2017–18 PBA season | |
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Duration | December 17, 2017 – December 19, 2018 |
Number of teams | 12 |
TV partner(s) | Local: ESPN 5 The 5 Network PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International |
2017 PBA draft | |
Top draft pick | Christian Standhardinger |
Picked by | San Miguel Beermen |
Season MVP | June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen) |
Top scorer | Stanley Pringle (NorthPort Batang Pier) |
Philippine Cup champions | San Miguel Beermen |
Philippine Cup runners-up | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok |
Commissioner's Cup champions | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel |
Commissioner's Cup runners-up | San Miguel Beermen |
Governors' Cup champions | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok |
Governors' Cup runners-up | Alaska Aces |
The 2017–18 PBA season was the 43rd season of the Philippine Basketball Association. The league continued to use the three-conference format, starting with the Philippine Cup. The Commissioner's Cup and the Governors' Cup were the second and third conferences in the upcoming season.
The first event of the season was the 2017 PBA draft, held on October 29.[1]
Like several Metro Manila-centric leagues, most games are held at arenas within Metro Manila, either the Smart Araneta Coliseum or the Mall of Asia Arena, and sometimes, in the Ynares Center in Antipolo. Games outside this area are called "out-of-town" games, and are usually played on Saturdays. Provincial arenas usually host one game, rarely two; these arenas typically host only once per season, but a league may return within a season if the turnout is satisfactory.
Typically, all playoff games are held in Metro Manila arenas, although playoff and Finals games have been seldom played in the provinces.
Arena | City |
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Cuneta Astrodome | Pasay |
Filoil Flying V Centre | San Juan |
Mall of Asia Arena | Pasay |
Smart Araneta Coliseum | Quezon City |
Ynares Center | Antipolo |
Highlighted are playoff games.
Arena | City | Date | Match-up |
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Philippine Arena | Bocaue, Bulacan | December 25, 2017 | NLEX vs. GlobalPort Barangay Ginebra vs. Magnolia |
February 18, 2018 | NLEX vs. Blackwater Meralco vs. Barangay Ginebra | ||
University of San Agustin Gym | Iloilo City | January 13, 2018 | San Miguel vs. TNT |
Calasiao Sports Complex | Calasiao, Pangasinan | February 10, 2018 | Rain or Shine vs. Magnolia |
June 23, 2018 | NLEX vs. San Miguel | ||
October 20, 2018 | TNT vs. San Miguel | ||
Batangas City Sports Coliseum | Batangas City | February 17, 2018 | Alaska vs. San Miguel |
Xavier University Gym | Cagayan de Oro | February 24, 2018 | Magnolia vs. Meralco |
September 29, 2018 | Phoenix vs. Barangay Ginebra | ||
Alonte Sports Arena | Biñan, Laguna | May 11, 2018 | NLEX vs. Phoenix Barangay Ginebra vs. Blackwater |
October 27, 2018 | Blackwater vs. Columbian Rain or Shine vs. San Miguel | ||
Angeles University Foundation Sports Arena & Cultural Center | Angeles | May 12, 2018 | GlobalPort vs. Magnolia |
Lambero Macias Sports Complex | Dumaguete, Negros Oriental | May 19, 2018 | Alaska vs. San Miguel |
Ibalong Centrum for Recreation | Legazpi, Albay | June 9, 2018 | Barangay Ginebra vs. NLEX |
City of Passi Arena | Passi, Iloilo | September 22, 2018 | TNT vs. Rain or Shine |
Santa Rosa Sports Complex | Santa Rosa, Laguna | October 7, 2018 | Rain or Shine vs. Blackwater Meralco vs. Barangay Ginebra |
Quezon Convention Center | Lucena | October 13, 2018 | Barangay Ginebra vs. Rain or Shine |
Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced with | Date of appointment | Ref. |
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Phoenix Fuel Masters | Ariel Vanguardia | Resigned | Preseason | Louie Alas | October 26, 2017 | [3] |
GlobalPort Batang Pier | Franz Pumaren | On leave | Preseason | Pido Jarencio | October 29, 2017 | [4] |
Kia Picanto | Manny Pacquiao | End of contract | Preseason | Chris Gavina | November 4, 2017 | [5] |
Kia Picanto | Chris Gavina | Resigned | Philippine Cup | Ricky Dandan | December 30, 2017 | [6] |
Blackwater Elite | Leo Isaac | Fired | Commissioner's Cup | Bong Ramos | April 30, 2018 | [7] |
Columbian Dyip | Ricky Dandan | Resigned | Commissioner's Cup | Johnedel Cardel | June 28, 2018 | [8] |
The PBA competition committee approved the rule changes for implementation starting in the Commissioner's Cup games:[9]
Rule changes (effective for the 2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup) |
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The opening ceremonies for this season was held at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on December 17, 2017. The first game of the Philippine Cup between the Phoenix Fuel Masters and the San Miguel Beermen immediately followed.
The muses for the participating teams are as follows:
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | |
3 | Alaska Aces | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 2 | |
5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 2 | |
6 | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 2 | |
7 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | TNT KaTropa | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 3 | |
9 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 3 | |
10 | Blackwater Elite | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 3 | |
11 | Meralco Bolts | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | |
12 | Kia Picanto | 1 | 10 | .091 | 7 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | |||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | |||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 106 | |||||||||||
8 | TNT | 93 | |||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | |||||||||||
(best-of-3) | |||||||||||||
4 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | |||||||||||
4 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | |||||||||||
5 | Rain or Shine | 0 | |||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | |||||||||||
(#2 twice-to-beat) | |||||||||||||
2 | Magnolia | 1 | |||||||||||
2 | Magnolia | 86 | |||||||||||
7 | GlobalPort | 79 | |||||||||||
2 | Magnolia | 4 | |||||||||||
(best-of-3) | |||||||||||||
6 | NLEX | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | Alaska | 0 | |||||||||||
6 | NLEX | 2 | |||||||||||
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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(1) San Miguel Beermen* | 1–0 | (8) TNT KaTropa | 106–93 | — |
(2) Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok* | 1–0 | (7) GlobalPort Batang Pier | 86–79 | — |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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(3) Alaska Aces | 0–2 | (6) NLEX Road Warriors | 99–105 | 83–87 | — |
(4) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 2–0 | (5) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 88–80 | 99–91 | — |
*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team #1 only has to win once, while Team #2 has to win twice.
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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(1) San Miguel Beermen | 4–1 | (4) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 102–90 | 104–102 (OT) | 87–95 | 102–81 | 100–94 | — | — |
(2) Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 4–2 | (6) NLEX Road Warriors | 87–88 | 99–84 | 106–99 | 79–91 | 87–78 | 96–89 | — |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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(1) San Miguel Beermen | 4–1 | (2) Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 103–105 | 92–77 | 111–87 | 84–80 | 108–99 (2OT) | — | — |
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
3 | TNT KaTropa | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | |
5 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 3 | |
6 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 3 | |
7 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | |
9 | Columbian Dyip | 4 | 7 | .364[c] | 5 | |
10 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 4 | 7 | .364[c] | 5 | |
11 | NLEX Road Warriors | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
12 | Blackwater Elite | 1 | 10 | .091 | 8 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
1 | Rain or Shine | 113 | 103 | |||||||||||
8 | GlobalPort | 114 | 97 | |||||||||||
1 | Rain or Shine | 1 | ||||||||||||
(best-of-3) | ||||||||||||||
5 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Meralco | 0 | ||||||||||||
5 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | ||||||||||||
5 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | ||||||||||||
(#2 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
6 | San Miguel | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | Alaska | 89 | ||||||||||||
7 | Magnolia | 78 | ||||||||||||
2 | Alaska | 1 | ||||||||||||
(best-of-3) | ||||||||||||||
6 | San Miguel | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | TNT | 0 | ||||||||||||
6 | San Miguel | 2 | ||||||||||||
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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(1) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters* | 1–1 | (8) GlobalPort Batang Pier | 113–114 | 103–97 |
(2) Alaska Aces* | 1–0 | (7) Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 89–78 | — |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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(3) TNT KaTropa | 0–2 | (6) San Miguel Beermen | 110–121 | 102–106 | — |
(4) Meralco Bolts | 0–2 | (5) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 81–88 | 90–104 | — |
*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team #1 only has to win once, while Team #2 has to win twice.
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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(1) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 1–3 | (5) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 89–102 | 109–100 | 72–75 | 94–96 | — |
(2) Alaska Aces | 1–3 | (6) San Miguel Beermen | 79–92 | 94–105 | 125–104 | 99–104 | — |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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(5) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 4–2 | (6) San Miguel Beermen | 127–99 | 109–134 | 94–132 | 130–100 | 87–83 | 93–77 | — |
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
2 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
3 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
4 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
5 | Blackwater Elite | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
6 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | |
7 | Meralco Bolts | 5 | 6 | .455[b] | 4 | |
8 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 6 | .455[b] | 4 | |
9 | TNT KaTropa | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
10 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
11 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
12 | Columbian Dyip | 1 | 10 | .091 | 8 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
1 | Barangay Ginebra | 111 | ||||||||||||
8 | NLEX | 75 | ||||||||||||
1 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | ||||||||||||
(#4 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
4 | Magnolia | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Magnolia | 103 | ||||||||||||
5 | Blackwater | 99 | ||||||||||||
4 | Magnolia | 4 | ||||||||||||
(#2 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
3 | Alaska | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | Phoenix | 74 | 103 | |||||||||||
7 | Meralco | 90 | 108* | |||||||||||
7 | Meralco | 1 | ||||||||||||
(#3 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
3 | Alaska | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Alaska | 96 | ||||||||||||
6 | San Miguel | 85 | ||||||||||||
*Game went into overtime.
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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(1) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel* | 1–0 | (8) NLEX Road Warriors | 111–75 | — |
(2) Phoenix Fuel Masters* | 0–2 | (7) Meralco Bolts | 74–90 | 103–108 (OT) |
(3) Alaska Aces* | 1–0 | (6) San Miguel Beermen | 96–85 | — |
(4) Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok* | 1–0 | (5) Blackwater Elite | 103–99 | — |
*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team #1 only has to win once, while Team #2 has to win twice.
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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(1) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 1–3 | (4) Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 98–106 | 97–101 | 107–103 | 108–112 | — |
(3) Alaska Aces | 3–1 | (7) Meralco Bolts | 92–97 | 100–95 | 104–102 | 99–92 | — |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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(3) Alaska Aces | 2–4 | (4) Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 84–100 | 71–77 | 100–71 | 90–76 | 78–79 | 86–102 | — |
Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
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Points per game | Stanley Pringle | NorthPort Batang Pier | 21.0 |
Rebounds per game | June Mar Fajardo | San Miguel Beermen | 12.3 |
Assists per game | Chris Banchero | Alaska Aces | 5.9 |
Steals per game | Sean Anthony | NorthPort Batang Pier | 2.0 |
Blocks per game | John Paul Erram | Blackwater Elite | 2.0 |
Turnovers per game | Stanley Pringle | NorthPort Batang Pier | 3.4 |
Fouls per game | Jason Perkins | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 3.6 |
Minutes per game | Stanley Pringle | NorthPort Batang Pier | 39.0 |
FG% | June Mar Fajardo | San Miguel Beermen | 59.7% |
FT% | JVee Casio | Alaska Aces | 92.2% |
3FG% | Chris Newsome | Meralco Bolts | 43.3% |
Double-doubles | June Mar Fajardo | San Miguel Beermen | 32 |
Triple-doubles | Scottie Thompson | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 2 |
Category | Player | Team | Statistic | Conference played |
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Points per game | Aaron Fuller | NLEX Road Warriors | 31.1 | Governors' |
Rebounds per game | Mike Harris | Alaska Aces | 20.0 | Governors' |
Assists per game | Allen Durham | Meralco Bolts | 7.2 | Governors' |
Steals per game | Henry Walker | Blackwater Elite | 2.2 | Commissioner's and Governors' |
Blocks per game | Eugene Phelps | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 2.5 | Commissioner's and Governors' |
Turnovers per game | Akeem Wright | Columbian Dyip | 4.7 | Governors' |
Fouls per game | Renaldo Balkman | San Miguel Beermen | 3.8 | Commissioner's |
Minutes per game | Eugene Phelps | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 42.7 | Commissioner's and Governors' |
FG% | Joshua Smith | TNT KaTropa | 68.7% | Commissioner's |
FT% | Justin Brownlee | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 82.7% | Commissioner's and Governors' |
3FG% | Kevin Murphy | San Miguel Beermen | 44.2% | Governors' |
Double-doubles | Justin Brownlee | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 23 | Commissioner's and Governors' |
Triple-doubles | Justin Brownlee | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 3 | Commissioner's and Governors' |
Category | Player | Team | Statistic | Conference |
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Points | Stanley Pringle | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 50 | Commissioner's |
Rebounds | Christian Standhardinger | San Miguel Beermen | 22 | Governors' |
Assists | Scottie Thompson | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 16 | Philippine |
Steals | Chris Ross | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | Philippine |
Blocks | John Paul Erram | Blackwater Elite | 7 | Philippine |
Arwind Santos | San Miguel Beermen | Governors' | ||
Three point field goals | Stanley Pringle | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 9 | Commissioner's |
Simon Enciso | Alaska Aces | Governors' |
Category | Player | Team | Statistic | Conference |
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Points | Eugene Phelps | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 51 | Governors' |
Rebounds | Mike Harris | Alaska Aces | 27 | Governors' |
Assists | Justin Brownlee | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 12 |
Commissioner's |
Henry Walker | Blackwater Elite | Governors' | ||
Romeo Travis | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | |||
Allen Durham | Meralco Bolts | |||
Steals | Romeo Travis | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 7 | Governors' |
Henry Walker | Blackwater Elite | |||
Blocks | Eugene Phelps | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 8 | Governors' |
Three point field goals | Antonio Campbell | Alaska Aces | 8 | Commissioner's |
Category | Team | Statistic |
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Points per game | San Miguel Beermen | 103.0 |
Rebounds per game | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 52.7 |
Assists per game | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 26.8 |
Steals per game | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 9.7 |
Blocks per game | San Miguel Beermen | 5.5 |
Turnovers per game | NorthPort Batang Pier | 18.8 |
FG% | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 46.2% |
FT% | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 72.5% |
3FG% | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 33.9% |
Team | Competition | Progress |
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Meralco Bolts | 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup | Fourth place |
Blackwater Elite | 2018 Asia League Summer Super 8 | Group stage |
NLEX Road Warriors | Fourth place |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 57 | 36 | 21 | .632[a] | Champions |
2 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 57 | 36 | 21 | .632[a] | |
3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 57 | 35 | 22 | .614 | |
4 | Alaska Aces | 51 | 31 | 20 | .608 | Finalist |
5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 41 | 20 | 21 | .488 | Semifinalist |
6 | TNT KaTropa | 37 | 18 | 19 | .486 | Quarterfinalist |
7 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 36 | 17 | 19 | .472 | |
8 | Meralco Bolts | 41 | 19 | 22 | .463 | Semifinalist |
9 | NLEX Road Warriors | 42 | 17 | 25 | .405 | |
10 | Blackwater Elite | 34 | 13 | 21 | .382 | Quarterfinalist |
11 | GlobalPort/NorthPort Batang Pier | 36 | 13 | 23 | .361 | |
12 | Kia Picanto/Columbian Dyip | 33 | 6 | 27 | .182 | Elimination round |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT |
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1 | Alaska Aces | 33 | 23 | 10 | .697 |
2 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 33 | 22 | 11 | .667 |
3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 33 | 21 | 12 | .636 |
4 | San Miguel Beermen | 33 | 20 | 13 | .606 |
5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 33 | 18 | 15 | .545 |
6 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 33 | 17 | 16 | .515[a] |
7 | TNT KaTropa | 33 | 17 | 16 | .515[a] |
8 | Meralco Bolts | 33 | 16 | 17 | .485 |
9 | NLEX Road Warriors | 33 | 13 | 20 | .394[b] |
10 | Blackwater Elite | 33 | 13 | 20 | .394[b] |
11 | GlobalPort/NorthPort Batang Pier | 33 | 12 | 21 | .364 |
12 | Kia Picanto/Columbian Dyip | 33 | 6 | 27 | .182 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 24 | 16 | 8 |
2 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 24 | 14[a] | 10 |
3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 24 | 14[a] | 10 |
4 | Alaska Aces | 18 | 8 | 10 |
5 | NLEX Road Warriors | 9 | 4 | 5 |
6 | Meralco Bolts | 8 | 3 | 5 |
7 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8 | 2 | 6 |
8 | GlobalPort/NorthPort Batang Pier | 3 | 1 | 2 |
9 | TNT KaTropa | 4 | 1 | 3 |
10 | Blackwater Elite | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 3 | 0 | 3 |
12 | Kia Picanto/Columbian Dyip | 0 | 0 | 0 |