2019 PBA Governors' Cup Finals

2019 PBA Governors' Cup Finals
Dates	January 7 – 17, 2020
MVP	Japeth Aguilar; (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
Television	Local: ; ESPN5 ; 5 ; PBA Rush (HD) ; International:; AksyonTV International
Announcers	see Broadcast notes
Radio network	Radyo5 (DWFM)
Announcers	see Broadcast notes
Referees
Game 1:	N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, M. Montoya, J. Tantay
Game 2:	J. Mariano, R. Gruta, J. Narandan, J. Jarabejo
Game 3:	P. Balao, R. Dacanay, A. Nubla, J. Baldago
Game 4:	N. Quilinguen, R. Gruta, B. Oliva, M. Flordeliza
Game 5:	P. Balao, R. Yante, J. Nicandro, J. Baldago

The 2019 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2019 PBA Governors' Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and the Meralco Bolts competed for the 19th Governors' Cup championship and the 127th overall championship contested by the league.[1]

This was third time that Barangay Ginebra and Meralco competed for the Governors' Cup championship in the span of four seasons. Barangay Ginebra won the two previous championships against Meralco in 2016 and 2017.

Due to the adjustments done in the season calendar to give way for the preparations of the Philippines men's national basketball team for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the Philippines' hosting of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, the finals series started on January 7, 2020.[2]

Background

Road to the finals

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Finished 7–4 (.636) in 4th place	Elimination round	Finished 8–3 (.727) in 1st place with NLEX and TNT
N/A	Tiebreaker	Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.090, Meralco 0.959, TNT 0.958 (2nd place)
Def. San Miguel in one game (twice-to-beat advantage)	Quarterfinals	Def. Alaska in one game (twice-to-beat advantage)
Def. NorthPort, 3–1	Semifinals	Def. TNT, 3–2

Head-to-head matchup

ESPN5

November 3, 2019
6:45 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 77, Meralco Bolts 101
Scoring by quarter: 15–26, 17–27, 21–24, 24–24
Pts: Brownlee 18 Rebs: Brownlee 7 Asts: Tenorio 5		Pts: Durham 39 Rebs: Durham 12 Asts: Durham 7

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: P. Balao, B. Oliva, J. Nicandro, G. Obina

Series summary

Game	Date	Venue	Winner	Result
Game 1	January 7	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Barangay Ginebra	91–87
Game 2	January 10	Quezon Convention Center	Meralco	104–102
Game 3	January 12	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Barangay Ginebra	92–84
Game 4	January 15	Smart Araneta Coliseum		94–72
Game 5	January 17	Mall of Asia Arena		105–93

Game summaries

Game 1

ESPN5

January 7, 2020
7:00 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 91, Meralco Bolts 87
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 18–22, 31–30, 23–16
Pts: Brownlee 38 Rebs: Brownlee 16 Asts: Thompson 6		Pts: Durham 25 Rebs: Durham 18 Asts: Durham 10
Barangay Ginebra leads series, 1–0

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 10,708
Referees: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, M. Montoya, J. Tantay

Game 2

ESPN5

January 10, 2020
7:00 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 102, Meralco Bolts 104
Scoring by quarter: 21–36, 25–27, 30–19, 26–22
Pts: Brownlee 35 Rebs: Brownlee 11 Asts: Thompson 7		Pts: Durham 21 Rebs: Durham 18 Asts: Newsome 7
Series tied, 1–1

Quezon Convention Center, Lucena
Referees: J. Mariano, R. Gruta, J. Narandan, J. Jarabejo

Game 3

ESPN5

January 12, 2020
6:30 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 92, Meralco Bolts 84
Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 19–21, 35–16, 14–26
Pts: Brownlee 24 Rebs: Brownlee 9 Asts: Brownlee 9		Pts: Newsome 24 Rebs: Durham 13 Asts: Durham 7
Barangay Ginebra leads series, 2–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 16,001
Referees: P. Balao, R. Dacanay, A. Nubla, J. Baldago

Game 4

ESPN5

January 15, 2020
7:00 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 94, Meralco Bolts 72
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 28–17, 28–24, 24–17
Pts: Brownlee 27 Rebs: J. Aguilar 9 Asts: Brownlee 8		Pts: Durham 21 Rebs: Durham 27 Asts: Durham 7
Barangay Ginebra leads series, 3–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 11,496
Referees: N. Quilinguen, R. Gruta, B. Oliva, M. Flordeliza

Game 5

ESPN5

January 17, 2020
7:00 pm

Box score

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 105, Meralco Bolts 93
Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 21–20, 30–18, 35–29
Pts: J. Aguilar 25 Rebs: Thompson 9 Asts: Brownlee 10		Pts: Durham 29 Rebs: Durham 21 Asts: Durham 8
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–1

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 15,146
Referees: P. Balao, R. Yante, J. Nicandro, J. Baldago

Rosters

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 2019 PBA Governors' Cup roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight		College
G/F	2	Dillinger, Jared	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1984–01–06	Hawaiʻi
G	5	Tenorio, LA	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	151 lb (68 kg)	1984–07–09	Ateneo
G	6	Thompson, Scottie	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1993–07–12	UPHSD
G/F	10	Sargent, Julian	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1991–07–15	La Salle
G	11	Pringle, Stanley	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1987–03–05	Penn State
F/C	12	Caperal, Prince	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1993–06–12	Arellano
G	14	Teodoro, Teytey (R)	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)		1993–08–21	José Rizal
G/F	16	Chan, Jeff	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1983–02–11	Far Eastern
F	18	dela Cruz, Arthur	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1992–05–09	San Beda
C	20	Slaughter, Greg	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	258 lb (117 kg)	1988–05–19	Ateneo
F	23	Aguilar, Raymond	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1985–07–27	National-U
F/C	25	Aguilar, Japeth	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1987–01–25	Western Kentucky
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 7 in (2.01 m)	219 lb (99 kg)	1988–04–23	St. John's
F	38	Devance, Joe	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1982–02–19	UTEP
G	47	Caguioa, Mark	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1979–11–19	Glendale (CA)

Head coach

Tim Cone

Assistant coach(es)

Richard del Rosario (1st assistant)
Freddie Abuda
Kirk Collier
Olsen Racela

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

Injured

Roster

^a Also serves as Barangay Ginebra's board governor.

Meralco Bolts 2019 PBA Governors' Cup roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight		College
F/C	00	Faundo, Bryan	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1984–02–18	Letran
G	2	Jackson, Trevis (R)	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	171 lb (78 kg)	–09–13	Sacramento State
F/C	5	Durham, Allen (I)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	236 lb (107 kg)	1988–07–09	Grace Bible
F	6	Jose, Raymar	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1992–08–06	Far Eastern
F	7	Hodge, Cliff	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1988–02–03	Reedley
F	8	Salva, Nico	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	1990–03–08	Ateneo
G	9	Amer, Baser	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1992–09–29	San Beda
G	10	Pinto, John	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1990–10–15	Arellano
G/F	11	Newsome, Chris	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1990–06–25	Ateneo
G	17	Caram, Anjo	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	159 lb (72 kg)	1991–01–14	San Beda
C	18	Ballesteros, Jason	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	246 lb (112 kg)	1985–10–07	San Sebastian
G	19	Quinto, Bong (R)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)		1994–12–15	Letran
C	20	Almazan, Raymond	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	1989–08–02	Letran
F/C	21	Hugnatan, Reynel (C)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1978–11–03	Manila
G/F	22	Maliksi, Allein	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1987–09–18	UST
F	33	de Ocampo, Ranidel (IN)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1981–12–08	St. Francis of Assisi
F	81	Jamito, Jammer	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1990–09–01	St. Clare

Head coach

Norman Black

Assistant coach(es)

Ronnie Magsanoc (1st Assistant)
Gene Afable
Patrick Fran
Christopher Tan
Luigi Trillo

Team manager

Paolo Trillo

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Roster

Broadcast notes

The Philippine Cup Finals was aired on TV5 with simulcasts on PBA Rush (both in standard and high definition). 5's radio arm, Radyo5 provided the radio play-by-play coverage.

ESPN5 also provided online livestreaming via the PBA's official Facebook account using the TV5 feed.

The PBA Rush broadcast provided English-language coverage of the Finals.

Game	ESPN5			PBA Rush (English)
Game	Play-by-play	Analyst(s)	Courtside reporters	Play-by-play	Analyst(s)	Courtside reporters
Game 1	Magoo Marjon	Andy Jao	Denise Tan	Carlo Pamintuan	Alex Compton	Bea Escudero
Game 2	Chuck Araneta	Juan Banal	Rizza Diaz	Carlo Pamintuan	Ali Peek	Bea Escudero
Game 3	Charlie Cuna	Dominic Uy	Carla Lizardo	Carlo Pamintuan	Eric Reyes	Bea Escudero
Game 4	Magoo Marjon	Andy Jao	Selina Dagdag	Carlo Pamintuan	Dominic Uy	Bea Escudero
Game 5	Sev Sarmenta	Joaquin Henson	Denise Tan	Carlo Pamintuan	Andy Jao	Bea Escudero

Additional Game 5 crew:
- Trophy presentation: James Velazquez
- Dugout celebration interviewer: Lyn Olavario

References

Philippine Arena to host if PBA Finals reach limit as Game 2 set in Lucena, Reuben Terrado, spin.ph, December 22, 2019
PBA breaks tradition with Tuesday start for Ginebra-Meralco Finals, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, December 26, 2019]

External links

PBA official website

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[1] Philippine Arena to host if PBA Finals reach limit as Game 2 set in Lucena, Reuben Terrado, spin.ph, December 22, 2019

[2] PBA breaks tradition with Tuesday start for Ginebra-Meralco Finals, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, December 26, 2019]

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