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2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals

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The 2022–23 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and guest team Bay Area Dragons competed for the 20th Commissioner's Cup championship and the 132nd overall championship contested by the league.[1]

2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals
TeamCoachWins
(3) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Tim Cone 4
(1) Bay Area Dragons Brian Goorjian 3
DatesDecember 25, 2022 – January 15, 2023
MVPChristian Standhardinger
(Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
TelevisionLocal:
One Sports
TV5
PBA Rush (HD)
International:
AksyonTV International
iWantTFC[note 1]
Announcerssee Broadcast notes
Radio networkRadyo5 (DWFM)
Announcerssee Broadcast notes
Referees
Game 1:Jimmy Mariano, Sherwin Pineda, Albert Nubla, Niño Cortez
Game 2:Rommel Gruta, Bing Oliva, Jerry Narandan, Joel Baldago
Game 3:Nol Quilinguen, Sherwin Pineda, Mike Flordeliza, Niño Barcenas
Game 4:Rommel Gruta, Bing Oliva, Janine Nicandro, Niño Cortez
Game 5:Jimmy Mariano, Rommel Gruta, Albert Nubla, Jeff Tantay
Game 6:Nol Quilinguen, Mike Flordeliza, Jerry Narandan, Joel Baldago
Game 7:Nol Quilinguen, Rommel Gruta, Mike Flordeliza, Jerry Narandan
PBA Commissioner's Cup finals chronology
< 2019
PBA finals chronology

The Bay Area Dragons are the first guest team since 1980 to appear in the PBA finals, while this is the second time in the past three Commissioner's Cup tournaments that Barangay Ginebra appeared in a Commissioner's Cup finals; they previously won the title in 2018 where they defeated the San Miguel Beermen in six games. Barangay Ginebra defeated Bay Area in seven games to claim their third Commissioner's Cup title in franchise history. Christian Standhardinger was named the finals MVP for this series.

Background edit

Further information: 2022–23 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season § Commissioner's Cup, and Bay Area Dragons

Road to the finals edit

Main article: 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Bay Area Dragons
Finished 9–3 (.750) in 3rd place Elimination round Finished 10–2 (.833) in 1st place with Magnolia
— Tiebreaker Head-to-head record: Bay Area 1–0 Magnolia (1st place)
Def. NorthPort, 2–0 (best-of-three) Quarterfinals Def. Rain or Shine in one game (twice-to-beat advantage)
Def. Magnolia, 3–1 Semifinals Def. San Miguel, 3–1

Head-to-head matchup edit

October 9, 2022
6:45 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 111, Bay Area Dragons 93
Scoring by quarter: 26–28, 24–20, 35–18, 26–27
Pts: Brownlee 46
Rebs: Brownlee 12
Asts: Thompson 5		 Pts: Nicholson 28
Rebs: Nicholson 12
Asts: Yang 4
PhilSports Arena, Pasig
Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Rommel Gruta, Mao Orioste, Kenny Hallig

Series summary edit

Game Date Venue Winner Result
Game 1 December 25, 2022 SM Mall of Asia Arena Barangay Ginebra 96–81
Game 2 December 28, 2022 Smart Araneta Coliseum Bay Area 99–82
Game 3 January 4, 2023 SM Mall of Asia Arena Barangay Ginebra 89–82
Game 4 January 6, 2023 Bay Area 94–86
Game 5 January 8, 2023 Barangay Ginebra 101–91
Game 6 January 11, 2023 Smart Araneta Coliseum Bay Area 87–84
Game 7 January 15, 2023 Philippine Arena Barangay Ginebra 114–99

Game summaries edit

Game 1 edit

December 25, 2022
5:00 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 96, Bay Area Dragons 81
Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 123–15, 27–24, 124–17
Pts: Brownlee 28
Rebs: Brownlee 13
Asts: Brownlee, Thompson 6		 Pts: Nicholson 27
Rebs: Nicholson 12
Asts: Lam 6
Barangay Ginebra leads series, 1–0
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 18,252
Referees: Jimmy Mariano, Sherwin Pineda, Albert Nubla, Niño Cortez

Game 2 edit

December 28, 2022
5:45 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 82, Bay Area Dragons 99
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 19–30, 25–16, 22–31
Pts: Brownlee 32
Rebs: Brownlee 11
Asts: Pinto, Tenorio 4		 Pts: Nicholson 30
Rebs: Nicholson 15
Asts: Yang 8
Series tied, 1–1
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 16,044
Referees: Rommel Gruta, Bing Oliva, Jerry Narandan, Joel Baldago

Game 3 edit

January 4, 2023
5:45 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 89, Bay Area Dragons 82
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 19–21, 21–26, 33–19
Pts: Brownlee 34
Rebs: Brownlee 17
Asts: Brownlee, Thompson 4		 Pts: Nicholson 23
Rebs: Nicholson 24
Asts: Yang 6
Barangay Ginebra leads series, 2–1
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 15,004
Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Sherwin Pineda, Mike Flordeliza, Niño Barcenas

Game 4 edit

January 6, 2023
5:45 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 86, Bay Area Dragons 94
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 27–19, 15–22, 25–34
Pts: Brownlee 23
Rebs: Brownlee 13
Asts: Brownlee 11		 Pts: Lam 30
Rebs: Lam, Zhu 9
Asts: three players 4
Series tied, 2–2
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 17,236
Referees: Rommel Gruta, Bing Oliva, Janine Nicandro, Niño Cortez

Prior to the game, Barangay Ginebra's Scottie Thompson was awarded his second Best Player of the Conference award, and Barangay Ginebra import and Thompson's teammate Justin Brownlee was awarded the Best Import of the Conference award for the third time.[2]

Game 5 edit

January 8, 2023
5:45 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 101, Bay Area Dragons 91
Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 31–19, 22–19, 25–29
Pts: Brownlee 37
Rebs: Brownlee, Malonzo 8
Asts: Thompson 8		 Pts: Blankley 29
Rebs: Liu 11
Asts: Song 5
Barangay Ginebra leads series, 3–2
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 21,823
Referees: Jimmy Mariano, Rommel Gruta, Albert Nubla, Jeff Tantay

Game 6 edit

January 11, 2023
5:45 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 84, Bay Area Dragons 87
Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 22–25, 22–16, 20–21
Pts: Brownlee 37
Rebs: Brownlee 10
Asts: Brownlee 11		 Pts: Powell 29
Rebs: Reid 12
Asts: Zhu 10
Series tied, 3–3
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 22,361
Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Mike Flordeliza, Jerry Narandan, Joel Baldago

A day before the game, Bay Area's second import Myles Powell was reactivated in lieu of Andrew Nicholson who missed both games 4 and 5 due to an injury sustained during game 3.[3]

Game 7 edit

January 15, 2023
5:45 pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 114, Bay Area Dragons 99
Scoring by quarter: 27–21, 34–18, 34–35, 19–25
Pts: Brownlee 34
Rebs: Malonzo 17
Asts: Brownlee 12		 Pts: Powell 29
Rebs: Liu 13
Asts: Powell 5
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–3
Philippine Arena, Bocaue, Bulacan
Attendance: 54,589
Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Rommel Gruta, Mike Flordeliza, Jerry Narandan

The game was initially scheduled on January 13, 2023, but was moved to January 15 due to 'popular demand'.[4]

On January 12, long-time Barangay Ginebra import Justin Brownlee became a naturalized Filipino citizen.[5]

The game set the highest attendance ever in a PBA finals game with 54,589.[6]

Rosters edit

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) College
G/F 0   Gray, Jeremiah (R) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1996–08–16 Dominican (CA)
G/F 2   Dillinger, Jared 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1984–01–06 Hawaiʻi
F 3   Malonzo, Jamie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1996–07–31 De La Salle
G 5   Tenorio, LA (C) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 151 lb (68 kg) 1984–07–09 Ateneo
G 9   Thompson, Scottie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1993–07–12 UPHSD
G 11   Pringle, Stanley 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987–03–05 Penn State
G 17   Pinto, John 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1990–10–15 Arellano
G/F 19   Pessumal, Von 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1993–02–12 Ateneo
F 23   Aguilar, Raymond 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1985–07–27 National-U
G/F 24   David, Jayson (R) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 191 lb (87 kg) 1996–11–08 Lyceum
F/C 25   Aguilar, Japeth 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1987–01–25 Western Kentucky
F 27   Onwubere, Sidney 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 1993–08–01 Emilio Aguinaldo
F 31   Mariano, Aljon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1992–08–03 UST
F 32   Brownlee, Justin (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1988–04–23 St. John's
F/C 34   Standhardinger, Christian 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989–07–04 Hawaiʻi
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (R) Rookie
  • (3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team
  •   Injured

Roster

  • a Also serves as Barangay Ginebra's board governor.
Bay Area Dragons 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
G 0   Ewing, Scotty 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 1991–04–10
G 1   Yang, Glen 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1996–08–30
F 6   Si Kun 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 1995–02–27
F 8   Zhu Songwei 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 226 lb (103 kg) 1996–11–09
F 9   Ju Mingxin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1993–03–10
F 11   Blankley, Hayden 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 2000–07–04
G 13   Powell, Myles (I) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1997–07–07
G/F 15   Liang, Warren 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1993–09–19
F 16   Song Jianhua 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 204 lb (93 kg) 1991–01–20
C 21   Liu Chuanxing 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m) 287 lb (130 kg) 1999–07–30
G/F 22   Lam, Kobey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 2000–03–02
F 25   Zheng Qilong 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 1996–04–10
C 31   Zhang Zhiyuan 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 1999–05–08
F/C 33   Reid, Duncan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989–09–28
F/C 44   Nicholson, Andrew (I) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1989–12–08
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (R) Rookie
  • (3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team
  •   Injured

Broadcast notes edit

The Commissioner Cup Finals was aired on TV5 & One Sports with simulcast on PBA Rush, SMART Sports on Facebook, SMART GigaPlay App, and Radyo5 92.3 News FM (both in standard and high definition).

The PBA Rush broadcast provided English language coverage of the Finals.

The SMART Sports Facebook broadcast provided English-Filipino language coverage of the Finals.

Game TV5 and One Sports PBA Rush ShootAround Pre-Game Show SMART Sports Facebook
Play-by-play Analyst(s) Courtside Reporters Play-by-play Analyst(s) Courtside Reporters Hosts Play-by-play Analyst Courtside Reporters
Game 1 Magoo Marjon Joaquin Henson and Norman Black Apple David Carlo Pamintuan Charles Tiu Belle Gregorio Paolo del Rosario, Ryan Gregorio and Topex Robinson Miguel Dypiangco Eric Altamirano Apple David
Game 2 Sev Sarmenta Joaquin Henson and Topex Robinson Denise Tan Carlo Pamintuan Vince Hizon Aiyana Perlas Miguel Dypiangco, Ryan Gregorio, and Ronnie Magsanoc Chiqui Reyes Jude Roque Denise Tan
Game 3 Charlie Cuna Ronnie Magsanoc Apple David Carlo Pamintuan Dominic Uy Doreen Suaybaguio Paolo del Rosario, Ryan Gregorio, and Larry Fonacier Jinno Rufino Allan Gregorio Apple David
Game 4 Jutt Sulit Dominic Uy and Aldin Ayo Denise Tan Chiqui Reyes Eric Reyes Doreen Suaybaguio Paolo del Rosario and Ronnie Magsanoc Carlo Pamintuan Larry Fonacier Denise Tan
Game 5 Magoo Marjon Andy Jao Apple David Carlo Pamintuan Charles Tiu Belle Gregorio Paolo del Rosario and Ryan Gregorio Mikee Reyes Jolly Escobar Apple David
Game 6 Sev Sarmenta Dominic Uy and Yeng Guiao Denise Tan Carlo Pamintuan Andy Jao Aiyana Perlas Paolo del Rosario, Ryan Gregorio, and Gabe Norwood Andre Co Eric Reyes Denise Tan
Game 7 Charlie Cuna Joaquin Henson and Norman Black Bea Escudero Carlo Pamintuan Ryan Gregorio Belle Gregorio Paolo del Rosario, Ryan Gregorio, Dominic Uy, and Beau Belga Mikee Reyes Allan Gregorio Bea Escudero
  • Additional Game 7 crew:
    • Trophy presentation: Jutt Sulit
    • Celebration interviewer: Bea Escudero and Belle Gregorio

Notes edit

  1. ^ Live on iWantTFC worldwide excluding Philippines and United States

References edit

  1. ^ Micaller, Bea (December 21, 2022). "Bay Area dethrones San Miguel, sets up title showdown with Ginebra". GMANetwork.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  2. ^ "Thompson named Davco-Best Player of the Conference, Brownlee wins coins.ph-Best Import award". www.pba.ph. January 6, 2023. Archived from the original on January 6, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
  3. ^ Ramos, Gerry (January 10, 2023). "Myles Powell reactivated as Bay Area tries to drag Ginebra to Game Seven". spin.ph. Archived from the original on January 10, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  4. ^ "PBA moves winner-take-all Game 7 to Jan. 15, Sunday". ABS-CBNnews.com. January 11, 2023. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  5. ^ Magallon, Reynald (January 12, 2023). "Justin Brownlee now a Filipino". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on January 15, 2023. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  6. ^ Ramos, Gerry (January 15, 2023). "Game 7 of Ginebra-Bay Area finals breaks PBA all-time attendance record". Spin.ph. Archived from the original on January 15, 2023. Retrieved January 15, 2023.

External links edit

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