2014–15_Meralco_Bolts_season
2014–15 Meralco Bolts season
Basketball team season
The 2014–15 Meralco Bolts season was the fifth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Quick Facts Meralco Bolts season, Head coach ...
2014–15 Meralco Bolts season | |
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Head coach | Norman Black |
Owner(s) | Manila Electric Company (an MVP group subsidiary) |
Philippine Cup results | |
Record | 6–5 (54.5%) |
Place | 6th |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinalist(lost to Alaska in the 2nd round) |
Commissioner's Cup results | |
Record | 6–5 (54.5%) |
Place | 5th |
Playoff finish | Semifinalist (lost to Rain or Shine, 0–3) |
Governors' Cup results | |
Record | 5–6 (45.5%) |
Place | 7th |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinalist (lost to San Miguel in two games with twice-to-win disadvantage |
Meralco Bolts seasons | |
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- July 9: Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters head coach Norman Black was moved to the Meralco Bolts, replacing Ryan Gregorio as head coach.[1]
- July 26: Former Alaska Aces coach Luigi Trillo was hired as assistant coach of the team.[2]
- August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft will take place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
Main article: 2014 PBA draft
More information Round, Pick ...
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
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no draft picks |
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More information Meralco Bolts roster, Players ...
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Eliminations
Standings
More information Pos, W ...
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818[lower-alpha 1] | — | Advance to semifinals |
2 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 2 | .818[lower-alpha 1] | — | |
3 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 3 | .727[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
4 | TNT Tropang Texters | 8 | 3 | .727[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | |
5 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545[lower-alpha 3] | 3 | |
6 | Meralco Bolts | 6 | 5 | .545[lower-alpha 3] | 3 | |
7 | Purefoods Star Hotshots | 6 | 5 | .545[lower-alpha 3] | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | |
9 | Barako Bull Energy | 4 | 7 | .364[lower-alpha 4] | 5 | |
10 | NLEX Road Warriors | 4 | 7 | .364[lower-alpha 4] | 5 | |
11 | Kia Sorento | 1 | 10 | .091 | 8 | |
12 | Blackwater Elite | 0 | 11 | .000 | 9 |
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Source: PBA.ph
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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 | |||||||||||||
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6 | Meralco | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Meralco | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Alaska | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Purefoods Star | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
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4 | Talk 'N Text | 105 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Barako Bull | 76 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Talk 'N Text | 83 | 4 | Talk 'N Text | 0 | |||||||||||||
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5 | Barangay Ginebra | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Barangay Ginebra | 95 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | GlobalPort | 78 | ||||||||||||||||
Eliminations
Standings
More information Pos, W ...
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8 | 3 | .727[lower-alpha 1] | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Tropang TNT | 8 | 3 | .727[lower-alpha 1] | — | |
3 | Purefoods Star Hotshots | 8 | 3 | .727[lower-alpha 1] | — | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 | 5 | .545[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | |
5 | Meralco Bolts | 6 | 5 | .545[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | |
6 | Alaska Aces | 5 | 6 | .455[lower-alpha 3] | 3 | |
7 | Barako Bull Energy | 5 | 6 | .455[lower-alpha 3] | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 5 | 6 | .455[lower-alpha 3] | 3 | |
9 | San Miguel Beermen | 4 | 7 | .364[lower-alpha 4] | 4 | |
10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 4 | 7 | .364[lower-alpha 4] | 4 | |
11 | Kia Carnival | 4 | 7 | .364[lower-alpha 4] | 4 | |
12 | Blackwater Elite | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5 |
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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 | |||||||||||
Trades
Pre-season
September 12, 2014[3] | To Blackwater Sunday Salvacion Jason Ballesteros (from Meralco) |
To Meralco Sean Anthony (from NLEX via Blackwater) |
To NLEX Juneric Baloria 2016 & 2017 2nd round draft picks (from Blackwater) |
Recruited imports
More information Tournament, Name ...
Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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Commissioner's Cup | Josh Davis | January 27 (vs Barangay Ginebra) | April 5 (vs Rain or Shine) | 8–7 |
No Import | April 7 (vs Rain or Shine) | 0–1 | ||
Governors' Cup | Andre Emmett | May 5 (vs GlobalPort) | June 29 (vs San Miguel) | 6–7 |
Seiya Ando* | May 13 (vs NLEX) | June 29 (vs San Miguel) | 5–6 |
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(* Asian import)
- Norman Black moves to Meralco, Jong Uichico to take over Talk ‘N Text as MVP group shuffles coaches Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Interaksyon.com, July 9, 2014
- Former Alaska coach Luigi Trillo set to join Norman Black at Meralco Archived 2014-07-27 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, July 26, 2014