2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup

The 2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup will be the first conference of the 2023–24 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 21st edition of the Commissioner's Cup is scheduled to start on November 5, 2023, and will end in early 2024. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 metres).

2023–24 PBA Commissioner's
Duration	starting November 5, 2023
TV partner(s)	Local: A2Z One Sports PBA Rush (HD) International: Pilipinas Live Online: Pilipinas Live
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The opening was originally scheduled on October 15,^[1] but was moved three weeks past the original date to give players that participated in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the 2022 Asian Games time to rest.^[2]

Guest team and previous Commissioner's Cup runner-up Bay Area Dragons were supposed to compete during the conference, but the team was disbanded by their owners, the East Asia Super League, prior to the start of the conference.^[3]

Format

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

• 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, a playoff game 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 (best-of-3 series)
  • QF4: #4 vs #5 (best-of-3 series)
• 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

Schedule

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Barangay Ginebra	CON	MAG	ROS	BWB	TER	PHX	SMB	MER	TNT	NP	NLEX
Blackwater	CON	MER	TER	PHX	BGSM	ROS	MAG	TNT	NLEX	NP	SMB
Converge	BWB	TNT	BGSM	SMB	PHX	NP	TER	MER	MAG	NLEX	ROS
Magnolia	TNT	PHX	NP	BGSM	NLEX	BWB	SMB	ROS	TER	CON	MER
Meralco	ROS	BWB	SMB	TNT	NLEX	NP	CON	BGSM	MAG	PHX	TER
NLEX	PHX	SMB	TER	NP	MAG	MER	ROS	TNT	BWB	CON	BGSM
NorthPort	TER	ROS	MAG	NLEX	TNT	CON	SMB	MER	PHX	BWB	BGSM
Phoenix Super LPG	NLEX	MAG	ROS	BWB	TER	CON	BGSM	NP	SMB	MER	TNT
Rain or Shine	MER	NP	PHX	BGSM	SMB	BWB	NLEX	MAG	TER	TNT	CON
San Miguel	NLEX	MER	CON	ROS	NP	MAG	BGSM	TNT	PHX	TER	BWB
Terrafirma	NP	BWB	NLEX	TNT	PHX	BGSM	CON	MAG	ROS	SMB	MER
TNT	MAG	CON	TER	MER	NP	NLEX	BWB	SMB	BGSM	ROS	PHX

First match(es) will be played on November 5, 2023. Source: PBA.ph
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

Teams	BGSM	BWB	CON	MAG	MER	NLEX	NP	PHX	ROS	SMB	TER	TNT
Barangay Ginebra	—	Nov. 26	Nov. 17	Nov. 19	Dec. 22	Jan. 13	Jan. 7	Dec. 9	Nov. 24	Dec. 15	Dec. 3	Dec. 25
Blackwater		—	Nov. 8	Dec. 6	Nov. 11	Dec. 22	Jan. 5	Nov. 24	Dec. 2	Jan. 12	Nov. 15	Dec. 15
Converge			—	Dec. 23	Dec. 17	Jan. 10	Dec. 6	Dec. 2	Jan. 14	Nov. 25	Dec. 13	Nov. 11
Magnolia				—	Jan. 6	Dec. 1	Nov. 17	Nov. 12	Dec. 16	Dec. 10	Dec. 20	Nov. 5
Meralco					—	Dec. 3	Dec. 10	Jan. 10	Nov. 8	Nov. 19	Jan. 12	Nov. 26
NLEX						—	Nov. 22	Nov. 10	Dec. 8	Nov. 15	Nov. 18	Dec. 13
NorthPort							—	Dec. 20	Nov. 12	Dec. 8	Nov. 10	Dec. 1
Phoenix Super LPG								—	Nov. 18	Dec. 25	Nov. 29	Jan. 14
Rain or Shine									—	Nov. 29	Dec. 23	Jan. 5
San Miguel										—	Jan. 7	Dec. 17
Terrafirma											—	Nov. 22
TNT												—

First match(es) will be played: November 5, 2023. Source: PBA.ph results, PBA.ph schedule
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

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 whole conference.

Team	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Tony Bishop
Blackwater Bossing	Chris Ortiz
Converge FiberXers	Tom Vodanovich
Magnolia Hotshots	Tyler Bey
Meralco Bolts	Suleiman Braimoh
NLEX Road Warriors	Thomas Robinson
NorthPort Batang Pier	Venky Jois
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	Johnathan Williams
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	DaJuan Summers
San Miguel Beermen	Tyler Stone
Terrafirma Dyip	Thomas De Thaey
TNT Tropang Giga	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
Sources:^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]

References

1. "Curtains rise for Season 48 with Commissioner's Cup on Oct. 15". PBA.ph. May 27, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
2. Gerry Ramos (September 11, 2023). "PBA season moved back three weeks to November 5 opening". spin.ph. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
3. Li, Matthew (September 1, 2023). "EASL disbands Bay Area Dragons ahead of PBA Comm's Cup". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
4. Ramos, Gerry (July 31, 2023). "Hollis-Jefferson set for TNT return after Jordan naturalization". spin.ph. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
5. Ramos, Gerry (August 11, 2023). "Magnolia taps 2020 NBA 2nd-round pick Tyler Bey as Commissioner's Cup import". spin.ph. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
6. Villanueva, Ralph Edwin (September 1, 2023). "Ex-Knick joins Meralco Bolts' hunt for PBA Commissioner's Cup title". Philippine Star. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
7. Ramos, Gerry (September 4, 2023). "Puerto Rico standout at World Cup tapped to be Blackwater import". spin.ph. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
8. Terrado, Reuben (September 13, 2023). "Thomas Robinson to finally play in PBA - not for SMB but for NLEX". spin.ph. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
9. Dy, Richard (September 16, 2023). "Summers perfect for Rain or Shine". The Manila Times. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
10. Ramos, Gerry (September 22, 2023). "Beermen tap Tyler Stone as Commissioner's Cup import". spin.ph. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
11. Li, Matthew (October 2, 2023). "Terrafirma taps Belgian big man as import". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
12. Dy, Richard (October 3, 2023). "Meralco looks for new import as Bolts send Feron Hunt packing". The Manila Times. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
13. "New faces out to steal thunder from Brownlee, RHJ". PBA.ph. October 12, 2023. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
14. Terrado, Reuben (October 17, 2023). "Ginebra seeks replacement import as Brownlee faces doping ban". spin.ph. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
15. Ramos, Gerry (October 18, 2023). "Meralco taps new import Braimoh as first choice fails to impress". Spin.ph. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
16. Ramos, Gerry (October 19, 2023). "NorthPort taps Australian Venky Jois as Commissioner's Cup import". Spin.ph. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
17. Garcia, John Mark (October 27, 2023). "Cone confirms Ginebra bringing in Tony Bishop as interim import". Spin.ph. Retrieved October 27, 2023.