2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals

2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals
Dates	August 4 – 16, 2019
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. Quilingen, S. Pineda, J. Narandan, M. Orioste
Game 2:	N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, M. Montoya, A. Nubla
Game 3:	J. Mariano, R. Gruta, M. Flordeliza, J. Tantay
Game 4:	N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, A. Nubla, J. Baldago
Game 5:	N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, J. Nicandro, J. Baldago
Game 6:	P. Balao, S. Pineda, R. Dacanay, A. Nubla

The 2019 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and the TNT KaTropa competed for the 19th Commissioner's Cup championship and the 126th overall championship contested by the league.

The #7 seed Beermen became the lowest seeded team to win a PBA championship.

Background

Road to the finals

San Miguel Beermen
Finished 5–6 (.455): Tied with Magnolia and Rain or Shine in 5th place	Elimination round	Finished 10–1 (.909) in 1st place
Head-to-head quotient: Magnolia 1.19, Rain or Shine 1.01, San Miguel 0.83 (7th place)	Tiebreaker	N/A
Def. NorthPort in two games (twice-to-win disadvantage)	Quarterfinals	Def. Alaska in two games (twice-to-beat advantage)
Def. Rain or Shine, 3–1	Semifinals	Def. Barangay Ginebra, 3–1

Head-to-head matchup

ESPN5

June 8
6:45 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 97, TNT KaTropa 110
Scoring by quarter: 20–35, 21–22, 23–30, 33–23
Pts: Pessumal 24 Rebs: Fajardo 13 Asts: Ross 8		Pts: Jones 30 Rebs: Jones 18 Asts: Castro 15

Ynares Center, Antipolo
Referees: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, M. Orioste, N. Cortez

Series summary

Game	Date	Venue	Winner	Result
Game 1	August 4	Smart Araneta Coliseum	TNT	109–96
Game 2	August 7		San Miguel	127–125**
Game 3	August 9		TNT	115–105
Game 4	August 11		San Miguel	106–101
Game 5	August 14		San Miguel	99–94
Game 6	August 16		San Miguel	102–90

Game summaries

Game 1

ESPN5

August 4
6:30 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 96, TNT KaTropa 109
Scoring by quarter: 19–35, 23–25, 30–27, 24–22
Pts: McCullough 33 Rebs: McCullough 15 Asts: Ross 7		Pts: Jones 41 Rebs: Jones 12 Asts: Jones 8
TNT leads series, 1–0

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: N. Quilingen, S. Pineda, J. Narandan, M. Orioste

Game 2

ESPN5

August 7
7:00 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 127, TNT KaTropa 125 (2OT)
Scoring by quarter: 32–25, 27–20, 25–32, 22–29, Overtime: 8–8, 13–11
Pts: McCullough 32 Rebs: McCullough 22 Asts: Cabagnot, McCullough 7		Pts: Rosario 34 Rebs: Jones 13 Asts: Castro 12
Series tied, 1–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, M. Montoya, A. Nubla

Game 3

ESPN5

August 9
7:00 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 105, TNT KaTropa 115
Scoring by quarter: 33–18, 17–37, 28–31, 27–29
Pts: Fajardo, McCullough 27 Rebs: Fajardo, McCullough 13 Asts: Romeo, Ross 5		Pts: Jones 37 Rebs: Jones 18 Asts: Jones 9
TNT leads series, 2–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: J. Mariano, R. Gruta, M. Flordeliza, J. Tantay

Game 4

ESPN5

August 11
6:35 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 106, TNT KaTropa 101
Scoring by quarter: 31–22, 20–30, 31–17, 24–32
Pts: McCullough 27 Rebs: McCullough 22 Asts: Ross 8		Pts: Jones 32 Rebs: Jones 16 Asts: Castro 8
Series tied, 2–2

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 13,578
Referees: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, A. Nubla, J. Baldago

Game 5

ESPN5

August 14
7:00 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 99, TNT KaTropa 94
Scoring by quarter: 22–28, 23–21, 24–31, 30 –14
Pts: McCullough 35 Rebs: McCullough 22 Asts: Romeo 5		Pts: Jones 35 Rebs: Jones 17 Asts: Jones 8
San Miguel leads series, 3–2

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, J. Nicandro, J. Baldago

Game 6

ESPN5

August 16
7:00 pm

Box score

San Miguel Beermen 102, TNT KaTropa 90
Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 19–16, 29–28, 28–27
Pts: McCullough 35 Rebs: Fajardo, McCullough 13 Asts: Romeo, Ross 7		Pts: Jones 41 Rebs: Jones 12 Asts: Castro 6
San Miguel wins series, 4–2

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 12,447
Referees: P. Balao, S. Pineda, R. Dacanay, A. Nubla

Rosters

San Miguel Beermen 2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight		College
F/C	1	McCullough, Chris (I)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1995–02–05	Syracuse
F/C	2	Mamaril, Billy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1980–06–25	Bakersfield
G/F	3	Pessumal, Von	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1993–02–12	Ateneo
G	5	Cabagnot, Alex	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1982–12–08	Hawaiʻi-Hilo
G	6	Ross, Chris	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1985–03–09	Marshall
G	7	Romeo, Terrence	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	1992–03–16	Far Eastern
G	12	Zamar, Paul	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	1987–10–20	UE
G/F	13	Lassiter, Marcio	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1987–05–16	Cal State Fullerton
C	15	Fajardo, June Mar	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	268 lb (122 kg)	1989–11–17	Cebu
G/F	18	Vigil, Louie	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)		1991–09–26	UST
G/F	22	Ganuelas-Rosser, Matt	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	186 lb (84 kg)	1990–06–13	Cal Poly Pomona
G	26	Lanete, Chico	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1979–08–01	Lyceum
F	29	Santos, Arwind (C)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1981–06–10	Far Eastern
F/C	30	Nabong, Kelly	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	1988–11–17	SRJC
F/C	34	Standhardinger, Christian	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1989–07–04	Hawaiʻi
G/F	71	Tubid, Ronald	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1981–10–15	UE
C	95	de Ocampo, Yancy (IN)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1980–03–11	St. Francis of Assisi

Head coach

Leo Austria

Assistant coach(es)

Peter Martin (1st assistant)
Ato Agustin
Jimmy Alapag
Jorge Gallent
Dayong Mendoza
Biboy Ravanes
Boyzie Zamar

Team manager

Gee Abanilla
Daniel Henares (assistant)

Legend

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

Injured

Roster

TNT KaTropa 2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight		College
G	0	Heruela, Brian	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1989–04–13	Cebu
F	1	Jones, Terrence (I)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	1992–01–09	Kentucky
F	4	Carey, Harvey	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1979–03–18	Sonoma State
F/C	5	Golla, Frank	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	290 lb (132 kg)	1990–01–17	Ateneo
G/F	6	Trollano, Don	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1992–01–07	Adamson
G	10	Reyes, Ryan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1983–08–10	Cal State Fullerton
F/C	12	Magat, Marion	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1989–10–22	National-U
F	13	Semerad, Anthony	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1991–04–25	San Beda
F	14	Semerad, David	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1991–04–25	San Beda
G/F	16	Pogoy, Roger	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1992–06–16	Far Eastern
G	17	Castro, Jayson (C)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1986–06–30	Philippine Christian
F/C	18	Rosario, Troy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	1992–01–20	National-U
F/C	19	Bono, Ken	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	280 lb (127 kg)	1984–06–19	Adamson
F/C	21	Williams, Kelly (IN)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1982–02–07	Oakland
F	32	Washington, Jay	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1981–10–10	Eckerd
G	40	Casiño, John Karlo	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)		Centro Escolar
C	99	Taha, Yousef	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1988–07–08	Mapúa

Head coach

Bong Ravena

Assistant coach(es)

Sandy Arespacochaga (1st assistant)
Yurri Escueta
Alton Lister
Joshua Reyes
Mark Dickel (consultant)

Team manager

Gabby Cui
Miguel Fernandez (assistant)

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 will be aired on TV5 with simulcasts on PBA Rush (both in standard and high definition). 5's radio arm, Radyo5 will provide the radio play-by-play coverage.

ESPN5 will also provide online livestreaming via their official YouTube account using the TV5 feed.

The PBA Rush broadcast will provide 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	Sev Sarmenta	Dominic Uy	Carla Lizardo	Carlo Pamintuan	Andy Jao	Bea Escudero
Game 2	Chuck Araneta	Joaquin Henson	Denise Tan	Carlo Pamintuan	Alex Compton	Bea Escudero
Game 3	Charlie Cuna	Andy Jao	Apple David	Chiqui Reyes	Richard del Rosario	Bea Escudero
Game 4	Magoo Marjon	Joaquin Henson	Rizza Diaz	Carlo Pamintuan	Dominic Uy	Bea Escudero
Game 5	Sev Sarmenta	Ryan Gregorio	Selina Dagdag	Paolo del Rosario	Norman Black	Bea Escudero
Game 6	Charlie Cuna	Dominic Uy	Carla Lizardo	Carlo Pamintuan	Ryan Gregorio	Bea Escudero

Additional Game 6 crew:
- Trophy presentation: James Velazquez
- Dugout celebration interviewer: Lyn Olavario

References

External links

PBA official website

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