2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup

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]

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

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[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
9 Barako Bull Energy 2 7 .222 7
10 GlobalPort Batang Pier 1 8 .111 8
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Meralco
  2. Head-to-head record: Air21 1–0 Barangay Ginebra

Schedule
Team ╲ Game123456789
Air21 ExpressGPTNTBBEALAMERBGSMSMSCROSSMB
Alaska AcesTNTGPMERROSA21SMBBBEBGSMSMSC
Barako Bull EnergyBGSMROSA21TNTSMBSMSCALAMERGP
Barangay Ginebra San MiguelBBESMBSMSCGPTNTA21MERALAROS
GlobalPort Batang PierA21ALASMSCMERBGSMSMBROSTNTBBE
Meralco BoltsSMBALAGPTNTA21ROSBGSMBBESMSC
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersBBEALASMBSMSCMERGPTNTA21BGSM
San Miguel BeermenMERBGSMTNTROSBBEGPALASMSCA21
San Mig Super Coffee MixersGPBGSMROSBBETNTA21SMBMERALA
Talk 'N Text Tropang TextersALAA21SMBBBEMERBGSMSMSCROSGP
Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results
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 — — — — — — — — —
Source:
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 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

Quarterfinals

(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra
April 22
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 97, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 84
Talk 'N Text wins series in one game

(2) San Miguel vs. (7) Air21
April 25
San Miguel Beermen 95, Air21 Express 101 (2OT)
Air21 wins series in two games

(3) Alaska vs. (6) San Mig Super Coffee
April 26
Alaska Aces 65, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 79
San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 2–1

(4) Rain or Shine vs. (5) Meralco
April 26
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 97, Meralco Bolts 96 (OT)
Rain or Shine wins series, 2–1

Semifinals

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

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

TeamNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Air21 ExpressHervé LamizanaMarch 5 (vs. GlobalPort)March 17 (vs. Alaska)2–2
Wesley WitherspoonMarch 23 (vs. Meralco)May 7 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee)5–7
Alaska AcesRobert DozierMarch 5 (vs. Talk 'N Text)April 26 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee)7–5
Barako Bull EnergyJosh DollardMarch 7 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)April 13 (vs. GlobalPort)2–7
Barangay Ginebra San MiguelLeon RodgersMarch 7 (vs. Barako Bull)March 26 (vs. Air21)2–4
Josh PowellApril 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 PierEvan BrockMarch 5 (vs. Air21)April 13 (vs. Barako Bull)1–8
Meralco BoltsBrian ButchMarch 7 (vs. San Miguel)March 26 (vs. Rain or Shine)3–3
Darnell JacksonApril 2 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)April 26 (vs. Rain or Shine)3–3
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersAlexander McLeanMarch 9 (vs. Barako Bull)March 26 (vs. Meralco)2–3
Wayne ChismMarch 31 (vs. GlobalPort)May 2 (vs. Talk 'N Text)5–5
San Mig Super Coffee MixersJames MaysMarch 12 (vs. GlobalPort)May 15 (vs. Talk 'N Text)12–7
No ImportApril 14 (vs. Meralco)0–2
San Miguel BeermenJosh BooneMarch 7 (vs. Meralco)March 9 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)2–0
Kevin JonesMarch 14 (vs. Talk 'N Text)April 25 (vs. Air21)5–4
Talk 'N Text Tropang TextersRichard HowellMarch 5 (vs. Alaska)May 15 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee)13–3
No ImportApril 11 (vs. GlobalPort)1–0

References
  1. "Philippine Basketball Association | Official Website of the Philippine Basketball Association". Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
  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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