2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup Second conference of the 2022–23 PBA season
The 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup , also known as the 2022–23 Honda PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second conference of the 2022–23 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 20th edition of the Commissioner's Cup started on September 21, 2022, and ended on January 15, 2023. The tournament allowed teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'10" (2.08 m).
Several games were postponed due to the onslaught of two tropical cyclones Typhoon Karding (Noru) and Tropical Storm Paeng (Nalgae) that both affected the country.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:
Single-round robin eliminations; 12 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
^ a b Head-to-head record: Bay Area 1–0 Magnolia
^ a b Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Phoenix
^ a b Eighth seed playoff: Rain or Shine 110–100 NLEX
^ a b Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 TNT
Schedule
Source:
PBA.ph = Win;
= OT win;
= Loss;
= OT loss
Results
Source:
PBA.ph results ,
PBA.ph schedule Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Eighth seed playoff
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Bay Area has the twice-to-beat advantage ; they have to be beaten twice, while their opponents just once, to advance.
Magnolia has the twice-to-beat advantage ; they have to be beaten twice, while their opponents just once, to advance.
This is a best-of-three playoff .
December 10, 2022 4:30 pm
This is a best-of-three playoff .
December 10, 2022 6:45 pm
Semifinals
All match-ups are best-of-five playoffs .
December 14, 2022 3:00 pm
December 16, 2022 5:45 pm
December 18, 2022 4:30 pm
December 21, 2022 5:45 pm
December 14, 2022 5:45 pm
December 16, 2022 3:00 pm
December 18, 2022 6:45 pm
December 21, 2022 3:00 pm
Finals
December 25, 2022 5:00 pm
December 28, 2022 5:45 pm
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
Record
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Justin Brownlee September 28, 2022 (vs. Rain or Shine)
January 15, 2023 (vs. Bay Area)
18–7
Bay Area Dragons Myles Powell [ note 2] September 21, 2022 (vs. Blackwater)
January 15, 2023 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)
9–1
Andrew Nicholson [ note 2] October 9, 2022 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)
January 4, 2023 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)
7–5
No import
January 6, 2023 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) , January 8, 2023 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)
1–1
Blackwater Bossing Cameron Krutwig September 21, 2022 (vs. Bay Area)
November 25, 2022 (vs. Rain or Shine)
3–9
Converge FiberXers Quincy Miller September 23, 2022 (vs. Terrafirma)
December 10, 2022 (vs. San Miguel)
8–5
No import
November 20, 2022 (vs. NorthPort)
0–1
Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots Nick Rakocevic September 28, 2022 (vs. Terrafirma)
December 21, 2022 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)
12–5
Meralco Bolts Johnny O'Bryant III September 30, 2022 (vs. NorthPort)
October 22, 2022 (vs. Rain or Shine)
1–5
K. J. McDaniels November 4, 2022 (vs. Bay Area)
December 2, 2022 (vs. San Miguel)
3–3
NLEX Road Warriors Earl Clark September 23, 2022 (vs. Rain or Shine)
December 4, 2022 (vs. Rain or Shine)
5–8
NorthPort Batang Pier Prince Ibeh September 21, 2022 (vs. Phoenix)
December 10, 2022 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)
6–8
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters Kaleb Wesson September 21, 2022 (vs. NorthPort)
December 9, 2022 (vs. Magnolia)
6–7
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Steve Taylor Jr. September 23, 2022 (vs. NLEX)
November 4, 2022 (vs. NorthPort)
4–3
No import
October 15, 2022 (vs. TNT)
0–1
Ryan Pearson November 11, 2022 (vs. Bay Area)
December 9, 2022 (vs. Bay Area)
2–4
San Miguel Beermen Diamond Stone October 5, 2022 (vs. Blackwater)
October 16, 2022 (vs. Bay Area)
1–2
Devon Scott October 21, 2022 (vs. Converge)
December 21, 2022 (vs. Bay Area)
9–6
Terrafirma Dyip Lester Prosper September 23, 2022 (vs. Converge)
November 18, 2022 (vs. NLEX)
1–9
No import
November 23, 2022 (vs. San Miguel) , November 26, 2022 (vs. Phoenix)
0–2
TNT Tropang Giga Cameron Oliver October 5, 2022 (vs. Magnolia)
November 16, 2022 (vs. Meralco)
4–5
No import
November 20, 2022 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)
0–1
Matt Mobley November 23, 2022 (vs. Bay Area)
November 26, 2022 (vs. San Miguel)
0–2
Sources: [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 26] [ 27] [ 28] [ 29] [ 30] [ 31]
Awards
Players of the Week
Week
Player
Ref.
September 21–24, 2022
Arvin Tolentino (NorthPort Batang Pier )
[ 32]
September 28 – October 2, 2022
Robert Bolick (NorthPort Batang Pier)
[ 33]
October 5–9, 2022
Tyler Tio (Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters )
[ 34]
October 12–16, 2022
Jio Jalalon (Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots )
[ 35]
October 19–23, 2022
Scottie Thompson (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel )
[ 36]
October 26–30, 2022
Encho Serrano (Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters)
[ 37]
November 4–6, 2022
Aljun Melecio (Converge FiberXers )
[ 38]
November 9–13, 2022
Jeron Teng (Converge FiberXers)
[ 39]
November 16–20, 2022
William Navarro (NorthPort Batang Pier)
[ 40]
November 23–27, 2022
Don Trollano (NLEX Road Warriors )
[ 41]
November 30 – December 4, 2022
Andrei Caracut (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters )
[ 42]
December 7–10, 2022
LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
[ 43]
December 14–18, 2022
June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen )
[ 44]
Statistics
Individual statistical leaders
Local players
Import players
Individual game highs
Local players
Import players
Team statistical leaders
Notes
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^ a b For the Bay Area Dragons guest team, its entire roster is composed of non-Filipinos. For purposes of the import and the height-limit, all Chinese citizens (including Hong Kong nationals) are considered "locals", while non-Chinese are imports, and only one non-Chinese can play at a game. Aside from being guest in the PBA, they are a franchise team of the East Asia Super League (EASL). In the 2022–23 East Asia Super League , a team is allowed to have two non-Asian imports. The Dragons have two non-Asians on their roster, Canadian Andrew Nicholson and the American Myles Powell . The Dragons played each player for four consecutive games each, but chose which one of them to play with on their ninth games onwards.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
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