2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup

Second conference of the 2013–14 PBA season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2014 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2014 PLDT Home TVolution-PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second conference of the 2013–14 PBA season. The tournament started on March 5, 2014, and finished on May 15, 2014. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'11" for the bottom two of the last conference, and a limit of 6'9" for other teams.[1]

DurationMarch 5 – May 15, 2014
TV partner(s)Sports5
Local: TV5
International : AksyonTV International, Fox Sports
ChampionsSan Mig Super Coffee Mixers
Runners-upTalk 'N Text Tropang Texters
Quick facts Duration, TV partner(s) ...
2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup
DurationMarch 5 – May 15, 2014
TV partner(s)Sports5
Local: TV5
International : AksyonTV International, Fox Sports
Finals
ChampionsSan Mig Super Coffee Mixers
Runners-upTalk 'N Text Tropang Texters
Awards
Best PlayerJayson Castro
(Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
Best ImportRichard Howell
(Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
Finals MVPJames Yap
(San Mig Super Coffee Mixers)
PBA Commissioner's Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology
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Format

The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:

  • Single-round robin eliminations; 9 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, playoffs will be held only for the #2 and #8 seeds.
  • Quarterfinals:
    • QF1: #1 seed vs #8 seed (#1 seed twice-to-beat)
    • QF2: #2 seed vs #7 seed (#2 seed twice-to-beat)
    • QF3: #3 seed vs #6 seed (best-of-3 series)
    • QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed (best-of-3 series)
  • Semifinals (best-of-5 series):
    • SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
    • SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
  • Finals (best-of-5 series)
    • Winners of the semifinals

Elimination round

Team standings

More information Pos, W ...
Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 9 0 1.000 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 7 2 .778 2
3 Alaska Aces 6 3 .667 3 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 4 .556[a] 4
5 Meralco Bolts 5 4 .556[a] 4
6 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 4 5 .444 5
7 Air21 Express 3 6 .333[b] 6 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 3 6 .333[b] 6
9 Barako Bull Energy 2 7 .222 7
10 GlobalPort Batang Pier 1 8 .111 8
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Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Meralco
  2. [b]
    Head-to-head record: Air21 1–0 Barangay Ginebra

Schedule

More information Team ╲ Game, Air21 ...
Team ╲ Game123456789
Air21GPTNTBBEALAMERBGSMSMSCROSSMB
AlaskaTNTGPMERROSA21SMBBBEBGSMSMSC
Barako BullBGSMROSA21TNTSMBSMSCALAMERGP
Barangay GinebraBBESMBSMSCGPTNTA21MERALAROS
GlobalPortA21ALASMSCMERBGSMSMBROSTNTBBE
MeralcoSMBALAGPTNTA21ROSBGSMBBESMSC
Rain or ShineBBEALASMBSMSCMERGPTNTA21BGSM
San MiguelMERBGSMTNTROSBBEGPALASMSCA21
San Mig Super CoffeeGPBGSMROSBBETNTA21SMBMERALA
Talk 'N TextALAA21SMBBBEMERBGSMSMSCROSGP
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Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

More information Team, A21 ...
Team A21 ALA BBE BGSM GP MER ROS SMB SMSC TNT
Air21 78–88 103–85 97–95 83–78 98–109 82–87 85–93 84–97 91–95
Alaska — 78–71 83–73 93–77 76–85 78–92 89–78 85–66 72–85
Barako Bull — — 104–108* 96–98 98–105 110–106 100–106 92–90 96–101
Barangay Ginebra — — — 113–107 88–78 101–105* 96–112 80–90 87–94
GlobalPort — — — — 99–104 75–99 92–109 75–91 91–92
Meralco — — — — — 79–96 76–94 88–78 68–91
Rain or Shine — — — — — — 107–112 74–91 82–85
San Miguel — — — — — — — 97–88 99–107
San Mig Super Coffee — — — — — — — — 75–81
Talk 'N Text — — — — — — — — —
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Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-5)		Finals
(Best-of-5)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1Talk 'N Text97
8Barangay Ginebra84
1Talk 'N Text3
(Best-of-3)
4Rain or Shine0
4Rain or Shine2
5Meralco1
1Talk 'N Text1
(#2 twice-to-beat)
6San Mig Coffee3
2San Miguel7995
7Air2192101**
7Air212
(Best-of-3)
6San Mig Coffee3
3Alaska1
6San Mig Coffee2

**double overtime

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Quarterfinals

(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra

April 22
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 97, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 84
Talk 'N Text wins series in one game

(2) San Miguel vs. (7) Air21

April 25
San Miguel Beermen 95, Air21 Express 101 (2OT)
Air21 wins series in two games

(3) Alaska vs. (6) San Mig Super Coffee

April 26
Alaska Aces 65, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 79
San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 2–1

(4) Rain or Shine vs. (5) Meralco

April 26
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 97, Meralco Bolts 96 (OT)
Rain or Shine wins series, 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (4) Rain or Shine

(6) San Mig Super Coffee vs. (7) Air21

May 7
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 99, Air21 Express 83
San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 3–2

Finals

Main article: 2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals
May 15
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 91, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 100
San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 3–1

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

More information Week, Player ...
Week Player Ref.
March 5–9 Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) [2]
March 10–16 Ian Sangalang (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers) [3]
March 17–23 Ranidel de Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) [4]
April 14–20 Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) [5]
April 21–27 Asi Taulava (Air21 Express)
Sean Anthony (Air21 Express)		 [6]
April 28 – May 4 Ryan Reyes (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) [7]
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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.

More information Team, Name ...
TeamNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Air21 ExpressHervé LamizanaMarch 5 (vs. GlobalPort)March 17 (vs. Alaska)2–2
Wesley WitherspoonMarch 23 (vs. Meralco)May 7 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee)5–7
Alaska AcesRobert DozierMarch 5 (vs. Talk 'N Text)April 26 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee)7–5
Barako Bull EnergyJosh DollardMarch 7 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)April 13 (vs. GlobalPort)2–7
Barangay Ginebra San MiguelLeon RodgersMarch 7 (vs. Barako Bull)March 26 (vs. Air21)2–4
Josh PowellApril 2 (vs. Meralco)April 13 (vs. Alaska)1–1
Gabe Freeman [8]April 20 (vs. Rain or Shine)April 22 (vs. Talk 'N Text)0–2
GlobalPort Batang PierEvan BrockMarch 5 (vs. Air21)April 13 (vs. Barako Bull)1–8
Meralco BoltsBrian ButchMarch 7 (vs. San Miguel)March 26 (vs. Rain or Shine)3–3
Darnell JacksonApril 2 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)April 26 (vs. Rain or Shine)3–3
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersAlexander McLeanMarch 9 (vs. Barako Bull)March 26 (vs. Meralco)2–3
Wayne ChismMarch 31 (vs. GlobalPort)May 2 (vs. Talk 'N Text)5–5
San Mig Super Coffee MixersJames MaysMarch 12 (vs. GlobalPort)May 15 (vs. Talk 'N Text)12–7
No ImportApril 14 (vs. Meralco)0–2
San Miguel BeermenJosh BooneMarch 7 (vs. Meralco)March 9 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)2–0
Kevin JonesMarch 14 (vs. Talk 'N Text)April 25 (vs. Air21)5–4
Talk 'N Text Tropang TextersRichard HowellMarch 5 (vs. Alaska)May 15 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee)13–3
No ImportApril 11 (vs. GlobalPort)1–0
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