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2019 PBA Governors' Cup

The 2019 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup also known as the 2019 Honda–PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons was the third and final conference of the 2019 PBA season. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'5".

2019 PBA Governors' Cup

September 20, 2019 – January 17, 2020
Local: ESPN 5 TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Meralco Bolts
Christian Standhardinger(NorthPort Batang Pier)
Allen Durham(Meralco Bolts)
Japeth Aguilar(Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
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The 2019 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup also known as the 2019 Honda–PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons was the third and final conference of the 2019 PBA season. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'5".

The tournament format for this conference is as follows:

Single-round robin eliminations; 11 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.
Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. In case of tie, a playoff game will be held only for the #8 seed.
Quarterfinals (higher seed with the twice-to-beat advantage):
- QF1: #1 seed vs #8 seed
- QF2: #2 seed vs #7 seed
- QF3: #3 seed vs #6 seed
- QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed
Semifinals (best-of-5 series):
- SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
- SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
Finals (best-of-7 series)
- Winners of the semifinals

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***Game went into triple overtime

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.

Team	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Alaska Aces	Justin Watts	September 20 (vs. Columbian)	September 22 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	0–2
No import	September 29 (vs. San Miguel)	0–1
Franko House	October 4 (vs. Meralco)	November 24 (vs. Meralco)	5–4
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Justin Brownlee	September 22 (vs. Alaska)	January 17 (vs. Meralco)	15–6
Blackwater Elite	Marqus Blakely	September 25 (vs. TNT)	November 15 (vs. Phoenix)	2–8
Aaron Fuller	October 11 (vs. Columbian)	0–1
Columbian Dyip	Khapri Alston	September 20 (vs. Alaska)	November 15 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	4–7
Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	Romeo Travis	September 21 (vs. Meralco)	November 25 (vs. TNT)	6–5
No import	October 16 (vs. Blackwater)	0–1
Meralco Bolts	Allen Durham	September 21 (vs. Magnolia)	January 17 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	13–9
NLEX Road Warriors	Olu Ashaolu	September 21 (vs. Phoenix)	October 5 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	4–1
Manny Harris	October 16 (vs. Columbian)	November 27 (vs. NorthPort)	4–4
NorthPort Batang Pier	Mychal Ammons	September 20 (vs. Rain or Shine)	October 12 (vs. Phoenix)	2–4
Michael Qualls	October 23 (vs. San Miguel)	December 20 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	6–5
Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters	Eugene Phelps	September 21 (vs. NLEX)	October 12 (vs. NorthPort)	2–5
Alonzo Gee	October 25 (vs. Columbian)	November 15 (vs. Blackwater)	1–3
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Joel Wright	September 20 (vs. NorthPort)	September 28 (vs. TNT)	1–2
Kayel Locke	October 4 (vs. Magnolia)	October 13 (vs. Alaska)	0–3
Kwame Alexander	October 23 (vs. Blackwater)	October 26 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	1–1
Richard Ross	October 30 (vs. NLEX)	November 17 (vs. Meralco)	2–1
San Miguel Beermen	Dez Wells	September 25 (vs. Phoenix)	October 27 (vs. Meralco)	5–3
No import	November 6 (vs. Blackwater)	1–0
John Holland	November 9 (vs. Rain or Shine)	November 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	0–3
TNT KaTropa	K. J. McDaniels	September 25 (vs. Blackwater)	December 23 (vs. Meralco)	11–6

The Best Player and Best Import of the Conference awards were handed out prior to Game 4 of the Finals, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum:

Best Player of the Conference: Christian Standhardinger (NorthPort Batang Pier)
Best Import of the Conference: Allen Durham (Meralco Bolts)
Finals MVP: Japeth Aguilar (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)

Week	Player	Ref.
September 20–22	Raymond Almazan (Meralco Bolts)
September 23–29	Kiefer Ravena (NLEX Road Warriors)
September 30 – October 6	Baser Amer (Meralco Bolts)
October 7–13	Troy Rosario (TNT KaTropa) Jeron Teng (Alaska Aces)
October 14–20	June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen) Raymond Almazan (Meralco Bolts)
October 21–27	Christian Standhardinger (NorthPort Batang Pier)
October 28 – November 3	Vic Manuel (Alaska Aces)
November 4–10	Anjo Caram (Meralco Bolts)

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points per game	CJ Perez	Columbian Dyip	23.2
Rebounds per game	June Mar Fajardo	San Miguel Beermen	14.0
Assists per game	Kiefer Ravena	NLEX Road Warriors	7.8
Steals per game	CJ Perez	Columbian Dyip	2.5
Blocks per game	John Paul Erram	NLEX Road Warriors	2.2
Turnovers per game	CJ Perez	Columbian Dyip	4.1
Fouls per game	Beau Belga	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	4.1
Minutes per game	CJ Perez	Columbian Dyip	39.9
FG%	Japeth Aguilar	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	59.2%
FT%	LA Tenorio	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	95.5%
3FG%	Von Pessumal	San Miguel Beermen	45.0%
Double-doubles	June Mar Fajardo	San Miguel Beermen	12
Triple-doubles	Chris Newsome	Meralco Bolts	1

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points per game	Dez Wells	San Miguel Beermen	37.1
Rebounds per game	Khapri Alston	Columbian Dyip	18.2
Assists per game	Justin Brownlee	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6.8
Steals per game	Marqus Blakely	Blackwater Elite	3.5
Blocks per game	K. J. McDaniels	TNT KaTropa	3.4
Turnovers per game	K. J. McDaniels	TNT KaTropa	4.6
Fouls per game	Franko House	Alaska Aces	4.9
Minutes per game	Michael Qualls	NorthPort Batang Pier	46.2
FG%	Dez Wells	San Miguel Beermen	54.7%
FT%	Dez Wells	San Miguel Beermen	85.1%
3FG%	Marqus Blakely	Blackwater Elite	40.0%
Double-doubles	Allen Durham	Meralco Bolts	22
Triple-doubles	Justin Brownlee	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	4

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points	Bobby Ray Parks Jr.	Blackwater Elite	39
Rebounds	Raymond Almazan	Meralco Bolts	24
Assists	Kiefer Ravena	NLEX Road Warriors	17
Steals	Chris Ross	San Miguel Beermen	7
Blocks	Ian Sangalang	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	7
Japeth Aguilar	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Three point field goals	Rashawn McCarthy	Columbian Dyip	7
Troy Rosario	TNT KaTropa

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points	Dez Wells	San Miguel Beermen	56
Rebounds	Allen Durham	Meralco Bolts	27
Assists	Justin Brownlee	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	14
Steals	Manny Harris	NLEX Road Warriors	7
Blocks	Marqus Blakely	Blackwater Elite	8
Three point field goals	Manny Harris	NLEX Road Warriors	6
K. J. McDaniels (twice)	TNT KaTropa
Justin Brownlee	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel

Category	Team	Statistic
Points per game	NLEX Road Warriors	106.7
Rebounds per game	Columbian Dyip	48.9
Assists per game	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	26.6
Steals per game	Columbian Dyip	9.7
Blocks per game	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5.1
Turnovers per game	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	16.8
FG%	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	48.0%
FT%	NLEX Road Warriors	79.6%
3FG%	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	36.5%

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