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2017 PBA Governors' Cup
2017 PBA Governors' Cup
Duration	July 19 – October 27, 2017
TV partner(s)	Local: ; Sports5 ; TV5 ; PBA Rush (HD) ; International: ; AksyonTV International
Finals
Champions	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Runners-up	Meralco Bolts
Awards
Best Player	Greg Slaughter; (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
Best Import	Allen Durham ; (Meralco Bolts)
Finals MVP	LA Tenorio; (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
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PBA conference chronology
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The 2017 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2017 Oppo-PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the 2016–17 PBA season. The tournament started on July 19 and ended on October 27, 2017. The tournament allowed teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m).

Due to the FIBA Asia Cup, the league decided to temporarily shelve signing up Asian imports.^[1]

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

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Meralco Bolts	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727^[a]	1
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	3	.727^[a]	1
4	Star Hotshots	7	4	.636^[b]	2
5	NLEX Road Warriors	7	4	.636^[b]	2	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636^[b]	2
7	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636^[b]	2
8	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455	4
9	Alaska Aces	3	8	.273^[c]	6
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	3	8	.273^[c]	6
11	Phoenix Fuel Masters	2	9	.182	7
12	Kia Picanto	0	11	.000	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Talk 'N Text 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head to-head quotient: Star 1.04, NLEX 1.01, San Miguel 0.99, Rain or Shine 0.96
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 GlobalPort

Schedule

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Alaska Aces	NLEX	PHX	SH	TNT	BWE	BGSM	SMB	GP	KIA	MER	ROS
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	MER	GP	KIA	NLEX	ALA	PHX	SH	BWE	SMB	ROS	TNT
Blackwater Elite	MER	SH	SMB	PHX	NLEX	ALA	TNT	KIA	BGSM	GP	ROS
GlobalPort Batang Pier	ROS	PHX	BGSM	KIA	SMB	TNT	NLEX	ALA	SH	BWE	MER
Kia Picanto	PHX	NLEX	TNT	BGSM	MER	ROS	GP	BWE	ALA	SMB	SH
Meralco Bolts	BWE	BGSM	ROS	KIA	NLEX	PHX	TNT	SH	ALA	GP	SMB
NLEX Road Warriors	ALA	KIA	ROS	PHX	BGSM	MER	BWE	SMB	GP	TNT	SH
Phoenix Fuel Masters	KIA	ALA	GP	NLEX	BWE	MER	SH	TNT	BGSM	ROS	SMB
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	GP	NLEX	MER	KIA	TNT	SH	SMB	PHX	BGSM	ALA	BWE
San Miguel Beermen	BWE	TNT	SH	GP	NLEX	ALA	ROS	BGSM	KIA	PHX	MER
Star Hotshots	BWE	ALA	SMB	PHX	ROS	BGSM	MER	GP	TNT	KIA	NLEX
TNT KaTropa	KIA	SMB	ALA	ROS	PHX	BWE	GP	MER	NLEX	SH	BGSM

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

Results

Team	ALA	BGSM	BWE	GP	KIA	MER	NLEX	PHX	ROS	SMB	SH	TNT
Alaska		80–94	106–111**	101–88	102–94	78–106	104–112	93–95	82–112	90–79	92–101	106–107
Barangay Ginebra	—		98–81	124–108	120–99	78–93	110–97	105–92	89–82	103–107	105–101*	92–121
Blackwater	—	—		118–107	118–97	78–107	107–106	92–86	98–122	93–118	86–103	96–117
GlobalPort	—	—	—		102–90	93–100	99–109	100–91	96–98	112–115	83–109	119–112
Kia	—	—	—	—		97–112	93–100	105–118	86–94	112–118	81–128	96–106
Meralco	—	—	—	—	—		94–100	107–104	89–73	104–101	96–90	107–113
NLEX	—	—	—	—	—	—		95–91	122–114**	103–100	93–101	107–112
Phoenix	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		111–116	107–109	81–100	103–110
Rain or Shine	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		96–103	92–88	105–73
San Miguel	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		98–104	97–91
Star	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		99–104
TNT	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Meralco	91	104

8	Blackwater	92	96
				1	Meralco	3
(#4 twice-to-beat)
				4	Star	0
4	Star		89

5	NLEX		77
							1	Meralco	3
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							3	Barangay Ginebra	4
2	TNT	102	118

7	Rain or Shine	106	114
				2	TNT	1
(#3 twice-to-beat)
				3	Barangay Ginebra	3
3	Barangay Ginebra		104

6	San Miguel		84

Quarterfinals

(1) Meralco vs. (8) Blackwater

September 26

2017 PBA Governors' Cup

Format

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Results

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) Meralco vs. (8) Blackwater

(2) TNT vs. (7) Rain or Shine

(3) Barangay Ginebra vs. (6) San Miguel

(4) Star vs. (5) NLEX

Semifinals

(1) Meralco vs. (4) Star

(2) TNT vs. (3) Barangay Ginebra

Finals

Imports

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

References

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