2024 PBA Governors' Cup
The 2024 PBA Governors' Cup, also known as the 2024 Honda PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2024–25 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association. The 22nd edition of the Governors' Cup started on August 18 and ended on November 8, 2024. The tournament allowed teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6 feet 6 inches.
Format
The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:- The teams were divided into 2 groups, based on the previous season's conference finish on a weighted average, with 40% for the Commissioner's Cup, and 60% for the Philippine Cup. This was identically distributed to the reverse drafting order.
- *Group A:
- *#Meralco Bolts
- *#Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots
- *#TNT Tropang Giga
- *#NorthPort Batang Pier
- *#Terrafirma Dyip
- *#Converge FiberXers
- *Group B:
- *#San Miguel Beermen
- *#Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
- *#Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
- *#NLEX Road Warriors
- *#Phoenix Fuel Masters
- *#Blackwater Bossing
- Teams in a group will play each other twice; 10 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records by basis of groups. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams.
- The top four teams per group will qualify to the crossover best-of-five quarterfinals.
- *QF1: Group A #1 vs. Group B #4
- *QF2: Group A #2 vs. Group B #3
- *QF3: Group A #3 vs. Group B #2
- *QF4: Group A #4 vs. Group B #1
- The two winners in each group will play in the best-of-seven semifinals.
- *SF1: QF1 vs. QF4
- *SF2: QF2 vs. QF3
- The two remaining teams that came out on top in their respective group will play in the best-of-seven championship series.