2016 PBA Governors' Cup Finals

2016 PBA Governors' Cup Finals
TeamCoachWins
(3) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Tim Cone 4
(4) Meralco Bolts Norman Black 2
Dates October 7 – 19, 2016
MVP LA Tenorio
(Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
Television Local:
Sports5
TV5
PBA Rush (HD)
International:
AksyonTV International
Announcers see Broadcast notes
Radio network Radyo5 (DWFM)
Announcers see Broadcast notes
Referees
Game 1: A. Herrera, N. Quilinguen, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya
Game 2: J. Mariano, S. Pineda, M. Flordeliza, E. Boticario
Game 3: P. Balao, N. Guevarra, J. Narandan, E. Boticario
Game 4: P. Balao, J. Mariano, M. Montoya, M. Flordeliza
Game 5: N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, B. Oliva, E. Boticario
Game 6: N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, M. Montoya, J. Narandan

The 2016 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2016 PBA Governors' Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and Meralco Bolts competed for the 16th Governors' Cup championship and the 118th overall championship contested by the league.[1]

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel won the series, four games to two, ending their eight-year title drought. This is the first Governors' Cup and 9th overall championship of the Ginebra franchise.[2]

Background


Road to the finals

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Meralco Bolts
Finished 8–3 (.727): Tied with San Miguel at 2nd place Elimination round Finished 6–5 (.545): Tied with Mahindra and Alaska at 4th place
.946 (3rd place) Tiebreaker* 2–0 (head-to-head);
Def. Mahindra, 104–99 (4th place)
Def. Alaska in one game, 109–104 (twice-to-beat advantage) Quarterfinals Def. Mahindra in one game, 105–82 (twice-to-beat advantage)
Def. San Miguel, 3–2 Semifinals Def. TNT, 3–1

Head-to-head matchup

July 30
5:00 PM
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 107, Meralco Bolts 93
Scoring by quarter: 32–21, 19–26, 30–24, 26–22
Pts: Brownlee 26
Rebs: Thompson 7
Asts: Brownlee 6
Pts: Hodge 19
Rebs: Durham 12
Asts: Durham 8
Quezon Convention Center, Lucena City, Quezon
Referees: E. Tangkion, B. Oliva, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya

Series summary

The players of Barangay Ginebra and Meralco during the player introductions before the start of Game 1.
Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Wins
Barangay Ginebra 109 82 103 88 92 91 4
Meralco 114* 79 107 86 81 88 2
Venue Araneta Araneta Araneta Araneta Araneta Araneta

*overtime


Game 1

October 7
7:00pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 109, Meralco Bolts 114 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 28–31, 25–11, 27–33, 22–27, Overtime: 7–12
Pts: Tenorio 36
Rebs: Aguilar 12
Asts: Mercado, Thompson 5
Pts: Durham 46
Rebs: Durham 13
Asts: Newsome 9
Meralco leads series, 1–0
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 14,522
Referees: A. Herrera, N. Quilinguen, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya

Jimmy Alapag of the Meralco Bolts sank two three-pointers, tying the all-time record for most triples in a career, which stands at 1,242, held by Allan Caidic for 17 years. The second three-pointer proved to be critical for the game as it gave the Bolts a 101–100 lead with 33 seconds remaining. However, a game-tying floater from Ginebra's LA Tenorio brought the game into overtime, with 102 apiece after the Bolts' import Allen Durham split two free throws.

In overtime, Durham started a 7–0 run of himself and Meralco never looked back, winning the very first PBA finals game of their history. He finished with 46 points, 13 boards and 7 assists, and rookie teammate Chris Newsome added 17 markers and was a rebound and assist shy of a triple-double.

Game 2

October 9
6:30pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 82, Meralco Bolts 79
Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 19–23, 26–16, 13–19
Pts: Brownlee 32
Rebs: Brownlee 12
Asts: Mercado 4
Pts: Durham 22
Rebs: Durham 15
Asts: Alapag 6
Series tied, 1–1
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 18,287
Referees: J. Mariano, S. Pineda, M. Flordeliza, E. Boticario

Prior to the game, TNT KaTropa's Jayson Castro was awarded as the Best Player of the Conference, tying San Miguel Beermen's June Mar Fajardo with four BPC awards for second all-time. Meralco Bolts' import Allen Durham was also given the Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference award, making him the second consecutive Bolts' reinforcement to be given with that award (Arinze Onuaku won the award during the Commissioner's Cup).

Alapag became the all-time leader for three pointers made in a career, breaking the tie with Allan Caidic's record of 1,242 triples which he reached during Game 1. He made one three-pointer in the game to finish with 1,243 triples in his career. However, this served as a consolation for the Bolts as they lost a tight game against Ginebra. They failed to make a three-pointer in two attempts to tie the game. Barangay Ginebra then tied the series, splitting the first two games.

Game 3

October 12
7:00pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 103, Meralco Bolts 107
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 24–30, 25–23, 34–36
Pts: Brownlee 42
Rebs: Brownlee 13
Asts: Thompson 7
Pts: Durham 36
Rebs: Durham 20
Asts: Newsome 7
Meralco leads series, 2–1
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 14,285
Referees: P. Balao, N. Guevarra, J. Narandan, E. Boticario

Game 4

October 14
8:10pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 88, Meralco Bolts 86
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 26–22, 12–39, 30–12
Pts: Aguilar 19
Rebs: Brownlee 10
Asts: Thompson 5
Pts: Durham 34
Rebs: Durham 20
Asts: Hugnatan, Newsome 7
Series tied, 2–2
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 17,878
Referees: P. Balao, J. Mariano, M. Montoya, M. Flordeliza

Game 5

October 16
6:30pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 92, Meralco Bolts 81
Scoring by quarter: 33–19, 21–20, 19–20, 19–22
Pts: Brownlee 29
Rebs: Brownlee 10
Asts: Tenorio 8
Pts: Durham 20
Rebs: Durham 18
Asts: Durham 6
Barangay Ginebra leads series, 3–2
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 22,196
Referees: N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, B. Oliva, E. Boticario

Game 6

October 19
7:00pm
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 91, Meralco Bolts 88
Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 14–18, 33–21, 26–22
Pts: Brownlee 31
Rebs: Aguilar, Brownlee 9
Asts: Tenorio 6
Pts: Newsome 19
Rebs: Durham, Hodge 8
Asts: Durham 10
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–2
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 22,528
Referees: N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, M. Montoya, J. Narandan
Wide shot of the Smart Araneta Coliseum moments after Justin Brownlee made the game winning three point shot.

Meralco came out with a 18-4 run in the first quarter and was leading with 13 points coming into halftime. Robert Jaworski, the former playing coach of Barangay Ginebra from 1985 to 1998, was watching in the venue to support his former team. He also came to Barangay Ginebra's locker room to give some words of encouragement to the players during halftime.[3]

LA Tenorio came out and scored 21 points in the second half to lead Barangay Ginebra's comeback.[4]

With 5.5 seconds remaining, Barangay Ginebra had the final possession with both teams ties at 88-all. Justin Brownlee received the inbound pass and made a three point attempt several feet behind the rainbow arc with Allen Durham closely guarding him. He made the basket as the buzzer sounded.

Rosters

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 2016 PBA Governors' Cup roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight College
G 0 United States Bonifacio, Franklin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990–03–01 Las Positas
G 3 United States Mercado, Sol 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1984–05–06 Biola
G 5 Philippines Tenorio, LA 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 151 lb (68 kg) 1984–07–09 Ateneo
G 6 Philippines Thompson, Scottie (R) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1993–07–12 UPHSD
F/C 10 Philippines Marcelo, Dave 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 223 lb (101 kg) 1989–02–22 San Beda
G 13 Philippines Helterbrand, Jayjay 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1976–10–14 Kentucky
F 14 Philippines Salva, Nico 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1990–03–08 Ateneo
F 19 Philippines Villamor, Dennice (R) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1990–07–01 National-U
C 20 United States Slaughter, Greg  7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 258 lb (117 kg) 1988–05–19 Ateneo
F/C 25 Philippines Aguilar, Japeth 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1987–01–25 Western Kentucky
F 27 Philippines Cruz, Jervy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1986–09–09 UST
F 31 Philippines Mariano, Aljon (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1992–08–03 UST
F/C 32 United States Brownlee, Justin (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1988–04–23 St. John's
G/F 34 United States Ellis, Chris 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–12–05 Mary Hardin–Baylor
F 38 United States Devance, Joe 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1982–02–19 Texas–El Paso
G 47 Philippines Caguioa, Mark (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1979–11–19 Glendale (CA)
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
  • Injured

Roster


Meralco Bolts 2016 PBA Governors' Cup roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight College
F/C 0 Philippines Faundo, Bryan 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1984–02–18 Letran
G 1 Philippines Atkins, Simon (IN) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–07–19 De La Salle
G 3 United States Alapag, Jimmy (C) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1977–12–30 Cal State San Bernardino
F 5 United States Durham, Allen (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988−07–09 Grace Bible
F 7 United States Hodge, Clifford 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1988–02–03 Reedley
G 9 Philippines Amer, Baser (R) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1992–09–29 San Beda
G 10 Philippines Uyloan, Jonathan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–11–26 Golden West
G 11 United States Newsome, Chris (R) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990–06–25 Ateneo
G 13 Philippines Buenafe, Ryan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1990–02–01 Ateneo
G/F 15 Philippines Sedurifa, Joseph (R / IN) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1990–09–04 Centro Escolar
G 17 Philippines Caram, Anjo 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 159 lb (72 kg) 1991–01–14 San Beda
F/C 18 Philippines Chua, Justin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1989–07–13 Ateneo
C 19 Philippines Al-Hussaini, Rabeh 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1988–08–11 Ateneo
G/F 20 United States Dillinger, Jared  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1984–01–06 Hawaiʻi
F/C 21 Philippines Hugnatan, Reynel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1978–11–03 Manila
F 22 Philippines Ferriols, John (IN) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1974–09–09 USJ-R
F 23 United States Nabong, Kelly 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1988–11–17 SRJC
G/F 24 Philippines Guevarra, Rey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986–11–24 Letran
F 25 Philippines Bono, Ken (IN) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 280 lb (127 kg) 1984–07–19 Adamson
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Philippines Paolo Trillo



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

Roster


Broadcast notes

The Governors' Cup Finals was aired on TV5 with a separate live broadcast on PBA Rush (both in standard and high definition). TV5's radio arm, Radyo5 provided the radio play-by-play coverage.

Sports5 also provided online livestreaming via their official YouTube account using the TV5 feed. (Available only in the Philippines)

The PBA Rush broadcast aired the championship series with English-language commentary.

Game Sports5 PBA Rush (English)
Play-by-play Analyst(s) Courtside reporters Play-by-play Analyst(s) Courtside reporters
Game 1 Magoo Marjon Andy Jao and Bo Perasol Rizza Diaz James Velasquez Vince Hizon Carla Lizardo
Game 2 Charlie Cuna Dominic Uy and Jason Webb Erika Padilla Chuck Araneta Jolly Escobar Carlo Pamintuan
Game 3 Sev Sarmenta Eric Reyes and Yeng Guiao Sel Guevara Jutt Sulit Charles Tiu Mara Aquino
Game 4 Charlie Cuna Eric Reyes and Alex Compton Rizza Diaz Chiqui Reyes Ali Peek Chino Lui Pio
Game 5 Magoo Marjon Dominic Uy and Alex Compton Erika Padilla Carlo Pamintuan Vince Hizon Carla Lizardo
Game 6 Charlie Cuna Yeng Guiao and Alex Compton Sel Guevara Chuck Araneta Ali Peek Chino Lui Pio

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