2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals

December 2022 May 2016 200px 2016 Commissioner's Cup (3) Alaska Aces Alex Compton 2 (5) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Yeng Guiao 4 May 6–18, 2016 Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) Local: Sports5 TV5 AksyonTV Hyper (HD) Fox Sports International: AksyonTV International see Broadcast notes Radyo5 (DWFM) see Broadcast notes A. Herrera, N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay A. Herrera, N. Quilingen, E. Aquino, R. Marabe J. Mariano, J. Oliva, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, E. Aquino, J. Narandan N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, E. Aquino, R. Dacanay 2015 2017 2015–16 Philippine 2016 Governors' The 2016 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters and the Alaska Aces competed for the 16th Commissioner's Cup championship and the 117th overall championship contested by the league.https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/basketball/565181/battle-of-the-bridesmaids-rain-or-shine-clashes-with-alaska-in-finals/story/ Battle of the Bridesmaids: Rain or Shine clashes with Alaska in Finals Marisse Panaligan gmanetwork.com May 5, 2016 December 22, 2022 This was the first championship series that does not involve any team owned by the San Miguel Corporation or the MVP Group of Companies since the 2000 All-Filipino Cup finals, when the Alaska Milkmen won the championship series against the Purefoods TJ Hotdogs. Purefoods was still then owned by the Ayala Corporation when the finals series was held.Independent teams Rain or Shine, Alaska expect great finals series: ‘It's good for the league’ https://web.archive.org/web/20160509025833/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/independent-teams-rain-or-shine-alaska-expect-great-finals-series-its-good-for-the-league May 9, 2016 , Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, May 4, 2016 This was also the first championship series since the 2004 Fiesta Conference when both the top two teams at the end of the eliminations did not advance to the finals. Background Road to the finals 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Alaska Aces Finished 7–4 (.636): Tied with Alaska and Barangay Ginebra at 3rd place Elimination round Finished 7–4 (.636): Tied with Rain or Shine and Barangay Ginebra at 3rd place 0–2 (5th place) Tiebreaker* 2–0 (3rd place) def. Barangay Ginebra, 2–0 Quarterfinals def. TNT, 2–1 def. San Miguel, 3–1 Semifinals def. Meralco, 3–2 Head-to-head matchup #eee February 27 summary Alaska Aces |score1= 128 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 102 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Series summary TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Wins Rain or Shine 105 105 112 99 78 109 4 Alaska Aces 97 103 108 111 86 92 2Venue Araneta Araneta Araneta Araneta Araneta Araneta *overtime Game 1 #eee May 6 7:00pm Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City TV5 A. Herrera, N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 105 Alaska Aces 97 Boxscore 29–25 22–21 23–31 31–20 Dozier 41 Lee 20 Dozier 15 Henderson-Niles 13 Banchero 4 Cruz 5 Rain or Shine lead series, 1–0 Game 2 May 8 5:00pm Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City TV5 A. Herrera, N. Quilingen, E. Aquino, R. Marabe Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 105 Alaska Aces 103 Boxscore 21–26 28–25 27–28 29–24 Jazul 24 Chan, Lee 17 Dozier 9 Henderson-Niles 13 Dozier 5 Ibañes, Lee 4 Rain or Shine lead series, 2–0 Game 3 #eee May 11 7:00pm Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City TV5 J. Mariano, J. Oliva, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 112 Alaska Aces 108 Boxscore 28–28 34–19 33–25 17–36 Quiñahan 18 Dozier 23 Henderson-Niles 13 Abueva, Dozier 8 Henderson-Niles 5 Abueva 6 Rain or Shine lead series, 3–0 Game 4 May 13 7:00pm Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City TV5 N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 99 Alaska Aces 111 Boxscore 21–25 18–29 28–36 32–21 Dozier 23 Ahanmisi 30 Abueva 10 Belga, Quiñahan 6 Banchero 8 Belga 4 Rain or Shine lead series, 3–1 Game 5 #eee May 15 5:00pm Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City TV5 N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, E. Aquino, J. Narandan Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 78 Alaska Aces 86 Boxscore 19–15 21–22 17–19 21–30 Abueva 20 Chan 17 Abueva 13 Henderson-Niles 8 Jazul 4 Ahanmisi 3 Rain or Shine lead series, 3–2 Game 6 May 18 7:00pm Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City TV5 N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, E. Aquino, R. Dacanay Rain or Shine Elasto Painters |score1= 109 Alaska Aces 92 Boxscore 38–24 21–25 25–20 25–23 Abueva 26 Cruz 21 Dozier 13 Henderson-Niles 9 Baguio 5 Ahanmisi, Belga 4 Rain or Shine wins series, 4–2 Rosters Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 1 Pierre Henderson-Niles C 6 8 270 1987–06–07 Memphis USA I 3 Paul Lee basketball G 6 0 200 1989–02–14 University of the East PHI 5 Gabe Norwood G/F 6 6 210 1985–02–09 George Mason USA 6 Jireh Ibañes F 6 2 182 1982–04–20 UP PHI C 8 Jeric Teng G 6 1 183 1991–03–18 UST PHI 9 Jericho Cruz G 6 1 190 1990–10–11 Adamson PHI 13 Maverick Ahanmisi G 6 2 185 1991–07–17 Minnesota USA R 15 Jewel Ponferada C/F 6 4 211 1988–07–08 National-U PHI 16 Jeffrei Chan G/F 6 2 185 1983–02–11 FEU PHI 17 Chris Tiu G 5 11 176 1985–07–15 Ateneo PHI 19 Don Trollano G/F 6 3 182 1992–01–07 Adamson PHI R 20 Raymond Almazan F/C 6 8 194 1989–08–02 Letran PHI 23 Josan Nimes F 6 3 175 1991–05–11 Mapúa PHI R 30 Beau Belga F/C 6 5 235 1986–11–30 Philippine Christian University PHI 33 Ronnie Matias F 6 4 180 1983–11–29 Manila PHI IN 48 J.R. Quiñahan F/C 6 6 235 1984–05–08 Visayas PHI PHI Yeng Guiao PHI Caloy Garcia (1st Assistant) PHI Mike Buendia PHI Ricky Umayam PHI Mamerto MondragonNote1 a a PHI Jay Legacion (Assistant) http://pba.inquirer.net/teams/rain-or-shine-elasto-painters Note1 a a also serves as Rain or Shine's board governor. Alaska Aces 1 Robert Dozier F/C 6 9 215 1985–11–26 Memphis USA I 2 Chris Banchero G 6 1 175 1989–01–24 Seattle Pacific USA 3 Cyrus Baguio G/F 6 2 180 1980–08–19 UST PHI 4 Vic Manuel F 6 4 201 1987–06–18 PSBA PHI yes 7 Sonny Thoss C 6 7 205 1981–12–07 James Cook PNG 8 Calvin Abueva F 6 2 185 1988–02–04 San Sebastian PHI 9 Noy Baclao F/C 6 5 190 1987–06–15 Ateneo PHI 10 Marion Magat F/C 6 7 180 1989–10–22 National-U PHI R / IN 11 Rome dela Rosa G/F 6 3 185 1990–12–11 San Beda USA 17 Chris Exciminiano G 5 11 185 1988–11–17 FEU PHI 21 Josh Vanlandingham F 6 4 205 1984–01–22 Pacific Lutheran USA IN 25 Dondon Hontiveros G/F 6 2 175 1977–06–01 Cebu PHI 26 Samigue Eman C 6 9 239 1982–03–12 Mindanao PHI 30 Eric Menk F/C 6 6 220 1974–08–24 Lake Superior State USA 31 R.J. Jazul G 5 10 170 1986–04–11 Letran PHI 35 Tony dela Cruz F 6 5 209 1978–08–24 UC Irvine USA C 42 JVee Casio G 5 10 175 1986–09–01 De La Salle PHI yes 61 Kevin Racal G/F 6 3 175 1991–05–16 Letran PHI R PHI Alex Compton PHI Louie Alas (1st Assistant) PHI Topex Robinson USA Jeffrey Cariaso PHI Monch Gavieres PHI Franco Atienza PHI Paulo Layug PHI Dickie BachmannNote1 a a http://pba.inquirer.net/teams/alaska-aces Note1 a a also serves as Alaska's board governor. Broadcast notes The Commissioner's Cup finals will be aired on TV5 with simulcast on Hyper (both in standard and high definition). TV5's radio arm, Radyo5 will provide the radio play-by-play coverage. Fox Sports Asia airs the games as well on a delayed basis. Sports5 will also provide online livestreaming via their official YouTube account using the TV5 feed. The Hyper/Cignal TV broadcast will provide English-language coverage of the finals. Game Sports5 Cignal TV/Hyper (English)Play-by-play Analyst(s) Courtside reporters Play-by-play Analyst(s) Game 1 Magoo Marjon Andy Jao and Tab Baldwin Rizza Diaz James Velasquez Vince HizonGame 2 Charlie Cuna Ryan Gregorio and Tab Baldwin Carla Lizardo Sev Sarmenta Charles Tiu Game 3 Magoo Marjon Quinito Henson and Tab Baldwin Apple David Aaron Atayde Ali PeekGame 4 Charlie Cuna Andy Jao and Norman Black Sel Guevara Magoo Marjon Don AlladoGame 5 Sev Sarmenta Ryan Gregorio and Dominic Uy Erika Padilla Magoo Marjon Ali PeekGame 6 Charlie Cuna Quinito Henson and Ryan Gregorio Rizza Diaz Sev Sarmenta Don Allado Additional Game 6 crew: Trophy presentation: James Velazquez Dugout celebration interviewer: Apple David References External links PBA official website 2016 Category:2015–16 PBA season Category:Rain or Shine Elasto Painters games Category:Alaska Aces (PBA) games PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals