The 2012Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup was the second conference of the 2011–12 PBA season. The tournament began on February 10 and ended on May 6, 2012. The tournament is an import-laden format, which means that a team may sign an import or a pure-foreign player for each team with no height limit.
Format
The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:[1]
Single round-robin eliminations; 9 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. In case of tie, playoffs will be held only for the #2 and #6 seeds.
The top two teams after the elimination round will automatically advance to the semifinals.
The next four teams will play in a best of three quarterfinals series for the two last berths in the semifinals. Matchups are:
QF1: #3 team vs. #6 team
QF2: #4 team vs. #5 team
The winners of the quarterfinals will challenge the top two teams in a best-of-five semifinals series. Matchups are:
SF1: #1 vs. QF2
SF2: #2 vs. QF1
The winners in the semifinals advance to the best-of-seven finals.
Source: [citation needed] Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win. Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
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.
