2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season

2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season
2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season
Head coach	Boyet Fernandez
Owner(s)	Metro Pacific Investments Corporation; (an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	4–7 ; (36.4%)
Place	10th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist ; (lost to Alaska in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	6–5 ; (54.5%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist ; (lost to Meralco Bolts in two games)
Governors' Cup results
Record	3–8 ; (27.3%)
Place	11th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
NLEX Road Warriors seasons
	2015–16 →

The 2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season was the first season of the franchise (after buying Air21) in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	4	Matthew Ganuelas	G	Philippines	NLEX (D-League)	CSPU

Roster

2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	3	Cardona, Mark	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1981-11-13	De La Salle
G/F	4	Wilson, John	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1987-01-18	José Rizal
G	8	Raymundo, John	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1989-05-30	San Sebastian
F	9	Canaleta, Niño	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1982-02-12	UE
G	10	Lingganay, Rudy	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1986-08-15	UE
G	11	Villanueva, Jonas	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1983-03-31	Far Eastern
F	13	Camson, Eric	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	1990-06-12	Adamson
F/C	14	Villanueva, Enrico	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1980-06-23	Ateneo
F	16	Borboran, Mark	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1981-11-20	UE
F/C	17	Ramos, Aldrech	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1988-04-03	Far Eastern
F	18	Apinan, Jeckster (R)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1987-01-09	José Rizal
G	19	Arboleda, Wynne	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1976-11-28	MLQU
G	23	Baloria, Juneric (R/IN)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1990-07-03	UPHSD
F	26	Arboleda, Harold (R)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1990-09-05	UPHSD
C	88	Taulava, Asi (C)	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1973-03-02	BYU–Hawaii

Head coach

Boyet Fernandez (CSA–Bacolod)

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Ronald Dulatre

Legend

(C) Team captain
(CI) Commissioner's Cup Import
(GI) Governors' Cup Import
(EI) EASL Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Advance to semifinals
3	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^[b]	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4	TNT Tropang Texters	8	3	.727^[b]	1
5	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^[c]	3
6	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545^[c]	3
7	Purefoods Star Hotshots	6	5	.545^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4
9	Barako Bull Energy	4	7	.364^[d]	5
10	NLEX Road Warriors	4	7	.364^[d]	5
11	Kia Sorento	1	10	.091	8
12	Blackwater Elite	0	11	.000	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Rain or Shine
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 NLEX

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals (1st phase)			Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (single elimination)			Semifinals (best-of-7)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#3 twice to beat)

3	Alaska	82
						2	Rain or Shine	2
10	NLEX	78
			3	Alaska	87	3	Alaska	4
(#6 twice to beat)
			6	Meralco	69
6	Meralco	77
									3	Alaska	3
7	Purefoods Star	65
									1	Barangay Ginebra	4
(#4 twice to beat)

4	Talk 'N Text	105
						1	Barangay Ginebra	4
9	Barako Bull	76
			4	Barangay Ginebra	97	4	San Miguel	0
(#5 twice to beat)
			5	Talk N' Text	83
5	Barangay Ginebra	95

8	GlobalPort	78

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Purefoods Star Hotshots	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545^[b]	2
5	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545^[b]	2
6	Alaska Aces	5	6	.455^[c]	3
7	Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	San Miguel Beermen	4	7	.364^[d]	4
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364^[d]	4
11	Kia Carnival	4	7	.364^[d]	4
12	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	5

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

Game log

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

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

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

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 GlobalPort
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Star
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.13, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Kia 0.95, Talk 'N Text 0.93

Bracket


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

*Game went into overtime^[a]

^a The number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime(s) occurred.

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
Commissioner's Cup	Al Thornton	February 3 (vs Rain or Shine)	March 29 (vs Meralco)	6–7
Governors' Cup	Kwame Alexander	May 6 (vs Barako Bull)	June 24 (vs Barangay Ginebra)	3–8
Governors' Cup	Michael Madanly*	May 6 (vs Barako Bull)	June 24 (vs Barangay Ginebra)	3–8

(* Asian import)

References

^ NLEX busy on trading floor; Yeo to Ginebra, Inquirer.net, July 25, 2014
^ "Anthony to Meralco, Baloria to NLEX in three-team PBA transfer".
^ Texters bag J-Wash, Ganuelas, Inquirer.net, September 22, 2014.
^ [1], 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

[table_hth_ROS0.92211262039939-1] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Rain or Shine

[table_hth_ALA0.92211262039939-2] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text

[table_hth_BGSM0.92211262039939-3] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89

[table_hth_BAR0.92211262039939-4] Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 NLEX

[table_hth_ROS0.66474326311832-5] Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969

[table_hth_MER0.66474326311832-6] Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco

[table_hth_ALA0.66474326311832-7] Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960

[table_hth_GP0.66474326311832-8] Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

[table_hth_ALA0.63093848835255-9] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel

[table_hth_GP0.63093848835255-10] Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 GlobalPort

[table_hth_BAR0.63093848835255-11] Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Star

[table_hth_BGSM0.63093848835255-12] Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.13, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Kia 0.95, Talk 'N Text 0.93

[13] NLEX busy on trading floor; Yeo to Ginebra, Inquirer.net, July 25, 2014

[14] "Anthony to Meralco, Baloria to NLEX in three-team PBA transfer".

[15] Texters bag J-Wash, Ganuelas, Inquirer.net, September 22, 2014.

[16] [1], Inquirer.net, October 4, 2014

[17] Alas heads to TnT in 3-team trade deal philstar.com, retrieved October 9, 2014

[18] Kia receives Eliud Poligrates, sends NLEX Rudy Lingganay, Adrian Dy, SLAM Philippines, November 28, 2014

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