLEX | SMB | PHX | MAG | MER | BGSM |
Magnolia Hotshots | MER | NP | ROS | ALA | SMB | BWE | BGSM | COL | PHX | NLEX | TNT |
Meralco Bolts | MAG | NLEX | ALA | PHX | TNT | BWE | SMB | BGSM | COL | NP | ROS |
NLEX Road Warriors | PHX | MER | BWE | SMB | BGSM | COL | TNT | ROS | MAG | NP | ALA |
NorthPort Batang Pier | ROS | MAG | COL | BWE | TNT | PHX | SMB | ALA | MER | NLEX | BGSM |
Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters | NLEX | SMB | BGSM | TNT | MER | ROS | NP | COL | MAG | ALA | BWE |
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | NP | COL | TNT | MAG | PHX | ALA | BWE | BGSM | NLEX | SMB | MER |
San Miguel Beermen | PHX | ALA | NLEX | MAG | BGSM | COL | NP | MER | BWE | ROS | TNT |
TNT KaTropa | BWE | ROS | PHX | COL | NP | MER | ALA | NLEX | BGSM | MAG | SMB |
Teams | ALA | BGSM | BWE | COL | MAG | MER | NLEX | NP | PHX | ROS | SMB | TNT |
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Alaska | — | 83–102 | 101–91 | 110–117 | 90–95 | 75–101 | 106–90 | 106–99 | 105–102 | 78–71 | 83–109 | 93–99* |
Barangay Ginebra | — | 101–93 | 113–90 | 105–83 | 77–101 | 111–113* | 96–98 | 101–103 | 98–89 | 129–124 | 96–93 | |
Blackwater | — | 90–102 | 95–89 | 97–106 | 109–115 | 107–98 | 117–120* | 82–99 | 96–99* | 107–135 | ||
Terrafirma | — | 103–118 | 74–92 | 111–117 | 114–108 | 106–104 | 90–96 | 107–113 | 120–125 | |||
Magnolia | — | 92–98 | 85–86 | 96–80 | 97–81 | 69–68 | 89–90 | 100–93 | ||||
Meralco | — | 99–105 | 103–89 | 111–94 | 81–83 | 125–99 | 113–116 | |||||
NLEX | — | 94–102 | 123–116 | 111–91 | 94–98 | 126–113 | ||||||
NorthPort | — | 80–70 | 99–94 | 127–119 | 100–103 | |||||||
Phoenix Super LPG | — | 86–84 | 119–130 | 118–123 | ||||||||
Rain or Shine | — | 91–85 | 91–103 | |||||||||
San Miguel | — | 109–114 | ||||||||||
TNT | — |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
1 | NLEX | 90 | 123 | |||||||||||
8 | NorthPort | 115 | 126*** | |||||||||||
8 | NorthPort | 1 | ||||||||||||
(#4 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
4 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Barangay Ginebra | 100 | ||||||||||||
5 | San Miguel | 97 | ||||||||||||
4 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | ||||||||||||
(#2 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
2 | Meralco | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Meralco | 94 | ||||||||||||
7 | Alaska | 84 | ||||||||||||
2 | Meralco | 3 | ||||||||||||
(#3 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
3 | TNT | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | TNT | 98 | ||||||||||||
6 | Magnolia | 97 | ||||||||||||
*Game went into overtime
November 25 |
NLEX Road Warriors 90, NorthPort Batang Pier 115 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 24–34, 16–27, 24–22, 26–32 | ||
Pts: Quiñahan20 Rebs: Erram10 Asts: Ravena5 |
Pts: Qualls39 Rebs: Qualls16 Asts: Elorde6 |
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
November 27 |
NLEX Road Warriors 123, NorthPort Batang Pier 126 (3OT) | ||
Scoring by quarter: 27–24, 29–19, 18–27, 25–29, Overtime: 9–9, 8–8, 7–10 | ||
Pts: Harris43 Rebs: Harris16 Asts: Ravena6 |
Pts: Standhardinger33 Rebs: Standhardinger23 Asts: Standhardinger7 | |
NorthPort wins series in two games |
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
November 24 |
Meralco Bolts 94, Alaska Aces84 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 29–12, 20–21, 24–30, 21–21 | ||
Pts: Durham28 Rebs: Durham16 Asts: Durham8 |
Pts: Casio20 Rebs: House9 Asts: Ahanmisi4 | |
Meralco wins series in one game |
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
November 25 |
TNT KaTropa 98, Magnolia Hotshots97 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 26–28, 18–26, 32–17 | ||
Pts: Castro30 Rebs: McDaniels17 Asts: Castro7 |
Pts: Travis32 Rebs: Travis26 Asts: Banchero8 | |
TNT wins series in one game |
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
November 24 |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 100, San Miguel Beermen97 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 31–35, 24–25, 22–14 | ||
Pts: Brownlee41 Rebs: Brownlee11 Asts: Tenorio7 |
Pts: Fajardo24 Rebs: Fajardo18 Asts: Cabagnot6 | |
Barangay Ginebra wins series in one game |
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
December 15 |
Meralco Bolts 94, TNT KaTropa 103 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 16–25, 20–30, 33–26 | ||
Pts: Durham32 Rebs: Durham21 Asts: Durham, Jackson3 |
Pts: McDaniels38 Rebs: McDaniels14 Asts: Castro7 |
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
December 17 |
Meralco Bolts 114, TNT KaTropa94 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 35–16, 28–13, 26–37, 25–28 | ||
Pts: Durham44 Rebs: Durham19 Asts: Durham11 |
Pts: McDaniels51 Rebs: McDaniels9 Asts: McDaniels, Parks3 |
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
December 19 |
Meralco Bolts 97, TNT KaTropa 101 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 29–23, 22–19, 20–35, 26–24 | ||
Pts: Durham32 Rebs: Durham19 Asts: Durham7 |
Pts: Rosario25 Rebs: McDaniels14 Asts: Castro10 |
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
December 21 |
Meralco Bolts 95, TNT KaTropa83 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 33–21, 22–23, 22–15 | ||
Pts: Durham36 Rebs: Durham19 Asts: Amer7 |
Pts: McDaniels26 Rebs: McDaniels9 Asts: Castro7 |
Ynares Center, Antipolo |
December 23 |
Meralco Bolts 89, TNT KaTropa78 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 15–19, 29–19, 23–17 | ||
Pts: Durham28 Rebs: Durham10 Asts: Durham8 |
Pts: McDaniels30 Rebs: McDaniels13 Asts: Castro, Parks4 | |
Meralco wins series, 3–2 |
Ynares Center, Antipolo |
December 14 |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 90, NorthPort Batang Pier 124 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 17–31, 29–27, 22–46 | ||
Pts: Brownlee24 Rebs: Brownlee19 Asts: Brownlee6 |
Pts: Qualls38 Rebs: Qualls, Standhardinger15 Asts: Standhardinger6 |
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
December 16 |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 113, NorthPort Batang Pier88 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 31–18, 31–26, 32–26, 19–18 | ||
Pts: Pringle23 Rebs: J. Aguilar12 Asts: Thompson6 |
Pts: Qualls20 Rebs: Anthony11 Asts: Elorde7 |
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
December 18 |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 132, NorthPort Batang Pier 105 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 36–31, 28–17, 36–24, 32–33 | ||
Pts: Brownlee41 Rebs: Brownlee11 Asts: Thompson8 |
Pts: Qualls32 Rebs: Qualls10 Asts: Elorde8 |
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
December 20 |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 120, NorthPort Batang Pier 107 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 32–21, 24–18, 30–36, 34–32 | ||
Pts: Brownlee36 Rebs: Brownlee19 Asts: Brownlee8 |
Pts: Standhardinger32 Rebs: Standhardinger15 Asts: Qualls, Standhardinger7 | |
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 3–1 |
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
January 7, 2020 |
Meralco Bolts 87, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 91 |
January 10, 2020 |
Meralco Bolts 104, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 102 |
January 12, 2020 |
Meralco Bolts 84, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 92 |
January 15, 2020 |
Meralco Bolts 72, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 94 |
January 17, 2020 |
Meralco Bolts 93, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 105 | ||
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–1 |
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 |
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Alaska Aces | Justin Watts[2] | September 20 (vs. Columbian) | September 22 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 0–2 |
No import | September 29 (vs. San Miguel) | 0–1 | ||
Franko House[3] | October 4 (vs. Meralco) | November 24 (vs. Meralco) | 5–4 | |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Justin Brownlee[4] | September 22 (vs. Alaska) | January 17 (vs. Meralco) | 15–6 |
Blackwater Elite | Marqus Blakely[5][6] | September 25 (vs. TNT) | November 15 (vs. Phoenix) | 2–8 |
Aaron Fuller[7][6] | October 11 (vs. Columbian) | 0–1 | ||
Columbian Dyip | Khapri Alston[4] | September 20 (vs. Alaska) | November 15 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 4–7 |
Magnolia Hotshots | Romeo Travis[4] | September 21 (vs. Meralco) | November 25 (vs. TNT) | 6–5 |
No import | October 16 (vs. Blackwater) | 0–1 | ||
Meralco Bolts | Allen Durham[4] | September 21 (vs. Magnolia) | January 17 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 13–9 |
NLEX Road Warriors | Olu Ashaolu[4] | September 21 (vs. Phoenix) | October 5 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 4–1 |
Manny Harris[8] | October 16 (vs. Columbian) | November 27 (vs. NorthPort) | 4–4 | |
NorthPort Batang Pier | Mychal Ammons[9] | September 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) | October 12 (vs. Phoenix) | 2–4 |
Michael Qualls[10] | October 23 (vs. San Miguel) | December 20 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 6–5 | |
Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters | Eugene Phelps[4] | September 21 (vs. NLEX) | October 12 (vs. NorthPort) | 2–5 |
Alonzo Gee[11] | October 25 (vs. Columbian) | November 15 (vs. Blackwater) | 1–3 | |
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Joel Wright[12] | September 20 (vs. NorthPort) | September 28 (vs. TNT) | 1–2 |
Kayel Locke[13] | October 4 (vs. Magnolia) | October 13 (vs. Alaska) | 0–3 | |
Kwame Alexander[14] | October 23 (vs. Blackwater) | October 26 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 1–1 | |
Richard Ross[15] | October 30 (vs. NLEX) | November 17 (vs. Meralco) | 2–1 | |
San Miguel Beermen | Dez Wells[4] | September 25 (vs. Phoenix) | October 27 (vs. Meralco) | 5–3 |
No import | November 6 (vs. Blackwater) | 1–0 | ||
John Holland[16] | November 9 (vs. Rain or Shine) | November 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 0–3 | |
TNT KaTropa | K. J. McDaniels[4] | September 25 (vs. Blackwater) | December 23 (vs. Meralco) | 11–6 |
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:
Week | Player | Ref. |
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September 20–22 | Raymond Almazan (Meralco Bolts) | [17] |
September 23–29 | Kiefer Ravena (NLEX Road Warriors) | [18] |
September 30 – October 6 | Baser Amer (Meralco Bolts) | [19] |
October 7–13 | Troy Rosario (TNT KaTropa) Jeron Teng (Alaska Aces) |
[20] |
October 14–20 | June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen) Raymond Almazan (Meralco Bolts) |
[21] |
October 21–27 | Christian Standhardinger (NorthPort Batang Pier) | [22] |
October 28 – November 3 | Vic Manuel (Alaska Aces) | [23] |
November 4–10 | Anjo Caram (Meralco Bolts) | [24] |
Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
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Points per game | CJ Perez | Columbian Dyip | 23.2 |
Rebounds per game | June Mar Fajardo | San Miguel Beermen | 14.0 |
Assists per game | Kiefer Ravena | NLEX Road Warriors | 7.8 |
Steals per game | CJ Perez | Columbian Dyip | 2.5 |
Blocks per game | John Paul Erram | NLEX Road Warriors | 2.2 |
Turnovers per game | CJ Perez | Columbian Dyip | 4.1 |
Fouls per game | Beau Belga | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 4.1 |
Minutes per game | CJ Perez | Columbian Dyip | 39.9 |
FG% | Japeth Aguilar | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 59.2% |
FT% | LA Tenorio | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 95.5% |
3FG% | Von Pessumal | San Miguel Beermen | 45.0% |
Double-doubles | June Mar Fajardo | San Miguel Beermen | 12 |
Triple-doubles | Chris Newsome | Meralco Bolts | 1 |
Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
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Points per game | Dez Wells | San Miguel Beermen | 37.1 |
Rebounds per game | Khapri Alston | Columbian Dyip | 18.2 |
Assists per game | Justin Brownlee | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6.8 |
Steals per game | Marqus Blakely | Blackwater Elite | 3.5 |
Blocks per game | K. J. McDaniels | TNT KaTropa | 3.4 |
Turnovers per game | K. J. McDaniels | TNT KaTropa | 4.6 |
Fouls per game | Franko House | Alaska Aces | 4.9 |
Minutes per game | Michael Qualls | NorthPort Batang Pier | 46.2 |
FG% | Dez Wells | San Miguel Beermen | 54.7% |
FT% | Dez Wells | San Miguel Beermen | 85.1% |
3FG% | Marqus Blakely | Blackwater Elite | 40.0% |
Double-doubles | Allen Durham | Meralco Bolts | 22 |
Triple-doubles | Justin Brownlee | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 4 |
Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
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Points | Bobby Ray Parks Jr. | Blackwater Elite | 39 |
Rebounds | Raymond Almazan | Meralco Bolts | 24 |
Assists | Kiefer Ravena | NLEX Road Warriors | 17 |
Steals | Chris Ross | San Miguel Beermen | 7 |
Blocks | Ian Sangalang | Magnolia Hotshots | 7 |
Japeth Aguilar | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | ||
Three point field goals | Rashawn McCarthy | Columbian Dyip | 7 |
Troy Rosario | TNT KaTropa |
Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
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Points | Dez Wells | San Miguel Beermen | 56 |
Rebounds | Allen Durham | Meralco Bolts | 27 |
Assists | Justin Brownlee | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 14 |
Steals | Manny Harris | NLEX Road Warriors | 7 |
Blocks | Marqus Blakely | Blackwater Elite | 8 |
Three point field goals | Manny Harris | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 |
K. J. McDaniels (twice) | TNT KaTropa | ||
Justin Brownlee | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel |
Category | Team | Statistic |
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Points per game | NLEX Road Warriors | 106.7 |
Rebounds per game | Columbian Dyip | 48.9 |
Assists per game | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 26.6 |
Steals per game | Columbian Dyip | 9.7 |
Blocks per game | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 5.1 |
Turnovers per game | Magnolia Hotshots | 16.8 |
FG% | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 48.0% |
FT% | NLEX Road Warriors | 79.6% |
3FG% | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 36.5% |