2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals

{{Infobox PBA conference finals

| image= 200px

| year = 2016

| conference = Commissioner's Cup

| runnerup = (3) Alaska Aces

| runnerup_coach = Alex Compton

| runnerup_games = 2

| champion = (5) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

| champion_coach = Yeng Guiao

| champion_games = 4

| date= May 6–18, 2016

| MVP = Paul Lee
{{small|(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)

| radio_announcers = see Broadcast notes

| referees_1 = A. Herrera, N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay

| referees_2 = A. Herrera, N. Quilingen, E. Aquino, R. Marabe

| referees_3 = J. Mariano, J. Oliva, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya

| referees_4 = N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya

| referees_5 = N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, E. Aquino, J. Narandan

| referees_6 = N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, E. Aquino, R. Dacanay

| prev_year = 2015

| next_year = 2017

| prev_conf = 2015–16 Philippine

| next_conf = 2016 Governors'

}}

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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/basketball/565181/battle-of-the-bridesmaids-rain-or-shine-clashes-with-alaska-in-finals/story/|title=Battle of the Bridesmaids: Rain or Shine clashes with Alaska in Finals|author=Marisse Panaligan|website=gmanetwork.com|date=May 5, 2016|access-date=December 22, 2022}}

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.[http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/independent-teams-rain-or-shine-alaska-expect-great-finals-series-its-good-for-the-league Independent teams Rain or Shine, Alaska expect great finals series: ‘It's good for the league’] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509025833/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/independent-teams-rain-or-shine-alaska-expect-great-finals-series-its-good-for-the-league |date=May 9, 2016 }}, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, May 4, 2016 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

=Road to the finals=

colspan=2 width=45%\| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	colspan=2 width=45%\| Alaska Aces
class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
Finished 7–4 (.636): Tied with Alaska and Barangay Ginebra at 3rd place	colspan=2\|Elimination round	Finished 7–4 (.636): Tied with Rain or Shine and Barangay Ginebra at 3rd place
0–2 (5th place)	colspan=2\| Tiebreaker*	2–0 (3rd place)
def. Barangay Ginebra, 2–0	colspan=2\|Quarterfinals	def. TNT, 2–1
def. San Miguel, 3–1	colspan=2\|Semifinals	def. Meralco, 3–2

=Head-to-head matchup=

{{basketballbox

| bg=#eee

| date = February 27

| report = [http://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/basketball/pba/123931-abueva-manuel-alaska-skidding-rain-or-shine-2016-commissioners-cup summary]

| team1= Alaska Aces |score1= 128

| team2= Rain or Shine Elasto Painters |score2= 102

| place = Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

}}

Series summary

border=1 cellspacing=0 width=525 align=center
style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;" !align=center width=30%\|Team !width=10%\|Game 1 !width=10%\|Game 2 !width=10%\|Game 3 !width=10%\|Game 4 !width=10%\|Game 5 !width=10%\|Game 6 !width=8%\|Wins
style="text-align:center;" \|align=left\| Rain or Shine \| 105	105	112	99	78	109	4
style="text-align:center;" \|align=left\| Alaska Aces \| 97	103	108	111	86	92	2
style="text-align:center; font-size: 85%; background-color:#e6e6e6;" \|align=left\|Venue \| Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta

*overtime

=Game 1=

{{basketballbox |bg=#eee |date= May 6 |time= 7:00pm |place= Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |TV= TV5 |referee= A. Herrera, N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay

|team1= Rain or Shine Elasto Painters |score1= 105

|team2= Alaska Aces |score2= 97

|report = [http://pba.inquirer.net/files/2016/05/050616-Alaska-Rain-or-Shine-F1.pdf Boxscore]

|Q1= 29–25

|Q2= 22–21

|Q3= 23–31

|Q4= 31–20

|points2= Dozier 41|points1= Lee 20

|rebounds2= Dozier 15|rebounds1= Henderson-Niles 13

|assist2= Banchero 4|assist1= Cruz 5

|series= Rain or Shine lead series, 1–0

}}

=Game 2=

{{basketballbox |bg= |date= May 8 |time= 5:00pm |place= Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |TV= TV5 |referee= A. Herrera, N. Quilingen, E. Aquino, R. Marabe

|team1= Rain or Shine Elasto Painters |score1= 105

|team2= Alaska Aces |score2= 103

|report = [http://pba.inquirer.net/files/2016/05/050816-Rain-or-Shine-Alaska-F2.pdf Boxscore]

|Q1= 21–26

|Q2= 28–25

|Q3= 27–28

|Q4= 29–24

|points2= Jazul 24|points1= Chan, Lee 17

|rebounds2= Dozier 9|rebounds1= Henderson-Niles 13

|assist2= Dozier 5|assist1= Ibañes, Lee 4

|series= Rain or Shine lead series, 2–0

}}

=Game 3=

{{basketballbox |bg=#eee |date= May 11 |time= 7:00pm |place= Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |TV= TV5 |referee= J. Mariano, J. Oliva, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya

|team1= Rain or Shine Elasto Painters |score1= 112

|team2= Alaska Aces |score2= 108

|report = [http://pba.inquirer.net/files/2016/05/051116-Alaska-Rain-or-Shine-F3.pdf Boxscore]

|Q1= 28–28

|Q2= 34–19

|Q3= 33–25

|Q4=17–36

|points1=Quiñahan 18 |points2= Dozier 23

|rebounds1=Henderson-Niles 13 |rebounds2= Abueva, Dozier 8

|assist1=Henderson-Niles 5 |assist2= Abueva 6

|series= Rain or Shine lead series, 3–0

}}

=Game 4=

{{basketballbox |bg= |date= May 13 |time= 7:00pm |place= Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |TV= TV5

|referee= N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya |attendance= |overtime=

|team1= Rain or Shine Elasto Painters |score1= 99

|team2= Alaska Aces |score2= 111

|report = [http://pba.inquirer.net/files/2016/05/051316-Rain-or-Shine-Alaska-F4-1.pdf Boxscore]

|Q1= 21–25

|Q2= 18–29

|Q3= 28–36

|Q4= 32–21

|points2= Dozier 23|points1= Ahanmisi 30

|rebounds2= Abueva 10|rebounds1= Belga, Quiñahan 6

|assist2= Banchero 8|assist1= Belga 4

|series= Rain or Shine lead series, 3–1

}}

=Game 5=

{{basketballbox |bg=#eee |date= May 15 |time= 5:00pm |place= Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |TV= TV5 |referee= N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, E. Aquino, J. Narandan

|team1= Rain or Shine Elasto Painters |score1= 78

|team2= Alaska Aces |score2= 86

|report = [http://pba.inquirer.net/files/2016/05/051516-Alaska-Rain-or-Shine-F5.pdf Boxscore]

|Q1= 19–15

|Q2= 21–22

|Q3= 17–19

|Q4= 21–30

|points2= Abueva 20|points1= Chan 17

|rebounds2= Abueva 13|rebounds1= Henderson-Niles 8

|assist2= Jazul 4|assist1= Ahanmisi 3

|series= Rain or Shine lead series, 3–2

}}

=Game 6=

{{basketballbox |bg= |date= May 18 |time= 7:00pm |place= Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |TV= TV5 |referee= N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, E. Aquino, R. Dacanay |attendance= |overtime=

|team1= Rain or Shine Elasto Painters |score1= 109

|team2= Alaska Aces |score2= 92

|report = [http://pba.inquirer.net/files/2016/05/051816-Rain-or-Shine-Alaska-F6.pdf Boxscore]

| Q1 = 38–24

| Q2 = 21–25

| Q3 = 25–20

| Q4 = 25–23

|points2= Abueva 26|points1= Cruz 21

|rebounds2= Dozier 13|rebounds1= Henderson-Niles 9

|assist2= Baguio 5|assist1= Ahanmisi, Belga 4

|series= Rain or Shine wins series, 4–2

}}

Rosters

{{PBA roster header|team=Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

}}

{{player2 | num = 1 | first = Pierre | last = Henderson-Niles | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 270 | DOB = 1987–06–07 | college = Memphis | nat = USA | note = I}}

{{player2 | num = 3 | first = Paul | last = Lee| dab = basketball | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 0 | lbs = 200 | DOB = 1989–02–14 | college = University of the East | nat = PHI | inj = | note = }}

{{player2 | num = 5 | first = Gabe | last = Norwood | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 210 | DOB = 1985–02–09 | college = George Mason | nat = USA }}

{{player2 | num = 6 | first = Jireh | last = Ibañes | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 182 | DOB = 1982–04–20 | college = UP | nat = PHI | note = C }}

{{player2 | num = 8 | first = Jeric | last = Teng | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 183 | DOB = 1991–03–18 | college = UST | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 9 | first = Jericho | last = Cruz | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 190 | DOB = 1990–10–11 | college = Adamson | nat = PHI | note = | inj = }}

{{player2 | num = 13 | first = Maverick | last = Ahanmisi | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 185 | DOB = 1991–07–17 | college = Minnesota | nat = USA | note = R}}

{{player2 | num = 15 | first = Jewel | last = Ponferada | pos = C/F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 211 | DOB = 1988–07–08 | college = National-U | nat = PHI}}

{{player2 | num = 16 | first = Jeffrei | last = Chan | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 185 | DOB = 1983–02–11 | college = FEU | nat = PHI}}

{{player2 | num = 17 | first = Chris | last = Tiu | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = 176 | DOB = 1985–07–15 | college = Ateneo | nat = PHI}}

{{player2 | num = 19 | first = Don | last = Trollano | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 182 |DOB = 1992–01–07 | college = Adamson | nat = PHI | note = R}}

{{player2 | num = 20 | first = Raymond | last= Almazan | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 194 | DOB = 1989–08–02 | college = Letran | nat = PHI | note = | inj = }}

{{player2 | num = 23 | first = Josan | last = Nimes | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 175 | DOB = 1991–05–11 | college = Mapúa | nat = PHI | note = R }}

{{player2 | num = 30 | first = Beau | last = Belga | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 235 | DOB = 1986–11–30 | college = Philippine Christian University | nat = PHI}}

{{player2 | num = 33 | first = Ronnie | last = Matias | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 180 | DOB = 1983–11–29 | college = Manila | nat = PHI | note = IN }}

{{player2 | num = 48 | first = J.R. | last = Quiñahan | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 235 | DOB = 1984–05–08 | college = Visayas | nat = PHI }}

{{PBA roster footer

| head_coach =

{{player||PHI|Yeng Guiao}}

| asst_coach =

{{player||PHI|Caloy Garcia}} (1st Assistant)
{{player||PHI|Mike Buendia}}
{{player||PHI|Ricky Umayam}}

| team_man =

{{player||PHI|Mamerto Mondragon}}{{ref label|Note1|a|a}}
{{player||PHI|Jay Legacion}} (Assistant)

| roster_url =http://pba.inquirer.net/teams/rain-or-shine-elasto-painters

}}

{{note label|Note1|a|a}} also serves as Rain or Shine's board governor.

{{PBA roster header|team=Alaska Aces

}}

{{player2 | num = 1 | first = Robert | last = Dozier | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 215 | DOB = 1985–11–26 | college = Memphis | nat = USA | note = I }}

{{player2 | num = 2 | first = Chris | last = Banchero | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 175 | DOB = 1989–01–24 | college = Seattle Pacific | nat = USA | note = }}

{{player2 | num = 3 | first = Cyrus | last = Baguio | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 180 | DOB = 1980–08–19 | college = UST | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 4 | first = Vic | last = Manuel | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 201 | DOB = 1987–06–18 | college = PSBA | nat = PHI | inj = yes }}

{{player2 | num = 7 | first = Sonny | last = Thoss | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 205 | DOB = 1981–12–07 | college = James Cook | nat = PNG }}

{{player2 | num = 8 | first = Calvin | last = Abueva | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 185 | DOB = 1988–02–04 | college = San Sebastian | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 9 | first = Noy | last = Baclao | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 190 | DOB = 1987–06–15 | college = Ateneo | nat = PHI | note = }}

{{player2 | num = 10 | first = Marion | last = Magat | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 180 | DOB = 1989–10–22 | college = National-U | nat = PHI |note = R / IN}}

{{player2 | num = 11 | first = Rome | last = dela Rosa | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 185 | DOB = 1990–12–11 | college = San Beda | nat = USA | note = }}

{{player2 | num = 17 | first = Chris | last = Exciminiano| pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = 185 | DOB = 1988–11–17 | college = FEU | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 21 | first = Josh | last = Vanlandingham| pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 205 | DOB = 1984–01–22 | college = Pacific Lutheran | nat = USA | note = IN }}

{{player2 | num = 25 | first = Dondon | last = Hontiveros | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 175 | DOB = 1977–06–01 | college = Cebu | nat = PHI | note = }}

{{player2 | num = 26 | first = Samigue | last = Eman | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 239 | DOB = 1982–03–12 | college = Mindanao | nat = PHI |note = }}

{{player2 | num = 30 | first = Eric | last = Menk | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 220 | DOB = 1974–08–24 | college = Lake Superior State | nat = USA |note = }}

{{player2 | num = 31 | first = R.J. | last = Jazul | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 10 | lbs = 170 | DOB = 1986–04–11 | college = Letran | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 35 | first = Tony | last = dela Cruz | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 209 | DOB = 1978–08–24 | college = UC Irvine | nat = USA | note = C }}

{{player2 | num = 42 | first = JVee | last = Casio | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 10 | lbs = 175 | DOB = 1986–09–01 | college = De La Salle | nat = PHI | inj = yes }}

{{player2 | num = 61 | first = Kevin | last = Racal | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 175 | DOB = 1991–05–16 | college = Letran | nat = PHI | note = R }}

{{PBA roster footer

| head_coach =

{{player||PHI|Alex Compton}}

| asst_coach =

{{player||PHI|Louie Alas}} (1st Assistant)
{{player||PHI|Topex Robinson}}
{{player||USA|Jeffrey Cariaso}}
{{player||PHI|Monch Gavieres}}
{{player||PHI|Franco Atienza}}
{{player||PHI|Paulo Layug}}

|team_man =

{{player||PHI|Dickie Bachmann}}{{ref label|Note1|a|a}}

| roster_url = http://pba.inquirer.net/teams/alaska-aces

}}

{{note label|Note1|a|a}} also serves as Alaska's board governor.

Broadcast notes

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.

rowspan=2\|Game	colspan=3\|Sports5	colspan=2\|Cignal TV/Hyper (English)
class=wikitable
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

External links

[http://www.pba.ph PBA official website]

{{Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup Champions}}

2016

Category:2015–16 PBA season

Category:Rain or Shine Elasto Painters games

Category:Alaska Aces (PBA) games

PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals