2014–15 Alaska Aces season

Alaska Aces (PBA)
2014-15 Alaska Aces (PBA) season
Head coach	Alex Compton
Owner(s)	Alaska Milk Corporation
Philippine Cup results
Record	8–3 ; (.727)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Runner-up vs. San Miguel 3-4
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	5–6 ; (.455)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist ; (Lost to Purefoods Star in two games)
Governors' Cup results
Record	8–3 ; (.727)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Runner-up vs. San Miguel 0-4
Alaska Aces (PBA) seasons

The 2014–15 Alaska Aces season was the 29th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2014

August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	5	Chris Banchero	G	United States	Boracay Rum Waves	SPU
2	1	Rome Dela Rosa	F	Philippines	NLEX (D-League)	SBC
2	4	Junjun Alas	C	Philippines	Café France Bakers	Letran

Roster

Alaska Aces roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	7000200000000000000♠2	Banchero, Chris (R)	7000183514999999999♠6 ft 0.25 in (1.84 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1989-01-24	Seattle Pacific
G/F	7000300000000000000♠3	Baguio, Cyrus	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1980-08-19	UST
F	7000400000000000000♠4	Manuel, Vic	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	1987-06-18	PSBA
C	7000700000000000000♠7	Thoss, Sonny	7000204469999999999♠6 ft 8.5 in (2.04 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1981-12-07	James Cook
F	7000800000000000000♠8	Abueva, Calvin	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988-02-04	San Sebastian
F/C	7000900000000000000♠9	Baclao, Nonoy	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1987-06-15	Ateneo
G/F	7001110000000000000♠11	dela Rosa, Rome (R)	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1990-12-11	San Beda
F	7001150000000000000♠15	Vanlandingham, Josh (IN)	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1984-01-22	EvCC
G	7001170000000000000♠17	Exciminiano, Ping	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988-11-17	FEU
F/C	7001210000000000000♠21	Bugia, Paolo (IN)	7000197485000000000♠6 ft 5.75 in (1.97 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1981-01-19	Ateneo
G/F	7001250000000000000♠25	Hontiveros, Dondon	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1977-06-01	UC
C	7001260000000000000♠26	Eman, Samigue	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	1982-03-12	Mindanao
F/C	7001300000000000000♠30	Menk, Eric	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1974-08-24	Lake Superior State
G	7001310000000000000♠31	Jazul, RJ	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1986-04-11	Letran
F	7001350000000000000♠35	dela Cruz, Tony (C)	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	1978-08-24	UC-Irvine
G	7001420000000000000♠42	Casio, JVee	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1986-09-01	La Salle

Head coach

Alex Compton (Cornell)

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Dickie Bachmann ^[a] (La Salle)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Roster

^a also serves as Alaska's board governor.

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup game log

October 2014

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	October 22	Purefoods	93–73	Abueva (21)	Thoss (13)	Hontiveros (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0
2	October 28	Talk 'N Text	100–98	Abueva (26)	Abueva (22)	Abueva (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–0
3	October 31	Meralco	105–64	Manuel (17)	three players (6)	Banchero (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–0

November 2014

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
4	November 5	San Miguel	66–63	Baguio (13)	Abueva (18)	four players (2)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–0
5	November 11	Kia	85–75	Abueva (23)	Abueva (20)	Casio (5)	Cuneta Astrodome	5–0
6	November 14	Blackwater	69–56	Menk (14)	Abueva (18)	Abueva (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	6–0
7	November 19	Barako Bull Energy	78–85	Abueva (16)	Abueva (12)	Abueva (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	6–1
8	November 22	GlobalPort	87–84	Abueva (19)	Thoss (8)	Thoss, Casio (3)	Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan Gym, Cagayan de Oro City	7–1
9	November 28	NLEX	90–84	Hontiveros (21)	Abueva (19)	Abueva (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	8–1

December 2014

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
10	December 2	Ginebra					Mall of Asia Arena
11	December 5	Rain or Shine					Smart Araneta Coliseum (tentative)

2014–15 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals (1st phase)			Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (One-game playoff)			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#3 twice to beat)
3	Alaska	82
10	NLEX	78
			3	Alaska	87
	(#6 twice to beat)		6	Meralco	69	2	Rain or Shine	2
6	Meralco	77				3	Alaska	4
7	Purefoods Star	65
									3	Alaska	3
	(#4 twice to beat)								1	San Miguel	4
4	Talk 'N Text	105
9	Barako Bull	76				1	San Miguel	4
			4	Talk 'N Text	83	4	Talk 'N Text	0
	(#5 twice to beat)		5	Barangay Ginebra	67
5	Barangay Ginebra	95
8	GlobalPort	78

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

y – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals, x – clinched best-of-3 quarterfinals, w – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals, e – eliminated

2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y–Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727	—	1.025
2	y–Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	3	.727	—	1.010
3	x–Purefoods Star Hotshots	8	3	.727	—	0.969
4	x–NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545	2	1.171
5	x–Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545	2	0.854
6	x–Alaska Aces	5	6	.455	3	1.021
7	w–Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455	3	1.019
8	w–Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455	3	0.960
9	e–San Miguel Beermen	4	7	.364	4	1.011
10	e–GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364	4	0.995
11	e–Kia Carnival	4	7	.364	4	0.994
12	e–Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	5

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
	(Best-of-3)		5	Meralco	0
4	NLEX	0
5	Meralco	2
						1	Rain or Shine	3
	(#2 twice-to-beat)					2	Talk 'N Text	4
2	Talk 'N Text	127
7	Barako Bull	97
			2	Talk 'N Text	3
	(Best-of-3)		3	Purefoods Star	1
3	Purefoods Star	2
6	Alaska	0

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

y – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals, w – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals, e – eliminated

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y- Alaska Aces	8	3	.727	—	1.065
2	y- San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727	—	0.939
3	y- Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636	1	1.063
4	y- GlobalPort Batang Pier	7	4	.636	1	0.941
5	w- Star Hotshots	6	5	.545	2	1.315
6	w- Barako Bull Energy	6	5	.545	2	0.761
7	w- Meralco Bolts	5	6	.455	3	1.125
8	w- Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455	3	1.000
9	e- Kia Carnival	5	6	.455	3	0.954
10	e- Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	5	6	.455	3	0.929
11	e- NLEX Road Warriors	3	8	.273	5
12	e- Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	7

Bracket

Quarterfinals				Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice to beat)
1	Alaska	114
8	Ginebra	108
				1	Alaska	3
	(#4 twice to beat)			5	Star	0
4	GlobalPort	73	94
5	Star	126	101
							1	Alaska	0
	(#2 twice to beat)						2	San Miguel	4
2	San Miguel	99	102
7	Meralco	106	86
				2	San Miguel	3
	(#3 twice to beat)			3	Rain or Shine	1
3	Rain or Shine	134**
6	Barako Bull	132

*Game went into overtime^[a]

^a The number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime(s) occurred.

Transactions

Trades

Pre-draft

August 11, 2014^[1]

To Alaska

Eric Menk

To GlobalPort

2014 second round picks (Prince Caperal, 17th overall)
(John Pinto, 19th overall)

Commissioner's Cup

March 14, 2015^[2]

To Alaska

Nonoy Baclao
Globalport's 2017 first round pick

To GlobalPort

Gabby Espinas
Alaska's 2017 first round pick

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	D.J. Covington	February 3 (vs Purefoods)	February 17 (vs San Miguel)	2–2
Commissioner's Cup	Damion James	February 20 (vs Rain or Shine)	March 27 (vs Purefoods, Semifinals)	3–6
Governors' Cup	Romeo Travis	May 5 (vs Blackwater)	July 17 (vs San Miguel, Finals)	12–7

References

↑ Alaska acquires Eric Menk from GlobalPort for 2nd round picks, Solar Sports Desk, August 12, 2014 Archived February 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Alaska trades Gabby Espinas to GlobalPort for Noy Baclao, interaksyon.com, March 14, 2015

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[1] Alaska acquires Eric Menk from GlobalPort for 2nd round picks, Solar Sports Desk, August 12, 2014 Archived February 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.

[2] Alaska trades Gabby Espinas to GlobalPort for Noy Baclao, interaksyon.com, March 14, 2015

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