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2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup

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Runners-up
  
Barangay Ginebra Kings

Duration
  
February 18 – May 8, 2011

TV partner(s)
  
Solar Sports (Studio 23) Basketball TV (Local) The Filipino Channel (International)

Champions
  
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters

Best Player
  
Jimmy Alapag (Talk 'N Text)

Best Import
  
Nate Brumfield (Barangay Ginebra)

The 2011 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup was the second conference of the 2010–11 PBA season. The tournament began on February 18 and ended on May 8, 2011. The tournament was an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team and with a height limit of 6-foot-4. Defending 2002 champions Barako Bull Energy Boosters took a leave of absence during this conference. Replacing them was the Smart Gilas Philippine national team.

Contents

The Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters won their fourth and first back-to-back championship, defeating the Barangay Ginebra Kings, 4–2.

Format

The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:

  • Single-round robin eliminations; 9 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win-loss records. Ties are broken among points differences of the tied teams.
  • The top two teams after the elimination round will automatically advance to the semifinals.
  • The next four teams will play in a best of three quarterfinals series for the two last berths in the semifinals. Matchups are:
  • QF1: #3 team vs. #6 team
  • QF2: #4 team vs. #5 team
  • The winners of the quarterfinals will challenge the top two teams in a best-of-five semifinals series. Matchups are:
  • SF1: #1 vs. QF2
  • SF2: #2 vs. QF1
  • The winners in the semifinals advance to the best of seven Finals.

    • Team standings

     y  – clinched outright semifinals,  x  – clinched quarterfinals,  e  – eliminated

    Schedule

    Correct as of April 6, 2011

    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.

    Conference

  • Best Player of the Conference: Jimmy Alapag (Talk 'N Text)
  • Best Import of the Conference: Nate Brumfield (Barangay Ginebra)
  • Finals MVP: Jimmy Alapag and Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text)

    • References

    2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA