2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup
| 2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup | |
|---|---|
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| Duration | March 5, 2014 - May 15, 2014 |
| TV partner(s) |
Sports5 Local: TV5 International : AksyonTV International, Fox Sports |
| Finals | |
| Champions | San Mig Super Coffee Mixers |
| Runners-up | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |
| Awards | |
| Best Player |
Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |
| Best Import |
Richard Howell (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |
| Finals MVP |
James Yap (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers) |
| PBA Commissioner's Cup chronology | |
| PBA conference chronology | |
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]
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
y – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals, x – clinched best-of-3 quarterfinals, w – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals, e – eliminated
| 2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup | |||||||
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| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Tie | |
| 1 | y–Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | – | ||
| 2 | y–San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2 | ||
| 3 | x–Alaska Aces | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3 | ||
| 4 | x–Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4 | 1.22 | |
| 5 | x–Meralco Bolts | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4 | 0.82 | |
| 6 | x–San Mig Super Coffee Mixers | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5 | ||
| 7 | w–Air21 Express | 3 | 6 | .333 | 6 | 1.02 | |
| 8 | w–Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 3 | 6 | .333 | 6 | 0.98 | |
| 9 | e–Barako Bull Energy | 2 | 7 | .222 | 7 | ||
| 10 | e–GlobalPort Batang Pier | 1 | 8 | .111 | 8 | ||
Schedule
| Teams | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air21 | GP | TNT | BBE | ALA | MER | BGSM | SMSC | ROS | SMB |
| Alaska | TNT | GP | MER | ROS | A21 | SMB | BBE | BGSM | SMSC |
| Barako Bull | BGSM | ROS | A21 | TNT | SMB | SMSC | ALA | MER | GP |
| Brgy. Ginebra | BBE | SMB | SMSC | GP | TNT | A21 | MER | ALA | ROS |
| GlobalPort | A21 | ALA | SMSC | MER | BGSM | SMB | ROS | TNT | BBE |
| Meralco | SMB | ALA | GP | TNT | A21 | ROS | BGSM | BBE | SMSC |
| Rain or Shine | BBE | ALA | SMB | SMSC | MER | GP | TNT | A21 | BGSM |
| San Miguel | MER | BGSM | TNT | ROS | BBE | GP | ALA | SMSC | A21 |
| San Mig Super Coffee | GP | BGSM | ROS | BBE | TNT | A21 | SMB | MER | ALA |
| Talk 'N Text | ALA | A21 | SMB | BBE | MER | BGSM | SMSC | ROS | GP |
Win
Loss
Results
| 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 | |
| Brgy. 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Win
OT Win
Loss
OT Loss
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals (Best-of-5) |
Finals (Best-of-5) | ||||||||||||
| (#1 twice to beat) | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Talk 'N Text | 97 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Talk 'N Text | 3 | ||||||||||||
| (Best-of-3) | 4 | Rain or Shine | 0 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Rain or Shine | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Meralco | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Talk 'N Text | 1 | ||||||||||||
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | 6 | San Mig Coffee | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | San Miguel | 79 | 95 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Air21 | 92 | 101** | |||||||||||
| 7 | Air21 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| (Best-of-3) | 6 | San Mig Coffee | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Alaska | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | San Mig Coffee | 2 | ||||||||||||
**double overtime
Quarterfinals
Talk 'N Text vs. Barangay Ginebra
April 22 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 97, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 84 | ||
| Talk 'N Text wins series in one game |
San Miguel vs. Air21
Alaska-San Mig Super Coffee series
Rain or Shine-Meralco series
Semifinals
Talk 'N Text-Rain or Shine series
May 2 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 99, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 91 | ||
| Talk 'N Text wins series, 3–0 |
San Mig Super Coffee-Air21 series
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
- Best Player of the Conference: Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
- Best Import of the Conference: Richard Howell (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
- Finals MVP: James Yap (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers)
Players of the Week
| 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] |
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.
References
- ↑ http://pba.inquirer.net/
- ↑ SOLID START, PBA.inquirer.net, March 11, 2014
- ↑ FEARLESS ROOKIE, PBA.inquirer.net, March 17, 2014
- ↑ TNT’S ROCK, PBA.inquirer.net, March 25, 2014
- ↑ “LEE-THAL” PERFORMANCE, PBA.inquirer.net, April 21, 2014
- ↑ AWESOME TWOSOME, PBA.inquirer.net, April 28, 2014
- ↑ ‘ENERGIZER’ SHOOTS LIGHTS OUT IN SEMIS, PBA.inquirer.net, May 5, 2014
- ↑ Badua, Snow. "Ginebra bringing in Gabe Freeman in bid to salvage campaign after Josh Powell exit". SPIN.ph. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
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