2016 PBA Governors' Cup finals

2016 PBA Governors' Cup finals

Team Coach Wins (3) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Tim Cone 4 (4) Meralco Bolts Norman Black 2
Dates	October 7–19, 2016
MVP	LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
Television	Local: Sports5 TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International
Announcers	see Broadcast notes
Radio network	Radyo5 (DWFM)
Announcers	see Broadcast notes
Referees
Game 1: A. Herrera, N. Quilinguen, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya Game 2: J. Mariano, S. Pineda, M. Flordeliza, E. Boticario Game 3: P. Balao, N. Guevarra, J. Narandan, E. Boticario Game 4: P. Balao, J. Mariano, M. Montoya, M. Flordeliza Game 5: N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, B. Oliva, E. Boticario Game 6: N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, M. Montoya, J. Narandan
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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.^[1]

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.^[2]

*overtime

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.

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.

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.^[3]

LA Tenorio came out and scored 21 points in the second half to lead Barangay Ginebra's comeback.^[4]

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.

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel roster

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Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 0 Franklin Bonifacio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990–03–01 Las Positas G 3 Sol Mercado 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1984–05–06 Biola G 5 LA Tenorio 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 151 lb (68 kg) 1984–07–09 Ateneo G 6 Scottie Thompson (R) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1993–07–12 UPHSD F/C 10 Dave Marcelo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 223 lb (101 kg) 1989–02–22 San Beda G 13 Jayjay Helterbrand 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1976–10–14 Kentucky State F 14 Nico Salva 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1990–03–08 Ateneo F 19 Dennice Villamor (R) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1990–07–01 National-U C 20 Greg Slaughter  7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 258 lb (117 kg) 1988–05–19 Ateneo F/C 25 Japeth Aguilar 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1987–01–25 Western Kentucky F 27 Jervy Cruz 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1986–09–09 UST F 31 Aljon Mariano (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1992–08–03 UST F 32 Justin Brownlee (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1988–04–23 St. John's G/F 34 Chris Ellis 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–12–05 Mary Hardin–Baylor F 38 Joe Devance 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1982–02–19 UTEP G 47 Mark Caguioa (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1979–11–19 Glendale CC (CA)	Head coach Tim Cone Assistant coach(es) Richard del Rosario (1st Assistant) Olsen Racela Freddie Abuda Team manager Alfrancis Chua[a] Raymond Rodriguez (Assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

Meralco Bolts roster

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Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F/C 0 Bryan Faundo 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1984–02–18 Letran G 1 Simon Atkins (IN) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–07–19 De La Salle G 3 Jimmy Alapag (C) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1977–12–30 Cal State San Bernardino F 5 Allen Durham (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988−07–09 Grace Christian F 7 Cliff Hodge 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1988–02–03 Reedley G 9 Baser Amer (R) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1992–09–29 San Beda G 10 Jonathan Uyloan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–11–26 Golden West G 11 Chris Newsome (R) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990–06–25 Ateneo G 13 Ryan Buenafe 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1990–02–01 Ateneo G/F 15 Joseph Sedurifa (R / IN) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1990–09–04 Centro Escolar G 17 Anjo Caram 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 159 lb (72 kg) 1991–01–14 San Beda F/C 18 Justin Chua 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1989–07–13 Ateneo C 19 Rabeh Al-Hussaini 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1988–08–11 Ateneo G/F 20 Jared Dillinger  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1984–01–06 Hawaiʻi F/C 21 Reynel Hugnatan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1978–11–03 Manila F 22 John Ferriols (IN) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1974–09–09 USJ–R F 23 Kelly Nabong 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1988–11–17 SRJC G/F 24 Rey Guevarra 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986–11–24 Letran F 25 Ken Bono (IN) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 280 lb (127 kg) 1984–07–19 Adamson	Head coach Norman Black Assistant coach(es) Ronnie Magsanoc (1st Assistant) Luigi Trillo Patrick Fran Xavier Nunag Gene Afable Jamike Jarin Team manager Paolo Trillo Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

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.

• Additional Game 6 crew:
  • Trophy presentation: James Velasquez
  • Dugout celebration interviewer: Denise Tan

• PBA official website