| Year: | 2022–23 |
| Conference: | Commissioner's Cup |
| Champion Games: | 4 |
| Runnerup Games: | 3 |
| Date: | December 25, 2022 – January 15, 2023 |
| Mvp: | Christian Standhardinger |
| Radio Network: | Radyo5 (DWFM) |
| Referees 1: | Jimmy Mariano, Sherwin Pineda, Albert Nubla, Niño Cortez |
| Referees 2: | Rommel Gruta, Bing Oliva, Jerry Narandan, Joel Baldago |
| Referees 3: | Nol Quilinguen, Sherwin Pineda, Mike Flordeliza, Niño Barcenas |
| Referees 4: | Rommel Gruta, Bing Oliva, Janine Nicandro, Niño Cortez |
| Referees 5: | Jimmy Mariano, Rommel Gruta, Albert Nubla, Jeff Tantay |
| Referees 6: | Nol Quilinguen, Mike Flordeliza, Jerry Narandan, Joel Baldago |
| Referees 7: | Nol Quilinguen, Rommel Gruta, Mike Flordeliza, Jerry Narandan |
| Next Conf: | 2023 Governors' |
The 2022–23 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and guest team Bay Area Dragons competed for the 20th Commissioner's Cup championship and the 132nd overall championship contested by the league.[1]
The Bay Area Dragons are the first guest team since 1980 to appear in the PBA finals, while this is the second time in the past three Commissioner's Cup tournaments that Barangay Ginebra appeared in a Commissioner's Cup finals; they previously won the title in 2018 where they defeated the San Miguel Beermen in six games. Barangay Ginebra defeated Bay Area in seven games to claim their third Commissioner's Cup title in franchise history. Christian Standhardinger was named the finals MVP for this series.
See main article: 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup.
| Bay Area Dragons | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Finished 9–3 (.750) in 3rd place | Elimination round | Finished 10–2 (.833) in 1st place with Magnolia | |
| Tiebreaker | Head-to-head record: Bay Area 1–0 Magnolia (1st place) | ||
| Def. NorthPort, 2–0 (best-of-three) | Quarterfinals | Def. Rain or Shine in one game (twice-to-beat advantage) | |
| Def. Magnolia, 3–1 | Semifinals | Def. San Miguel, 3–1 |
| Game | Date | Venue | Winner | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | December 25, 2022 | 96–81 | |||
| Game 2 | December 28, 2022 | 99–82 | |||
| Game 3 | January 4, 2023 | SM Mall of Asia Arena | Barangay Ginebra | 89–82 | |
| Game 4 | January 6, 2023 | Bay Area | 94–86 | ||
| Game 5 | January 8, 2023 | Barangay Ginebra | 101–91 | ||
| Game 6 | January 11, 2023 | Smart Araneta Coliseum | Bay Area | 87–84 | |
| Game 7 | January 15, 2023 | Barangay Ginebra | 114–99 |
Prior to the game, Barangay Ginebra's Scottie Thompson was awarded his second Best Player of the Conference award, and Barangay Ginebra import and Thompson's teammate Justin Brownlee was awarded the Best Import of the Conference award for the third time.[2]
A day before the game, Bay Area's second import Myles Powell was reactivated in lieu of Andrew Nicholson who missed both games 4 and 5 due to an injury sustained during game 3.[3]
The game was initially scheduled on January 13, 2023, but was moved to January 15 due to 'popular demand'.[4]
On January 12, long-time Barangay Ginebra import Justin Brownlee became a naturalized Filipino citizen.[5]
The game set the highest attendance ever in a PBA finals game with 54,589.[6]
The Commissioner Cup Finals was aired on TV5 & One Sports with simulcast on PBA Rush, SMART Sports on Facebook, SMART GigaPlay App, and Radyo5 92.3 News FM (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.
| Game | ShootAround Pre-Game Show | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analyst(s) | Analyst(s) | Hosts | Courtside Reporters | ||||||||
| Game 1 | Apple David | ||||||||||
| Game 2 | Joaquin Henson and Topex Robinson | Carlo Pamintuan | Denise Tan | ||||||||
| Game 3 | Ronnie Magsanoc | Apple David | Carlo Pamintuan | Apple David | |||||||
| Game 4 | Denise Tan | Chiqui Reyes | Doreen Suaybaguio | Paolo del Rosario and Ronnie Magsanoc | Carlo Pamintuan | Larry Fonacier | Denise Tan | ||||
| Game 5 | Magoo Marjon | Apple David | Carlo Pamintuan | Charles Tiu | Belle Gregorio | Paolo del Rosario and Ryan Gregorio | Apple David | ||||
| Game 6 | Sev Sarmenta | Denise Tan | Carlo Pamintuan | Andy Jao | Aiyana Perlas | Eric Reyes | Denise Tan | ||||
| Game 7 | Charlie Cuna | Joaquin Henson and Norman Black | Carlo Pamintuan | Ryan Gregorio | Belle Gregorio | Mikee Reyes | Allan Gregorio | Bea Escudero | |||