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2018
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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 2018
Honda
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Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a product ...
–PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second conference of the
2017–18 PBA season. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'10". The conference started on April 22 and ended on August 8, 2018.
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
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(1) Rain or Shine vs. (8) GlobalPort
(2) Alaska vs. (7) Magnolia
(3) TNT vs. (6) San Miguel
(4) Meralco vs. (5) Barangay Ginebra
Semifinals
(1) Rain or Shine vs. (5) Barangay Ginebra
Note: Game 2 of the Rain or Shine – Barangay Ginebra semifinals series was originally scheduled on July 17, 2018, but was postponed due to inclement weather brought by
Tropical Storm Son-Tinh (Henry).
(2) Alaska vs. (6) San Miguel
Note: Game 3 of the Alaska – San Miguel semifinals series was originally scheduled on July 18, 2018, but was postponed due to inclement weather brought by
Tropical Storm Son-Tinh (Henry).
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
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
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:
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Best Player of the Conference:
June Mar Fajardo
June Mar Sotto Fajardo (; born November 17, 1989) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He is also known by his nickname "The Kraken” for his extraordinary siz ...
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Best Import of the Conference:
Justin Brownlee
Justin Donta Brownlee (born April 23, 1988) is an American-born Filipino professional basketball player for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
College career
Brownlee played college basketball at St ...
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Finals MVP:
Scottie Thompson
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Early life
Thompson grew up in Richmond, Virginia, where she attended Collegiate Sc ...
Players of the Week
References
External links
PBA Official Website
{{PBA Commissioner's Cup
Commissioner's
PBA Commissioner's Cup