The
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines, composed of twelve company-branded Franchising, franchise teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia ...
(PBA)
Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2016
Oppo
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-PBA Commissioner's Cup for
sponsorship reasons, was the second conference of the
2015–16 PBA season
The 2015–16 PBA season was the 41st season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The league continued to use the three-conference format, starting with the Philippine Cup. The Commissioner's Cup and the Governors' Cup were the sec ...
. The tournament allowed teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'9" for the top eight teams of the
2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup, while the bottom four teams were allowed to hire imports with no height limit.
Format
Due to the preparations of the
Philippines men's national basketball team
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for the upcoming
2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the opening of
Governors' Cup was moved at the conclusion of the FIBA tournament.
PBA facing year-long season after giving way to Gilas stint in Olympic wildcard qualifiers
Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, October 14, 2015
The following format was 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, playoff games will be held only for the #2 and #8 seeds.
*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) San Miguel vs. (8) Star
(2) Meralco vs. (7) NLEX
(3) Alaska vs. (6) TNT
(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) Rain or Shine
Semifinals
(1) San Miguel vs. (5) Rain or Shine
(2) Meralco vs. (3) Alaska
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.
Import handicapping
Awards
Conference
*Best Player of the Conference: Calvin Abueva
*Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference: Arinze Onuaku
*Finals MVP: Paul Lee
Players of the Week
References
External links
PBA.ph
{{PBA Commissioner's Cup
PBA Commissioner's Cup
Commissioner's Cup