The 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup also known as the 2022–23
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PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the second conference of the
2022–23 PBA season of the
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(PBA). The 20th edition of the
Commissioner's Cup started on September 21, 2022, and will end in early 2023. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'10".
Several games were postponed due to the onslaught of two tropical cyclones
Typhoon Karding (Noru) and
Tropical Storm Paeng (Nalgae), that both affected the country.
Format
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:
* Single-round robin eliminations; 12 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) Bay Area vs. (8) Rain or Shine
Bay Area has the
twice-to-beat advantage
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; they have to be beaten twice, while their opponents just once, to advance.
(2) Magnolia vs. (7) Phoenix Super LPG
Magnolia has the
twice-to-beat advantage
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; they have to be beaten twice, while their opponents just once, to advance.
(3) Barangay Ginebra vs. (6) NorthPort
This is a
best-of-three playoff.
(4) Converge vs. (5) San Miguel
This is a
best-of-three playoff.
Semifinals
All match-ups are
best-of-five playoffs.
(1) Bay Area vs. (5) San Miguel
(2) Magnolia vs. (3) Barangay Ginebra
Finals
If necessary
Imports
The following is the list of
imports
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, 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
Players of the Week
Statistics
Individual statistical leaders
Local players
Import players
Individual game highs
Local players
Import players
Team statistical leaders
Notes
References
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