The
2022–23 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup finals was the
best-of-7 championship series of the
2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup
The 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2022–23 Honda PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second conference of the 2022–23 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 20th edition of th ...
, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The most popular team in the league, it is owned by Ginebra San Miguel, Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. (formerly, La Tondeña Distiller ...
and guest team
Bay Area Dragons competed for the 20th Commissioner's Cup championship and the 132nd overall championship contested by the league.
The Bay Area Dragons are the first guest team since 1980 to appear in the PBA finals, while this is the second time in the past three Commissioner's Cup tournaments that Barangay Ginebra appeared in a Commissioner's Cup finals; they previously won the title in
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
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where they defeated the
San Miguel Beermen
The San Miguel Beermen are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). It is one of three PBA clubs owned by the San Miguel Corporation group of companies along with Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and Magnolia ...
in six games. Barangay Ginebra defeated Bay Area in seven games to claim their third Commissioner's Cup title in franchise history.
Christian Standhardinger was named the finals MVP for this series.
Background
Road to the finals
Head-to-head matchup
Series summary
Game summaries
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Prior to the game, Barangay Ginebra's
Scottie Thompson was awarded his second
Best Player of the Conference award, and Barangay Ginebra import and Thompson's teammate
Justin Brownlee was awarded the
Best Import of the Conference award for the third time.
Game 5
Game 6
A day before the game, Bay Area's second import
Myles Powell was reactivated in lieu of
Andrew Nicholson who missed both games 4 and 5 due to an injury sustained during game 3.
Game 7
The game was initially scheduled on January 13, 2023, but was moved to January 15 due to 'popular demand'.
On January 12, long-time Barangay Ginebra import
Justin Brownlee became a naturalized Filipino citizen.
The game set the highest attendance ever in a PBA finals game with 54,589.
Rosters
* Also serves as Barangay Ginebra's board governor.
Broadcast notes
The Commissioner Cup Finals was aired on
TV5 &
One Sports
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with simulcast on
PBA Rush
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, SMART Sports on
Facebook
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, SMART GigaPlay App, and
Radyo5 92.3 News FM (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.
*Additional Game 7 crew:
**Trophy presentation: Jutt Sulit
**Celebration interviewer: Bea Escudero and Belle Gregorio
Notes
References
External links
PBA official website
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2023
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2022–23 PBA season
PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals
PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel games