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Second conference of the 2024–25 PBA season

2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup
DurationNovember 27, 2024 – present
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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.

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 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 NorthPort Batang Pier 6 1 .857 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Meralco Bolts 3 1 .750 1.5
3 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 3 1 .750 1.5 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 3 1 .750 1.5
5 Eastern (G) 5 2 .714 1
6 Converge FiberXers 4 2 .667 1.5
7 San Miguel Beermen 3 2 .600 2 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 TNT Tropang Giga 2 2 .500 2.5
9 NLEX Road Warriors 3 4 .429 3
10 Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 2 4 .333 3.5
11 Phoenix Fuel Masters 1 5 .167 4.5
12 Blackwater Bossing 1 5 .167 4.5
13 Terrafirma Dyip 0 6 .000 5.5
Updated to match(es) played on December 19, 2024. 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
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Results table

TeamGame
123456789101112
Barangay Ginebra
(BGSM)		NLEX
109–100		PHX
94–72		EAST
90–93		TER
114–98		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
100–118		NLEX
95–107		EAST
75–84		MER
114–98		SMB
102–115		TNT
93–109		ROS
Jan 8		BGSM
Jan 12		TER
Jan 15		CON
Jan 19		PHX
Jan 21		NP
Jan 25
Converge
(CON)		TER
116–87		EAST
106–117		MAG
93–91		NP
101–108		NLEX
102–91		PHX
116–105		BGSM
Dec 21		MER
Dec 25		TNT
Jan 11		ROS
Jan 14		BWB
Jan 19		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
Dec 22		MER
Jan 5		TER
Jan 17		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
Dec 25		TER
Jan 10		SMB
Jan 12		PHX
Jan 16		EAST
Jan 26		MER
Jan 31
Meralco
(MER)		PHX
111–109		ROS
121–111		TER
96–91		BWB
98–114		CON
Dec 25		EAST
Jan 5		TNT
Jan 7		NLEX
Jan 10		NP
Jan 14		SMB
Jan 18		BGSM
Jan 29		MAG
Jan 31
NLEXNP
87–114		BWB
107–95		TER
104–85		SMB
104–99		BGSM
100–109		CON
91–102		MAG
95–99*		MER
Jan 10		TNT
Jan 15		PHX
Jan 19		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
Jan 8		MER
Jan 14		ROS
Jan 16		SMB
Jan 21		BWB
Jan 25
Phoenix
(PHX)		EAST
87–102		MER
109–111		SMB
104–107		BGSM
72–94		NP
115–109		CON
105–116		TER
Jan 7		ROS
Jan 11		MAG
Jan 16		NLEX
Jan 19		BWB
Jan 21		TNT
Jan 24
Rain or Shine
(ROS)		MER
111–121		EAST
99–81		SMB
107–93		MAG
102–100		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
107–104		NLEX
99–104		ROS
93–107		TER
106–88		BWB
115–102		EAST
Dec 22		BGSM
Jan 5		MAG
Jan 12		MER
Jan 18		NP
Jan 21		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
Dec 22		PHX
Jan 7		MAG
Jan 10		BWB
Jan 15		EAST
Jan 17		TNT
Jan 22
TNTEAST
84–105		NP
95–100		MAG
103–100		BWB
109–93		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 December 20, 2024. 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, 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) 3–1
Blackwater Bossing United States George King November 28, 2024 (vs. Magnolia) 1–5
Converge FiberXers Mali Cheick Diallo November 27, 2024 (vs. Terrafirma) 4–2
Eastern United States Cameron Clark November 27, 2024 (vs. Phoenix) 3–1
Canada Chris McLaughlin December 10, 2024 (vs. Blackwater) 2–1
Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots United States Ricardo Ratliffe November 28, 2024 (vs. Blackwater) 2–4
Meralco Bolts United States Akil Mitchell November 29, 2024 (vs. Phoenix) 2–0
United States D. J. Kennedy December 6, 2024 (vs. Terrafirma) 1–0
No import December 12, 2024 (vs. Blackwater) 0–1
NLEX Road Warriors United States Mike Watkins November 28, 2024 (vs. NorthPort) 3–4
NorthPort Batang Pier United States Kadeem Jack November 28, 2024 (vs. NLEX) 6–1
Phoenix Fuel Masters United States Donovan Smith November 27, 2024 (vs. Eastern) 1–5
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters No import December 1, 2024 (vs. Meralco) 0–1
United States Deon Thompson December 4, 2024 (vs. Eastern) 3–0
San Miguel Beermen United States Quincy Miller December 3, 2024 (vs. Phoenix) 1–2
United States Torren Jones December 13, 2024 (vs. Terrafirma) 2–0
Terrafirma Dyip United Kingdom Ryan Richards November 27, 2024 (vs. Converge) December 3, 2024 (vs. NLEX) 0–3
United States Brandon Edwards December 6, 2024 (vs. Meralco) 0–3
TNT Tropang Giga United States Rondae Hollis-Jefferson December 6, 2024 (vs. Eastern) 2–2

Awards

Player of the Week

Week Player Ref.
November 27 – December 1 Bong Quinto (Meralco Bolts)
December 3–8 Joshua Munzon (NorthPort Batang Pier)
December 10–15 Calvin Oftana (TNT Tropang Giga)

Rookie of the Week

Week Player Ref.
November 27 – December 1 Mark Nonoy (Terrafirma Dyip)
December 3–8 Xyrus Torres (NLEX Road Warriors)
December 10–15 Sedrick Barefield (Blackwater Bossing)

Reinforcement of the Week

Week Player Ref.
November 27 – December 1 Cameron Clark (Eastern)
December 3–8 Kadeem Jack (NorthPort Batang Pier)
December 10–15 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (TNT Tropang Giga)

Statistics

Individual statistical leaders

Local players

Category Player Team Statistic
Points per game Arvin Tolentino NorthPort Batang Pier 24.7
Rebounds per game June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 17.2
Assists per game Scottie Thompson Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 8.0
Steals per game Joshua Munzon NorthPort Batang Pier 2.4
Blocks per game Cliff Hodge Meralco Bolts 1.5
Turnovers per game Arvin Tolentino NorthPort Batang Pier 4.0
Fouls per game Ramon Cao Eastern 4.3
Juami Tiongson San Miguel Beermen
Minutes per game Arvin Tolentino NorthPort Batang Pier 39.2
FG% Japeth Aguilar Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 67.6%
FT% Paul Lee Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 100.0%
3FG% Andreas Cahilig San Miguel Beermen 60.0%
BJ Andrade Converge FiberXers
4FG% Robert Bolick NLEX Road Warriors 33.3%
Double-doubles June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 4
Triple-doubles Arvin Tolentino NorthPort Batang Pier 1

Import players

Category Player Team Statistic
Points per game George King Blackwater Bossing 37.2
Rebounds per game Mike Watkins NLEX Road Warriors 24.1
Assists per game Rondae Hollis-Jefferson TNT Tropang Giga 4.8
Steals per game Deon Thompson Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 2.7
Blocks per game Mike Watkins NLEX Road Warriors 3.0
Turnovers per game Rondae Hollis-Jefferson TNT Tropang Giga 4.3
Fouls per game Chris McLaughlin Eastern 4.3
Minutes per game Mike Watkins NLEX Road Warriors 45.8
FG% Chris McLaughlin Eastern 71.4%
FT% George King Blackwater Bossing 89.8%
3FG% Cameron Clark Eastern 53.8%
4FG% George King Blackwater Bossing 37.2%
Double-doubles Mike Watkins NLEX Road Warriors 6

Individual game highs

Local players

Category Player Team Statistic
Points Calvin Oftana TNT Tropang Giga 42
Rebounds June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 22
Assists Scottie Thompson Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 13
Steals three 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 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson TNT Tropang Giga 7
Justin Brownlee Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Steals Akil Mitchell Meralco Bolts 6
Blocks Mike Watkins (thrice) NLEX Road Warriors 4
Three point field goals Justin Brownlee Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6
Four point field goals George King (thrice) Blackwater Bossing 4

Team statistical leaders

Category Team Statistic
Points per game NorthPort Batang Pier 110.1
Rebounds per game San Miguel Beermen 57.8
Assists per game Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 28.0
Steals per game NorthPort Batang Pier 11.9
Blocks per game NorthPort Batang Pier 5.0
Turnovers per game Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 16.3
TNT Tropang Giga
Fouls per game Eastern 29.3
FG% Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 49.8%
FT% Blackwater Bossing 83.1%
3FG% Meralco Bolts 42.9%
4FG% Eastern 46.2%

References

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  31. "RHJ is your PBA Reinforcement of week!". X.com. December 17, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
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