2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Second conference of the 2022–23 PBA season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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).
2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup | |
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Duration | September 21, 2022 – January 15, 2023 |
TV partner(s) | Local: One Sports TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International iWantTFC[note 1] |
Finals | |
Champions | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel |
Runners-up | Bay Area Dragons |
Awards | |
Best Player | Scottie Thompson (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) |
Best Import | Justin Brownlee (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) |
Finals MVP | Christian Standhardinger (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) |
PBA Commissioner's Cup chronology | |
PBA conference chronology | |
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]
Format
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
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Bay Area Dragons (G) | 10 | 2 | .833[a] | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 10 | 2 | .833[a] | — | |
3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 3 | .750 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | Converge FiberXers | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2 | |
5 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3 | |
6 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 6 | 6 | .500[b] | 4 | |
7 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 6 | 6 | .500[b] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 7 | .417[c] | 5 | |
9 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 7 | .417[c] | 5 | |
10 | Meralco Bolts | 4 | 8 | .333[d] | 6 | |
11 | TNT Tropang Giga | 4 | 8 | .333[d] | 6 | |
12 | Blackwater Bossing | 3 | 9 | .250 | 7 | |
13 | Terrafirma Dyip | 1 | 11 | .083 | 9 |
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[4]
(G) Guests
Notes:
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[4]
(G) Guests
Notes:
Schedule
Team ╲ Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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Barangay Ginebra | ROS | MER | BAY | PHX | MAG | TER | SMB | BWB | TNT | NLEX | NP | CON |
Bay Area | BWB | NP | PHX | CON | BGSM | SMB | TER | MER | ROS | NLEX | MAG | TNT |
Blackwater | BAY | PHX | NLEX | SMB | NP | TER | TNT | CON | MAG | MER | BGSM | ROS |
Converge | TER | MAG | BAY | MER | SMB | TNT | BWB | NLEX | PHX | ROS | NP | BGSM |
Magnolia | TER | CON | TNT | NLEX | NP | BGSM | BWB | PHX | SMB | BAY | MER | ROS |
Meralco | NP | BGSM | TER | CON | PHX | ROS | BAY | BWB | TNT | MAG | NLEX | SMB |
NLEX | ROS | BWB | PHX | MAG | TNT | SMB | CON | NP | BAY | TER | BGSM | MER |
NorthPort | PHX | BAY | MER | TNT | BWB | MAG | SMB | ROS | NLEX | TER | CON | BGSM |
Phoenix Super LPG | NP | BWB | BAY | NLEX | BGSM | MER | ROS | TNT | CON | MAG | SMB | TER |
Rain or Shine | NLEX | BGSM | TER | SMB | TNT | MER | PHX | NP | BAY | CON | BWB | MAG |
San Miguel | BWB | ROS | BAY | CON | NLEX | NP | BGSM | MAG | PHX | TER | TNT | MER |
Terrafirma | CON | MAG | ROS | MER | BWB | BAY | BGSM | TNT | NP | NLEX | SMB | PHX |
TNT | MAG | NP | ROS | NLEX | BWB | CON | PHX | TER | MER | BGSM | BAY | SMB |
Results
Teams | BGSM | BAY | BWB | CON | MAG | MER | NLEX | NP | PHX | ROS | SMB | TER | TNT |
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Barangay Ginebra | — | 111–93 | 98–84 | 115–96 | 103–97 | 99–91 | 117–120* | 122–105 | 93–101 | 71–93 | 97–96 | 111–90 | 89–85 |
Bay Area | — | 133–87 | 106–100 | 95–89 | 89–92 | 118–98 | 105–104 | 101–91 | 120–87 | 113–87 | 130–76 | 140–108 | |
Blackwater | — | 71–77 | 69–91 | 98–102* | 102–105 | 83–87 | 97–85 | 97–116 | 109–106 | 93–86 | 98–108 | ||
Converge | — | 105–109 | 106–99 | 108–84 | 97–112 | 132–127 | 102–101 | 106–102 | 124–110 | 130–117 | |||
Magnolia | — | 108–96 | 111–97 | 109–91 | 90–80 | 106–90 | 85–80 | 100–92 | 94–92 | ||||
Meralco | — | 81–92 | 95–101* | 82–89 | 96–113 | 108–113 | 105–92 | 97–91 | |||||
NLEX | — | 94–107 | 97–111 | 96–90 | 116–124 | 114–124* | 110–101 | ||||||
NorthPort | — | 92–89 | 75–76 | 86–104 | 91–85 | 93–117 | |||||||
Phoenix Super LPG | — | 92–83 | 104–108 | 135–84 | 91–88 | ||||||||
Rain or Shine | — | 105–113 | 106–94 | 91–110 | |||||||||
San Miguel | — | 131–103 | 119–99 | ||||||||||
Terrafirma | — | 90–121 | |||||||||||
TNT | — |
Eighth seed playoff
December 4, 2022 6:30 pm |
NLEX Road Warriors 100, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 110 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 27–31, 16–20, 32–29, 25–30 | ||
Pts: Clark 37 Rebs: Clark 16 Asts: Clark 5 |
Pts: Pearson 24 Rebs: Pearson 9 Asts: four players 3 |
Bracket
Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | |||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | |||||||||||||
1 | Bay Area | 126 | |||||||||||
8 | Rain or Shine | 96 | |||||||||||
1 | Bay Area | 3 | |||||||||||
(best-of-3) | |||||||||||||
5 | San Miguel | 1 | |||||||||||
4 | Converge | 0 | |||||||||||
5 | San Miguel | 2 | |||||||||||
1 | Bay Area | 3 | |||||||||||
(#2 twice-to-beat) | |||||||||||||
3 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | |||||||||||
2 | Magnolia | 102 | |||||||||||
7 | Phoenix Super LPG | 95 | |||||||||||
2 | Magnolia | 1 | |||||||||||
(best-of-3) | |||||||||||||
3 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | |||||||||||
3 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | |||||||||||
6 | NorthPort | 0 | |||||||||||
Quarterfinals
Summarize
Perspective
(1) Bay Area vs. (8) Rain or Shine
Bay Area has the twice-to-beat advantage; they have to be beaten twice, while their opponents just once, to advance.
December 9, 2022 3:00 pm |
Bay Area Dragons 126, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 96 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 33–28, 32–24, 34–28 | ||
Pts: Blankley 47 Rebs: Blankley 10 Asts: Yang 10 |
Pts: Nambatac 19 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Caracut 11 | |
Bay Area wins series in one game |
(2) Magnolia vs. (7) Phoenix Super LPG
Magnolia has the twice-to-beat advantage; they have to be beaten twice, while their opponents just once, to advance.
December 9, 2022 5:45 pm |
Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 102, Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 95 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 28–26, 22–20, 26–28, 26–21 | ||
Pts: Abueva 19 Rebs: Rakocevic 13 Asts: Barroca 5 |
Pts: Tio 18 Rebs: Wesson 12 Asts: Wesson 9 | |
Magnolia wins series in one game |
(3) Barangay Ginebra vs. (6) NorthPort
This is a best-of-three playoff.
December 7, 2022 5:45 pm |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 118, NorthPort Batang Pier 102 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 29–24, 27–26, 33–24, 29–28 | ||
Pts: Brownlee 39 Rebs: Malonzo 9 Asts: Brownlee 7 |
Pts: Tolentino 29 Rebs: Ibeh 15 Asts: Bolick 6 |
December 10, 2022 4:30 pm |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 99, NorthPort Batang Pier 93 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 13–29, 30–18, 29–19, 27–27 | ||
Pts: Brownlee 20 Rebs: Brownlee, Thompson 9 Asts: Thompson 9 |
Pts: Chan 20 Rebs: Ibeh 12 Asts: Chan 6 | |
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 2–0 |
(4) Converge vs. (5) San Miguel
This is a best-of-three playoff.
December 7, 2022 3:00 pm |
Converge FiberXers 96, San Miguel Beermen 114 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 19–34, 33–33, 31–26 | ||
Pts: Miller 41 Rebs: Miller 13 Asts: Ilagan, Melecio 4 |
Pts: Perez 25 Rebs: Fajardo 16 Asts: Enciso 10 |
December 10, 2022 6:45 pm |
Converge FiberXers 107, San Miguel Beermen 120 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 29–34, 30–36, 33–23 | ||
Pts: Teng 25 Rebs: Teng 10 Asts: Stockton 5 |
Pts: Romeo 22 Rebs: Fajardo 18 Asts: Enciso, Fajardo 7 | |
San Miguel wins series, 2–0 |
Semifinals
Summarize
Perspective
All match-ups are best-of-five playoffs.
(1) Bay Area vs. (5) San Miguel
December 14, 2022 3:00 pm |
Bay Area Dragons 103, San Miguel Beermen 102 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 23–31, 28–28, 27–30, 25–13 | ||
Pts: Nicholson 30 Rebs: Nicholson 15 Asts: Zhu 7 |
Pts: Perez 24 Rebs: Fajardo, Scott 8 Asts: Scott 8 |
December 16, 2022 5:45 pm |
Bay Area Dragons 114, San Miguel Beermen 95 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 26–25, 26–17, 28–24, 34–29 | ||
Pts: Nicholson 34 Rebs: Nicholson 16 Asts: Yang 8 |
Pts: Fajardo 35 Rebs: Fajardo 10 Asts: Scott 6 |
December 18, 2022 4:30 pm |
Bay Area Dragons 96, San Miguel Beermen 98 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 23–26, 23–32, 26–23 | ||
Pts: Nicholson 34 Rebs: Nicholson 14 Asts: Yang 9 |
Pts: Scott 25 Rebs: Fajardo 16 Asts: Enciso 7 |
December 21, 2022 5:45 pm |
Bay Area Dragons 94, San Miguel Beermen 92 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 29–22, 23–34, 25–20 | ||
Pts: Nicholson 42 Rebs: Nicholson 21 Asts: Yang 6 |
Pts: Perez 28 Rebs: Scott 19 Asts: Scott 8 | |
Bay Area wins series, 3–1 |
(2) Magnolia vs. (3) Barangay Ginebra
December 14, 2022 5:45 pm |
Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 84, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 87 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 22–21, 23–25, 17–17 | ||
Pts: Lee 21 Rebs: Abueva 12 Asts: Barroca 9 |
Pts: Malonzo 21 Rebs: Brownlee 13 Asts: three players 6 |
December 16, 2022 3:00 pm |
Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 96, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 95 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 27–32, 24–18, 22–28, 23–17 | ||
Pts: Lee 24 Rebs: Rakocevic 20 Asts: Jalalon 5 |
Pts: Brownlee 34 Rebs: Thompson 9 Asts: Tenorio 7 |
December 18, 2022 6:45 pm |
Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 80, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 103 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 19–32, 27–25, 19–29 | ||
Pts: Jalalon 16 Rebs: Rakocevic 12 Asts: Barroca, Jalalon 6 |
Pts: Brownlee 38 Rebs: Brownlee 9 Asts: Brownlee 7 |
December 21, 2022 3:00 pm |
Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 84, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 99 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 18–29, 23–24, 27–29, 16–17 | ||
Pts: Abueva 14 Rebs: Rakocevic 13 Asts: Jalalon 9 |
Pts: Brownlee 24 Rebs: Brownlee 14 Asts: Brownlee, Malonzo 6 | |
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 3–1 |
Finals
January 15, 2023 5:45 pm |
Bay Area Dragons 99, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 114 | ||
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–3 |
Imports
Summarize
Perspective
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 | ![]() | September 28, 2022 (vs. Rain or Shine) | January 15, 2023 (vs. Bay Area) | 18–7 |
Bay Area Dragons | ![]() | September 21, 2022 (vs. Blackwater) | January 15, 2023 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 9–1 |
![]() | 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 | ![]() | September 21, 2022 (vs. Bay Area) | November 25, 2022 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 3–9 |
Converge FiberXers | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | September 28, 2022 (vs. Terrafirma) | December 21, 2022 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 12–5 |
Meralco Bolts | ![]() | September 30, 2022 (vs. NorthPort) | October 22, 2022 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 1–5 |
![]() | November 4, 2022 (vs. Bay Area) | December 2, 2022 (vs. San Miguel) | 3–3 | |
NLEX Road Warriors | ![]() | September 23, 2022 (vs. Rain or Shine) | December 4, 2022 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 5–8 |
NorthPort Batang Pier | ![]() | September 21, 2022 (vs. Phoenix) | December 10, 2022 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 6–8 |
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | ![]() | September 21, 2022 (vs. NorthPort) | December 9, 2022 (vs. Magnolia) | 6–7 |
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | ![]() | September 23, 2022 (vs. NLEX) | November 4, 2022 (vs. NorthPort) | 4–3 |
No import | October 15, 2022 (vs. TNT) | 0–1 | ||
![]() | November 11, 2022 (vs. Bay Area) | December 9, 2022 (vs. Bay Area) | 2–4 | |
San Miguel Beermen | ![]() | October 5, 2022 (vs. Blackwater) | October 16, 2022 (vs. Bay Area) | 1–2 |
![]() | October 21, 2022 (vs. Converge) | December 21, 2022 (vs. Bay Area) | 9–6 | |
Terrafirma Dyip | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | October 5, 2022 (vs. Magnolia) | November 16, 2022 (vs. Meralco) | 4–5 |
No import | November 20, 2022 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 0–1 | ||
![]() | 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. |
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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
Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
---|---|---|---|
Points per game | Robert Bolick | NorthPort Batang Pier | 21.0 |
Rebounds per game | June Mar Fajardo | San Miguel Beermen | 12.4 |
Assists per game | Alex Cabagnot | Terrafirma Dyip | 6.4 |
Steals per game | Jio Jalalon | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 2.2 |
Blocks per game | Justin Arana | Converge FiberXers | 1.4 |
Turnovers per game | Zhu Songwei | Bay Area Dragons | 3.0 |
Fouls per game | Beau Belga | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 3.8 |
Minutes per game | Robert Bolick | NorthPort Batang Pier | 41.4 |
FG% | Liu Chuanxing | Bay Area Dragons | 71.6% |
FT% | RK Ilagan | Converge FiberXers | 91.7% |
3FG% | Marcio Lassiter | San Miguel Beermen | 47.4% |
Double-doubles | June Mar Fajardo | San Miguel Beermen | 6 |
Import players
Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
---|---|---|---|
Points per game | Myles Powell | Bay Area Dragons | 35.6 |
Rebounds per game | Nick Rakocevic | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 17.0 |
Assists per game | Justin Brownlee | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6.8 |
Steals per game | Quincy Miller | Converge FiberXers | 1.9 |
Blocks per game | Prince Ibeh | NorthPort Batang Pier | 4.1 |
Turnovers per game | Prince Ibeh | NorthPort Batang Pier | 4.1 |
Fouls per game | K. J. McDaniels | Meralco Bolts | 3.7 |
Minutes per game | K. J. McDaniels | Meralco Bolts | 43.6 |
FG% | Prince Ibeh | NorthPort Batang Pier | 66.9% |
FT% | Justin Brownlee | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 82.0% |
3FG% | Andrew Nicholson | Bay Area Dragons | 45.2% |
Double-doubles | Justin Brownlee | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 17 |
Triple-doubles | Justin Brownlee | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 3 |
Individual game highs
Local players
Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
---|---|---|---|
Points | Hayden Blankley | Bay Area Dragons | 47 |
Rebounds | June Mar Fajardo | San Miguel Beermen | 18 |
Assists | Jio Jalalon | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 12 |
Steals | Jio Jalalon | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 6 |
Scottie Thompson | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | ||
Blocks | Japeth Aguilar | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 |
Three point field goals | Hayden Blankley | Bay Area Dragons | 10 |
Import players
Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
---|---|---|---|
Points | three players | 50 | |
Rebounds | Nick Rakocevic | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 28 |
Assists | Justin Brownlee (twice) | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 12 |
Steals | three players | 5 | |
Blocks | Quincy Miller | Converge FiberXers | 9 |
Three point field goals | Myles Powell | Bay Area Dragons | 11 |
Team statistical leaders
Category | Team | Statistic |
---|---|---|
Points per game | Bay Area Dragons | 111.9 |
Rebounds per game | Converge FiberXers | 50.9 |
Assists per game | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 27.0 |
Steals per game | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 10.2 |
Blocks per game | NorthPort Batang Pier | 6.3 |
Turnovers per game | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 18.2 |
Fouls per game | Converge FiberXers | 25.8 |
FG% | Bay Area Dragons | 48.2% |
FT% | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 76.6% |
3FG% | TNT Tropang Giga | 36.3% |
Notes
- Live on iWantTFC worldwide excluding Philippines and United States
- 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] The team chose Powell as the team's final import starting their ninth game,[6] but the team activated Nicholson during the start of the quarterfinals due to Powell's injury.[7] Eventually they chose Nicholson to be their import for the rest of the conference.[8] However, Nicholson sustained an injury during game 3 of the Finals which forced him to miss both games 4 and 5.[9] He was replaced by Powell for the final time during games 6 and 7.[10]
References
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