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2016 PBA Governors' Cup
2016 PBA Governors' Cup
Duration	July 15 – October 19, 2016
TV partner(s)	Local: ; Sports5 ; TV5 ; PBA Rush (HD) ; International: ; AksyonTV International
Finals
Champions	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Runners-up	Meralco Bolts
Awards
Best Player	Jayson Castro; (TNT KaTropa)
Best Import	Allen Durham; (Meralco Bolts)
Finals MVP	LA Tenorio; (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
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The 2016 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2016 Oppo-PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the 2015–16 PBA season. Due to the preparations of the Philippines men's national basketball team for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which was held in Manila, the tournament started on July 15 and ended on October 19, 2016.^[1] The tournament allowed teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) for the top eight teams of combined results of the Philippine Cup and Commissioner's Cup, while the bottom four teams are allowed to hire imports with a height limit of 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m). The teams are allowed to hire an additional Asian import with a height limit of 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m).

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, playoff games will be held only for the #4 and #8 seeds.
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	TNT KaTropa	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^[a]	2
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	3	.727^[a]	2
4	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545^[b]	4
5	Mahindra Enforcer	6	5	.545^[b]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Alaska Aces	6	5	.545^[b]	4
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^[c]	5
8	Phoenix Fuel Masters	5	6	.455^[c]	5
9	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455^[c]	5
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364	6
11	Star Hotshots	2	9	.182	8
12	Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.04, Rain or Shine 1.03, Phoenix 0.93; eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 105–94 Rain or Shine

Schedule

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Alaska Aces	MER	BGSM	TNT	MAH	ROS	SH	SMB	BW	GP	PHX	NLEX
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	GP	ALA	NLEX	MER	BW	SMB	ROS	SH	MAH	PHX	TNT
Blackwater Elite	NLEX	SH	ROS	BGSM	TNT	MER	MAH	ALA	PHX	GP	SMB
GlobalPort Batang Pier	BGSM	MAH	SH	PHX	MER	SMB	ROS	TNT	ALA	NLEX	BW
Mahindra Enforcer	SH	GP	SMB	ALA	PHX	NLEX	BW	TNT	ROS	BGSM	MER
Meralco Bolts	PHX	ALA	TNT	BGSM	ROS	GP	BW	NLEX	SMB	SH	MAH
NLEX Road Warriors	BW	SMB	BGSM	TNT	SH	MAH	MER	PHX	ROS	GP	ALA
Phoenix Fuel Masters	MER	SMB	ROS	GP	MAH	TNT	NLEX	SH	BW	ALA	BGSM
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	TNT	PHX	BW	MER	ALA	BGSM	GP	MAH	NLEX	SMB	SH
San Miguel Beermen	PHX	NLEX	MAH	SH	BGSM	GP	ALA	MER	TNT	ROS	BW
Star Hotshots	MAH	BW	GP	SMB	NLEX	ALA	BGSM	PHX	MER	TNT	ROS
TNT KaTropa	ROS	MER	ALA	NLEX	BW	PHX	MAH	GP	SMB	SH	BGSM

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

Results

Team	ALA	BGSM	BWE	GP	MAH	MER	NLEX	PHX	ROS	SMB	SH	TNT
Alaska		109–100*	107–87	133–106	95–101	96–100	100–85	103–87	114–117	103–106	85–69	118–120
Barangay Ginebra	—		107–95	93–81	93–86	107–93	85–72	96–87	101–87	105–111**	116–103	92–104
Blackwater	—	—		126–139	88–97	90–105	90–96	81–93	92–98	101–107	100–98	89–109
GlobalPort	—	—	—		98–108	126–123**	98–114	107–120	101–99	98–92	102–105*	120–122
Mahindra	—	—	—	—		83–86	81–82	94–100	88–103	105–103	100–92*	107–104
Meralco	—	—	—	—	—		101–95	108–103	109–102	106–110	103–104	95–98
NLEX	—	—	—	—	—	—		91–95*	111–99	93–94	88–85	95–101
Phoenix	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		89–106	113–124	106–93	117–124
Rain or Shine	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		75–82	108–97	98–101
San Miguel	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		109–100	85–105
Star	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		105–115
TNT	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Fourth seed playoff

September 21

2016 PBA Governors' Cup

Format

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Results

Fourth seed playoff

Eighth seed playoff

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) TNT vs. (8) Phoenix

(2) San Miguel vs. (7) NLEX

(3) Barangay Ginebra vs. (6) Alaska

(4) Meralco vs. (5) Mahindra

Semifinals

(1) TNT vs. (4) Meralco

(2) San Miguel vs. (3) Barangay Ginebra

Finals

Imports

Import handicapping

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

References

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