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Philippine Basketball Association
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Governors' Cup
also known as the 2019 Honda–PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons was the third and final conference of the
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. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'5".
Format
The tournament format for this conference is as follows:
* 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 (higher seed with the twice-to-beat advantage):
**QF1: #1 seed vs #8 seed
**QF2: #2 seed vs #7 seed
**QF3: #3 seed vs #6 seed
**QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed
*Semifinals (best-of-5 series):
**SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
**SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
*Finals (best-of-7 series)
**Winners of the semifinals
Elimination round
Team standings
Schedule
Results
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(1) NLEX vs. (8) NorthPort
(2) Meralco vs. (7) Alaska
(3) TNT vs. (6) Magnolia
(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) San Miguel
Semifinals
(2) Meralco vs. (3) TNT
(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (8) NorthPort
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
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Best Player of the Conference:
Christian Standhardinger
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Best Import of the Conference:
Allen Durham
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Finals MVP:
Japeth Aguilar
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Players of the Week
Statistics
Individual statistical leaders
Local players
Import players
Individual game highs
Local players
Import players
Team statistical leaders
References
External links
PBA Official Website
{{PBA Governors' Cup
Governors' Cup
PBA Governors' Cup