2014_PBA_Commissioner's_Cup

2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup
2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Duration	March 5 – 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)
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2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup

Second conference of the 2013–14 PBA season

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]

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Pos	Team v t e	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	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Alaska Aces	6	3	.667	3	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	4	.556^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4
5	Meralco Bolts	5	4	.556^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4
6	San Mig Super Coffee Mixers	4	5	.444	5
7	Air21 Express	3	6	.333^{[lower-alpha 2]}	6	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	3	6	.333^{[lower-alpha 2]}	6	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Barako Bull Energy	2	7	.222	7
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	1	8	.111	8

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Air21 Express	GP	TNT	BBE	ALA	MER	BGSM	SMSC	ROS	SMB
Alaska Aces	TNT	GP	MER	ROS	A21	SMB	BBE	BGSM	SMSC
Barako Bull Energy	BGSM	ROS	A21	TNT	SMB	SMSC	ALA	MER	GP
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	BBE	SMB	SMSC	GP	TNT	A21	MER	ALA	ROS
GlobalPort Batang Pier	A21	ALA	SMSC	MER	BGSM	SMB	ROS	TNT	BBE
Meralco Bolts	SMB	ALA	GP	TNT	A21	ROS	BGSM	BBE	SMSC
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	BBE	ALA	SMB	SMSC	MER	GP	TNT	A21	BGSM
San Miguel Beermen	MER	BGSM	TNT	ROS	BBE	GP	ALA	SMSC	A21
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers	GP	BGSM	ROS	BBE	TNT	A21	SMB	MER	ALA
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	ALA	A21	SMB	BBE	MER	BGSM	SMSC	ROS	GP

Team	A21	ALA	BBE	BGSM	GP	MER	ROS	SMB	SMSC	TNT
Air21 Express		78–88	103–85	97–95	83–78	98–109	82–87	85–93	84–97	91–95
Alaska Aces	—		78–71	83–73	93–77	76–85	78–92	89–78	85–66	72–85
Barako Bull Energy	—	—		104–108*	96–98	98–105	110–106	100–106	92–90	96–101
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	—	—	—		113–107	88–78	101–105*	96–112	80–90	87–94
GlobalPort Batang Pier	—	—	—	—		99–104	75–99	92–109	75–91	91–92
Meralco Bolts	—	—	—	—	—		79–96	76–94	88–78	68–91
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	—	—	—	—	—	—		107–112	74–91	82–85
San Miguel Beermen	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		97–88	99–107
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		75–81
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—


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

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]

2014_PBA_Commissioner's_Cup

2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup

Format

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Results

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra

(2) San Miguel vs. (7) Air21

(3) Alaska vs. (6) San Mig Super Coffee

(4) Rain or Shine vs. (5) Meralco

Semifinals

(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (4) Rain or Shine

(6) San Mig Super Coffee vs. (7) Air21

Finals

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

Imports

References

External links

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Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 97, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 84
Talk 'N Text wins series in one game

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

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

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

Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 99, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 91
Talk 'N Text wins series, 3–0

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

Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 91, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 100
San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 3–1

Team	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Air21 Express	Hervé Lamizana	March 5 (vs. GlobalPort)	March 17 (vs. Alaska)	2–2
Air21 Express	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
Meralco Bolts	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
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	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
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers	No Import	April 14 (vs. Meralco)		0–2
San Miguel Beermen	Josh Boone	March 7 (vs. Meralco)	March 9 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	2–0
San Miguel Beermen	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
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	No Import	April 11 (vs. GlobalPort)		1–0