Wikipedia

2024 PBA Governors' Cup

The 2024 PBA Governors' Cup is the first conference of the 2024–25 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 22nd edition of the Governors' Cup started on August 18, 2024. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m).

2024 PBA Governors' Cup
DurationAugust 18, 2024 – present
TV partner(s)Local:
RPTV
PBA Rush (HD)
International:
Pilipinas Live
Online:
Pilipinas Live
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

Format

edit

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:[1]

  • The teams were divided into 2 groups.
  • Teams in a group will play each other twice; 10 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams.
  • The top four teams per group will qualify to the crossover quarterfinal round.
    • Best-of-five quarterfinal pairings:
    • G1: #GA1 vs. #GB4 / #GB2 vs. #GA3
    • G2: #GB1 vs. #GA4 / #GA2 vs. #GB3
  • The two winners in each group will play in the best-of-seven semifinals.
  • The two remaining teams that came out on top in their respective group will play in the best-of-seven championship series.

Elimination round

edit

Results tables

edit
Legend
Won in regulation Lost in regulation
Won in overtime Lost in overtime
(*) Number of asterisks denotes number of overtime periods

Awards

edit

Player of the Week

edit
Week Player Ref.
August 18–25 June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen) [4]

Rookie of the Week

edit
Week Player Ref.
August 18–25 Caelan Tiongson (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) [5]

Reinforcement of the Week

edit
Week Player Ref.
August 18–25 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (TNT Tropang Giga) [6]

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.

Team Name Debuted Last game Record Ref.
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel   Justin Brownlee August 24 (vs. Rain or Shine) 1–1 [7]
Blackwater Bossing   Ricky Ledo August 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) August 22 (vs. NLEX) 0–2 [8]
No import August 25 (vs. San Miguel) 0–1 [9]
  George King [10]
Converge FiberXers   Scotty Hopson August 21 (vs. Terrafirma) 2–1 [11]
Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots   Glenn Robinson III August 18 (vs. Meralco) 1–1 [7]
Meralco Bolts   Allen Durham August 18 (vs. Magnolia) 1–1 [12]
NLEX Road Warriors   Myke Henry August 22 (vs. Blackwater) 2–0 [13]
NorthPort Batang Pier   Taylor Johns August 20 (vs. TNT) 0–1 [14]
  Venky Jois August 23 (vs. Terrafirma) 1–0 [15]
Phoenix Fuel Masters   Jayveous McKinnis August 21 (vs. San Miguel) 0–2 [16]
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters   Aaron Fuller August 20 (vs. Blackwater) 2–0 [17]
San Miguel Beermen   Jordan Adams August 21 (vs. Phoenix) 2–1 [18]
Terrafirma Dyip   Antonio Hester August 21 (vs. Converge) 0–2 [19]
TNT Tropang Giga   Rondae Hollis-Jefferson August 20 (vs. NorthPort) 2–1 [20]

Notes

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Henson, Joaquin (July 24, 2024). "PBA offers 6 days per week of games". The Philippine Star. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
  3. ^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
  4. ^ "Fajardo claims first Player of the Week citation of Season 49". PBA.ph. August 27, 2024. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  5. ^ "ROS' Caelan Tiongson is your PBA Rookie of the week! He averaged 14.5 PPG, 6 RPG and 1.5 APG in 2 games!". X.com. August 26, 2024. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  6. ^ "MAMBA-ESQUE 🐍 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson has been named the PBA Press Corps-Pilipinas Live Reinforcement of the Week after delivering back-to-back dominant performances for the TNT Tropang Giga". X.com. August 27, 2024. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  7. ^ a b "PBA Governors' Cup: A mix of old and new imports coming over". PBA.ph. July 17, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  8. ^ Ramos, Gerry (July 16, 2024). "Blackwater brings in former Maverick Ricky Ledo as import". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  9. ^ Terrado, Reuben (August 25, 2024). "Cariaso confirms Blackwater to play without an import vs SMB". Spin.ph. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
  10. ^ Ramos, Gerry (August 26, 2024). "Blackwater bringing in George King as Cameron Clark unavailable". Spin.ph. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  11. ^ Ramos, Gerry (July 18, 2024). "NBA journeyman Scotty Hopson named Converge import". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  12. ^ Terrado, Reuben (July 17, 2024). "Meralco welcomes back Allen Durham for season-opening Govs' Cup". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  13. ^ "NLEX signs ex-Memphis Grizzlies player Myke Henry for PBA Govs' Cup". Tiebreaker Times. July 17, 2024. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  14. ^ Bacnis, Justine (July 19, 2024). "Northport taps journeyman Taylor Johns for PBA Govs' Cup". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  15. ^ "NorthPort gives Taylor Jones the pink slip; Venky Jois returns for another 'Tour of Duty'". PBA.ph. August 22, 2024. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  16. ^ Sayson, Homer D. (July 12, 2024). "Phoenix taps McKinnis; TNT plan to bring back RHJ faces hitch". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  17. ^ Terrado, Reuben (July 16, 2024). "Aaron Fuller reunites with Guiao as Rain or Shine import". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  18. ^ Ramos, Gerry (August 8, 2024). "San Miguel bringing in Jordan Adams in early import switch". Spin.ph. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  19. ^ "Hester excited to rejoin Terrafirma". PBA.ph. August 15, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  20. ^ Terrado, Reuben (August 14, 2024). "RHJ return to TNT official for PBA Season 49 Governors' Cup". Spin.ph. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_PBA_Governors%27_Cup&oldid=1242565015"