2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup

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2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup
DurationMarch 5 – May 15, 2014
TV partner(s)Sports5
Local: TV5
International : AksyonTV International, Fox Sports
Finals
ChampionsSan Mig Super Coffee Mixers
Runners-upTalk 'N Text Tropang Texters
Awards
Best PlayerJayson Castro
(Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
Best ImportRichard Howell
(Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
Finals MVPJames 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

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 9 0 1.000 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 7 2 .778 2
3 Alaska Aces 6 3 .667 3 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 4 .556[a] 4
5 Meralco Bolts 5 4 .556[a] 4
6 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 4 5 .444 5
7 Air21 Express 3 6 .333[b] 6 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 3 6 .333[b] 6
9 Barako Bull Energy 2 7 .222 7
10 GlobalPort Batang Pier 1 8 .111 8
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Meralco
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Air21 1–0 Barangay Ginebra

Schedule

Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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Results

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Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-5)		Finals
(Best-of-5)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1Talk 'N Text97
8Barangay Ginebra84
1Talk 'N Text3
(Best-of-3)
4Rain or Shine0
4Rain or Shine2
5Meralco1
1Talk 'N Text1
(#2 twice-to-beat)
6San Mig Coffee3
2San Miguel7995
7Air2192101**
7Air212
(Best-of-3)
6San Mig Coffee3
3Alaska1
6San Mig Coffee2
**double overtime
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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

April 25
San Miguel Beermen 95, Air21 Express 101 (2OT)
Air21 wins series in two games

Alaska-San Mig Super Coffee series

April 26
Alaska Aces 65, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 79
San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 2–1

Rain or Shine-Meralco series

April 26
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 97, Meralco Bolts 96 (OT)
Rain or Shine wins series, 2–1

Semifinals

Talk 'N Text-Rain or Shine series

San Mig Super Coffee-Air21 series

May 7
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 99, Air21 Express 83
San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 3–2

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

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.

Team Name Debuted Last game Record
Air21 Express Hervé Lamizana March 5 (vs. GlobalPort) March 17 (vs. Alaska) 2–2
Wesley Witherspoon March 23 (vs. Meralco) May 7 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee) 5–7
Alaska Aces Robert Dozier March 5 (vs. Talk 'N Text) April 26 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee) 7–5
Barako Bull Energy Josh Dollard March 7 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) April 13 (vs. GlobalPort) 2–7
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Leon Rodgers March 7 (vs. Barako Bull) March 26 (vs. Air21) 2–4
Josh Powell April 2 (vs. Meralco) April 13 (vs. Alaska) 1–1
Gabe Freeman [8] April 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) April 22 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 0–2
GlobalPort Batang Pier Evan Brock March 5 (vs. Air21) April 13 (vs. Barako Bull) 1–8
Meralco Bolts Brian Butch March 7 (vs. San Miguel) March 26 (vs. Rain or Shine) 3–3
Darnell Jackson April 2 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) April 26 (vs. Rain or Shine) 3–3
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Alexander McLean March 9 (vs. Barako Bull) March 26 (vs. Meralco) 2–3
Wayne Chism March 31 (vs. GlobalPort) May 2 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 5–5
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers James Mays March 12 (vs. GlobalPort) May 15 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 12–7
No Import April 14 (vs. Meralco) 0–2
San Miguel Beermen Josh Boone March 7 (vs. Meralco) March 9 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) 2–0
Kevin Jones March 14 (vs. Talk 'N Text) April 25 (vs. Air21) 5–4
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Richard Howell March 5 (vs. Alaska) May 15 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee) 13–3
No Import April 11 (vs. GlobalPort) 1–0

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2013-12-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ SOLID START Archived 2014-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, March 11, 2014
  3. ^ FEARLESS ROOKIE Archived 2014-03-17 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, March 17, 2014
  4. ^ TNT’S ROCK Archived 2014-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, March 25, 2014
  5. ^ “LEE-THAL” PERFORMANCE Archived 2014-04-24 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, April 21, 2014
  6. ^ AWESOME TWOSOME Archived 2014-04-29 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, April 28, 2014
  7. ^ ‘ENERGIZER’ SHOOTS LIGHTS OUT IN SEMIS Archived 2014-05-12 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, May 5, 2014
  8. ^ Badua, Snow. "Ginebra bringing in Gabe Freeman in bid to salvage campaign after Josh Powell exit". SPIN.ph. Archived from the original on 2014-04-15. Retrieved 14 April 2014.

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