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
Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1)
winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head
goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4)
coin toss[1]Notes:
- ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 NLEX
Schedule
Results
Source:
[citation needed]Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Bracket
*Game went into overtime.
Quarterfinals
(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (8) NLEX
(2) Phoenix vs. (7) Meralco
(3) Alaska vs. (6) San Miguel
(4) Magnolia vs. (5) Blackwater
Semifinals
(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (4) Magnolia
(3) Alaska vs. (7) Meralco
Finals
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.
Awards
Conference
Players of the Week
References
- ^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".
- ^ a b Ramos, Gerry (August 13, 2018). "Alaska taps NBA veteran Mike Harris to complete cast of PBA imports". SPIN.ph.
- ^ a b Ramos, Gerry (July 20, 2018). "Columbian Dyip import Akeem Wright is in town". SPIN.ph.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (May 21, 2018). "Blackwater bringing back Henry Walker for Jarrid Famous as Elite prime up for season-ending conference". SPIN.ph.
- ^ Leongson, Randolph (July 20, 2018). "Ex-Alaska import Romeo Travis returns, this time with Magnolia". SPIN.ph.
- ^ Leongson, Randolph (June 27, 2018). "Ousted NLEX set to field Governors' Cup import Olu Ashaolu". SPIN.ph.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (August 22, 2018). "Fuller in as Olu undergoes rehab in rare import set-up for NLEX". SPIN.ph.
- ^ Leongson, Randolph (August 4, 2018). "Globalport brings in Rashad Woods as import for Governors' Cup". SPIN.ph.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (May 19, 2018). "Phoenix activates Eugene Phelps in place of injured James White for game against Ginebra". SPIN.ph.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (August 6, 2018). "J'Nathan Bullock back for another tour of duty with RoS". SPIN.ph.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (October 2, 2018). "Rain or Shine looking to turn things around with new import Terrence Watson". SPIN.ph.
- ^ Leongson, Randolph (July 15, 2018). "AZ Reid set for return as San Miguel's Governors' Cup import". SPIN.ph.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (September 26, 2018). "San Miguel parting ways with AZ Reid as Kevin Murphy comes in". SPIN.ph.
- ^ Leongson, Randolph (August 10, 2018). "Former GlobalPort import Mike Glover set to suit up for TNT". SPIN.ph.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (August 22, 2018). "TnT taps former Pepperdine standout Stacy Davis as new import". SPIN.ph.
- ^ Sacamos, Karlo (September 10, 2018). "TnT hoping third time's the charm with Marqus Blakely acquisition". SPIN.ph.
- ^ "Mark Tallo earns Player of the Week citation".
- ^ "Simon Enciso steps up at the right time".
- ^ "Standhardinger named PBAPC Player of the week".
- ^ "John Pinto named Cignal-PBAPC Player of the week".
- ^ "Paul Lee takes charge for Magnolia".
- ^ "Paul Zamar shows 'em what he's got".
- ^ "Magnolia's Jio Jalalon soars".
- ^ "Chris Banchero stands tall for Alaska as playoff race intensifies".
- ^ "Standhardinger continues to shine as SMB seals playoffs spot".
- ^ "Chris Tiu saves best for last".
- ^ "Baser Amer comes of age".
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