2019 PBA Governors' Cup Finals

Team Coach Wins (4) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Tim Cone 4 (2) Meralco Bolts Norman Black 1
Dates	January 7–17, 2020
MVP	Japeth Aguilar (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
Television	Local: ESPN5 5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International
Announcers	see Broadcast notes
Radio network	Radyo5 (DWFM)
Announcers	see Broadcast notes
Referees
Game 1: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, M. Montoya, J. Tantay Game 2: J. Mariano, R. Gruta, J. Narandan, J. Jarabejo Game 3: P. Balao, R. Dacanay, A. Nubla, J. Baldago Game 4: N. Quilinguen, R. Gruta, B. Oliva, M. Flordeliza Game 5: P. Balao, R. Yante, J. Nicandro, J. Baldago

The 2019 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2019 PBA Governors' Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and the Meralco Bolts competed for the 19th Governors' Cup championship and the 127th overall championship contested by the league.^[1]

This was third time that Barangay Ginebra and Meralco competed for the Governors' Cup championship in the span of four seasons. Barangay Ginebra won the two previous championships against Meralco in 2016 and 2017.

Due to the adjustments done in the season calendar to give way for the preparations of the Philippines men's national basketball team for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the Philippines' hosting of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, the finals series started on January 7, 2020.^[2]

Background

Series summary

Game summaries

Rosters

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 2019 PBA Governors' Cup roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight College G/F 2 Dillinger, Jared 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1984–01–06 Hawaiʻi G 5 Tenorio, LA 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 151 lb (68 kg) 1984–07–09 Ateneo G 6 Thompson, Scottie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1993–07–12 UPHSD G/F 10 Sargent, Julian 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1991–07–15 La Salle G 11 Pringle, Stanley 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987–03–05 Penn State F/C 12 Caperal, Prince 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1993–06–12 Arellano G 14 Teodoro, Teytey (R) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 1993–08–21 José Rizal G/F 16 Chan, Jeff 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–02–11 Far Eastern F 18 dela Cruz, Arthur 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1992–05–09 San Beda C 20 Slaughter, Greg 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 258 lb (117 kg) 1988–05–19 Ateneo F 23 Aguilar, Raymond 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1985–07–27 National-U F/C 25 Aguilar, Japeth 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1987–01–25 Western Kentucky F 31 Mariano, Aljon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1992–08–03 UST F 32 Brownlee, Justin (I) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 1988–04–23 St. John's F 38 Devance, Joe 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1982–02–19 UTEP G 47 Caguioa, Mark 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1979–11–19 Glendale CC (CA)	Head coach Tim Cone Assistant coach(es) Richard del Rosario (1st assistant) Freddie Abuda Kirk Collier Olsen Racela Team manager Alfrancis Chua[a] Raymond Rodriguez (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 Barangay Ginebra's board governor.

Meralco Bolts 2019 PBA Governors' Cup roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight College F/C 00 Faundo, Bryan 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1984–02–18 Letran G 2 Jackson, Trevis (R) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 171 lb (78 kg) –09–13 Sacramento State F/C 5 Durham, Allen (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 236 lb (107 kg) 1988–07–09 Grace Christian F 6 Jose, Raymar 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1992–08–06 Far Eastern F 7 Hodge, Cliff 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1988–02–03 Reedley F 8 Salva, Nico 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1990–03–08 Ateneo G 9 Amer, Baser 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1992–09–29 San Beda G 10 Pinto, John 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1990–10–15 Arellano G/F 11 Newsome, Chris 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990–06–25 Ateneo G 17 Caram, Anjo 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 159 lb (72 kg) 1991–01–14 San Beda C 18 Ballesteros, Jason 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 246 lb (112 kg) 1985–10–07 San Sebastian G 19 Quinto, Bong (R) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 1994–12–15 Letran C 20 Almazan, Raymond 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1989–08–02 Letran F/C 21 Hugnatan, Reynel (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1978–11–03 Manila G/F 22 Maliksi, Allein 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1987–09–18 UST F 33 de Ocampo, Ranidel (IN) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1981–12–08 Saint Francis of Assisi F 81 Jamito, Jammer 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990–09–01 St. Clare	Head coach Norman Black Assistant coach(es) Ronnie Magsanoc (1st Assistant) Gene Afable Patrick Fran Christopher Tan Luigi Trillo Team manager Paolo Trillo 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

Broadcast notes

The Philippine Cup Finals was aired on TV5 with simulcasts on PBA Rush (both in standard and high definition). 5's radio arm, Radyo5 provided the radio play-by-play coverage.

ESPN5 also provided online livestreaming via the PBA's official Facebook account using the TV5 feed.

The PBA Rush broadcast provided English-language coverage of the Finals.

• Additional Game 5 crew:
  • Trophy presentation: James Velazquez
  • Dugout celebration interviewer: Lyn Olavario

References

External links

• PBA official website