2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup

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

• 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

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NorthPort Batang Pier (T)	8	3	.727	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Converge FiberXers (T)	8	3	.727	—
3	Meralco Bolts (X)	7	3	.700	0.5	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Eastern (G, X)	7	3	.700	0.5
5	TNT Tropang Giga	6	3	.667	1
6	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (X)	7	4	.636	1
7	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	4	.600	1.5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	San Miguel Beermen	4	6	.400	3.5
9	NLEX Road Warriors	4	6	.400	3.5
10	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	4	6	.400	3.5
11	Blackwater Bossing (E)	3	8	.273	5
12	Phoenix Fuel Masters (E)	3	8	.273	5
13	Terrafirma Dyip (E)	1	11	.083	7.5

Updated to match(es) played on January 21, 2025. 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]
(E) Eliminated; (G) Guests; (T) Assured of a Top 6 spot, but can still qualify for Top 2.; (X) Assured of a Top 8 spot.

Results table

Team	Game
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
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 Jan 29
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 Jan 25
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 Jan 24
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 Jan 26	NLEX Jan 29
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 Jan 26	MER Jan 31
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 Jan 29	MAG Jan 31
NLEX	NP 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 Jan 25	EAST Jan 29
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 Jan 25
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 Jan 24
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 Jan 25	TNT Jan 31
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 Jan 24	TNT Jan 26
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
TNT	EAST 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 Jan 24	SMB Jan 26	ROS Jan 31

Updated to match(es) played on January 22, 2025. 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

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.

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

Awards

Player of the Week

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

Rookie of the Week

Week	Player	Ref.
November 27 – December 1	Mark Nonoy (Terrafirma Dyip)	[32]
December 3–8	Xyrus Torres (NLEX Road Warriors)	[33]
December 10–15	Sedrick Barefield (Blackwater Bossing)	[34]
December 17–25	RJ Abarrientos (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)	[35]
January 5–12	RJ Abarrientos (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)	[36]

Reinforcement of the Week

Week	Player	Ref.
November 27 – December 1	Cameron Clark (Eastern)	[37]
December 3–8	Kadeem Jack (NorthPort Batang Pier)	[38]
December 10–15	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (TNT Tropang Giga)	[39]
December 17–25	Cheick Diallo (Converge FiberXers)	[40]
January 5–12	Donovan Smith (Phoenix Fuel Masters)	[41]

Statistics

Individual statistical leaders

Local players

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points per game	Arvin Tolentino	NorthPort Batang Pier	23.8
Rebounds per game	June Mar Fajardo	San Miguel Beermen	16.9
Assists per game	Robert Bolick	NLEX Road Warriors	7.8
Steals per game	Joshua Munzon	NorthPort Batang Pier	2.2
Blocks per game	Brandon Bates	Meralco Bolts	1.4
Turnovers per game	June Mar Fajardo	San Miguel Beermen	3.4
Fouls per game	Ramon Cao	Eastern	4.1
Minutes per game	June Mar Fajardo	San Miguel Beermen	39.9
FG%	Steven Guinchard	Eastern	59.5%
FT%	Paul Lee	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	100.0%
3FG%	Glen Yang	Eastern	58.3%
4FG%	Robert Bolick	NLEX Road Warriors	28.6%
Double-doubles	June Mar Fajardo	San Miguel Beermen	9
Triple-doubles	Arvin Tolentino	NorthPort Batang Pier	1

Import players

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points per game	George King	Blackwater Bossing	34.5
Rebounds per game	Mike Watkins	NLEX Road Warriors	22.8
Assists per game	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	TNT Tropang Giga	4.9
Steals per game	Akil Mitchell	Meralco Bolts	3.3
Blocks per game	Mike Watkins	NLEX Road Warriors	2.7
Turnovers per game	Mike Watkins	NLEX Road Warriors	3.9
Fouls per game	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	TNT Tropang Giga	3.7
Minutes per game	Mike Watkins	NLEX Road Warriors	44.9
FG%	Chris McLaughlin	Eastern	63.8%
FT%	George King	Blackwater Bossing	91.2%
3FG%	Brandon Edwards	Terrafirma Dyip	40.6%
4FG%	George King	Blackwater Bossing	31.3%
Double-doubles	Ricardo Ratliffe	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	10
	Mike Watkins	NLEX Road Warriors

Individual game highs

Local players

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

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points	Justin Brownlee	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	49
Rebounds	Mike Watkins	NLEX Road Warriors	30
Assists	three players		7
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

Category	Team	Statistic
Points per game	NorthPort Batang Pier	108.7
Rebounds per game	San Miguel Beermen	55.5
Assists per game	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	24.8
Steals per game	NorthPort Batang Pier	11.3
Blocks per game	NorthPort Batang Pier	4.5
Turnovers per game	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	16.1
Fouls per game	Eastern	29.1
FG%	Converge FiberXers	48.6%
FT%	Blackwater Bossing	82.5%
3FG%	Eastern	40.6%
4FG%	Phoenix Fuel Masters	30.4%

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