2013–14 PBA season

2013–14 PBA season
Duration	November 17, 2013 - present
Number of teams	10
TV partner/s	TV5 AksyonTV Fox Sports (Local) AksyonTV International (International)
Annual Draft
Conferences
Awards
Seasons
← 2012–13

The 2013–14 PBA season is the 39th season of the Philippine Basketball Association. The season formally opened on November 17, 2013. The league continued to use the three-conference format, starting with the Philippine Cup, or the traditional All-Filipino Conference. The Commissioner's Cup and the Governors' Cup will be the second and third conferences for this season.

Due to the Philippines' hosting of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship last August, the third conference of the previous season, the 2013 PBA Governors' Cup was rescheduled to start on August 13. Subsequently, the annual draft and the opening of the new season, which is usually held every last week of August and first week of October respectively since 2004, will be moved to November.

The first activity of the season is the 2013 PBA draft held on November 3.^[1]

Pre-season events

Player movement

Key transactions:

Notable occurrences

• The fifth PBA Hall of Fame ceremony was held during the opening ceremonies of the 2013−14 PBA season. This year's inductees includes players Benjie Paras, Ronnie Magsanoc, Lim Eng Beng and coach Ed Ocampo^[2]
• The PBA's developmental league held its first draft on September 19. Subsequently, the new D-League season began on October 24.^[3]
• Possible changes of the season calendar will be further discussed between the league and the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas for the preparation of the Philippines men's national basketball team for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, which is scheduled to be held in Spain from August 30 to September 14, 2014.^[4]
• Sports5 transferred the broadcast of the PBA games to their main network TV5. Also, Fox Sports will air live simulcasts of the Wednesday doubleheaders in English commentary, starting November 20, 2013.
• A replacement trophy for the Philippine Cup is expected to be commissioned after the Jun Bernardino Trophy was won by the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters when they won the tournament for the third consecutive year last season.

Coaching changes

• Junel Baculi is replaced by Richie Ticzon as head coach of the GlobalPort Batang Pier.^[5]

Opening ceremonies

The opening ceremonies for this season were held in three different locations, one each representing Luzon (Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City), Visayas (Cebu Coliseum), and Mindanao (USEP Gymnasium, Davao City), while the main ceremonies was held at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.^[6]

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:^[7]

2013–14 Philippine Cup

Notable events

• On January 13, 2014, San Miguel Corporation president Ramon S. Ang announced that the Petron Blaze Boosters will revert to its iconic name "San Miguel Beermen" starting in the 2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup.^[8]
• On January 29, 2014, GlobalPort owner Mikee Romero announced that interim coach Richie Ticzon will replaced by Pido Jarencio as head coach of GlobalPort Batang Pier starting next conference.^[9]

Elimination round

  y  – clinched quarterfinals with twice-to-beat advantage,   x  – clinched outright quarterfinals,   w  – clinched quarterfinals with twice-to-win disadvantage,   e  – eliminated

v t e 2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie	PO
1	y – Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	11	3	.786	—	1.155
2	y – Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	11	3	.786	—	0.866
3	x – Petron Blaze Boosters	10	4	.714	1
4	x – Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	6	.571	3
5	x – San Mig Super Coffee Mixers	7	7	.500	4
6	x – Barako Bull Energy	5	9	.357	6	1.058
7	w – GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	9	.357	6	1.011
8	w – Alaska Aces	5	9	.357	6	0.985
9	e – Meralco Bolts	5	9	.357	6	0.951
10	e – Air21 Express	3	11	.214	8

Playoffs

References

External links

• PBA.ph