The
2011
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Philippine Basketball Association
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(PBA)
Commissioner's Cup was the second conference of the
2010–11 PBA season. The tournament began on February 18 and ended on May 8, 2011. The tournament was an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team and with a height limit of 6-foot-4. Defending 2002 champions
Barako Bull Energy Boosters
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took a leave of absence during this conference. Replacing them was the
Smart Gilas Philippine national team.
The
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters won their fourth and first back-to-back championship, defeating the
Barangay Ginebra Kings
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, 4–2.
Format
The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:
2011 COMMISSIONER’S CUP FORMAT
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* Single-round robin eliminations; 9 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. Ties are broken among points differences of the tied teams.
* 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
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(3) Barangay Ginebra vs. (6) Rain or Shine
(4) Air21 vs. (5) Alaska
Semifinals
(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (4) Air21
(2) Smart Gilas vs. (3) Barangay Ginebra
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: Jimmy Alapag (Talk 'N Text)
*Best Import of the Conference: Nate Brumfield (Barangay Ginebra)
*Finals MVP: Jimmy Alapag and Jayson Castro
Jayson Castro William (born June 30, 1986) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the TNT Tropang 5G of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). His moniker is "The Blur" for his speed.
He played for the Philippine Christian Uni ...
(Talk 'N Text)
Players of the Week
Statistical leaders
Locals
Imports
References
External links
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{{PBA Commissioner's Cup
PBA Commissioner's Cup
Commissioner's Cup