2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season
| 2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Head coach | Boyet Fernandez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner(s) | Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (an MVP group subsidiary) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season is the first season of the franchise (after buying Air21) in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates
- August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft will take place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
Draft picks
Main article: 2014 PBA draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
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| 1 | 4 | Matthew Ganuelas | G |  Philippines |
NLEX (D-League) | CSPU |
Roster
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Philippine Cup
Eliminations
Standings
{{2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=NLEX}}
Playoffs
Bracket
| Quarterfinals (1st phase) | Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (One-game playoff) |
Semifinals (Best-of-7) |
Finals (Best-of-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| (#3 twice to beat) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Alaska | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | NLEX | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Alaska | 87 | |||||||||||||||||
| (#6 twice to beat) | 6 | Meralco | 69 | 3 | Alaska | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Meralco | 77 | 2 | Rain or Shine | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Purefoods Star | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Alaska | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| (#4 twice to beat) | 1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Talk 'N Text | 105 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Barako Bull | 76 | 1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Talk 'N Text | 83 | 4 | Talk 'N Text | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| (#5 twice to beat) | 5 | Barangay Ginebra | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Barangay Ginebra | 95 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | GlobalPort | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
Commissioner's Cup
Eliminations
Standings
y – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals, x – clinched best-of-3 quarterfinals, w – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals, e – eliminated
| 2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup | |||||||
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| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Tie | |
| 1 | y–Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | 1.025 | |
| 2 | y–Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | 1.010 | |
| 3 | x–Purefoods Star Hotshots | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | 0.969 | |
| 4 | x–NLEX Road Warriors | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | 1.171 | |
| 5 | x–Meralco Bolts | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | 0.854 | |
| 6 | x–Alaska Aces | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | 1.021 | |
| 7 | w–Barako Bull Energy | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | 1.019 | |
| 8 | w–Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | 0.960 | |
| 9 | e–San Miguel Beermen | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | 1.011 | |
| 10 | e–GlobalPort Batang Pier | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | 0.995 | |
| 11 | e–Kia Carnival | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | 0.994 | |
| 12 | e–Blackwater Elite | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5 | ||
Game log
Transactions
Trades
Pre-season
| July 25, 2014[1] |
To NLEX 2015 1st round pick |
To San Miguel 2016 2nd round pick |
| September 12, 2014[2] | To NLEX Juneric Baloria 2016 & 2017 2nd round picks (from Blackwater) |
To Blackwater Sunday Salvacion Jason Ballesteros (from Meralco) |
To Meralco Sean Anthony (from NLEX via Blackwater) |
| September 22, 2014[3] | To NLEX Harold Arboleda and 2018 2nd round pick (from Talk 'n Text via Globalport) 2016 2nd round pick (from Ginebra via GlobalPort) |
To GlobalPort Nonoy Baclao and 2017 1st round pick (from Talk 'n Text) |
To Talk 'N Text Jay Washington (from GlobalPort) Matt Ganuelas (from NLEX via GlobalPort) |
| October 4, 2014[4] | To NLEX Kevin Alas |
To Rain or Shine 2015 1st round pick |
| October 9, 2014[5] | To NLEX Niño Canaleta (from Talk 'N Text via Blackwater) |
To Blackwater Larry Rodriguez 2015 1st round pick (from Talk 'N Text) |
To Talk 'N Text Kevin Alas (from NLEX) 2015 1st round pick (from Blackwater) |
Philippine Cup
| November 27, 2014[6] |
To NLEX Rudy Lingganay |
To Kia Eliud Poligrates |
Recruited imports
| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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| Commissioner's Cup | Al Thornton | February 3 (vs Rain or Shine) | ||
| Governors' Cup |
References
- ↑ NLEX busy on trading floor; Yeo to Ginebra, Inquirer.net, July 25, 2014
- ↑ http://www.dugout.ph/2014/09/anthony-to-meralco-baloria-to-nlex-in-three-team-pba-transfer.html
- ↑ Texters bag J-Wash, Ganuelas, Inquirer.net, September 22, 2014.
- ↑ , Inquirer.net, October 4, 2014
- ↑ Alas heads to TnT in 3-team trade deal philstar.com, retrieved October 9, 2014
- ↑ Kia receives Eliud Poligrates, sends NLEX Rudy Lingganay, Adrian Dy, SLAM Philippines, November 28, 2014
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