The 2000

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

2000 PBA season The 2000 PBA season was the 26th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Board of governors Executive committee * Emilio Bernardino, Jr. (Commissioner) * Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (Chairman, representing Alaska Milkmen) * Ignatiu ...

. It started on June 23 and ended on September 15, 2000. The tournament is an Import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference: * One-round robin eliminations; 9 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. * The top eight teams after the eliminations will advance to the quarterfinals. *Quarterfinals: **Top four teams will have a twice-to-beat advantage against their opponent. **QF1: #1 vs. #8 **QF2: #2 vs. #7 **QF3: #3 vs. #6 **QF4: #4 vs. #5 *Best-of-five semifinals: **SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 **SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 *Third-place playoff: losers of the semifinals *Best-of-seven finals: winners of the semifinals

Imports

The following is the list of imports with the replacement imports being highlighted. GP is the number of games played in the conference. ^{(*) Played only in Purefoods' seventh game in the eliminations until Nwosu returns in their last two games.}

Elimination round

Team standings

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) San Miguel vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra

(2) Sta. Lucia vs. (7) Sunkist

(3) Tanduay vs, (6) Mobiline

(4) Alaska vs. (5) Purefoods

Semifinals

(1) San Miguel vs. (4) Alaska

(2) Sta. Lucia vs. (3) Tanduay

Third place playoff

Finals

References

External links

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