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Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...
(PBA)
Commissioner's Cup was the second conference of the
2011–12 PBA season. The tournament began on February 10 and ended on May 6, 2012. The tournament is an import-laden format, which means that a team may sign an import or a pure-foreign player for each team with no height limit.
Format
The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:
2011-12 PBA COMMISSIONER’S CUP FORMAT
PBA.ph, February 1, 2012
* Single-round robin eliminations; 9 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. In case of tie, playoffs will be held only for the #2 and #6 seeds.
* The top two teams after the elimination round will automatically advance to the semifinals.
* The next four teams will play in a best of three quarterfinals series for the two last berths in the semifinals. Matchups are:
** QF1: #3 team vs. #6 team
** QF2: #4 team vs. #5 team
* The winners of the quarterfinals will challenge the top two teams in a best-of-five semifinals series. Matchups are:
** SF1: #1 vs. QF2
** SF2: #2 vs. QF1
*The winners in the semifinals advance to the best of seven Finals.
Elimination round
Team standings
Schedule
Results
Sixth seed playoff
Second seed playoff
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(3) B-Meg vs. (6) Meralco
(4) Alaska vs. (5) Barako Bull series
Semifinals
(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (5) Barako Bull
(2) Barangay Ginebra vs. (3) B-Meg
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
*Best Player of the Conference: Mark Caguioa
Mark Anthony Yu Caguioa (born November 19, 1979) is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as The Spark and as MC47 from his initials an ...
(Barangay Ginebra)
*Best Import of the Conference: Denzel Bowles
Denzel Bowles (born May 1, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Professional career
2011–12 season
Bowles began his professio ...
(B-Meg)
*Finals MVP: James Yap
James Carlos Agravante Yap Sr. (born February 15, 1982) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known by his nickname Big Game James, he had played for ...
(B-Meg)
Players of the Week
Statistical leaders
Locals
References
External links
PBA.ph
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PBA Commissioner's Cup
The PBA Commissioner's Cup is a tournament of the Philippine Basketball Association. Along with the PBA Governors' Cup, the tournament (also named as "conference") is one of the two competitions in a PBA season that allows teams to hire a single ...
PBA Commissioner's Cup
Commissioner's Cup 2012