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2024 PBA Governors' Cup
2024 PBA Governors' Cup
Duration	August 18 – November 8, 2024
TV partner(s)	Local: ; RPTV ; PBA Rush (HD) ; International: ; Pilipinas Live ; Online: ; Pilipinas Live
Finals
Champions	TNT Tropang Giga
Runners-up	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Awards
Best Player	June Mar Fajardo; (San Miguel Beermen)
Best Import	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson; (TNT Tropang Giga)
Finals MVP	Jayson Castro; (TNT Tropang Giga)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
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PBA conference chronology
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The 2024 PBA Governors' Cup, also known as the 2024 Honda PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was 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 and ended on November 8, 2024. The tournament allowed teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m).

Format

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

The teams were divided into 2 groups, based on the previous season's conference finish on a weighted average, with 40% for the Commissioner's Cup, and 60% for the Philippine Cup. (This was identical to the drafting order, but in reverse), then distributed to each in group in alternating order.
- Group A:
  1. Meralco Bolts (2nd)
  2. Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots (4th)
  3. TNT Tropang Giga (6th)
  4. NorthPort Batang Pier (8th)
  5. Terrafirma Dyip (10th)
  6. Converge FiberXers (12th)
- Group B:
  1. San Miguel Beermen (1st)
  2. Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (3rd)
  3. Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (5th)
  4. NLEX Road Warriors (7th)
  5. Phoenix Fuel Masters (9th)
  6. Blackwater Bossing (11th)
Teams in a group will play each other twice; 10 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records by basis of groups. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams.
The top four teams per group will qualify to the crossover best-of-five quarterfinals.
- QF1: Group A #1 vs. Group B #4
- QF2: Group A #2 vs. Group B #3
- QF3: Group A #3 vs. Group B #2
- QF4: Group A #4 vs. Group B #1
The two winners in each group will play in the best-of-seven semifinals.
- SF1: QF1 vs. QF4
- SF2: QF2 vs. QF3
The two remaining teams that came out on top in their respective group will play in the best-of-seven championship series.

The structure of the playoff bracket, with both group winners potentially meeting in the semifinals (instead of the finals), was said to have been overlooked by the league, as per Rain or Shine coach Yeng Guiao.^[2]

Elimination round

Group A

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	TNT Tropang Giga	8	2	.800	—	Quarterfinals
2	Meralco Bolts	7	3	.700	1
3	Converge FiberXers	6	4	.600	2
4	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	5	5	.500	3
5	NorthPort Batang Pier	3	7	.300	5
6	Terrafirma Dyip	1	9	.100	7

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^[3]

Results

Team	Game
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Converge (CON)	TER 127–95	MAG 93–105	TNT 96–95	NP 109–135	MER 88–116	TNT 91–98	NP 107–99	TER 100–99	MER 105–97	MAG 89–82
Magnolia (MAG)	MER 94–99	CON 105–93	TNT 82–88	TER 124–103	NP 105–94	MER 74–82	TER 99–98	TNT 82–84	NP 110–94	CON 82–89
Meralco (MER)	MAG 99–94	TNT 73–93	TER 107–91	NP 109–99	CON 116–88	MAG 82–74	TNT 99–108	NP 114–104	CON 97–105	TER 124–82
NorthPort (NP)	TNT 95–101	TER 112–93	CON 135–109	MER 99–109	MAG 94–105	TER 133–107	CON 99–107	MER 104–114	MAG 94–110	TNT 79–99
Terrafirma (TER)	CON 95–127	NP 93–112	MER 91–107	MAG 103–124	TNT 89–107	NP 107–133	MAG 98–99	CON 99–100	TNT 84–72	MER 82–124
TNT	NP 101–95	MER 93–73	CON 95–96	MAG 88–82	TER 107–89	CON 98–91	MER 108–99	MAG 84–82	TER 72–84	NP 99–79

Source: PBA.ph
Legend: Blue = win; Red = loss

Group B

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	3	.700	—	Quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	6	4	.600^[a]	1
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	4	.600^[a]	1
4	NLEX Road Warriors	5	5	.500^[b]	2
5	Blackwater Bossing	5	5	.500^[b]	2
6	Phoenix Fuel Masters	1	9	.100	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); 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss^[3]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–1 Barangay Ginebra (San Miguel 1.23, Barangay Ginebra 0.82)
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–1 Blackwater (NLEX 1.03, Blackwater 0.97)

Results

Team	Game
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Barangay Ginebra (BGSM)	ROS 64–73	SMB 108–102	BWB 88–95	NLEX 119–91	PHX 110–101	BWB 112–98	ROS 124–102	SMB 82–131	PHX 112–96	NLEX 99–103*
Blackwater (BWB)	ROS 97–110	NLEX 87–104	SMB 108–128	BGSM 95–88	PHX 123–111	NLEX 110–99	BGSM 98–112	PHX 114–119	SMB 111–94	ROS 139–118
NLEX	BWB 104–87	PHX 100–95	ROS 105–124	SMB 112–108*	BGSM 91–119	BWB 99–110	SMB 114–119	ROS 114–123*	PHX 104–79	BGSM 103–99*
Phoenix (PHX)	SMB 107–111	NLEX 95–100	ROS 99–116	BWB 111–123	BGSM 101–110	ROS 107–122	SMB 127–139	BWB 119–114	BGSM 96–112	NLEX 79–104
Rain or Shine (ROS)	BWB 110–97	BGSM 73–64	NLEX 124–105	PHX 116–99	SMB 112–113	PHX 122–107	BGSM 102–124	NLEX 123–114*	SMB 122–112	BWB 118–139
San Miguel (SMB)	PHX 111–107	BWB 128–108	BGSM 102–108	NLEX 108–112*	ROS 113–112	NLEX 119–114	PHX 139–127	BGSM 131–82	ROS 112–122	BWB 94–111

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