2011 PBA Governors' Cup

2011 PBA Governors' Cup
Duration June 11 – August 21, 2011
TV partner(s) Solar Sports (Studio 23), Basketball TV (Local)
The Filipino Channel (International)
Finals
Champions Petron Blaze Boosters
Runners-up Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
Awards
Best Player Arwind Santos (Petron Blaze)
Best Import Arizona Reid (Rain or Shine)
Finals MVP Arwind Santos (Petron Blaze)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

The 2011 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, is the third and last conference of the 2010-11 PBA season. The tournament started on June 11 and ended on August 21. The Barako Bull Energy Boosters have extended their leave of absence and Smart Gilas declined to join the season ending conference.[1]

The tournament featured a handicapping system in which will be based on the results of the Philippine Cup and Commissioner's Cup (60% for the Philippine Cup and 40% for the Commissioner's Cup). The top four teams will be allowed with an import with a 6'2" height limit. The next four teams will be allowed with a 6'4" import and the last two teams will be allowed with a 6'6" import.[2]

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:[3]

Elimination round

Team standings

 y  – clinched semifinals,  e  – eliminated

2011 PBA Governors' Cup
# Team W L PCT GB Tie
1 y-Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 6 2 .750 —
2 y-Petron Blaze Boosters 5 3 .625 1 +10
3 y-Alaska Aces 5 3 .625 1 +5
4 y-Barangay Ginebra Kings 5 3 .625 1 −15
5 y-Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 4 4 .500 2 +11
6 y-B-Meg Llamados 4 4 .500 2 0
7 e-Powerade Tigers 4 4 .500 2 −11
8 e-Meralco Bolts 3 5 .375 3
9 e-Air21 Express 0 8 .000 6

Schedule

Correct as of July 20, 2011[4][5]

Win
Loss
OT win
OT loss
TeamGame number
12345678
Air21 ROS PET POW ALA MER BGK BML TNT
Alaska TNT MER BML A21 PET POW ROS BGK
B-Meg ROS POW ALA MER TNT PET BGK A21
Barangay Ginebra POW PET MER TNT A21 BML ALA ROS
Meralco PET ALA BGK BML A21 ROS TNT POW
Petron Blaze MER A21 BGK ROS ALA BML TNT POW
Powerade BGK BML A21 TNT ROS ALA PET MER
Rain or Shine BML A21 TNT PET POW MER ALA BGK
Talk 'N Text ALA ROS POW BML BGK PET MER A21

Semifinals

Team standings

 z  – clinched outright finals,  e  – eliminated

2011 PBA Governors' Cup semifinals
# Team Cumulative SF Tie*
W L PCT GB W L
1 z-Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 9 4 .692 - 3 2
2 z-Petron Blaze Boosters 8 5 .615 1 3 2 +13
3 e-Alaska Aces 8 5 .615 1 3 2 +6
4 e-Barangay Ginebra Kings 8 5 .615 1 3 2 −19
5 e-Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 6 7 .462 3 2 3
6 e-B-Meg Llamados 5 8 .385 4 1 4

* Point differential on games among tied teams, and if still tied, overall point differential.

Results

Team ALA BGK BMEGPETROSTNT
Alaska 77–81 105–86 88–81 95–89 85-103
Brgy. Ginebra 99-79 88–96* 103–95 90–102
B-Meg 92–97 99–98 89–101
Petron Blaze 86–102 98–83
Rain or Shine 96–81
Talk 'N Text

  Win
  Loss

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 entire conference.

Team Import height limit Name Debuted Last game Record
Air21 Express 6'4" Libya Alpha Bangura June 15 (vs. Rain or Shine) July 17 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 0-8
Alaska Aces 6'4" United States Jason Forte June 15 (vs. Talk 'N Text) August 3 (vs. Rain or Shine) 7-5
Barangay Ginebra Kings 6'2" United States Curtis Stinson June 12 (vs. Powerade) July 1 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 2-2
United States Donald Sloan July 16 (vs. Alaska) August 5 (vs. Rain or Shine) 4-3
B-Meg Llamados 6'2" United States Sthefhon Hannah June 11 (vs. Rain or Shine) June 26 (vs. Meralco) 2-2
United States Darnell Hinson June 30 (vs. Talk 'N Text) July 15 (vs. Air21) 2-2
United States Myron Allen July 22 (vs. Rain or Shine) August 3 (vs. Petron Blaze) 1-4
Meralco Bolts 6'4" Nigeria Chamberlain Oguchi June 12 (vs. Petron Blaze) June 26 (vs. B-Meg) 2-2
United States Tim Pickett July 7 (vs. Air21) July 20 (vs. Powerade) 1-3
Petron Blaze Boosters 6'2" United States Mike Taylor June 12 (vs. Meralco) June 12 (vs. Meralco) 0-1
United States Jeremy Wise June 17 (vs. Air21) July 15 (vs. Powerade) 4-2
United States Anthony Grundy July 24 (vs. Alaska) August 21 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 6-5
Powerade Tigers 6'6" United States Chris Porter June 12 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) July 20 (vs. Meralco) 4-4
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 6'4" United States Arizona Reid June 11 (vs. B-Meg) August 5 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) 6-7
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 6'2" United States Maurice Baker June 15 (vs. Alaska) July 17 (vs. Air21) 6-2
United States Scottie Reynolds July 22 (vs. Alaska) August 17 (vs. Petron Blaze) 5-3
United States Maurice Baker* August 19 (vs. Petron Blaze) August 21 (vs. Petron Blaze) 1-1

Import handicapping

Team PHI COM Weighted
average 		Import
height
limit
WLWLWLPCT
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 20 7 15 3 18.0 5.4 .769 6'2"
Petron Blaze Boosters 18 9 2 7 11.6 8.2 .586
Barangay Ginebra Kings 14 9 12 10 13.2 9.4 .584
B-Meg Llamados 11 11 4 5 8.2 8.6 .488
Alaska Aces 8 9 6 6 7.2 7.8 .480 6'4"
Air21 Express 6 9 7 8 6.4 8.6 .427
Meralco Bolts 7 9 3 6 5.4 7.8 .409
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 10 5 7 5.0 8.8 .362
Powerade Tigers 3 11 2 7 2.6 9.4 .217 6'6"
Barako Bull Energy Boosters* 3 11 DNP 1.8 6.6 .214

*did not participate in the Governors Cup

Awards

Players of the Week

Week Player Ref.
June 13 - June 19 Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
Arwind Santos (Petron Blaze Boosters)		 [6]
June 20 - June 26 Larry Fonacier (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) [7]
June 28 - July 3 James Yap (B-Meg Llamados) [8]
July 4 - July 10 Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra Kings) [9]
July 11 - July 17 LA Tenorio (Alaska Aces) [10]
July 18 - July 24 Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra Kings) [11]
July 25 - July 31 Ronjay Buenafe (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) [12]
August 1 - August 7 Arwind Santos (Petron Blaze Boosters) [13]

References

  1. ↑ Commissioner Salud: Only 9 teams for PBA Governors Cup, GMA News Online, May 30, 2011
  2. ↑ 6 ROAD GAMES IN BUSY COMMISSIONER’S CUP SKED, PBA.ph, February 11, 2011
  3. ↑ Gilas withdrawal won't affect Gov Cup format, By: Nelson Beltran, The Philippine Star, April 12, 2011.
  4. ↑ http://www.pba-online.net/schedule/%5B%5D
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
  6. ↑ CASTRO, SANTOS RISE TO THE OCCASION, PBA.ph, June 21, 2011
  7. ↑ CAREER GAME GIVES TNT LONG-RANGE GUNNER NOD AS WEEK’S BEST, PBA.ph, June 27, 2011
  8. ↑ BIG GAME JAMES BACK IN FORM, PBA.ph, July 4, 2011
  9. ↑ CAGUIOA TAKES THE LEAD , PBA.ph, July 11, 2011
  10. ↑ KING ACE LA GETTING HIS RHYTHM BACK , PBA.ph, July 18, 2011
  11. ↑ ANOTHER EXPLOSIVE WEEK FOR THE KINGS’ MAIN MAN, PBA.ph, July 25, 2011
  12. ↑ BUENAFE COMES UP BIG IN GAMES THAT MATTER, PBA.ph, August 1, 2011
  13. ↑ ARWIND MOTIVATED BY VENGEANCE, PBA.ph, August 8, 2011
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