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2019 PBA Governors' Cup
2019 PBA Governors' Cup
Duration	September 20, 2019 – January 17, 2020
TV partner(s)	Local: ; ESPN 5 ; TV5 ; PBA Rush (HD) ; International: ; AksyonTV International
Finals
Champions	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Runners-up	Meralco Bolts
Awards
Best Player	Christian Standhardinger; (NorthPort Batang Pier)
Best Import	Allen Durham; (Meralco Bolts)
Finals MVP	Japeth Aguilar; (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
	< 2018 2021 >
PBA conference chronology
	< 2019 Commissioner's 2020 Philippine >

The 2019 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup also known as the 2019 Honda–PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons was the third and final conference of the 2019 PBA season. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'5".

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	NLEX Road Warriors	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	Meralco Bolts	8	3	.727^[a]	—
3	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727^[a]	—
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636	1
5	San Miguel Beermen	6	5	.545^[b]	2	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	6	5	.545^[b]	2
7	Alaska Aces	5	6	.455^[c]	3
8	NorthPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455^[c]	3
9	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	4	7	.364^[d]	4
10	Kia Picanto	4	7	.364^[d]	4
11	Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters	3	8	.273	5
12	Blackwater Elite	2	9	.182	6

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^[1]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.090, Meralco 0.959, TNT 0.958
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 NorthPort
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Columbian

Schedule

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Alaska	COL	BGSM	SMB	MER	MAG	ROS	TNT	BWE	NP	PHX	NLEX
Barangay Ginebra	ALA	PHX	NLEX	SMB	MAG	ROS	BWE	MER	TNT	COL	NP
Blackwater	TNT	NLEX	NP	COL	MAG	MER	ROS	ALA	BGSM	SMB	PHX
Columbian	ALA	ROS	NP	TNT	BWE	NLEX	SMB	PHX	MAG	MER	BGSM
Magnolia	MER	NP	ROS	ALA	SMB	BWE	BGSM	COL	PHX	NLEX	TNT
Meralco	MAG	NLEX	ALA	PHX	TNT	BWE	SMB	BGSM	COL	NP	ROS
NLEX	PHX	MER	BWE	SMB	BGSM	COL	TNT	ROS	MAG	NP	ALA
NorthPort	ROS	MAG	COL	BWE	TNT	PHX	SMB	ALA	MER	NLEX	BGSM
Phoenix	NLEX	SMB	BGSM	TNT	MER	ROS	NP	COL	MAG	ALA	BWE
Rain or Shine	NP	COL	TNT	MAG	PHX	ALA	BWE	BGSM	NLEX	SMB	MER
San Miguel	PHX	ALA	NLEX	MAG	BGSM	COL	NP	MER	BWE	ROS	TNT
TNT KaTropa	BWE	ROS	PHX	COL	NP	MER	ALA	NLEX	BGSM	MAG	SMB

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

Results

Teams	ALA	BGSM	BWE	COL	MAG	MER	NLEX	NP	PHX	ROS	SMB	TNT
Alaska	—	83–102	101–91	110–117	90–95	75–101	106–90	106–99	105–102	78–71	83–109	93–99*
Barangay Ginebra		—	101–93	113–90	105–83	77–101	111–113*	96–98	101–103	98–89	129–124	96–93
Blackwater			—	90–102	95–89	97–106	109–115	107–98	117–120*	82–99	96–99*	107–135
Columbian				—	103–118	74–92	111–117	114–108	106–104	90–96	107–113	120–125
Magnolia					—	92–98	85–86	96–80	97–81	69–68	89–90	100–93
Meralco						—	99–105	103–89	111–94	81–83	125–99	113–116
NLEX							—	94–102	123–116	111–91	94–98	126–113
NorthPort								—	80–70	99–94	127–119	100–103
Phoenix Pulse									—	86–84	119–130	118–123
Rain or Shine										—	91–85	91–103
San Miguel											—	109–114
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	NLEX	90	123

8	NorthPort	115	126***
				8	NorthPort	1
(#4 twice-to-beat)
				4	Barangay Ginebra	3
4	Barangay Ginebra		100

5	San Miguel		97
							4	Barangay Ginebra	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							2	Meralco	1
2	Meralco		94

7	Alaska		84
				2	Meralco	3
(#3 twice-to-beat)
				3	TNT	2
3	TNT		98

6	Magnolia		97

*Game went into overtime

2019 PBA Governors' Cup

Format

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Results

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) NLEX vs. (8) NorthPort

(2) Meralco vs. (7) Alaska

(3) TNT vs. (6) Magnolia

(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) San Miguel

Semifinals

(2) Meralco vs. (3) TNT

(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (8) NorthPort

Finals

Imports

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

Statistics

Individual statistical leaders

Local players

Import players

Individual game highs

Local players

Import players

Team statistical leaders

References

External links