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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
TeamCoachWins
(1) TNT Tropang Giga Jojo Lastimosa 4
(3) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Tim Cone 2
DatesApril 9–21, 2023
MVPMikey Williams
(TNT Tropang Giga)
TelevisionLocal:
One Sports
TV5
PBA Rush (HD)
International:
AksyonTV International
iWantTFC[note 1]
Announcerssee Broadcast notes
Radio networkRadyo Pilipinas 2 (DZSR)
Announcerssee 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
PBA Governors' Cup finals chronology
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PBA finals chronology

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 edit

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

Road to the finals edit

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 edit

March 17
5:45 pm
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 edit

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 edit

Game 1 edit

April 9
6:00 pm
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 edit

April 12
5:45 pm
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 edit

April 14
5:45 pm
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 edit

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]

April 16
6:00pm
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 edit

April 19
5:45 pm
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 edit

April 21
5:45 pm
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 edit

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
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager


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
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager


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 edit

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 edit

  1. ^ Live on iWantTFC worldwide excluding Philippines and United States

References edit

  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 edit

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