2015 PBA Governors' Cup

2015 PBA Governors' Cup
2015 PBA Governors' Cup
Duration	May 5 – July 17, 2015
TV partner(s)	Local: ; Sports5 ; TV5 ; AksyonTV ; Fox Sports ; International: ; AksyonTV International
Finals
Champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	Alaska Aces
Awards
Best Player	June Mar Fajardo ; (San Miguel Beermen)
Best Import	Romeo Travis ; (Alaska Aces)
Finals MVP	June Mar Fajardo ; (San Miguel Beermen)
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DurationMay 5 – July 17, 2015

TV partner(s)Local:
Sports5
TV5
AksyonTV
Fox Sports
International:
AksyonTV International

ChampionsSan Miguel Beermen

Runners-upAlaska Aces

The 2015 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2015 PLDT Home TVolution-PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the 2014–15 PBA season. The tournament began on May 5, 2015 and ended on July 17, 2015. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) for the top eight teams of combined results of the Philippine Cup and Commissioner's Cup, while the bottom four teams will be allowed to hire imports with no height limit.^[1] The teams were allowed to hire an additional Asian import with a height limit of 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m).^[2]

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Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^[a]	—
3	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636^[b]	1
4	GlobalPort Batang Pier	7	4	.636^[b]	1
5	Star Hotshots	6	5	.545^[c]	2	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Barako Bull Energy	6	5	.545^[c]	2
7	Meralco Bolts	5	6	.455^[d]	3
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455^[d]	3
9	Kia Carnival	5	6	.455^[d]	3
10	TNT KaTropa	5	6	.455^[d]	3
11	NLEX Road Warriors	3	8	.273	5
12	Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	7

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Alaska	BW	BGSM	ROS	TNT	SH	NLEX	KIA	MER	BBE	SMB	GP
Barako Bull	NLEX	BW	TNT	MER	SMB	ROS	GP	KIA	ALA	BGSM	SH
Barangay Ginebra	ALA	TNT	KIA	BW	ROS	SMB	GP	SH	MER	BBE	NLEX
Blackwater	ALA	GP	BBE	BGSM	KIA	MER	ROS	TNT	SMB	NLEX	SH
GlobalPort	MER	BW	SH	SMB	ROS	TNT	BGSM	BBE	NLEX	KIA	ALA
Kia	SMB	BGSM	NLEX	BW	SH	ALA	BBE	GP	ROS	TNT	MER
Meralco	GP	SMB	NLEX	SH	BBE	BW	TNT	ALA	BGSM	ROS	KIA
NLEX	BBE	SH	MER	KIA	TNT	ALA	SMB	ROS	GP	BW	BGSM
Rain or Shine	SMB	ALA	GP	BGSM	BBE	BW	TNT	NLEX	SH	KIA	MER
San Miguel	KIA	MER	ROS	GP	SH	BBE	BGSM	NLEX	TNT	BW	ALA
Star	NLEX	GP	MER	SMB	ALA	KIA	BGSM	ROS	TNT	BBE	BW
Talk 'N Text	BGSM	BBE	ALA	NLEX	GP	MER	ROS	SMB	BW	SH	KIA

Team	BBE	BGSM	BW	GP	Kia	MER	NLEX	ROS	SMB	SH	TNT
Alaska	101–95	108–99	106–80	104–117*	101–63	89–75	102–113	94–93	82–77	92–86	103–104
Barako Bull		98–120	105–90	123–114	68–71	105–99	101–96	112–103	113–116	89–117	100–87
Brgy. Ginebra			77–83	111–108*	105–98	99–102	110–107	93–81	85–100	82–89	91–95
Blackwater				76–100	76–83**	72–87	89–102*	85–123	83–115	82–87	91–98
GlobalPort					102–94	92–73	108–80	112–119	102–124	91–89	123–120
Kia						88–85	85–82	90–94	83–78	80–89	85–94
Meralco							84–91	89–96	106–95*	83–81	119–85
NLEX								102–106	92–96	85–89	89–108
Rain or Shine									91–104	103–88	88–73
San Miguel										100–89	101–96
Star											105–93
Talk 'N Text


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice to beat)

1	Alaska		114

8	Ginebra		108
				1	Alaska	3
(#4 twice to beat)
				5	Star	0
4	GlobalPort	73	94

5	Star	126	101
							1	Alaska	0
(#2 twice to beat)
							2	San Miguel	4
2	San Miguel	99	102

7	Meralco	106	86
				2	San Miguel	3
(#3 twice to beat)
				3	Rain or Shine	1
3	Rain or Shine		134**

6	Barako Bull		132

Week	Player	Ref.
May 5–10	JC Intal (Barako Bull Energy)	^[4]
May 11–17	Dylan Ababou (Barako Bull Energy)	^[5]
May 18–24	Joseph Yeo (Barako Bull Energy)	^[6]
May 25–31	RR Garcia (Barako Bull Energy)	^[7]
June 1–7	Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)	^[8]
June 8–14	Terrence Romeo (GlobalPort Batang Pier)	^[9]
June 15–21	Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)	^[10]
June 22–28	Peter June Simon (Star Hotshots)	^[11]
June 29 – July 5	Vic Manuel (Alaska Aces)	^[12]

2015 PBA Governors' Cup

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Results

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) Alaska vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra

(2) San Miguel vs. (7) Meralco

(3) Rain or Shine vs. (6) Barako Bull

(4) GlobalPort vs. (5) Star

Semifinals

(1) Alaska vs. (5) Star

(2) San Miguel vs. (3) Rain or Shine

Finals

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

Imports

Import handicapping

References

Related Articles

Alaska Aces 114, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 108
Alaska wins series in one game

San Miguel Beermen 102, Meralco Bolts 86
San Miguel wins series in two games

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 134, Barako Bull Energy 132 (2OT)
Rain or Shine wins series in one game

GlobalPort Batang Pier 94, Star Hotshots 101
Star wins series in two games

Alaska Aces 82, Star Hotshots 77
Alaska wins series, 3–0

San Miguel Beermen 117, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 110
San Miguel wins series, 3–1

Alaska Aces 81, San Miguel Beermen 91
San Miguel wins series, 4–0

Team	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Alaska Aces	Romeo Travis	May 5 (vs. Blackwater)	July 17 (vs. San Miguel)	12–7
Barako Bull Energy	Liam McMorrow	May 6 (vs. NLEX)	June 27 (vs. Rain or Shine)	6–6
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Orlando Johnson	May 8 (vs. Alaska)	June 26 (vs. Alaska)	5–7
	Sanchir Tungalag*	May 8 (vs. Alaska)	May 31 (vs. San Miguel)	2–4
	Kim Jiwan*	June 3 (vs. GlobalPort)	June 26 (vs. Alaska)	3–3
Blackwater Elite	Marcus Douthit	May 5 (vs. Alaska)	June 3 (vs. Rain or Shine)	1–6
Blackwater Elite	Marcus Cousin	June 12 (vs. Talk 'N Text)	June 23 (vs. Star)	0–4
GlobalPort Batang Pier	Patrick O'Bryant	May 5 (vs. Meralco)	May 8 (vs. Blackwater)	2–0
	Steven Thomas	May 12 (vs. Star)	May 17 (vs. San Miguel)	1–1
	Jarrid Famous	May 22 (vs. Rain or Shine)	June 28 (vs. Star)	4–5
	Omar Krayem*	May 5 (vs. Meralco)	June 28 (vs. Star)	7–6
Kia Carnival	Hamady N'Diaye	May 6 (vs. San Miguel)	June 24 (vs. Meralco)	5–6
Kia Carnival	Chang Tsung-hsien*	May 6 (vs. San Miguel)	June 24 (vs. Meralco)	5–6
Meralco Bolts	Andre Emmett	May 5 (vs. GlobalPort)	June 29 (vs. San Miguel)	6–7
Meralco Bolts	Seiya Ando*	May 13 (vs. NLEX)	June 29 (vs. San Miguel)	5–6
NLEX Road Warriors	Kwame Alexander	May 6 (vs. Barako Bull)	June 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	3–8
NLEX Road Warriors	Michael Madanly*	May 6 (vs. Barako Bull)	June 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	3–8
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Wendell McKines	May 12 (vs. San Miguel)	July 8 (vs. San Miguel)	9–7
San Miguel Beermen	Arizona Reid	May 6 (vs. Kia)	July 17 (vs. Alaska)	16–5
Star Hotshots	Marqus Blakely	May 9 (vs. NLEX)	July 5 (vs. Alaska)	9–8
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	Steffphon Pettigrew	May 10 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	June 19 (vs. Kia)	5–6
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	Sam Daghles*	May 10 (vs. Barangay Ginerba)	June 19 (vs. Kia)	5–6

#	Team	Philippine Cup	Commissioner's Cup	Total	Import height limit
1	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	1.8	0.4	2.2	6'5"
2	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	2.4	0.8	3.2
3	Alaska Aces	1.2	2.4	3.6
4	San Miguel Beermen	0.6	3.6	4.2
5	Purefoods Star Hotshots	4.2	1.2	5.4
6	Meralco Bolts	3.6	2.0	5.6
7	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	3.0	3.2	6.2
8	NLEX Road Warriors	6.0	1.6	7.6
9	Barako Bull Energy	5.4	2.8	8.2	Unlimited height
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4.8	4.0	8.8
11	Kia Sorento/Carnival	6.6	4.4	11.0
12	Blackwater Elite	7.2	4.8	12.0