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2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup

The 2018 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2018 Honda–PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the second conference of the 2017–18 PBA season. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'10". The conference started on April 22 and ended on August 8, 2018.

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup
DurationApril 22 – August 8, 2018
TV partner(s)Local:
ESPN 5
The 5 Network
PBA Rush (HD)
International:
AksyonTV International
Finals
ChampionsBarangay Ginebra San Miguel
Runners-upSan Miguel Beermen
Awards
Best PlayerJune Mar Fajardo
(San Miguel Beermen)
Best ImportJustin Brownlee
(Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
Finals MVPScottie Thompson
(Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
PBA Commissioner's Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

Format

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The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

  • 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:
    • 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-5 series):
    • SF1: QF1 Winner vs. QF4 Winner
    • SF2: QF2 Winner vs. QF3 Winner
  • Finals (best-of-7 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 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 9 2 .818 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Alaska Aces 8 3 .727[a] 1
3 TNT KaTropa 8 3 .727[a] 1 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Meralco Bolts 7 4 .636 2
5 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 5 .545[b] 3
6 San Miguel Beermen 6 5 .545[b] 3
7 Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 6 5 .545[b] 3 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 GlobalPort Batang Pier 5 6 .455 4
9 Columbian Dyip 4 7 .364[c] 5
10 Phoenix Fuel Masters 4 7 .364[c] 5
11 NLEX Road Warriors 2 9 .182 7
12 Blackwater Elite 1 10 .091 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); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

Schedule

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Team ╲ Game1234567891011
Alaska AcesROSBWECOLTNTSMBGPMAGNLEXMERBGSMPHX
Barangay Ginebra San MiguelROSTNTBWEPHXMERSMBNLEXMAGCOLALAGP
Blackwater EliteCOLPHXALAGPBGSMTNTNLEXMAGROSMERSMB
Columbian DyipBWEMERNLEXALAROSMAGTNTSMBPHXBGSMGP
GlobalPort Batang PierTNTMERBWEMAGNLEXROSALASMBPHXCOLBGSM
Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang ManokPHXGPCOLMERROSBWEALATNTBGSMNLEXSMB
Meralco BoltsCOLGPNLEXSMBMAGBGSMPHXBWEALATNTROS
NLEX Road WarriorsCOLROSMERPHXGPBWETNTBGSMALASMBMAG
Phoenix Fuel MastersBWETNTMAGNLEXBGSMSMBMERCOLROSGPALA
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersALABGSMNLEXCOLSMBGPMAGBWEPHXMERTNT
San Miguel BeermenMERROSALAPHXBGSMCOLGPTNTNLEXBWEMAG
TNT KaTropaGPPHXBGSMALABWECOLNLEXMAGSMBMERROS
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

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Team ALA BGSM BWE COL GP MAG MER NLEX PHX ROS SMB TNT
Alaska 86–105 93–74 134–103 109–103 103–99 74–89 120–111 114–91 103–109* 105–103 110–100
Barangay Ginebra — 105–91 134–107 116–98 104–84 82–93 93–85 98–103** 89–108 97–104* 92–96
Blackwater — — 98–126 106–117 86–84 75–102 89–93 102–107 94–104 106–115 101–120
Columbian — — — 115–133 101–126 103–116 123–103 115–107 104–96 117–129 95–123
GlobalPort — — — — 87–92 86–85 116–94 108–135 90–96 98–94 114–128
Magnolia — — — — — 81–79 116–89 87–89 96–99* 101–97 111–89
Meralco — — — — — — 106–90 103–100* 99–106* 93–85 85–91
NLEX — — — — — — — 120–115* 97–98 114–125 106–117
Phoenix — — — — — — — — 106–108 94–106 98–106
Rain or Shine — — — — — — — — — 123–119* 85–100
San Miguel — — — — — — — — — — 99–94
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

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QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-5)		finals
(best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1Rain or Shine113103
8GlobalPort11497
1Rain or Shine1
(best-of-3)
5Barangay Ginebra3
4Meralco0
5Barangay Ginebra2
5Barangay Ginebra4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
6San Miguel2
2Alaska89
7Magnolia78
2Alaska1
(best-of-3)
6San Miguel3
3TNT0
6San Miguel2
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Quarterfinals

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(1) Rain or Shine vs. (8) GlobalPort

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July 10
4:30 pm
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 113, GlobalPort Batang Pier 114
Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 34–28, 31–31, 22–31
Pts: Johnson 24
Rebs: Johnson 15
Asts: Ahanmisi 8		 Pts: White 28
Rebs: White 16
Asts: Pringle 9
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: J. Mariano, R. Yante, R. Gruta, M. Flordeliza
July 12
7:00 pm
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 103, GlobalPort Batang Pier 97
Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 22–16, 29–29, 28–30
Pts: Johnson 29
Rebs: Johnson, Norwood 15
Asts: Johnson 6		 Pts: Pringle 23
Rebs: White 10
Asts: Pringle 8
Rain or Shine wins series in two games
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, J. Mariano, J. Narandan

(2) Alaska vs. (7) Magnolia

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July 10
7:00 pm
Alaska Aces 89, Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 78
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 20–22, 32–19, 11–16
Pts: Manuel 22
Rebs: Simpson 15
Asts: Enciso, Simpson 4		 Pts: Chism 20
Rebs: Chism 15
Asts: Barroca 5
Alaska wins series in one game
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: S. Perez, N. Guevarra, M. Montoya, J. Narandan

(3) TNT vs. (6) San Miguel

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July 9
4:30 pm
TNT KaTropa 110, San Miguel Beermen 121
Scoring by quarter: 40–21, 22–27, 26–38, 22–35
Pts: Pogoy, Smith 17
Rebs: Castro, Smith 8
Asts: Castro 9		 Pts: Balkman 36
Rebs: Balkman 16
Asts: Cabagnot, Ross 6
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: J. Mariano, S. Pineda, E. Tangkion, J. Narandan
July 11
7:00 pm
TNT KaTropa 102, San Miguel Beermen 106
Scoring by quarter: 32–27, 24–28, 21–25, 25–26
Pts: Romeo 28
Rebs: Smith 18
Asts: Castro 9		 Pts: Balkman 25
Rebs: Fajardo 12
Asts: Ross 10
San Miguel wins series, 2–0
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: N. Quilinguen, N. Guevarra, M. Montoya, M. Flordeliza

(4) Meralco vs. (5) Barangay Ginebra

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July 9
7:00 pm
Meralco Bolts 81, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 88
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 25–16, 17–29, 19–21
Pts: Amer 15
Rebs: Onuaku 18
Asts: Newsome 7		 Pts: Brownlee 25
Rebs: J. Aguilar 10
Asts: Brownlee 6
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: N. Quilinguen, N. Guevarra, M. Montoya, M. Flordeliza
July 11
4:30 pm
Meralco Bolts 90, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 104
Scoring by quarter: 28–24, 23–32, 14–23, 25–25
Pts: Onuaku 21
Rebs: Onuaku 13
Asts: Amer, Newsome 4		 Pts: Brownlee 36
Rebs: Slaughter 10
Asts: Brownlee 9
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 2–0
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: P. Balao, E. Tangkion, R. Yante, J. Nicandro

Semifinals

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(1) Rain or Shine vs. (5) Barangay Ginebra

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July 15
7:00 pm
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 89, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 102
Scoring by quarter: 17–31, 28–21, 25–24, 19–26
Pts: Johnson 30
Rebs: Johnson 13
Asts: Belga, Tiu 4		 Pts: Brownlee 35
Rebs: Brownlee 14
Asts: Brownlee 9
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, E. Tangkion, J. Nicandro
July 19
7:00 pm
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 109, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 100
Scoring by quarter: 26–36, 31–21, 30–30, 22–13
Pts: Johnson 25
Rebs: Johnson 20
Asts: Johnson 8		 Pts: Brownlee 29
Rebs: Brownlee 12
Asts: three players 4 each
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: P. Balao, J. Mariano, M. Montoya, J. Narandan
July 21
6:30 pm
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 72, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 75
Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 13–22, 18–15, 31–14
Pts: Johnson 13
Rebs: Johnson 22
Asts: Belga, Johnson 4		 Pts: Brownlee 44
Rebs: Brownlee 15
Asts: Thompson 8
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: N. Quilingen, R. Gruta, R. Yante, M. Flordeliza
July 23
7:00 pm
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 94, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 96
Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 20–22, 27–26, 27–23
Pts: Johnson 22
Rebs: Johnson 16
Asts: Norwood 6		 Pts: Devance, Slaughter 19
Rebs: Brownlee 17
Asts: Brownlee 8
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 3–1
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: J. Mariano, E. Tangkion, M. Montoya, J. Nicandro

Note: Game 2 of the Rain or Shine – Barangay Ginebra semifinals series was originally scheduled on July 17, 2018, but was postponed due to inclement weather brought by Tropical Storm Son-Tinh (Henry).[3]

(2) Alaska vs. (6) San Miguel

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July 14
6:40 pm
Alaska Aces 79, San Miguel Beermen 92
Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 17–27, 24–23, 14–17
Pts: Simpson 31
Rebs: Simpson 24
Asts: Casio 5		 Pts: Fajardo 17
Rebs: Balkman 11
Asts: Cabagnot 5
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, R. Yante, P. Balao
July 16
7:00 pm
Alaska Aces 94, San Miguel Beermen 105
Scoring by quarter: 29–18, 23–23, 22–38, 20–26
Pts: Enciso, Simpson 19
Rebs: Simpson 15
Asts: Enciso 6		 Pts: Balkman 31
Rebs: Fajardo 18
Asts: Cabagnot 8
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: J. Mariano, N. Guevarra, R. Gruta, J. Narandan
July 20
7:00 pm
Alaska Aces 125, San Miguel Beermen 104
Scoring by quarter: 27–25, 37–30, 30–22, 31–27
Pts: Manuel 24
Rebs: Simpson 13
Asts: Enciso 8		 Pts: Balkman 28
Rebs: Fajardo 15
Asts: Cabagnot 7
Ynares Center, Antipolo
Referees: N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, M. Montoya, J. Nicandro
July 22
6:30 pm
Alaska Aces 99, San Miguel Beermen 104
Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 21–23, 25–33, 30–28
Pts: Simpson 24
Rebs: Simpson 21
Asts: Enciso 7		 Pts: Fajardo 26
Rebs: Balkman 16
Asts: Cabagnot 9
San Miguel wins series, 3–1
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: P. Balao, N. Guevarra, S. Pineda, R. Yante

Note: Game 3 of the Alaska – San Miguel semifinals series was originally scheduled on July 18, 2018, but was postponed due to inclement weather brought by Tropical Storm Son-Tinh (Henry).[4]

Finals

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Main article: 2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals
August 8
7:00 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 93, San Miguel Beermen 77
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–2

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.

Team Name Debuted Last game Record
Alaska Aces   Antonio Campbell[5] April 27 (vs. Rain or Shine) June 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) 7–3
  Diamon Simpson[6] July 6 (vs. Phoenix) July 22 (vs. San Miguel) 3–3
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel   Charles García[7] April 29 (vs. Rain or Shine) May 20 (vs. Phoenix) 1–3
  Justin Brownlee[8] June 1 (vs. Meralco) August 8 (vs. San Miguel) 14–5
Blackwater Elite   Jarrid Famous[9] April 22 (vs. Columbian) May 18 (vs. TNT) 0–6
  Henry Walker[10] May 30 (vs. NLEX) July 4 (vs. San Miguel) 1–4
Columbian Dyip   C. J. Aiken[9] April 22 (vs. Blackwater) April 28 (vs. NLEX) 2–1
  John Fields[11] May 4 (vs. Alaska) June 22 (vs. GlobalPort) 2–6
GlobalPort Batang Pier   Malcolm White[5] April 22 (vs. TNT) July 12 (vs. Rain or Shine) 6–7
Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok   Vernon Macklin[12] May 6 (vs. Phoenix) May 18 (vs. Meralco) 3–1
  Curtis Kelly[13] June 2 (vs. Rain or Shine) June 6 (vs. Blackwater) 0–2
  Justin Jackson[14] June 10 (vs. Alaska) June 17 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) 1–2
  Wayne Chism[15] July 4 (vs. NLEX) July 10 (vs. Alaska) 2–1
Meralco Bolts   Arinze Onuaku[16] April 25 (vs. Columbian) July 11 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) 7–6
NLEX Road Warriors   Adrian Forbes[17] April 28 (vs. Columbian) April 28 (vs. Columbian) 0–1
  Arnett Moultrie[18] May 2 (vs. Rain or Shine) June 23 (vs. San Miguel) 2–7
  Olu Ashaolu[19] July 4 (vs. Magnolia) July 4 (vs. Magnolia) 0–1
Phoenix Fuel Masters   James White[20] April 25 (vs. Blackwater) May 11 (vs. NLEX) 2–2
  Eugene Phelps[21] May 20 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) July 6 (vs. Alaska) 2–5
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters   Reggie Johnson[22] April 27 (vs. Alaska) July 23 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) 11–6
San Miguel Beermen   Troy Gillenwater[23] May 9 (vs. Meralco) May 13 (vs. Rain or Shine) 0–2
  Renaldo Balkman[24] May 19 (vs. Alaska) August 8 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) 13–8
TNT KaTropa   Jeremy Tyler[25] April 22 (vs. GlobalPort) May 13 (vs. Alaska) 3–1
No import May 18 (vs. Blackwater) 1–0
  Joshua Smith[26] June 1 (vs. Columbian) July 11 (vs. San Miguel) 4–4

Awards

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Conference

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The Best Player and Best Import of the Conference awards were handed out prior to Game 4 of the Finals, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum:[27]

Players of the Week

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Week Player Ref.
April 22–29 Chris Tiu (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) [28]
April 30 – May 6 Jayson Castro (TNT KaTropa) [29]
May 7–13 Vic Manuel (Alaska Aces) [30]
May 14–20 Paul Lee (Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok) [31]
May 30 – June 3 June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen) [32]
June 4–10 Vic Manuel (Alaska Aces) [33]
June 11–17 Stanley Pringle (GlobalPort Batang Pier) [34]
June 18–24 LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) [35]

References

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  1. ^ Ansis, JC (March 9, 2018). "PBA, Honda Philippines ink partnership for Commissioner's Cup". ESPN 5. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".
  3. ^ PBA: Game 2 of the semifinals between Ginebra and Rain or Shine suspended due to bad weather, ABS-CBN Sports, July 17, 2018.
  4. ^ PBA postpones Game 3 between San Miguel and Alaska, Reuben Terrado, spin.ph, July 18, 2018.
  5. ^ a b Ramos, Gerry (April 5, 2018). "Alaska brings in young, untested Antonio Campbell to complete cast of Commissioner's Cup imports".
  6. ^ "Alaska brings back Diamon Simpson to replace wantaway Campbell".
  7. ^ Sacamos, Karlo (April 20, 2018). "Ginebra bringing in new import Charles Garcia to replace Shane Edwards".
  8. ^ Terrado, Reuben (May 21, 2018). "Justin Brownlee back with Ginebra as Charles Garcia is sent packing".
  9. ^ a b Ramos, Gerry (March 9, 2018). "Jarrid Famous makes PBA comeback with Blackwater as KIA taps new import CJ Aiken".
  10. ^ Ramos, Gerry (May 21, 2018). "Blackwater bringing back Henry Walker for Jarrid Famous as Elite prime up for season-ending conference".
  11. ^ Ramos, Gerry (May 2, 2018). "Columbian Dyip bring in new import Fields, let go of Aiken despite winning record".
  12. ^ "Former Brgy. Ginebra import Vernon Macklin set to reinforce Magnolia in Commissioner's Cup". February 19, 2018. Archived from the original on March 31, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  13. ^ Sacamos, Karlo (May 24, 2018). "New Magnolia import Curtis Kelly arriving next week as Hotshots try to sustain surge".
  14. ^ "Balkman's best friend, Jackson, to take over Kelly's spot as Magnolia import – Fox Sports PH". June 3, 2018.
  15. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (24 June 2018). "Wayne Chism arrives to replace Jackson as Magnolia Hotshots import".
  16. ^ "White, Macklin, Onuaku to return for PBA Commissioner's Cup".
  17. ^ Sacamos, Karlo (April 20, 2018). "NLEX taps new import Adrian Forbes as Arnett Moultrie yet to arrive from Bahrain stint".
  18. ^ "NLEX original choice Arnett Moultrie to take over from Forbes in time for game vs Rain or Shine". April 30, 2018.
  19. ^ "Ousted NLEX set to field Governors' Cup import Olu Ashaolu".
  20. ^ Sacamos, Karlo (March 4, 2018). "Phoenix set to tap former Kia import James White as Louie Alas eyeing early preparations for Comm's Cup".
  21. ^ Ramos, Gerry (May 19, 2018). "Phoenix activates Eugene Phelps in place of injured James White for game against Ginebra".
  22. ^ Ramos, Gerry (March 28, 2018). "Rain or Shine goes for extra size with former ABL Best Import Reggie Johnson".
  23. ^ Ramos, Gerry (March 20, 2018). "SMB taps new import Troy Gillenwater as Charles Rhodes still uncertain for Commissioner's Cup".
  24. ^ Ramos, Gerry (May 15, 2018). "Balkman rejoins San Miguel in bid to complete unfinished PBA business from 2013".
  25. ^ Ramos, Gerry (March 23, 2018). "TNT banking on former prep-to-pro cager Jeremy Tyler as Commissioner's Cup import".
  26. ^ Sacamos, Karlo (May 18, 2018). "Big Joshua Smith set to make return to TNT KaTropa as replacement for Tyler".
  27. ^ Giongco, Mark (2018-08-03). "Fajardo takes home 7th PBA Best Player of Conference award". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  28. ^ "Chris Tiu's steady leadership puts ROS right on track". PBA.ph. April 30, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  29. ^ "Jayson Castro is week's best". PBA.ph. May 10, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  30. ^ "A fit and healthy Vic Manuel keeps Alaska soaring". PBA.ph. May 14, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  31. ^ "For providing spark to keep Hotshots' hot streak, Paul Lee named PBA Player of the Week". SPIN.ph. May 21, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  32. ^ "The Kraken takes charge". PBA.ph. June 5, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  33. ^ "A fitting birthday gift for Vic Manuel". PBA.ph. June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  34. ^ "Pringle named Player of the Week". PBA.ph. June 19, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  35. ^ "LA Tenorio is PBA Player of the Week, thanks to Ginebra win run".
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