2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals

2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals
Dates	May 6–18, 2016
MVP	Paul Lee ; (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)
Television	Local: ; Sports5 ; TV5 ; AksyonTV ; Hyper (HD) ; Fox Sports; International:; AksyonTV International
Announcers	see Broadcast notes
Radio network	Radyo5 (DWFM)
Announcers	see Broadcast notes
Referees
Game 1:
Game 1:	A. Herrera, N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay
Game 2:	A. Herrera, N. Quilingen, E. Aquino, R. Marabe
Game 3:	J. Mariano, J. Oliva, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya
Game 4:	N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya
Game 5:	N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, E. Aquino, J. Narandan
Game 6:	N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, E. Aquino, R. Dacanay
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The 2016 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters and the Alaska Aces competed for the 16th Commissioner's Cup championship and the 117th overall championship contested by the league.^[1]

This was the first championship series that does not involve any team owned by the San Miguel Corporation or the MVP Group of Companies since the 2000 All-Filipino Cup finals, when the Alaska Milkmen won the championship series against the Purefoods TJ Hotdogs. Purefoods was still then owned by the Ayala Corporation when the finals series was held.^[2] This was also the first championship series since the 2004 Fiesta Conference when both the top two teams at the end of the eliminations did not advance to the finals.

Background[edit]

Road to the finals[edit]

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Finished 7–4 (.636): Tied with Alaska and Barangay Ginebra at 3rd place	Elimination round	Finished 7–4 (.636): Tied with Rain or Shine and Barangay Ginebra at 3rd place
0–2 (5th place)	Tiebreaker*	2–0 (3rd place)
def. Barangay Ginebra, 2–0	Quarterfinals	def. TNT, 2–1
def. San Miguel, 3–1	Semifinals	def. Meralco, 3–2

Head-to-head matchup[edit]

February 27

summary

Alaska Aces 128, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 102

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Series summary[edit]

Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Wins
Rain or Shine	105	105	112	99	78	109	4
Alaska Aces	97	103	108	111	86	92	2
Venue	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta

*overtime

Game 1[edit]

TV5

May 6
7:00pm

Boxscore

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 105, Alaska Aces 97
Scoring by quarter: 29–25, 22–21, 23–31, 31–20
Pts: Lee 20 Rebs: Henderson-Niles 13 Asts: Cruz 5		Pts: Dozier 41 Rebs: Dozier 15 Asts: Banchero 4
Rain or Shine lead series, 1–0

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: A. Herrera, N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay

Game 2[edit]

TV5

May 8
5:00pm

Boxscore

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 105, Alaska Aces 103
Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 28–25, 27–28, 29–24
Pts: Chan, Lee 17 Rebs: Henderson-Niles 13 Asts: Ibañes, Lee 4		Pts: Jazul 24 Rebs: Dozier 9 Asts: Dozier 5
Rain or Shine lead series, 2–0

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: A. Herrera, N. Quilingen, E. Aquino, R. Marabe

Game 3[edit]

TV5

May 11
7:00pm

Boxscore

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 112, Alaska Aces 108
Scoring by quarter: 28–28, 34–19, 33–25, 17–36
Pts: Quiñahan 18 Rebs: Henderson-Niles 13 Asts: Henderson-Niles 5		Pts: Dozier 23 Rebs: Abueva, Dozier 8 Asts: Abueva 6
Rain or Shine lead series, 3–0

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: J. Mariano, J. Oliva, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya

Game 4[edit]

TV5

May 13
7:00pm

Boxscore

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 99, Alaska Aces 111
Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 18–29, 28–36, 32–21
Pts: Ahanmisi 30 Rebs: Belga, Quiñahan 6 Asts: Belga 4		Pts: Dozier 23 Rebs: Abueva 10 Asts: Banchero 8
Rain or Shine lead series, 3–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya

Game 5[edit]

TV5

May 15
5:00pm

Boxscore

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 78, Alaska Aces 86
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 21–22, 17–19, 21–30
Pts: Chan 17 Rebs: Henderson-Niles 8 Asts: Ahanmisi 3		Pts: Abueva 20 Rebs: Abueva 13 Asts: Jazul 4
Rain or Shine lead series, 3–2

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, E. Aquino, J. Narandan

Game 6[edit]

TV5

May 18
7:00pm

Boxscore

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 109, Alaska Aces 92
Scoring by quarter: 38–24, 21–25, 25–20, 25–23
Pts: Cruz 21 Rebs: Henderson-Niles 9 Asts: Ahanmisi, Belga 4		Pts: Abueva 26 Rebs: Dozier 13 Asts: Baguio 5
Rain or Shine wins series, 4–2

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, E. Aquino, R. Dacanay

Rosters[edit]

Alaska Aces 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight		College
F/C	1	Dozier, Robert (I)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1985–11–26	Memphis
G	2	Banchero, Chris	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1989–01–24	Seattle Pacific
G/F	3	Baguio, Cyrus	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1980–08–19	UST
F	4	Manuel, Vic	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	1987–06–18	PSBA
C	7	Thoss, Sonny	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1981–12–07	James Cook
F	8	Abueva, Calvin	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988–02–04	San Sebastian
F/C	9	Baclao, Noy	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1987–06–15	Ateneo
F/C	10	Magat, Marion (R / IN)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1989–10–22	National-U
G/F	11	dela Rosa, Rome	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1990–12–11	San Beda
G	17	Exciminiano, Chris	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988–11–17	Far Eastern
F	21	Vanlandingham, Josh (IN)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1984–01–22	Pacific Lutheran
G/F	25	Hontiveros, Dondon	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1977–06–01	Cebu
C	26	Eman, Samigue	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	239 lb (108 kg)	1982–03–12	Mindanao
F/C	30	Menk, Eric	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1974–08–24	Lake Superior State
G	31	Jazul, R.J.	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1986–04–11	Letran
F	35	dela Cruz, Tony (C)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	1978–08–24	UC Irvine
G	42	Casio, JVee	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1986–09–01	De La Salle
G/F	61	Racal, Kevin (R)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1991–05–16	Letran

Head coach

Alex Compton

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Dickie Bachmann^[a]

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 Alaska's board governor.

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight		College
C	1	Henderson-Niles, Pierre (I)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	1987–06–07	Memphis
G	3	Lee, Paul	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1989–02–14	UE
G/F	5	Norwood, Gabe	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1985–02–09	George Mason
F	6	Ibañes, Jireh (C)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1982–04–20	Philippines
G	8	Teng, Jeric	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	1991–03–18	UST
G	9	Cruz, Jericho	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1990–10–11	Adamson
G	13	Ahanmisi, Maverick (R)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1991–07–17	Minnesota
F/C	15	Ponferada, Jewel	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	1988–07–08	National-U
G/F	16	Chan, Jeffrei	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1983–02–11	Far Eastern
G	17	Tiu, Chris	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	1985–07–15	Ateneo
G/F	19	Trollano, Don (R)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1992–01–07	Adamson
F/C	20	Almazan, Raymond	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	1989–08–02	Letran
F	23	Nimes, Josan (R)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1991–05–11	Mapúa
F/C	30	Belga, Beau	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1986–11–30	Philippine Christian
F	33	Matias, Ronnie (IN)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1983–11–29	Manila
F/C	48	Quiñahan, J.R.	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1984–05–08	Visayas

Head coach

Yeng Guiao

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Mamerto Mondragon^[a]
Jay Legacion (Assistant)

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 Rain or Shine's board governor.

Broadcast notes[edit]

The Commissioner's Cup finals will be aired on TV5 with simulcast on Hyper (both in standard and high definition). TV5's radio arm, Radyo5 will provide the radio play-by-play coverage. Fox Sports Asia airs the games as well on a delayed basis.

Sports5 will also provide online livestreaming via their official YouTube account using the TV5 feed.

The Hyper/Cignal TV broadcast will provide English-language coverage of the finals.

Game	Sports5			Cignal TV/Hyper (English)
Game	Play-by-play	Analyst(s)	Courtside reporters	Play-by-play	Analyst(s)
Game 1	Magoo Marjon	Andy Jao and Tab Baldwin	Rizza Diaz	James Velasquez	Vince Hizon
Game 2	Charlie Cuna	Ryan Gregorio and Tab Baldwin	Carla Lizardo	Sev Sarmenta	Charles Tiu
Game 3	Magoo Marjon	Quinito Henson and Tab Baldwin	Apple David	Aaron Atayde	Ali Peek
Game 4	Charlie Cuna	Andy Jao and Norman Black	Sel Guevara	Magoo Marjon	Don Allado
Game 5	Sev Sarmenta	Ryan Gregorio and Dominic Uy	Erika Padilla	Magoo Marjon	Ali Peek
Game 6	Charlie Cuna	Quinito Henson and Ryan Gregorio	Rizza Diaz	Sev Sarmenta	Don Allado

Additional Game 6 crew:
- Trophy presentation: James Velazquez
- Dugout celebration interviewer: Apple David

References[edit]

^ Marisse Panaligan (May 5, 2016). "Battle of the Bridesmaids: Rain or Shine clashes with Alaska in Finals". gmanetwork.com. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
^ Independent teams Rain or Shine, Alaska expect great finals series: ‘It's good for the league’ Archived May 9, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, May 4, 2016

External links[edit]

PBA official website

[1] Marisse Panaligan (May 5, 2016). "Battle of the Bridesmaids: Rain or Shine clashes with Alaska in Finals". gmanetwork.com. Retrieved December 22, 2022.

[2] Independent teams Rain or Shine, Alaska expect great finals series: ‘It's good for the league’ Archived May 9, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, May 4, 2016

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