2026 PBA Commissioner's Cup
| 2026 PBA Commissioner's Cup | |
|---|---|
| Duration | March 11, 2026 – present |
| TV partner(s) | RPTV PBA Rush (HD) |
| Streaming partner(s) | Cignal Play Pilipinas Live One Sports YouTube Channel |
| PBA Commissioner's Cup chronology | |
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The 2026 PBA Commissioner's Cup, also referred to as the PBA season 50 Commissioner's Cup, is the second conference of the 2025–26 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 23rd edition of the Commissioner's Cup started on March 11, 2026.[1] The tournament will allow teams to hire foreign players or imports with unlimited height limit. The Macau Black Knights joined the conference as a guest team.[2]
The TNT Tropang 5G are the defending Commissioner's Cup champions.
Format
- All participating teams played in a single round-robin elimination, with each team playing 12 games throughout the duration of the conference.
- Teams were ranked by win-loss records with the top eight teams advancing to the playoffs. Any ties were broken using tiebreaker criteria.
- If there is a tie for 8th place, a one-game playoff is instead used to determine which team gets the final playoff spot.
- The playoff formats were as follows:
- Quarterfinals (higher seeds twice-to-beat):
- QF1: #1 vs #8
- QF2: #2 vs #7
- QF3: #3 vs #6
- QF4: #4 vs #5
- Semifinals (best-of-seven series):
- SF1: QF1 winner vs. QF4 winner
- SF2: QF2 winner vs. QF3 winner
- Finals (best-of-seven series)
- F1: SF1 winner vs SF2 winner
Elimination round
Team standings
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terrafirma Dyip | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Meralco Bolts | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.5 | |
| 3 | NLEX Road Warriors | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.5 | |
| 4 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.5 | |
| 5 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1 | |
| 7 | Converge FiberXers | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 | |
| 8 | Titan Ultra Giant Risers | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 | |
| 9 | TNT Tropang 5G | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | |
| 10 | San Miguel Beermen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | |
| 11 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.5 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Bossing | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.5 | |
| 13 | g – Macau Black Knights | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3 |
Updated to match(es) played on March 21, 2026. Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) head-to-head record; 4) overall quotient; 5) coin toss[3]
g – Guests
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) head-to-head record; 4) overall quotient; 5) coin toss[3]
g – Guests
Results table
| Team | Game | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
| Barangay Ginebra (BGSM) | MAC 110–93 | NLEX March 27 | CON March 29 | SMB April 5 | MAG April 10 | PHX April 12 | TER April 18 | BWB April 24 | TGR April 26 | MER May 1 | ROS May 3 | TNT May 10 |
| Blackwater (BWB) | NLEX 81–84 | TER 88–99 | MAG March 22 | ROS March 31 | TGR April 8 | TNT April 14 | PHX April 17 | SMB April 22 | BGSM April 24 | MAC April 28 | MER May 3 | CON May 9 |
| Converge (CON) | MAC 102–94 | TER 100–111* | MER 88–109 | SMB March 25 | BGSM March 29 | ROS April 10 | TGR April 15 | MAG April 19 | TNT April 22 | PHX April 26 | NLEX May 2 | BWB May 9 |
| Macau (MAC) | CON 94–102 | ROS 109–116 | BGSM 93–110 | MAG March 28 | SMB March 31 | MER April 11 | NLX April 14 | TGR April 21 | TNT April 24 | BWB April 28 | TER May 2 | PHX May 6 |
| Magnolia (MAG) | PHX 98–101 | NLEX 105–112 | BWB March 22 | MAC March 28 | TER April 7 | BGSM April 10 | SMB April 12 | CON April 19 | ROS April 25 | TGR April 29 | TNT May 5 | MER May 10 |
| Meralco (MER) | CON 109–88 | PHX 93–86 | ROS March 27 | TGR March 29 | TNT April 7 | MAC April 11 | NLEX April 17 | SMB April 28 | BGSM May 1 | BWB May 3 | TER May 8 | MAG May 10 |
| NLEX | BWB 84–81 | MAG 112–105 | TNT March 22 | BGSM March 27 | PHX April 5 | MAC April 14 | MER April 17 | SMB April 19 | TER April 25 | ROS April 29 | CON May 2 | TGR May 5 |
| Phoenix Super LPG (PHX) | MAG 101–98 | TGR 109–76 | MER 86–93 | TER March 25 | NLEX April 5 | BGSM April 12 | BWB April 17 | ROS April 21 | CON April 26 | TNT May 1 | MAC May 6 | SMB May 9 |
| Rain or Shine (ROS) | MAC 116–109 | TNT 112–109 | MER March 27 | BWB March 31 | SMB April 8 | CON April 10 | TER April 15 | PHX April 21 | MAG April 25 | NLEX April 29 | BGSM May 3 | TGR May 8 |
| San Miguel (SMB) | TGR 112–119 | CON March 25 | TNT March 28 | MAC March 31 | BGSM April 5 | ROS April 8 | MAG April 12 | NLEX April 19 | BWB April 22 | MER April 28 | TER May 6 | PHX May 9 |
| Terrafirma (TER) | TGR 112–82 | CON 111–100* | BWB 99–88 | PHX March 25 | MAG April 7 | TNT April 11 | ROS April 15 | BGSM April 18 | NLEX April 25 | MAC May 2 | SMB May 6 | MER May 8 |
| Titan Ultra (TGR) | TER 82–112 | PHX 76–109 | SMB 119–112 | MER March 29 | BWB April 9 | CON April 15 | TNT April 18 | MAC April 21 | BGSM April 26 | MAG April 29 | NLEX May 5 | ROS May 8 |
| TNT | ROS 109–112 | NLEX March 22 | SMB March 28 | MER April 7 | TER April 11 | BWB April 14 | TGR April 18 | CON April 22 | MAC April 24 | PHX May 1 | MAG May 5 | BGSM May 10 |
Updated to match(es) played on March 21, 2026. Source: PBA.ph
Legend: Blue = win; Red = loss; Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime. (*) Number of asterisks denotes number of overtime periods
Legend: Blue = win; Red = loss; Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime. (*) Number of asterisks denotes number of overtime periods
Imports
The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.
For guest team Macau Black Knights, player from Greater China (China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan) are considered as locals.[4] They cannot have Filipino players in their roster.[5]
| Team | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Justin Brownlee | March 20 (vs. Macau) | 1–0 | [6] | |
| Blackwater Bossing | Daniel Ochefu | March 13 (vs. NLEX) | March 18 (vs. Terrafirma) | 0–2 | [7][8] |
| Robert Upshaw | [9] | ||||
| Converge FiberXers | Kylor Kelley | March 11 (vs. Macau) | 1–2 | [10] | |
| Macau Black Knights | Tony Mitchell | March 11 (vs. Converge) | 0–3 | [11] | |
| Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | Nuni Omot | March 13 (vs. Phoenix Super LPG) | 0–2 | [12] | |
| Meralco Bolts | Marvin Jones | March 13 (vs. Converge) | 2–0 | [13] | |
| NLEX Road Warriors | Cady Lalanne | March 18 (vs. Blackwater) | 2–0 | [14][6] | |
| Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | James Dickey III | March 13 (vs. Magnolia) | 2–1 | [15][6] | |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Jaylen Johnson | March 14 (vs. Macau) | 2–0 | [16][7] | |
| San Miguel Beermen | Marcus Lee | March 21 (vs. Titan Ultra) | 0–1 | [17] | |
| Terrafirma Dyip | Mubashar Ali | March 11 (vs. Titan Ultra) | 3–0 | [18][7] | |
| Titan Ultra Giant Risers | Michael Gilmore | March 11 (vs. Terrafirma) | 0–2 | [19] | |
| TNT Tropang 5G | Bol Bol | March 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 0–1 | [20] |
Awards
Player of the Week
| Week | Player | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| March 11–15 | Jerrick Ahanmisi (Terrafirma Dyip) | [21] |
References
- ^ "New SMB milestone: title run in PBA landmark season". PBA.ph. February 2, 2026. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
One thing they haven't achieved in the JMF era is a season sweep. They will chase jewel No. 2 in the Commissioner's Cup that will fire off on March 11.
- ^ "The Black Bears are coming in the Commissioner's Cup". PBA.ph. February 6, 2026. Retrieved February 6, 2026.
- ^ Bacnis, Justine (October 1, 2025). "PBA scraps playoff for No. 8 seed starting Season 50". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved October 12, 2025.
- ^ Terrado, Reuben (March 13, 2026). "Macau vows to fight and compete like guest teams in the past". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved March 14, 2026.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (February 3, 2026). "Macau barred from signing up Filipino players for PBA guest stint". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved March 14, 2026.
- ^ a b c "Brownlee, ex-Pelita Jaya teammate among early Commissioner's Cup imports". PBA.ph. February 7, 2026. Retrieved February 7, 2026.
- ^ a b c "Giants are coming in the Commissioner's Cup". PBA.ph. February 15, 2026. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (February 15, 2026). "Daniel Ochefu finally set for PBA debut as Blackwater import". Spin.ph. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (March 21, 2026). "Blackwater brings in seven-footer Robert Upshaw to replace Ochefu". Spin.ph. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
- ^ Bacnis, Justine (February 18, 2026). "Converge bolsters frontline with Kylor Kelley". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved February 18, 2026.
- ^ "No Sam Deguara in Macau's PBA lineup as he joins Taiwan team". Spin.ph. March 9, 2026. Retrieved March 9, 2026.
- ^ Li, Matthew (March 11, 2026). "Magnolia brings in South Sudan's Nuni Omot as new PBA Comm's Cup import". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (March 7, 2026). "Meralco parts ways with Ismael Romero after Dubai incident". Spin.ph. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (February 2, 2026). "NLEX brings in import Cady Lalanne for PBA Commissioner's Cup". Spin.ph. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ^ Li, Matthew (January 22, 2026). "James Dickey set to be Phoenix Super LPG's first import under Charles Tiu". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ^ Terrado, Reuben (February 10, 2026). "Former KQ teammate Jaylen Johnson signed as Rain or Shine import". Spin.ph. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
- ^ Bacnis, Justine (February 23, 2026). "San Miguel shifts to Marcus Lee as import for PBA Comm's Cup". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
- ^ Terrado, Reuben (February 11, 2026). "Terrafirma bringing in 7-footer Mubashar Ali as PBA import". Spin.ph. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
- ^ Badua, Snow (February 27, 2026). "Titan Ultra gets winger Gilmore for import as Slaughter talks continue". Spin.ph. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
- ^ Terrado, Reuben (February 19, 2026). "LOOK: Bol Bol arrives to play for TNT in PBA Commissioner's Cup". Spin.ph. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
- ^ "Jerrick Ahanmisi first Player of the Week winner of the PBA Commissioner's Cup". PBA.ph. March 17, 2026. Retrieved March 17, 2026.