2023 PBA Governors' Cup finals

The 2023 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series for the 2023 PBA Governors' Cup. It marked the end of the conference's playoffs and 2022–23 PBA season.

2023 PBA Governors' Cup finals

Team Coach Wins (1) TNT Tropang Giga Jojo Lastimosa 4 (3) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Tim Cone 2
Dates	April 9–21, 2023
MVP	Mikey Williams (TNT Tropang Giga)
Television	Local: One Sports TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International iWantTFC^[note 1]
Announcers	see Broadcast notes
Radio network	Radyo Pilipinas 2 (DZSR)
Announcers	see Broadcast notes
Referees
Game 1: Peter Balao, Rommel Gruta, Mike Flordeliza, Jonathan Tangkion Game 2: Jimmy Mariano, Rommel Gruta, Jerry Narandan, Don Al de Dios Game 3: Nol Quilinguen, Peter Balao, Sherwin Pineda, Erwin Traballo Game 4: Jimmy Mariano, Sherwin Pineda, Joel Baldago, Jonathan Tangkion Game 5: Jimmy Mariano, Rommel Gruta, Jerry Narandan, Don Al de Dios Game 6: Nol Quilinguen, Jimmy Mariano, Rommel Gruta, Jonathan Tangkion
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The TNT Tropang Giga and the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel competed for the 21st Governors' Cup championship and the 133rd overall championship contested by the league. This was the first time that TNT and Barangay Ginebra competed for the Governors' Cup championship.^[1] The last time that these 2 teams met in the finals was on the 2020 PBA Philippine Cup where Barangay Ginebra defeated TNT in 5 games, 4–1.^[2]

Background

Further information: 2022–23 TNT Tropang Giga season § Governors' Cup, and 2022–23 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season § Governors' Cup

Road to the finals

Main article: 2023 PBA Governors' Cup

TNT Tropang Giga		Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Finished 10–1 (.909) in 1st place	Elimination round	Finished 8–3 (.727) in 3rd place
Def. Phoenix in one game (twice-to-beat advantage)	Quarterfinals	Def. NLEX in one game (twice-to-beat advantage)
Def. Meralco, 3–1	Semifinals	Def. San Miguel, 3–0

Head-to-head matchup

One Sports

March 17 5:45 pm

Box score

TNT Tropang Giga 114, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 105
Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 24–29, 35–37, 32–12
Pts: Hollis-Jefferson 34 Rebs: Hollis-Jefferson 11 Asts: M. Williams 6		Pts: Brownlee 27 Rebs: Standhardinger 13 Asts: Thompson 10

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Sherwin Pineda, Rommel Gruta, Jerry Narandan, Erwin Traballo

Series summary

Game	Date	Venue	Winner	Result
Game 1	April 9	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Barangay Ginebra	102–90
Game 2	April 12		TNT	95–82
Game 3	April 14		Barangay Ginebra	117–103
Game 4	April 16		TNT	116–104
Game 5	April 19			104–95
Game 6	April 21			97–93

Game summaries

Game 1

TV5

April 9 6:00 pm

Box score

TNT Tropang Giga 90, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 102
Scoring by quarter: 20–29, 23–21, 19–24, 28–28
Pts: Hollis-Jefferson 30 Rebs: Hollis-Jefferson 20 Asts: Hollis-Jefferson 5		Pts: Brownlee 31 Rebs: Thompson 13 Asts: Thompson 11
Barangay Ginebra leads series, 1–0

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 11,580 Referees: Peter Balao, Rommel Gruta, Mike Flordeliza, Jonathan Tangkion

Game 2

TV5

April 12 5:45 pm

Box score

TNT Tropang Giga 95, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 82
Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 24–23, 16–25, 28–18
Pts: Hollis-Jefferson 23 Rebs: Hollis-Jefferson 19 Asts: Hollis-Jefferson 9		Pts: Standhardinger 29 Rebs: Standhardinger 11 Asts: Brownlee 8
Series tied, 1–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: Jimmy Mariano, Rommel Gruta, Jerry Narandan, Don Al de Dios

Game 3

TV5

April 14 5:45 pm

Box score

TNT Tropang Giga 103, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 117
Scoring by quarter: 19–29, 38–28, 24–30, 22–30
Pts: Hollis-Jefferson 32 Rebs: Hollis-Jefferson 10 Asts: Hollis-Jefferson 6		Pts: Brownlee 29 Rebs: Malonzo, Standhardinger 10 Asts: Thompson 10
Barangay Ginebra leads series, 2–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Peter Balao, Sherwin Pineda, Erwin Traballo

Game 4

Prior to the game, Barangay Ginebra's Christian Standhardinger was awarded his second Best Player of the Conference award,^[3] while TNT's Rondae Hollis-Jefferson was awarded the Best Import of the Conference award.^[4]

TV5

April 16 6:00pm

Box score

TNT Tropang Giga 116, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 104
Scoring by quarter: 29–23, 30–18, 36–36, 21–27
Pts: Hollis-Jefferson 36 Rebs: Hollis-Jefferson 10 Asts: Hollis-Jefferson 5		Pts: Brownlee 28 Rebs: Thompson 9 Asts: Standhardinger 9
Series tied, 2–2

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 16,203 Referees: Jimmy Mariano, Sherwin Pineda, Joel Baldago, Jonathan Tangkion

Game 5

TV5

April 19 5:45 pm

Box score

TNT Tropang Giga 104, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 95
Scoring by quarter: 28–26, 21–35, 32–18, 23–16
Pts: Hollis-Jefferson 32 Rebs: Hollis-Jefferson 16 Asts: Hollis-Jefferson 10		Pts: Standhardinger 29 Rebs: Standhardinger 13 Asts: Thompson 6
TNT leads series, 3–2

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 10,070 Referees: Jimmy Mariano, Rommel Gruta, Jerry Narandan, Don Al de Dios

Game 6

TV5

April 21 5:45 pm

Box score

TNT Tropang Giga 97, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 93
Scoring by quarter: 20–27, 28–24, 29–22, 20–20
Pts: M. Williams 38 Rebs: Hollis-Jefferson 14 Asts: Hollis-Jefferson 6		Pts: Brownlee 29 Rebs: Brownlee 12 Asts: Thompson 9
TNT wins series, 4–2

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 13,588 Referees: Nol Quilinguen, Jimmy Mariano, Rommel Gruta, Jonathan Tangkion

Rosters

TNT Tropang Giga 2023 PBA Governors' Cup roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) College C 1   Chua, Justin   6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 232 lb (105 kg) 1989–07–13 Ateneo F 2   Cruz, Carl Bryan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1991–08–21 Far Eastern G 5   Williams, Mikey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1991–10–27 Cal State Fullerton C 6   Acuno, Rey Mark 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 226 lb (103 kg) 1994–08–29 UE C 7   Erram, Poy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1989–07–07 Ateneo F 8   Oftana, Calvin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 1996–01–03 San Beda G/F 9   Varilla, Paul 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 1993–08–10 UE G 11   Tungcab, Jaydee (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 1997–05–05 Philippines F 12   Khobuntin, Glenn 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1991–09–07 National-U F 14   Hollis-Jefferson, Rondae (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 217 lb (98 kg) 1995–01–03 Arizona G 15   Montalbo, Kib 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 1996–04–02 De La Salle G/F 16   Pogoy, Roger 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1992–06–16 Far Eastern G 17   Castro, Jayson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1986–06–30 Philippine Christian F/C 21   Williams, Kelly (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1982–02–07 Oakland F/C 22   Marcelo, Dave 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 223 lb (101 kg) 1989–02–22 San Beda G/F 24   Ganuelas-Rosser, Matt 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1990–06–13 Cal Poly Pomona	Head coach   Jojo Lastimosa Assistant coach(es)   Joshua Reyes (1st assistant)   Sandy Arespacochaga   Mau Belen   Ranidel de Ocampo   Yuri Escueta   Bong Ravena   Slavoljub Gorunovic (active consultant)   Chot Reyes (senior consultant) Team manager   Jojo Lastimosa   Miguel Fernandez (assistant) 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

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 2023 PBA Governors' 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   Tim Cone Assistant coach(es)   Richard del Rosario (1st assistant)   Olsen Racela   Freddie Abuda   Kirk Collier   Patrick Partosa   LA Tenorio Team manager   Alfrancis Chua^[a]   Raymond Rodriguez (assistant) 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.

Broadcast notes

The Governors' Cup finals was aired on TV5 & One Sports with simulcast on PBA Rush, SMART Sports on Facebook and Radyo Pilipinas 2 918khz (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			SMART Sports Facebook			PBA Radio	ShootAround Pre-Game Show / Halftime Show
	Play-by-play	Analyst(s)	Courtside Reporters	Play-by-play	Analyst	Courtside Reporters	Play-by-play	Analyst	Courtside Reporters	Radio Commentators	Hosts
Game 1	Magoo Marjon	Quinito Henson and Yeng Guiao	Nadia Miravalles	Carlo Pamintuan	Alex Cabagnot	Bea Escudero	Andre Co	Jolly Escobar	Nadia Miravalles	Jay dela Cruz and Allan Gregorio	Paolo del Rosario and Ronnie Magsanoc
Game 2	Sev Sarmenta	Andy Jao and Gabe Norwood	Apple David	Carlo Pamintuan	Jong Uichico	Aiyana Perlas	Jinno Rufino	Allan Gregorio	Apple David	Benjie Santiago and Beaujing Acot	Nadia Miravalles
Game 3	Charlie Cuna	Ryan Gregorio and Yeng Guiao	Bea Escudero	Miguel Dypiangco	Dominic Uy	Doreen Suaybaguio	Jutt Sulit	Mark Molina	Bea Escudero	Jay dela Cruz and Allan Gregorio	none
Game 4	Jutt Sulit	Dominic Uy and Norman Black	Denise Tan	Carlo Pamintuan	Ryan Gregorio	Belle Gregorio	Jay dela Cruz	Jolly Escobar	Denise Tan	Benjie Santiago and Eric Altamirano	Paolo del Rosario and Ryan Gregorio
Game 5	Magoo Marjon	Quinito Henson and Jeffrey Cariaso	Apple David	Carlo Pamintuan	Andy Jao	Bea Escudero	Chiqui Reyes	Borgie Hermida	Apple David	Jay dela Cruz and Beaujing Acot	Apple David
Game 6	Sev Sarmenta	Dominic Uy and Ryan Gregorio	Denise Tan	Mikee Reyes	Mark Molina	Doreen Suaybaguio	Anthony Suntay	Jude Roque	Denise Tan	Benjie Santiago and Allan Gregorio	Denise Tan

• Additional Game 6 crew:
  • Trophy presentation: Carlo Pamintuan and Bea Escudero
  • Celebration interviewer: Denise Tan and Doreen Suaybaguio

Notes

1. Live on iWantTFC worldwide excluding Philippines and United States

References

1. Micaller, Bea (March 31, 2023). "TNT boots Meralco, sets up Govs' Cup finals date vs Ginebra". GMANetwork.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
2. Terrado, Reuben (December 9, 2020). "Ginebra is PBA bubble champ after beating TNT in Game Five". Spin.ph. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
3. "CStan claims Governors' Cup Davco-BPC award in runaway fashion". pba.ph. April 16, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
4. "Hollis-Jefferson edges Brownlee for Govs' Cup coins.ph-Best Import award". pba.ph. April 16, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2023.

External links

• PBA official website