2021 PBA Governors' Cup

The 2021 PBA Governors' Cup, also known as the 2021 Honda PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second and last conference of the 2021 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 20th edition of the Governors' Cup began on December 8, 2021, after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) approved the league's request, and ended on April 22, 2022. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m).^[1]

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2021 PBA Governors' Cup

Duration	December 8–26, 2021 (before suspension) February 11 – April 22, 2022 (resumption)
TV partner(s)	Local: One Sports TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International
Finals
Champions	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Runners-up	Meralco Bolts
Awards
Best Player	Scottie Thompson (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
Best Import	Justin Brownlee (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
Finals MVP	Scottie Thompson (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
< 2019 2023 >
PBA conference chronology
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This was the first import-laced tournament held by the league since the 2019 PBA Governors' Cup.

For the first two weeks of the tournament, the league returned to the Ynares Sports Arena with no audience in the venue. Quezon City then gave the permission for sports events to be held there with spectators; the PBA is expected to play at the Araneta Coliseum for the rest of the tournament starting December 15.^[2]

On January 3, 2022, the league postponed its scheduled games from January 5 to 9 after Metro Manila was put on Alert Level 3 due to the rising COVID-19 cases.^[3] The tournament was subsequently postponed indefinitely on January 6.^[4] The tournament resumed on February 11 after the alert level in Metro Manila was downgraded to Alert Level 2.^[5] The games were temporarily moved to the Ynares Center from February 23 to 27 as the Araneta Coliseum was used for the February window of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification.

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:^[6]

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 #8 seed.
Quarterfinals:
- QF1: #1 vs #8 (#1 twice-to-beat)
- QF2: #2 vs #7 (#2 twice-to-beat)
- QF3: #3 vs #6 (#3 twice-to-beat)
- QF4: #4 vs #5 (#4 twice-to-beat)
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

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Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	NLEX Road Warriors	8	3	.727	1
3	TNT Tropang Giga	7	4	.636^[a]	2
4	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636^[a]	2
5	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636^[a]	2	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^[b]	3
7	Alaska Aces	6	5	.545^[b]	3
8	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	5	6	.455^[c]	4
9	NorthPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455^[c]	4
10	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	3	8	.273	6
11	Terrafirma Dyip	2	9	.182	7
12	Blackwater Bossing	1	10	.091	8

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^[7]
Notes:

Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.07, Meralco 0.99, San Miguel 0.95
Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 Alaska
Eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 101–98 NorthPort

Schedule

More information Team ╲ Game, Alaska Aces ...

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Alaska Aces	NP	SMB	BGSM	TNT	BWB	ROS	TER	NLEX	MER	PHX	MAG
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	ALA	NP	PHX	MAG	MER	TNT	SMB	BWB	TER	NLEX	ROS
Blackwater Bossing	ROS	PHX	MER	SMB	ALA	TER	NLEX	BGSM	NP	TNT	MAG
Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots	TER	ROS	BGSM	TNT	NLEX	PHX	NP	SMB	MER	ALA	BWB
Meralco Bolts	BWB	TNT	NLEX	BGSM	NP	ROS	TER	ALA	MAG	SMB	PHX
NLEX Road Warriors	SMB	NP	TNT	TER	PHX	MER	MAG	BWB	ALA	ROS	BGSM
NorthPort Batang Pier	ALA	NLEX	SMB	BGSM	ROS	MER	MAG	PHX	BWB	TER	TNT
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	TER	BWB	ROS	BGSM	NLEX	TNT	MAG	SMB	NP	ALA	MER
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	BWB	TER	PHX	MAG	TNT	NP	ALA	MER	NLEX	SMB	BGSM
San Miguel Beermen	NLEX	ALA	NP	BWB	TER	TNT	BGSM	PHX	MAG	ROS	MER
Terrafirma Dyip	PHX	ROS	MAG	NLEX	SMB	BWB	ALA	MER	BGSM	NP	TNT
TNT Tropang Giga	NLEX	ALA	MER	ROS	MAG	PHX	SMB	BGSM	BWB	TER	NP

Source: PBA.ph
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

Results

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Teams	ALA	BGSM	BWB	MAG	MER	NLEX	NP	PHX	ROS	SMB	TER	TNT
Alaska	—	77–80	98–75	91–118	94–93	89–106	87–85	99–104	80–74	99–94	102–97	77–81
Barangay Ginebra		—	109–100	94–117	95–101	103–115	108–82	125–121*	104–93	102–110	112–107	92–119
Blackwater			—	101–100	77–98	97–117	103–116	99–110	79–92	88–107	103–109	93–106
Magnolia				—	88–85	112–109	101–103	103–83	109–98	104–87	114–87	96–93
Meralco					—	110–100	98–109	109–90	93–88	110–115	107–95	83–80
NLEX						—	120–115*	93–102	109–100*	114–102	116–86	102–100
NorthPort							—	101–93	90–104	88–91	124–117	101–106*
Phoenix								—	88–90	99–104	103–100	93–92
Rain or Shine									—	100–104	106–112*	92–95
San Miguel										—	100–88	81–96
Terrafirma											—	107–127
TNT												—

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.

Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 101, NorthPort Batang Pier 98
Scoring by quarter: 18–31, 28–24, 30–24, 25–19
Pts: Maxwell 31 Rebs: Maxwell 13 Asts: Maxwell, Wright 5		Pts: Artis 21 Rebs: Artis 12 Asts: Bolick 7


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Magnolia		127

8	Phoenix Super LPG		88
				1	Magnolia	2
(#4 twice-to-beat)
				4	Meralco	3
4	Meralco		100

5	San Miguel		85
							4	Meralco	2
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							6	Barangay Ginebra	4
2	NLEX	79	96

7	Alaska	93	80
				2	NLEX	1
(#3 twice-to-beat)
				6	Barangay Ginebra	3
3	TNT	92	95

6	Barangay Ginebra	104	115

Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots 127, Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 88
Scoring by quarter: 34–20, 32–26, 36–21, 25–21
Pts: Lee 25 Rebs: Abueva 9 Asts: Barroca 7		Pts: Maxwell 32 Rebs: Maxwell, Perkins 9 Asts: Wright 8
Magnolia wins series in one game

NLEX Road Warriors 79, Alaska Aces 93
Scoring by quarter: 26–12, 12–28, 17–24, 24–29
Pts: Clark 25 Rebs: Clark 16 Asts: Alas 4		Pts: St. Fort 17 Rebs: St. Fort 14 Asts: three players 3

Format

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Results

Eighth seed playoff

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) Magnolia vs. (8) Phoenix Super LPG

(2) NLEX vs (7) Alaska

(3) TNT vs (6) Barangay Ginebra

(4) Meralco vs (5) San Miguel

Semifinals

(1) Magnolia vs. (4) Meralco

(2) NLEX vs. (6) Barangay Ginebra

Finals

Imports

Awards

Players of the Week

Statistics

Individual statistical leaders

Local players

Import players

Individual game highs

Local players

Import players

Team statistical leaders

References