The 2018 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2018 Honda–PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, 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.
Format 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
Team standings
Schedule
Results
Bracket
Quarterfinals (1) Rain or Shine vs. (8) GlobalPort
(2) Alaska vs. (7) Magnolia
(3) TNT vs. (6) San Miguel
(4) Meralco vs. (5) Barangay Ginebra
Semifinals (1) Rain or Shine vs. (5) Barangay Ginebra
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).PBA: Game 2 of the semifinals between Ginebra and Rain or Shine suspended due to bad weather, ABS-CBN Sports, July 17, 2018.
(2) Alaska vs. (6) San Miguel
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).PBA postpones Game 3 between San Miguel and Alaska, Reuben Terrado, spin.ph, July 18, 2018.
Finals
Imports 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 RecordAlaska Aces Antonio Campbell April 27 June 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) 7–3 Diamon Simpson July 6 July 22 3–3 Charles García April 29 May 20 1–3 Justin Brownlee June 1 August 8 14–5Blackwater Elite Jarrid Famous April 22 May 18 0–6 Henry Walker May 30 July 4 1–4Columbian Dyip C. J. Aiken April 22 April 28 2–1 John Fields May 4 June 22 2–6 GlobalPort Batang Pier Malcolm White April 22 July 12 6–7 Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok Vernon Macklin May 6 May 18 3–1 Curtis Kelly June 2 June 6 0–2 Justin Jackson June 10 June 17 1–2 Wayne Chism July 4 July 10 2–1 Meralco Bolts Arinze Onuaku April 25 July 11 7–6NLEX Road Warriors Adrian Forbes April 28 April 28 0–1 Arnett Moultrie May 2 June 23 2–7 Olu Ashaolu July 4 July 4 0–1Phoenix Fuel Masters James White April 25 May 11 2–2 Eugene Phelps July 6 2–5 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Reggie Johnson April 27 July 23 11–6 San Miguel Beermen Troy Gillenwater May 9 May 13 0–2 May 19 13–8TNT KaTropa Jeremy Tyler April 22 May 13 3–1 No import May 18 1–0 Joshua Smith June 1 July 11 4–4
Awards
Conference 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: Best Player of the Conference: June Mar Fajardo Best Import of the Conference: Justin Brownlee Finals MVP: Scottie Thompson
Players of the Week WeekPlayerRef. April 22–29 Chris Tiu April 30 – May 6 Jayson Castro May 7–13 Vic Manuel May 14–20 Paul Lee May 30 – June 3 June Mar Fajardo June 4–10 Vic Manuel June 11–17 Stanley Pringle June 18–24 LA Tenorio
References
External links PBA Official Website