2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup
| 2024–25 PBA Commissioner's cup | |
|---|---|
| Duration | November 27, 2024 – TBD |
| TV partner(s) | Local: RPTV PBA Rush (HD) International: Pilipinas Live Online: Pilipinas Live |
| PBA Commissioner's cup chronology | |
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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
[edit]- 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 (twice-to-beat for top four):
- Matches: 1st vs. 8th, 2nd vs. 7th, 3rd vs. 6th, 4th vs. 5th
- Semifinals (best-of-five series):
- Matches: 1st/8th vs. 4th/5th; 2nd/7th vs. 3rd/6th
- Finals (best-of-seven series)
- Quarterfinals (twice-to-beat for top four):
Elimination round
[edit]Team standings
[edit]| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 0 | 0 | — | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 2 | Blackwater Bossing | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| 3 | Converge FiberXers | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| 4 | Hong Kong Eastern (G) | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| 5 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 0 | 0 | — | — | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 6 | Meralco Bolts | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| 7 | NLEX Road Warriors | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| 8 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| 9 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| 10 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| 11 | San Miguel Beermen | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| 12 | Terrafirma Dyip | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| 13 | TNT Tropang Giga | 0 | 0 | — | — |
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]
(G) Guests
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]
(G) Guests
Results table
[edit]| Team | Game | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
| Barangay Ginebra (BGSM) | NLEX Dec. 11 | PHX Dec. 13 | EAST Dec. 15 | TER Dec. 18 | CON Dec. 21 | MAG Dec. 25 | SMB Jan. 5 | NP Jan. 8 | BWB Jan. 12 | TNT Jan. 17 | ROS Jan. 22 | MER Jan. 29 |
| Blackwater (BWB) | MAG Nov. 28 | NLEX Nov. 30 | EAST Dec. 10 | MER Dec. 12 | SMB Dec. 15 | TNT Dec. 19 | ROS Jan. 8 | BGSM Jan. 12 | TER Jan. 15 | CON Jan. 19 | PHX Jan. 21 | NP Jan. 25 |
| Converge (CON) | TER Nov. 27 | EAST Nov. 29 | MAG Dec. 1 | NP Dec. 12 | NLEX Dec. 17 | PHX Dec. 19 | BGSM Dec. 21 | MER Dec. 25 | TNT Jan. 11 | ROS Jan. 14 | BWB Jan. 19 | SMB Jan. 24 |
| Eastern (EAST) | PHX Nov. 27 | CON Nov. 29 | ROS Dec. 4 | TNT Dec. 6 | BWB Dec. 10 | BGSM Dec. 15 | NP Dec. 20 | SMB Dec. 22 | MER Jan. 5 | TER Jan. 17 | MAG Jan. 26 | NLEX Jan. 29 |
| Magnolia (MAG) | BWB Nov. 28 | CON Dec. 1 | NP Dec. 4 | TNT Dec. 11 | ROS Dec. 18 | NLEX Dec. 20 | BGSM Dec. 25 | TER Jan. 10 | SMB Jan. 12 | PHX Jan. 16 | EAST Jan. 26 | MER Jan. 31 |
| Meralco (MER) | PHX Nov. 29 | ROS Dec. 1 | TER Dec. 6 | BWB Dec. 12 | CON Dec. 25 | EAST Jan. 5 | TNT Jan. 7 | NLEX Jan. 10 | NP Jan. 14 | SMB Jan. 18 | BGSM Jan. 29 | MAG Jan. 31 |
| NLEX | NP Nov. 28 | BWB Nov. 30 | TER Dec. 3 | SMB Dec. 8 | BGSM Dec. 11 | CON Dec. 17 | MAG Dec. 20 | MER Jan. 10 | TNT Jan. 15 | PHX Jan. 19 | ROS Jan. 25 | EAST Jan. 29 |
| NorthPort (NP) | NLEX Nov. 28 | TER Nov. 30 | MAG Dec. 4 | TNT Dec. 8 | CON Dec. 12 | PHX Dec. 17 | EAST Dec. 20 | BGSM Jan. 8 | MER Jan. 14 | ROS Jan. 16 | SMB Jan. 21 | BWB Jan. 25 |
| Phoenix (PHX) | EAST Nov. 27 | MER Nov. 29 | SMB Dec. 3 | BGSM Dec. 13 | NP Dec. 17 | CON Dec. 19 | TER Jan. 7 | ROS Jan. 11 | MAG Jan. 16 | NLEX Jan. 19 | BWB Jan. 21 | TNT Jan. 24 |
| Rain or Shine (ROS) | MER Dec. 1 | EAST Dec. 4 | SMB Dec. 10 | MAG Dec. 18 | TER Dec. 22 | BWB Jan. 8 | PHX Jan. 11 | CON Jan. 14 | NP Jan. 16 | BGSM Jan. 11 | NLEX Jan. 25 | TNT Jan. 31 |
| San Miguel (SMB) | PHX Dec. 3 | NLEX Dec. 8 | ROS Dec. 10 | TER Dec. 13 | BWB Dec. 15 | EAST Dec. 22 | BGSM Jan. 5 | MAG Jan. 12 | MER Jan. 18 | NP Jan. 21 | CON Jan. 24 | TNT Jan. 26 |
| Terrafirma (TER) | CON Nov. 27 | NP Nov. 30 | NLEX Dec. 3 | MER Dec. 6 | SMB Dec. 13 | BGSM Dec. 18 | ROS Dec. 22 | PHX Jan. 7 | MAG Jan. 10 | BWB Jan. 15 | EAST Jan. 17 | TNT Jan. 22 |
| TNT | EAST Dec. 6 | NP Dec. 8 | MAG Dec. 11 | BWB Dec. 19 | MER Jan. 7 | CON Jan. 11 | NLEX Jan. 15 | BGSM Jan. 17 | TER Jan. 22 | PHX Jan. 24 | SMB Jan. 26 | ROS Jan. 31 |
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: PBA.ph
Legend: Blue = win; Red = loss
Legend: Blue = win; Red = loss
Imports
[edit]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.
References
[edit]- ^ "PBA gives unlimited height for Commissioner's Cup imports a thumbs-up". PBA.ph. June 6, 2024. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
- ^ "Commissioner's Cup parades old and new imports". pba.ph. November 17, 2024. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (September 25, 2024). "Blackwater brings back George King for PBA Commissioner's Cup". Spin.ph. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ Li, Matthew (October 30, 2024). "Converge brings in Cheick Diallo for PBA Comm's Cup". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ a b Henson, Joaquin (November 9, 2024). "7-foot import boards Dyip". philstar.com. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (October 15, 2024). "Ricardo Ratliffe reunites with Magnolia Hotshots in PBA comeback". Spin.ph. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ "Meralco Bolts bring in well-travelled Akil Mitchell as import". spin.ph. November 11, 2024. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (November 11, 2024). "NorthPort picks Lennox Lewis' 6-foot-11 cousin as import". spin.ph. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ Sayson, Homer D. (October 21, 2024). "Phoenix bringing in Donovan Smith for PBA Commissioner's Cup". Spin.ph. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ Terrado, Reuben (November 16, 2024). "Rain or Shine picks 6-11 Kenneth Kadji as Comm's Cup import". Spin.ph. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- ^ Terrado, Reuben (November 8, 2024). "TNT to bring back Rondae Hollis-Jefferson for next conference, says Jolas". Spin.ph. Retrieved November 14, 2024.