2014–15 Alaska Aces season
Appearance
2014-15 Alaska Aces (PBA) season | |
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Head coach | Alex Compton |
Owner(s) | Alaska Milk Corporation |
Philippine Cup results | |
Record | 8–3 (72.7%) |
Place | 3rd |
Playoff finish | Runner-up vs. San Miguel 3-4 |
Commissioner's Cup results | |
Record | 5–6 (45.5%) |
Place | 6th |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinalist (Lost to Purefoods Star in two games) |
Governors' Cup results | |
Record | 8–3 (72.7%) |
Place | 1st |
Playoff finish | Runner-up vs. San Miguel 0-4 |
Alaska Aces (PBA) seasons | |
The 2014–15 Alaska Aces season was the 29th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates
2014
- 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 |
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1 | 5 | Chris Banchero | G | United States | Boracay Rum Waves | SPU |
2 | 1 | Rome Dela Rosa | F | Philippines | NLEX (D-League) | SBC |
2 | 4 | Junjun Alas | C | Philippines | Café France Bakers | Letran |
Roster
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- a also serves as Alaska's board governor.
Philippine Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818[a] | — | Advance to semifinals |
2 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 2 | .818[a] | — | |
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:
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Game log
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2014–15 schedule |
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 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
(#4 twice to beat) | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Talk 'N Text | 105 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Barako Bull | 76 | ||||||||||||||||
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
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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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] | — | |
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 | |
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
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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 | |||||||||||
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5 | Meralco | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | NLEX | 0 | |||||||||||
5 | Meralco | 2 | |||||||||||
1 | Rain or Shine | 3 | |||||||||||
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2 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | |||||||||||
2 | Talk 'N Text | 127 | |||||||||||
7 | Barako Bull | 97 | |||||||||||
2 | Talk 'N Text | 3 | |||||||||||
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3 | Purefoods Star | 1 | |||||||||||
3 | Purefoods Star | 2 | |||||||||||
6 | Alaska | 0 | |||||||||||
Governors' Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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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
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Bracket
Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
(#1 twice to beat) | ||||||||||||||
1 | Alaska | 114 | ||||||||||||
8 | Ginebra | 108 | ||||||||||||
1 | Alaska | 3 | ||||||||||||
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5 | Star | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | GlobalPort | 73 | 94 | |||||||||||
5 | Star | 126 | 101 | |||||||||||
1 | Alaska | 0 | ||||||||||||
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2 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 | San Miguel | 99 | 102 | |||||||||||
7 | Meralco | 106 | 86 | |||||||||||
2 | San Miguel | 3 | ||||||||||||
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3 | Rain or Shine | 1 | ||||||||||||
3 | Rain or Shine | 134** | ||||||||||||
6 | Barako Bull | 132 | ||||||||||||
a The number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime(s) occurred.
Game log
Transactions
Trades
Pre-draft
August 11, 2014[1] |
To Alaska Eric Menk |
To GlobalPort 2014 second round picks (Prince Caperal, 17th overall) (John Pinto, 19th overall) |
Commissioner's Cup
March 14, 2015[2] |
To Alaska Nonoy Baclao Globalport's 2017 first round pick |
To GlobalPort Gabby Espinas Alaska's 2017 first round pick |
Recruited imports
Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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Commissioner's Cup | D.J. Covington | February 3 (vs Purefoods) | February 17 (vs San Miguel) | 2–2 |
Damion James | February 20 (vs Rain or Shine) | March 27 (vs Purefoods, Semifinals) | 3–6 | |
Governors' Cup | Romeo Travis | May 5 (vs Blackwater) | July 17 (vs San Miguel, Finals) | 12–7 |
References
- ^ Alaska acquires Eric Menk from GlobalPort for 2nd round picks, Solar Sports Desk, August 12, 2014 Archived February 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Alaska trades Gabby Espinas to GlobalPort for Noy Baclao Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, March 14, 2015