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2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup

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2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup
DurationNovember 27, 2024 – present
TV partner(s)Local:
RPTV
PBA Rush (HD)
International:
Pilipinas Live
Online:
Pilipinas Live
PBA Commissioner's Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

The 2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2024–25 Honda PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the second conference of the 2024–25 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 22nd edition of the Commissioner's Cup will start on November 27. The tournament allowed teams to hire foreign players or imports with unlimited height limit.[1]

Format

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  • All participating teams played in a single round-robin elimination, with each team playing 12 games throughout the duration of the conference.
  • Teams were ranked by win-loss records with the top eight teams advancing to the playoffs. Any ties were broken using tiebreaker criteria.
    • If there is a tie for 8th place, a one-game playoff is instead used to determine which team gets the final playoff spot.
  • The playoff formats were as follows:
  • 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-seven series):
    • SF1: QF1 winner vs. QF4 winner
    • SF2: QF2 winner vs. QF3 winner
  • Finals (best-of-seven series)
    • F1: SF1 winner vs SF2 winner

Elimination round

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Team standings

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 NorthPort Batang Pier 9 3 .750 Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 TNT Tropang Giga 8 4 .667[a] 1
3 Converge FiberXers 8 4 .667[a] 1 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 8 4 .667[a] 1
5 Meralco Bolts 7 5 .583[b] 2
6 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 7 5 .583[b] 2
7 Eastern (G) 7 5 .583[b] 2 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 6 6 .500[c] 3
9 NLEX Road Warriors 6 6 .500[c] 3
10 San Miguel Beermen 5 7 .417 4
11 Blackwater Bossing 3 9 .250[d] 6
12 Phoenix Fuel Masters 3 9 .250[d] 6
13 Terrafirma Dyip 1 11 .083 8
Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss[2]
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Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.04, Converge 1.03, Barangay Ginebra 0.94
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.08, Rain or Shine 1.04, Eastern 0.88
  3. ^ a b Eighth seed playoff: Magnolia 112–81 NLEX
  4. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Phoenix

Results table

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TeamGame
123456789101112
Barangay Ginebra
(BGSM)
NLEX
109–100
PHX
94–72
EAST
90–93
TER
114–98
CON
91–98
MAG
95–92
SMB
93–81
NP
116–119
BWB
86–63
TNT
86–91
ROS
120–92
MER
91–87
Blackwater
(BWB)
MAG
100–118
NLEX
95–107
EAST
75–84
MER
114–98
SMB
102–115
TNT
93–109
ROS
106–122
BGSM
63–86
TER
96–86
CON
109–127
PHX
100–92
NP
93–120
Converge
(CON)
TER
116–87
EAST
106–117
MAG
93–91
NP
101–108
NLEX
102–91
PHX
116–105
BGSM
98–91
MER
110–94
TNT
96–98
ROS
103–96
BWB
127–109
SMB
113–116
Eastern
(EAST)
PHX
102–87
CON
117–106
ROS
81–99
TNT
105–84
BWB
84–75
BGSM
93–90
NP
113–120
SMB
99–91*
MER
83–88
TER
134–110
MAG
78–107
NLEX
76–94
Magnolia
(MAG)
BWB
118–100
CON
91–93
NP
103–107
TNT
100–103
ROS
100–102
NLEX
99–95*
BGSM
92–95
TER
89–84
SMB
78–85
PHX
110–104
EAST
107–78
MER
129–92
Meralco
(MER)
PHX
111–109
ROS
121–111
TER
96–91
BWB
98–114
CON
94–110
EAST
88–83
TNT
99–101
NLEX
105–91
NP
111–94
SMB
100–93
BGSM
87–91
MAG
92–129
NLEXNP
87–114
BWB
107–95
TER
104–85
SMB
104–99
BGSM
100–109
CON
91–102
MAG
95–99*
MER
91–105
TNT
87–94
PHX
108–94
ROS
122–110
EAST
94–76
NorthPort
(NP)
NLEX
114–87
TER
113–101
MAG
107–103
TNT
100–95
CON
108–101
PHX
109–115
EAST
120–113
BGSM
119–116
MER
94–111
ROS
107–127
SMB
105–104
BWB
120–93
Phoenix
(PHX)
EAST
87–102
MER
109–111
SMB
104–107
BGSM
72–94
NP
115–109
CON
105–116
TER
122–108
ROS
93–91
MAG
104–110
NLEX
94–108
BWB
92–100
TNT
70–106
Rain or Shine
(ROS)
MER
111–121
EAST
99–81
SMB
107–93
MAG
102–100
TER
124–112
BWB
122–106
PHX
91–93
CON
96–103
NP
127–107
BGSM
92–120
NLEX
110–122
TNT
106–96
San Miguel
(SMB)
PHX
107–104
NLEX
99–104
ROS
93–107
TER
106–88
BWB
115–102
EAST
91–99*
BGSM
81–93
MAG
85–78
MER
93–100
NP
104–105
CON
116–113
TNT
97–115
Terrafirma
(TER)
CON
87–116
NP
101–113
NLEX
85–104
MER
91–96
SMB
88–106
BGSM
98–114
ROS
112–124
PHX
108–122
MAG
84–89
BWB
86–96
EAST
110–134
TNT
117–108
TNTEAST
84–105
NP
95–100
MAG
103–100
BWB
109–93
MER
101–99
CON
98–96
NLEX
94–87
BGSM
91–86
TER
108–117
PHX
106–70
SMB
115–97
ROS
96–106
Source: PBA.ph
Legend: Blue = win; Red = loss; Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime. (*) Number of asterisks denotes number of overtime periods

Eighth seed playoff

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February 2, 2025
7:30 pm
Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 112, NLEX Road Warriors 81
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 23–23, 36–23, 32–14
Pts: Ratliffe 32
Rebs: Ratliffe 14
Asts: Barroca 6
Pts: Bolick 27
Rebs: Watkins 14
Asts: Bolick 6

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Semifinals
(Best-of-7)
Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1NorthPort
8Magnolia
(best-of-3)
4Barangay Ginebra
5Meralco
(#2 twice-to-beat)
2TNT
7Eastern
(best-of-3)
3Converge
6Rain or Shine

Quarterfinals

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(1) NorthPort vs. (8) Magnolia

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NorthPort has the twice-to-beat advantage.

(2) TNT vs. (7) Eastern

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TNT has the twice-to-beat advantage.

(3) Converge vs. (6) Rain or Shine

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This is a best-of-three playoff.

(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) Meralco

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This is a best-of-three playoff.

Semifinals

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All match-ups are best-of-seven playoffs.

Finals

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This is a best-of-seven playoff.

Imports

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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.

Guest team Eastern is also subjected to the same rules with the PBA making it choose between Cameron Clark or Chris McLaughlin as its designated import player,[3] although it also has other players born outside Hong Kong in its PBA roster.

Team Name Debuted Last game Record Ref.
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel United States Justin Brownlee December 11, 2024 (vs. NLEX) 8–4 [4]
Blackwater Bossing United States George King November 28, 2024 (vs. Magnolia) January 19, 2025 (vs. Converge) 2–8 [5]
No import January 21, 2025 (vs. Phoenix), January 25, 2025 (vs. NorthPort) 1–1 [6]
Converge FiberXers Mali Cheick Diallo November 27, 2024 (vs. Terrafirma) 8–4 [7]
Eastern United States Cameron Clark November 27, 2024 (vs. Phoenix) December 6, 2024 (vs. TNT) 3–1 [8][9]
Canada Chris McLaughlin December 10, 2024 (vs. Blackwater) 4–4 [10]
Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots United States Ricardo Ratliffe November 28, 2024 (vs. Blackwater) 7–6 [11]
Meralco Bolts United States Akil Mitchell November 29, 2024 (vs. Phoenix) 6–2 [12]
United States D. J. Kennedy December 6, 2024 (vs. Terrafirma) 1–0 [13]
No import December 12, 2024 (vs. Blackwater), January 29, 2025 (vs. Barangay Ginebra), January 31, 2025 (vs. Magnolia) 0–3 [14][15]
NLEX Road Warriors United States Mike Watkins November 28, 2024 (vs. NorthPort) February 2, 2025 (vs. Magnolia) 6–7 [16]
NorthPort Batang Pier United States Kadeem Jack November 28, 2024 (vs. NLEX) 9–3 [16]
Phoenix Fuel Masters United States Donovan Smith November 27, 2024 (vs. Eastern) January 24, 2025 (vs. TNT) 3–9 [17]
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters No import December 1, 2024 (vs. Meralco) 0–1 [18]
United States Deon Thompson December 4, 2024 (vs. Eastern) 7–4 [19]
San Miguel Beermen United States Quincy Miller December 3, 2024 (vs. Phoenix) December 10, 2024 (vs. Rain or Shine) 1–2 [20]
United States Torren Jones December 13, 2024 (vs. Terrafirma) December 15, 2024 (vs. Blackwater) 2–0 [21]
Trinidad and Tobago Jabari Narcis December 22, 2024 (vs. Eastern) January 12, 2025 (vs. Magnolia) 1–2 [22]
United States Malik Pope January 18, 2025 (vs. Meralco) January 26, 2025 (vs. TNT) 1–3 [23]
Terrafirma Dyip United Kingdom Ryan Richards November 27, 2024 (vs. Converge) December 3, 2024 (vs. NLEX) 0–3 [24]
United States Brandon Edwards December 6, 2024 (vs. Meralco) January 22, 2025 (vs. TNT) 1–8 [25]
TNT Tropang Giga United States Rondae Hollis-Jefferson December 6, 2024 (vs. Eastern) 8–4 [26]

Awards

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Player of the Week

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Week Player Ref.
November 27 – December 1 Bong Quinto (Meralco Bolts) [27]
December 3–8 Joshua Munzon (NorthPort Batang Pier) [28]
December 10–15 Calvin Oftana (TNT Tropang Giga) [29]
December 17–25 Jordan Heading (Converge FiberXers) [30]
January 5–12 Joshua Munzon (NorthPort Batang Pier) [31]
January 14–19 Chris Banchero (Meralco Bolts) [32]
January 21–26 Robert Bolick (NLEX Road Warriors) [33]

Rookie of the Week

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Week Player Ref.
November 27 – December 1 Mark Nonoy (Terrafirma Dyip) [34]
December 3–8 Xyrus Torres (NLEX Road Warriors) [35]
December 10–15 Sedrick Barefield (Blackwater Bossing) [36]
December 17–25 RJ Abarrientos (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) [37]
January 5–12 RJ Abarrientos (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) [38]
January 14–19 Peter Alfaro (Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots) [39]
January 21–26 Mark Nonoy (Terrafirma Dyip) [40]

Reinforcement of the Week

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Week Player Ref.
November 27 – December 1 Cameron Clark (Eastern) [41]
December 3–8 Kadeem Jack (NorthPort Batang Pier) [42]
December 10–15 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (TNT Tropang Giga) [43]
December 17–25 Cheick Diallo (Converge FiberXers) [44]
January 5–12 Donovan Smith (Phoenix Fuel Masters) [45]
January 14–19 Akil Mitchell (Meralco Bolts) [46]
January 21–26 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (TNT Tropang Giga) [47]

Statistics

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Individual statistical leaders

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Local players

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Category Player Team Statistic
Points per game Robert Bolick NLEX Road Warriors 23.3
Rebounds per game June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 16.3
Assists per game Robert Bolick NLEX Road Warriors 8.0
Steals per game Joshua Munzon NorthPort Batang Pier 2.1
Blocks per game Kemark Cariño Terrafirma Dyip 1.2
Turnovers per game four players 3.3
Fouls per game Ramon Cao Eastern 3.8
Cliff Hodge Meralco Bolts
Minutes per game June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 39.4
FG% Louie Sangalang Terrafirma Dyip 58.3%
FT% Paul Lee Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 100.0%
3FG% Robbie Herndon NLEX Road Warriors 54.5%
4FG% Robert Bolick NLEX Road Warriors 28.1%
Double-doubles June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 11
Triple-doubles Arvin Tolentino NorthPort Batang Pier 2

Import players

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Category Player Team Statistic
Points per game George King Blackwater Bossing 34.5
Rebounds per game Mike Watkins NLEX Road Warriors 21.3
Assists per game Rondae Hollis-Jefferson TNT Tropang Giga 5.6
Steals per game Akil Mitchell Meralco Bolts 3.3
Blocks per game Mike Watkins NLEX Road Warriors 2.6
Turnovers per game Mike Watkins NLEX Road Warriors 3.8
Fouls per game Chris McLaughlin Eastern 3.4
Minutes per game Mike Watkins NLEX Road Warriors 44.3
FG% Cheick Diallo Converge FiberXers 61.2%
FT% George King Blackwater Bossing 91.2%
3FG% Brandon Edwards Terrafirma Dyip 40.6%
4FG% George King Blackwater Bossing 31.3%
Double-doubles Mike Watkins NLEX Road Warriors 13
Ricardo Ratliffe Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots
Triple-doubles Rondae Hollis-Jefferson TNT Tropang Giga 1

Individual game highs

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Local players

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Category Player Team Statistic
Points Calvin Oftana TNT Tropang Giga 42
Rebounds June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 23
Assists Scottie Thompson Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 13
Steals four players 5
Blocks Cliff Hodge Meralco Bolts 5
Three point field goals Calvin Oftana TNT Tropang Giga 9
Four point field goals Jerrick Ahanmisi Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 3

Import players

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Category Player Team Statistic
Points Justin Brownlee Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 49
Rebounds Mike Watkins NLEX Road Warriors 30
Assists Rondae Hollis-Jefferson TNT Tropang Giga 10
Steals Akil Mitchell Meralco Bolts 7
Blocks Donovan Smith Phoenix Fuel Masters 5
Three point field goals Justin Brownlee Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6
Four point field goals George King (4 times) Blackwater Bossing 4
Donovan Smith Phoenix Fuel Masters

Team statistical leaders

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Category Team Statistic
Points per game NorthPort Batang Pier 109.7
Rebounds per game San Miguel Beermen 54.7
Assists per game Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 24.3
Steals per game NorthPort Batang Pier 11.2
Blocks per game NorthPort Batang Pier 4.4
Turnovers per game Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 15.5
Fouls per game Eastern 28.4
FG% Converge FiberXers 48.0%
FT% Blackwater Bossing 80.4%
3FG% Converge FiberXers 38.8%
4FG% Blackwater Bossing 28.9%

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