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The 2012 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup was the second conference of the 2011–12 PBA season. The tournament began on February 10 and ended on May 6, 2012. The tournament is an import-laden format, which means that a team may sign an import or a pure-foreign player for each team with no height limit.

Format

The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:

• Single round-robin eliminations; 9 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. In case of tie, playoffs will be held only for the #2 and #6 seeds.
• The top two teams after the elimination round will automatically advance to the semifinals.
• The next four teams will play in a best of three quarterfinals series for the two last berths in the semifinals. Matchups are:
  • QF1: #3 team vs. #6 team
  • QF2: #4 team vs. #5 team
• The winners of the quarterfinals will challenge the top two teams in a best-of-five semifinals series. Matchups are:
  • SF1: #1 vs. QF2
  • SF2: #2 vs. QF1
• The winners in the semifinals advance to the best-of-seven finals.

Elimination round

Team standings

1. ^ Second seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 93–84 B-Meg
2. ^ Head-to-head quotient: Barako Bull 1.04, Meralco 1.01, Powerade 0.95; sixth seed playoff: Meralco 102–98 Powerade
3. ^ Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.12, Petron 1.11, Air21 0.80

Schedule

Results

Sixth seed playoff

Second seed playoff

Bracket

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Quarterfinals

(3) B-Meg vs. (6) Meralco

(4) Alaska vs. (5) Barako Bull series

Semifinals

(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (5) Barako Bull

(2) Barangay Ginebra vs. (3) B-Meg

Finals

Imports

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.

Awards

Conference

• Best Player of the Conference: Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra)
• Best Import of the Conference: Denzel Bowles (B-Meg)
• Finals MVP: James Yap (B-Meg)

Players of the Week

Statistical leaders

Locals

References

1. 2011-12 PBA Commissioner's Cup Format, PBA.ph, February 1, 2012
2. LA MAKING HAY, PBA.ph, February 20, 2012
3. DAVID SPREE GOES ON, PBA.ph, February 27, 2012
4. BACK IN THE GROOVE, PBA.ph, March 5, 2012
5. CAPTAIN HOOK’S EXPLOITS SILENCE HECKLES & BOOS, PBA.ph, March 12, 2012
6. BIG EXPLOSION FROM ‘H-BOMB’, PBA.ph, March 19, 2012
7. CAGUIOA IMPLOSES WILL, PBA.ph, March 26, 2012,
8. CORTEZ, CARDONA ANSWER CRUNCH TIME CALL, PBA.ph, April 2, 2012
9. TUBID ADDS MORE ZING TO ENERGY, PBA.ph, April 9, 2012
10. DYNAMITE DANNY STILL HAS IT, PBA.ph, April 16, 2012
11. DE OCAMPO AT THE CLUTCH, PBA.ph, April 23, 2012

External links

• PBA.ph

• PBA Commissioner's Cup
• 2011–12 PBA season