2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals

Team Coach Wins (5) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Yeng Guiao 4 (3) Alaska Aces Alex Compton 2
Dates	May 6–18, 2016
MVP	Paul Lee (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)
Announcers	see Broadcast notes
Referees
Game 1: A. Herrera, N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay Game 2: A. Herrera, N. Quilingen, E. Aquino, R. Marabe Game 3: J. Mariano, J. Oliva, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya Game 4: N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya Game 5: N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, E. Aquino, J. Narandan Game 6: N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, E. Aquino, R. Dacanay

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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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

Series summary

*overtime

Rosters

Alaska Aces 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight College F/C 1 Dozier, Robert (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1985–11–26 Memphis G 2 Banchero, Chris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1989–01–24 Seattle Pacific G/F 3 Baguio, Cyrus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1980–08–19 UST F 4 Manuel, Vic  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 1987–06–18 PSBA C 7 Thoss, Sonny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1981–12–07 James Cook F 8 Abueva, Calvin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–02–04 San Sebastian F/C 9 Baclao, Noy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987–06–15 Ateneo F/C 10 Magat, Marion (R / IN) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1989–10–22 National-U G/F 11 dela Rosa, Rome 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1990–12–11 San Beda G 17 Exciminiano, Chris 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–11–17 Far Eastern F 21 Vanlandingham, Josh (IN) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1984–01–22 Pacific Lutheran G/F 25 Hontiveros, Dondon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1977–06–01 Cebu C 26 Eman, Samigue 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 239 lb (108 kg) 1982–03–12 Mindanao F/C 30 Menk, Eric 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1974–08–24 Lake Superior State G 31 Jazul, R.J. 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986–04–11 Letran F 35 dela Cruz, Tony (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1978–08–24 UC Irvine G 42 Casio, JVee  5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1986–09–01 De La Salle G/F 61 Racal, Kevin (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991–05–16 Letran	Head coach Alex Compton Assistant coach(es) Louie Alas (1st Assistant) Topex Robinson Jeffrey Cariaso Monch Gavieres Franco Atienza Paulo Layug Team manager Dickie Bachmann[a] Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie (3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team Injured Roster

• ^a also serves as Alaska's board governor.

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight College C 1 Henderson-Niles, Pierre (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1987–06–07 Memphis G 3 Lee, Paul 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1989–02–14 UE G/F 5 Norwood, Gabe 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1985–02–09 George Mason F 6 Ibañes, Jireh (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1982–04–20 Philippines G 8 Teng, Jeric 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 1991–03–18 UST G 9 Cruz, Jericho 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990–10–11 Adamson G 13 Ahanmisi, Maverick (R) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1991–07–17 Minnesota F/C 15 Ponferada, Jewel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 211 lb (96 kg) 1988–07–08 National-U G/F 16 Chan, Jeffrei 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–02–11 Far Eastern G 17 Tiu, Chris 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 1985–07–15 Ateneo G/F 19 Trollano, Don (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1992–01–07 Adamson F/C 20 Almazan, Raymond 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1989–08–02 Letran F 23 Nimes, Josan (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991–05–11 Mapúa F/C 30 Belga, Beau 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1986–11–30 Philippine Christian F 33 Matias, Ronnie (IN) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1983–11–29 Manila F/C 48 Quiñahan, J.R. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1984–05–08 Visayas	Head coach Yeng Guiao Assistant coach(es) Caloy Garcia (1st Assistant) Mike Buendia Ricky Umayam Team manager Mamerto Mondragon[a] Jay Legacion (Assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie (3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team Injured Roster

• ^a also serves as Rain or Shine'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.

• Additional Game 6 crew:
  • Trophy presentation: James Velazquez
  • Dugout celebration interviewer: Apple David

References

External links

• PBA official website