2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals

Team	Coach	Wins
(3) Alaska Aces	Alex Compton	0
(5) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Yeng Guiao	1

Dates

starts May 6, 2016

Television

Local:
Sports5
TV5
AksyonTV
Cignal PPV (HD)
Hyper (HD)
Fox Sports
International:
AksyonTV International

Announcers

see Broadcast notes

Radio network

Radyo5 (DWFM)

Announcers

see Broadcast notes

PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals chronology

< 2015

PBA Finals chronology

< 2015–16 Philippine

The 2016 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup Finals will be 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 will compete for the 16th Commissioner's Cup championship and the 117th overall championship contested by the league.

This is 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.^[1]

This is 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

Main article: 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup

Alaska Aces
Finished 7–4 (.636): Tied with Rain or Shine and Barangay Ginebra at 3rd place	Elimination round	Finished 7–4 (.636): Tied with Alaska and Barangay Ginebra at 3rd place
2–0 (3rd place)	Tiebreaker*	0–2 (5th place)
def. TNT, 2–1	Quarterfinals	def. Barangay Ginebra, 2–0
def. Meralco, 3–2	Semifinals	def. San Miguel, 3–1

Head-to-head matchup

February 27

summary

Alaska Aces 128, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 102

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Series summary

Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
Alaska Aces	97
Rain or Shine	105
Venue	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta

*overtime

Game 1

TV5

May 6
7:00pm

Stats

Alaska Aces 97, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 105
Scoring by quarter: 25–29, 21–22, 31–23, 20–31
Pts: Dozier 41 Rebs: Dozier 15 Asts: Banchero 4		Pts: Lee 20 Rebs: Henderson-Niles 13 Asts: Cruz 5
Rain or Shine lead series, 1–0

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: A. Herrera, N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, R. Dacanay

Game 2

TV5

May 8
5:00pm

Alaska Aces vs. Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Game 3

TV5

May 11
7:00pm

Alaska Aces vs. Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Game 4

TV5

May 13
7:00pm

Alaska Aces vs. Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Game 5

TV5

May 15
5:00pm

Alaska Aces vs. Rain or Shine Elasto Painters*

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Game 6

TV5

May 18
7:00pm

Alaska Aces vs. Rain or Shine Elasto Painters*

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Game 7

TV5

May 20
7:00pm

Alaska Aces vs. Rain or Shine Elasto Painters*

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Rosters

Alaska Aces 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	POB	Name	Height	Weight		College
5.5 !F/C	1	USA !	Dozier, Robert (I)	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1985–11–26	Memphis
1.5 !G	2	USA !	Banchero, Chris	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1989–01–24	Seattle Pacific
2.5 !G/F	3	PHI !	Baguio, Cyrus	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1980–08–19	UST
4.0 !F	4	PHI !	Manuel, Vic	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	1987–06–18	PSBA
6.0 !C	7	PNG !	Thoss, Sonny	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1981–12–07	James Cook
4.0 !F	8	PHI !	Abueva, Calvin	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988–02–04	San Sebastian
5.5 !F/C	9	PHI !	Baclao, Noy	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1987–06–15	Ateneo
5.5 !F/C	10	PHI !	Magat, Marion (R / IN)	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1989–10–22	NU
2.5 !G/F	11	USA !	dela Rosa, Rome	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1990–12–11	San Beda
1.5 !G	17	PHI !	Exciminiano, Chris	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988–11–17	FEU
4.0 !F	21	USA !	Vanlandingham, Josh (IN)	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1984–01–22	Pacific Lutheran
2.5 !G/F	25	PHI !	Hontiveros, Dondon	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1977–06–01	Cebu
6.0 !C	26	PHI !	Eman, Samigue	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	239 lb (108 kg)	1982–03–12	Mindanao
5.5 !F/C	30	USA !	Menk, Eric	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1974–08–24	Lake Superior State
1.5 !G	31	PHI !	Jazul, R.J.	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1986–04–11	Letran
4.0 !F	35	USA !	dela Cruz, Tony (C)	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	1978–08–24	UC Irvine
1.5 !G	42	PHI !	Casio, JVee	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1986–09–01	La Salle
2.5 !G/F	61	PHI !	Racal, Kevin (R)	7000190500000000000♠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

Richard Bachmann ^[a]

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

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
6.0 !C	1	USA !	Henderson-Niles, Pierre (I)	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	1987–06–07	Memphis
1.5 !G	3	PHI !	Lee, Paul	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1989–02–14	UE
2.5 !G/F	5	USA !	Norwood, Gabe	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1985–02–09	George Mason
4.0 !F	6	PHI !	Ibañes, Jireh (C)	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1982–04–20	UP
1.5 !G	8	PHI !	Teng, Jeric	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	1991–03–18	UST
1.5 !G	9	PHI !	Cruz, Jericho	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1990–10–11	Adamson
1.5 !G	13	USA !	Ahanmisi, Maverick (R)	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1991–07–17	Minnesota
5.5 !F/C	15	PHI !	Ponferrada, Jewel	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	1988–07–08	NU
2.5 !G/F	16	PHI !	Chan, Jeffrei	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1983–02–11	FEU
1.5 !G	17	PHI !	Tiu, Chris	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	1985–07–15	Ateneo
2.5 !G/F	19	PHI !	Trollano, Don (R)	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1992–01–07	Adamson
5.5 !F/C	20	PHI !	Almazan, Raymond	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	1989–08–02	Letran
4.0 !F	23	PHI !	Nimes, Josan (R)	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1991–05–11	Mapúa
5.5 !F/C	30	PHI !	Belga, Beau	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1986–11–30	PCU
4.0 !F	33	PHI !	Matias, Ronnie (IN)	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1983–11–29	Manila
5.5 !F/C	48	PHI !	Quiñahan, J.R.	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 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

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.

Game	Sports5			Cignal TV/Hyper (English)		Fox Sports (English)
Game	Play-by-play	Analyst(s)	Courtside reporters	Play-by-play	Analyst(s)	Play-by-play	Analyst(s)
Game 1	Magoo Marjon	Andy Jao and Tab Baldwin	Rizza Diaz	James Velasquez	Vince Hizon
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Game 6
Game 7

Additional Game 7 crew:
- Trophy presentation:
- Dugout celebration interviewer:

References

↑ Independent teams Rain or Shine, Alaska expect great finals series: ‘It’s good for the league’, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, May 4, 2016

External links

PBA official website

Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner's Cup Finals

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Alaska Aces

Founded in 1986 Owned by the Alaska Milk Corporation

The franchise	Franchise All-time roster Seasons Current season

Administration	Owner: Wilfred Steven Uytengsu Board Governor/Team Manager: Dickie Bachmann

Coaches	Vasquez Jota Canson Valenzona Adornado Cone Banal Trillo Compton

Championships (14)	1991 Third 1994 Governors 1995 Governors 1996 All-Filipino 1996 Commissioner's 1996 Governors 1997 Governors 1998 All-Filipino 1998 Commissioner's 2000 All-Filipino 2003 Invitational 2007 Fiesta 2010 Fiesta 2013 Commissioner's

Runner-up finishes (15)	1987 All-Filipino 1987 Reinforced 1990 Third 1994 Commissioner's 1995 All-Filipino 1995 Commissioner's 1997 Commissioner's 1999 Governors 2002 Governors 2002 All-Filipino 2008-09 Philippine 2009-10 Philippine 2014–15 PBA Philippine 2015 Governors' 2015–16 PBA Philippine

Retired jerseys	6 Lastimosa 14 Abarrientos 16 Hawkins 20 Chambers 22 Cariaso 33 Adornado

Seasons (30)	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Culture and lore	1996 Grand Slam 4th Quarter Man "Flying A" "The Hawk" Captain Marbel "The Jet" "The Boss" "Skyrus" "The Beast" "Mr. 100%" Alaska–San Miguel rivalry "TDLC" "The Arsenal"

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

Formerly the Welcoat Dragons Founded in 2006 Owned by the Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc.

Franchise	Franchise All-time roster Draft history Seasons Current season

Administration	Owners Raymond Yu and Terry Que Board Governor Mamerto Mondragon

Coaches	Austria Garcia Guiao

Championships (1)	2012 Governors'

Runner-up finishes (4)	2012–13 Philippine 2013–14 Philippine 2014 Governors' 2015 Commissioner's

Seasons (10)	2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Culture and lore	"Angas ng Tondo" Extra Rice Inc. Belga and Quiñahan

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Succession

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