The
2017
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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, also known as the 2017
Oppo-PBA Commissioner's Cup for
sponsorship
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reasons, was the second conference of the
2016–17 PBA season. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'10".
PBA eyes invitational for Asian teams, removal of import handicapping
Rappler
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, November 5, 2016
The tournament had two breaks with no games scheduled for more than seven days: first during the All-Star Week (April 26 to 30) and second during the SEABA Championship
The SEABA Championship is a basketball tournament national teams organized by the Southeast Asia Basketball Association, a sub-zone of the FIBA Asia. It serves as a qualifier for the FIBA Asia Cup
The FIBA Asia Cup (formerly the FIBA Asia Cham ...
(May 12 to 18).
Format
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:
* 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:
**QF1: #1 vs #8 (#1 twice-to-beat)
**QF2: #2 vs #7 (#2 twice-to-beat)
**QF3: #3 vs #6 (best-of-3 series)
**QF4: #4 vs #5 (best-of-3 series)
*Semifinals (best-of-5 series):
**SF1: QF1 Winner vs. QF4 Winner
**SF2: QF2 Winner vs. QF3 Winner
*Finals (best-of-7 series)
**F1: SF1 Winner vs SF2 Winner
Elimination round
Team standings
Schedule
Results
Eighth seed playoff
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (8) GlobalPort
(2) San Miguel vs. (7) Phoenix
(3) Star vs. (6) Rain or Shine
(4) TNT vs. (5) Meralco
Semifinals
(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (4) TNT
(2) San Miguel vs. (3) Star
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: Chris Ross
*Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference: Charles Rhodes
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*Finals MVP: Alex Cabagnot
Alexander Cabagnot Jr. (born December 8, 1982) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Terrafirma Dyip of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He plays the point guard position. Alex once had a rivalry with Mark Caguioa fo ...
Players of the Week
References
External links
PBA.ph
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Commissioner's Cup
PBA Commissioner's Cup