2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup


The 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2022–23 Honda PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second conference of the 2022–23 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association. The 20th edition of the Commissioner's Cup started on September 21, 2022, and ended on January 15, 2023. The tournament allowed teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'10".
Several games were postponed due to the onslaught of two tropical cyclones Typhoon Karding (Noru) and Tropical Storm Paeng (Nalgae) that both affected the country.

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:
  • Single-round robin eliminations; 12 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.
  • Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. In case of tie, a playoff game will be held only for the #8 seed.
  • Quarterfinals:
  • *QF1: #1 vs #8
  • *QF2: #2 vs #7
  • *QF3: #3 vs #6
  • *QF4: #4 vs #5
  • Semifinals :
  • *SF1: QF1 winner vs. QF4 winner
  • *SF2: QF2 winner vs. QF3 winner
  • Finals
  • *F1: SF1 winner vs SF2 winner

Quarterfinals

(1) Bay Area vs. (8) Rain or Shine

Bay Area has the twice-to-beat advantage; they have to be beaten twice, while their opponents just once, to advance.

(2) Magnolia vs. (7) Phoenix Super LPG

Magnolia has the twice-to-beat advantage; they have to be beaten twice, while their opponents just once, to advance.

(3) Barangay Ginebra vs. (6) NorthPort

This is a best-of-three playoff.

(4) Converge vs. (5) San Miguel

This is a best-of-three playoff.

Semifinals

All match-ups are best-of-five playoffs.

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.