2016 PBA Governors' Cup finals

Basketball tournament December 2022 December 2022 200px 2016 Governors' Cup (3) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Tim Cone 4 (4) Meralco Bolts Norman Black 2 October 7–19, 2016 LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) Local: Sports5 TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International see Broadcast notes Radyo5 (DWFM) see Broadcast notes A. Herrera, N. Quilinguen, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya J. Mariano, S. Pineda, M. Flordeliza, E. Boticario P. Balao, N. Guevarra, J. Narandan, E. Boticario P. Balao, J. Mariano, M. Montoya, M. Flordeliza N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, B. Oliva, E. Boticario N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, M. Montoya, J. Narandan 2015 2017 2016 Commissioner's 2016–17 Philippine 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.Bolt from the blue: Meralco stuns TNT in Game Four to reach first-ever PBA Finals, Karlo Sacomos, spin.ph, October 3, 2016 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.Ginebra conquers Meralco to win first championship in 8 years, Jane Bracher, Rappler, October 19, 2016 Background Road to the finals 2016 PBA Governors' Cup 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 #eee July 30 5:00 PM Quezon Convention Center, Lucena City, Quezon E. Tangkion, B. Oliva, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 107 Meralco Bolts 93 Boxscore 32–21 19–26 30–24 26–22 Brownlee 26 Hodge 19 Thompson 7 Durham 12 Brownlee 6 Durham 8 Series summary thumb|250px|right|The players of Barangay Ginebra and Meralco during the player introductions before the start of game 1 TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Wins Barangay Ginebra 109 82 103 88 92 91 4 Meralco 114* 79 107 86 81 88 2Venue Araneta Araneta Araneta Araneta Araneta Araneta *overtime Game 1 #eee October 7 7:00pm Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City TV5 A. Herrera, N. Quilinguen, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya 14,522 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 109 Meralco Bolts 114 Boxscore 28–31 25–11 27–33 22–27 7–12 OT Tenorio 36 Durham 46 Aguilar 12 Durham 13 Mercado, Thompson 5 Newsome 9 Meralco leads series, 1–0 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 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City TV5 J. Mariano, S. Pineda, M. Flordeliza, E. Boticario 18,287 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 82 Meralco Bolts 79 Boxscore 24–21 19–23 26–16 13–19 Brownlee 32 Durham 22 Brownlee 12 Durham 15 Mercado 4 Alapag 6 Series tied, 1–1 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 #eee October 12 7:00pm Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City TV5 P. Balao, N. Guevarra, J. Narandan, E. Boticario 14,285 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 103 Meralco Bolts 107 Boxscore 20–18 24–30 25–23 34–36 Brownlee 42 Durham 36 Brownlee 13 Durham 20 Thompson 7 Newsome 7 Meralco leads series, 2–1 Game 4 October 14 8:10pm Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City TV5 P. Balao, J. Mariano, M. Montoya, M. Flordeliza 17,878 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 88 Meralco Bolts 86 Boxscore 20–13 26–22 12–39 30–12 Aguilar 19 Durham 34 Brownlee 10 Durham 20 Thompson 5 Hugnatan, Newsome 7 Series tied, 2–2 Game 5 #eee October 16 6:30pm Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City TV5 N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, B. Oliva, E. Boticario 22,196 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 92 Meralco Bolts 81 Boxscore 33–19 21–20 19–20 19–22 Brownlee 29 Durham 20 Brownlee 10 Durham 18 Tenorio 8 Durham 6 Barangay Ginebra leads series, 3–2 Game 6 October 19 7:00pm Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City TV5 N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, M. Montoya, J. Narandan 22,528 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 91 Meralco Bolts 88 Boxscore 18–27 14–18 33–21 26–22 Brownlee 31 Newsome 19 Aguilar, Brownlee 9 Durham, Hodge 8 Tenorio 6 Durham 10 Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–2 thumb|250px|right|Justin Brownlee attempting the game winning three point shot in game 6 Meralco came out with an 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.Jaworski tells Ginebra at halftime: You have to loosen up, Mark Giongco, Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 19, 2016 LA Tenorio came out and scored 21 points in the second half to lead Barangay Ginebra's comeback.Brownlee nails buzzer-beater as Ginebra wins title, ends drought, Mark Giongco, Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 19, 2016 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 0 Franklin Bonifacio G 6 2 180 1990–03–01 Las Positas USA 3 Sol Mercado G 6 1 200 1984–05–06 Biola USA 5 LA Tenorio G 5 8 151 1984–07–09 Ateneo de Manila University PHI 6 Scottie Thompson basketball G 6 1 180 1993–07–12 UPHSD PHI R 10 Dave Marcelo F/C 6 4 223 1989–02–22 San Beda PHI 13 Jayjay Helterbrand G 5 11 170 1976–10–14 Kentucky State PHI 14 Nico Salva F 6 3 194 1990–03–08 Ateneo de Manila University PHI 19 Dennice Villamor F 6 4 195 1990–07–01 National University (Philippines) PHI R 20 Greg Slaughter C 7 0 258 1988–05–19 Ateneo USA yes 25 Japeth Aguilar F/C 6 9 235 1987–01–25 Western Kentucky University PHI 27 Jervy Cruz F 6 3 220 1986–09–09 University of Santo Tomas PHI 31 Aljon Mariano F 6 3 175 1992–08–03 University of Santo Tomas PHI R 32 Justin Brownlee F 6 6 220 1988–04–23 St. John's USA I 34 Chris Ellis basketball G/F 6 5 185 1988–12–05 Mary Hardin–Baylor USA 38 Joe Devance F 6 7 225 Texas-El Paso 1982–02–19 USA 47 Mark Caguioa G 6 1 185 1979–11–19 Glendale (CA) PHI C USA Tim Cone PHI Richard del Rosario (1st Assistant) PHI Olsen Racela PHI Freddie Abuda PHI Alfrancis ChuaNote1 a a PHI Raymond Rodriguez (Assistant) http://pba.inquirer.net/teams/barangay-ginebra-san-miguel Meralco Bolts #FB6E1B #FFFFFF #0D3781 #FFFFFF 0 Bryan Faundo F/C 6 6 225 Letran PHI 1984–02–18 1 Simon Atkins basketball G 5 11 185 De La Salle PHI 1988–07–19 IN 3 Jimmy Alapag G 5 9 160 Cal State San Bernardino USA 1977–12–30 C 5 Allen Durham F 6 5 185 1988−07–09 Grace Bible USA I 7 Cliff Hodge F 6 4 195 Reedley USA 1988–02–03 9 Baser Amer G 6 0 170 San Beda PHI 1992–09–29 R 10 Jonathan Uyloan G 6 0 185 1983–11–26 Golden West PHI 11 Chris Newsome G 6 2 190 Ateneo USA 1990–06–25 R 13 Ryan Buenafe G 6 2 225 Ateneo PHI 1990–02–01 15 Joseph Sedurifa G/F 6 1 175 Centro Escolar University PHI 1990–09–04 R / IN 17 Anjo Caram G 5 7 159 San Beda PHI 1991–01–14 18 Justin Chua F/C 6 5 230 Ateneo PHI 1989–07–13 19 Rabeh Al-Hussaini C 6 7 220 Ateneo PHI 1988–08–11 20 Jared Dillinger G/F 6 4 220 Hawaii USA 1984–01–06 yes 21 Reynel Hugnatan F/C 6 4 210 Manila PHI 1978–11–03 22 John Ferriols F 6 4 210 USJ-R PHI 1974–09–09 IN 23 Kelly Nabong F 6 6 227 SRJC USA 1988–11–17 24 Rey Guevarra G/F 6 3 190 Letran PHI 1986–11–24 25 Ken Bono F 6 3 280 Adamson PHI 1984–07–19 IN USA Norman Black PHI Ronnie Magsanoc (1st Assistant) PHI Luigi Trillo PHI Patrick Fran PHI Xavier Nunag PHI Gene Afable PHI Jamike Jarin PHI Paolo Trillo http://pba.inquirer.net/teams/meralco-bolts 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 reportersGame 1 Magoo Marjon Andy Jao and Bo Perasol Rizza Diaz James Velasquez Vince Hizon Carla LizardoGame 2 Charlie Cuna Dominic Uy and Jason Webb Erika Padilla Chuck Araneta Jolly Escobar Carlo PamintuanGame 3 Sev Sarmenta Eric Reyes and Yeng Guiao Sel Guevara Jutt Sulit Charles Tiu Mara AquinoGame 4 Charlie Cuna Eric Reyes and Alex Compton Rizza Diaz Chiqui Reyes Ali Peek Chino Lui PioGame 5 Magoo Marjon Dominic Uy and Alex Compton Erika Padilla Carlo Pamintuan Vince Hizon Carla LizardoGame 6 Charlie Cuna Yeng Guiao and Alex Compton Sel Guevara Chuck Araneta Ali Peek Chino Lui Pio Additional Game 6 crew: Trophy presentation: James Velasquez Dugout celebration interviewer: Denise Tan References External links PBA official website 2016 Category:2015–16 PBA season Category:Barangay Ginebra San Miguel games Category:Meralco Bolts games PBA Governors' Cup Finals