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2014 PBA Governors' Cup

2014 PBA Governors' Cup

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The 2014 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2014 PLDT Home TelPad-PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the 2013–14 PBA season. The conference began on May 18 and ended on July 9, 2014.

Quick Facts Duration, TV partner(s) ...

The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team, The recruited imports must be not taller than 6 feet and 5 inches for every team.[citation needed]

Games in the tournament are televised by TV5 and AksyonTV; games are also being simulcast in high definition through a special channel exclusive to Cignal Digital TV subscribers.[1][2]

Format

The tournament format for this conference is as follows:[3]

  • 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. Ties are broken among head-to-head records of the tied teams.
  • Quarterfinals (higher seed with the twice to beat advantage):
    • QF1: #1 seed vs #8 seed
    • QF2: #2 seed vs #7 seed
    • QF3: #3 seed vs #6 seed
    • QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed
  • Semifinals (best-of-5 series):
    • SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
    • SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
  • Finals (best-of-5 series)
    • Winners of the semifinals

Due to the need to finish the season and the tournament by June in order for the Gilas Pilipinas team to train for the upcoming FIBA Asia Cup in July, the FIBA World Cup in August and the Asian Games in September, the league had six playing dates per week and the quotient system was implemented for tiebreakers, instead of playoff games for the #4 and #8 seeds.[3]

Elimination round

Team standings

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Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.08, San Mig 1.02, San Miguel 0.99, Barangay Ginebra 0.97, Air21 0.94
  2. Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 95–94 Meralco

Schedule

More information Team ╲ Game, Air21 Express ...
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

More information Team, A21 ...
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-5)
Finals
(Best-of-5)
(#1 twice to beat)
1Talk 'N Text99
8Barako Bull84
1Talk 'N Text2
(#4 twice to beat)
4San Mig Coffee3
4San Mig Coffee97
5San Miguel90
4San Mig Coffee3
(#2 twice to beat)
2Rain or Shine2
2Rain or Shine111
7Air2190
2Rain or Shine3
(#3 twice to beat)
3Alaska2
3Alaska92
6Barangay Ginebra81

Quarterfinals

(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (8) Barako Bull

June 17
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 99, Barako Bull Energy 84
Talk 'N Text wins series in one game

(2) Rain or Shine vs. (7) Air21

June 18
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 111, Air21 Express 90
Rain or Shine wins series in one game

(3) Alaska vs. (6) Barangay Ginebra

June 18
Alaska Aces 92, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 81
Alaska wins series in one game

(4) San Mig Super Coffee vs. (5) San Miguel

June 17
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 97, San Miguel Beermen 90
San Mig Super Coffee wins series in one game

Semifinals

(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (4) San Mig Super Coffee

June 27
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 87, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 93
San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 3–2.

(2) Rain or Shine vs. (3) Alaska

June 28
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 97, Alaska Aces 94
Rain or Shine wins series, 3–2

Finals

July 9
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 89, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 92
San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 3–2.

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

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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.

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References

  1. "Here's TV5's broadcast schedule for PBA Governors Cup's six-playdates-a-week matches". Spin.ph. 19 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-07-19. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  2. "PBA Commissioner's Cup finals to simulcast live in high-definition over Cignal". InterAksyon. MediaQuest Holdings. 9 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-06-12. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  3. SPRINT GOVERNORS’ CUP OPENS SUNDAY Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine, Snow Badua, PBA.ph, May 16, 2014
  4. IMMOVABLE ROCK Archived 2014-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, May 26, 2014
  5. WIPING OUT FATIGUE Archived 2014-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, June 2, 2014.
  6. ON FIRE Archived 2014-06-13 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, June 10, 2014.
  7. JUST DOING HIS PART Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, June 23, 2014.
  8. TIME TO SHINE Archived 2014-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, July 1, 2014.

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