2016 PBA Governors' Cup Finals
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| Dates | October 7 – 19, 2016 | ||||||||||||
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| MVP |
LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) |
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| Television |
Local: Sports5 TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International |
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| Announcers | see Broadcast notes | ||||||||||||
| Radio network | Radyo5 (DWFM) | ||||||||||||
| Announcers | see Broadcast notes | ||||||||||||
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| Game 1: | A. Herrera, N. Quilinguen, R. Dacanay, M. Montoya |
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| Game 2: | J. Mariano, S. Pineda, M. Flordeliza, E. Boticario |
| Game 3: | P. Balao, N. Guevarra, J. Narandan, E. Boticario |
| Game 4: | P. Balao, J. Mariano, M. Montoya, M. Flordeliza |
| Game 5: | N. Quilinguen, E. Tangkion, B. Oliva, E. Boticario |
| Game 6: | N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, M. Montoya, J. Narandan |
The 2016 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2016 PBA Governors' Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and Meralco Bolts competed for the 16th Governors' Cup championship and the 118th overall championship contested by the league.
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel won the series, four games to two, ending their eight-year title drought. This is the first Governors' Cup and 9th overall championship of the Ginebra franchise.
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Jimmy Alapag of the Meralco Bolts sank two three-pointers, tying the all-time record for most triples in a career, which stands at 1,242, held by Allan Caidic for 17 years. The second three-pointer proved to be critical for the game as it gave the Bolts a 101–100 lead with 33 seconds remaining. However, a game-tying floater from Ginebra's LA Tenorio brought the game into overtime, with 102 apiece after the Bolts' import Allen Durham split two free throws.
In overtime, Durham started a 7–0 run of himself and Meralco never looked back, winning the very first PBA finals game of their history. He finished with 46 points, 13 boards and 7 assists, and rookie teammate Chris Newsome added 17 markers and was a rebound and assist shy of a triple-double.
Prior to the game, TNT KaTropa's Jayson Castro was awarded as the Best Player of the Conference, tying San Miguel Beermen's June Mar Fajardo with four BPC awards for second all-time. Meralco Bolts' import Allen Durham was also given the Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference award, making him the second consecutive Bolts' reinforcement to be given with that award (Arinze Onuaku won the award during the Commissioner's Cup).
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