2023 PBA Governors' Cup finals

2023 PBA Governors' Cup finals

Team Coach Wins (1) TNT Tropang Giga Jojo Lastimosa 4 (3) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Tim Cone 2
Dates	April 9–21, 2023
MVP	Mikey Williams (TNT Tropang Giga)
Television	Local: One Sports TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International iWantTFC[note 1]
Announcers	see Broadcast notes
Radio network	Radyo Pilipinas 2 (DZSR)
Announcers	see Broadcast notes
Referees
Game 1: Peter Balao, Rommel Gruta, Mike Flordeliza, Jonathan Tangkion Game 2: Jimmy Mariano, Rommel Gruta, Jerry Narandan, Don Al de Dios Game 3: Nol Quilinguen, Peter Balao, Sherwin Pineda, Erwin Traballo Game 4: Jimmy Mariano, Sherwin Pineda, Joel Baldago, Jonathan Tangkion Game 5: Jimmy Mariano, Rommel Gruta, Jerry Narandan, Don Al de Dios Game 6: Nol Quilinguen, Jimmy Mariano, Rommel Gruta, Jonathan Tangkion

The 2023 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series for the 2023 PBA Governors' Cup. It marked the end of the conference's playoffs and 2022–23 PBA season.

The TNT Tropang Giga and the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel competed for the 21st Governors' Cup championship and the 133rd overall championship contested by the league. This was the first time that TNT and Barangay Ginebra competed for the Governors' Cup championship.^[1] The last time that these 2 teams met in the finals was on the 2020 PBA Philippine Cup where Barangay Ginebra defeated TNT in 5 games, 4–1.^[2]

TNT defeated Barangay Ginebra in six games to win their first Governors' Cup in franchise history.^[3] Mikey Williams was named the finals' MVP.^[4]

Prior to the game, Barangay Ginebra's Christian Standhardinger was awarded his second Best Player of the Conference award,^[5] while TNT's Rondae Hollis-Jefferson was awarded the Best Import of the Conference award.^[6]

TNT Tropang Giga roster

Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From C 1 Justin Chua  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 232 lb (105 kg) 1989–07–13 Ateneo F 2 Carl Bryan Cruz 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1991–08–21 Far Eastern G 5 Mikey Williams 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1991–10–27 Cal State Fullerton C 6 Rey Mark Acuno 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 226 lb (103 kg) 1994–08–29 UE C 7 Poy Erram 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1989–07–07 Ateneo F 8 Calvin Oftana 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 1996–01–03 San Beda G/F 9 Paul Varilla 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 1993–08–10 UE G/F 11 Jaydee Tungcab (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 1997–05–05 Philippines F 12 Glenn Khobuntin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1991–09–07 National-U F 14 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 217 lb (98 kg) 1995–01–03 Arizona G 15 Kib Montalbo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 1996–04–02 De La Salle G/F 16 Roger Pogoy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1992–06–16 Far Eastern G 17 Jayson Castro 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1986–06–30 Philippine Christian F/C 21 Kelly Williams (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1982–02–07 Oakland F/C 22 Dave Marcelo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 223 lb (101 kg) 1989–02–22 San Beda G/F 24 Matt Ganuelas-Rosser 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1990–06–13 Cal Poly Pomona	Head coach Jojo Lastimosa Assistant coach(es) Joshua Reyes (1st assistant) Sandy Arespacochaga Mau Belen Ranidel de Ocampo Yuri Escueta Bong Ravena Slavoljub Gorunovic (active consultant) Chot Reyes (senior consultant) Team manager Jojo Lastimosa Miguel Fernandez (assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel roster

Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G/F 0 Jeremiah Gray (R) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1996–08–16 Dominican (CA) F 2 Jared Dillinger 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1984–01–06 Hawaiʻi F 3 Jamie Malonzo 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1996–07–31 De La Salle G 5 LA Tenorio  (C) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 151 lb (68 kg) 1984–07–09 Ateneo G 9 Scottie Thompson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1993–07–12 UPHSD G 11 Stanley Pringle 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987–03–05 Penn State G 17 John Pinto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1990–10–15 Arellano G/F 19 Von Pessumal 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1993–02–12 Ateneo F/C 23 Raymond Aguilar 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1985–07–27 National-U G/F 24 Jayson David (R) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 191 lb (87 kg) 1996–11–08 Lyceum C 25 Japeth Aguilar 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1987–01–25 Western Kentucky F 27 Sidney Onwubere 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 1993–08–01 Emilio Aguinaldo F 31 Aljon Mariano 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1992–08–03 UST F 32 Justin Brownlee (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1988–04–23 St. John's F/C 34 Christian Standhardinger 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989–07–04 Hawaiʻi	Head coach Tim Cone Assistant coach(es) Richard del Rosario (1st assistant) Olsen Racela Freddie Abuda Kirk Collier Patrick Partosa LA Tenorio Team manager Alfrancis Chua[a] Raymond Rodriguez (assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

• ^a Also serves as Barangay Ginebra's board governor.

The Governors' Cup finals was aired on TV5 & One Sports with simulcast on PBA Rush, SMART Sports on Facebook and Radyo Pilipinas 2 918khz (both in standard and high definition).

The PBA Rush broadcast provided English language coverage of the finals.

The SMART Sports Facebook broadcast provided English-Filipino language coverage of the finals.

• Additional Game 6 crew:
  • Trophy presentation: Carlo Pamintuan and Bea Escudero
  • Celebration interviewer: Denise Tan and Doreen Suaybaguio

• PBA official website