2014–15 Meralco Bolts season

2014–15 Meralco Bolts season
Head coach Norman Black
Owner(s) Manila Electric Company
(an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record 6–5
(.545)
Place 6th
Playoff finish Quarterfinalist(Lost to Alaska in the 2nd round)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record 6–5
(.545)
Place 5th
Playoff finish Semifinalist
(Lost to Rain or Shine, 0-3)
Governors' Cup results
Record 5–6
(.455)
Place 7th
Playoff finish Quarterfinalist
(Lost to San Miguel in two games with twice-to-win disadvantage
Meralco Bolts seasons
2013–14

The 2014–15 Meralco Bolts season is the 5th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

Draft picks

Main article: 2014 PBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
no draft picks

Roster

Meralco Bolts roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 1 Philippines Atkins, Simon 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988-07-19 La Salle
G 5 Philippines Reyes, Jai (IN) 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1987-02-25 Ateneo
F/C 7 United States Hodge, Cliff 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1988-02-03 Reedley
F 9 Canada Anthony, Sean 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1986-01-26 McGill
F/C 10 Philippines Ildefonso, Danny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1976-12-08 NU
G 11 United States Cortez, Mike 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1980-11-10 La Salle
G 13 Philippines Buenafe, Ryan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1990-02-01 Ateneo
F/C 15 Philippines Sena, James 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 226 lb (103 kg) 1988-08-31 JRU
G 17 Philippines Caram, Anjo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 159 lb (72 kg) 1991-01-14 San Beda
F 20 United States Dillinger, Jared (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1984-01-06 Hawaii
F/C 21 Philippines Hugnatan, Reynel 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1978-11-03 UM
F 22 Philippines Ferriols, John 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1974-09-09 San Jose-Recoletos
F/C 23 United States Nabong, Kelly 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1988-11-17 SRJC
G/F 24 Philippines Guevarra, Rey 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986-11-24 Letran
G 28 Philippines David, Gary 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1978-07-13 Lyceum
G/F 80 Philippines Macapagal, Mark (IN) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1979-09-20 San Sebastian
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

{{2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=MER}}

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
# 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

Playoffs

Bracket

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-5)		     Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#1 twice to beat)                        
  1  Rain or Shine 92    
  8  Barangay Ginebra 91    
            1  Rain or Shine 3    
    (Best-of-3)       5  Meralco 0  
  4  NLEX 0  
  5  Meralco 2    
    1  Rain or Shine 3
    (#2 twice-to-beat)     2  Talk 'N Text 4
  2  Talk 'N Text 127    
  7  Barako Bull 97    
            2  Talk 'N Text 3
    (Best-of-3)     3  Purefoods Star 1    
  3  Purefoods Star 2  
  6  Alaska 0    


Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

September 12, 2014[3] To Blackwater
Sunday Salvacion
Jason Ballesteros
(from Meralco)		 To Meralco
Sean Anthony
(from NLEX via Blackwater)		 To NLEX
Juneric Baloria
2016 & 2017 2nd round draft picks (from Blackwater)

Recruited imports

Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record
Commissioner's Cup Josh Davis January 27 (vs Barangay Ginebra) April 5 (vs Rain or Shine) 8–7
No Import April 7 (vs Rain or Shine) 0–1
Governors' Cup Andre Emmett May 5 (vs GlobalPort) June 29 (vs San Miguel) 6–7
Japan Seiya Ando* May 13 (vs NLEX) June 29 (vs San Miguel) 5–6

(* Asian import)

References

  1. ↑ Norman Black moves to Meralco, Jong Uichico to take over Talk ‘N Text as MVP group shuffles coaches, Interaksyon.com, July 9, 2014
  2. ↑ Former Alaska coach Luigi Trillo set to join Norman Black at Meralco, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, July 26, 2014
  3. ↑ http://www.dugout.ph/2014/09/anthony-to-meralco-baloria-to-nlex-in-three-team-pba-transfer.html


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