2015 PBA Governors' Cup

2015 PBA Governors' Cup
Duration May 5 – July 17, 2015
TV partner(s) Local:
Sports5
TV5
AksyonTV
Fox Sports
International:
AksyonTV International
Finals
Champions San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up Alaska Aces
Awards
Best Player June Mar Fajardo
(San Miguel Beermen)
Best Import Romeo Travis
(Alaska Aces)
Finals MVP June Mar Fajardo
(San Miguel Beermen)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

The 2015 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2015 PLDT Home TVolution-PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the 2014–15 PBA season. The tournament began on May 5, 2015 and ended on July 17, 2015. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) for the top eight teams of combined results of the Philippine Cup and Commissioner's Cup, while the bottom four teams will be allowed to hire imports with no height limit.[1] The teams were allowed to hire an additional Asian import with a height limit of 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m).[2]

Format

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

  • Single-round robin eliminations; 11 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-7 series)
    • Winners of the semifinals

Elimination round

Team 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 Aces83.727—1.065
2 y- San Miguel Beermen83.727—0.939
3 y- Rain or Shine Elasto Painters74.63611.063
4 y- GlobalPort Batang Pier74.63610.941
5 w- Star Hotshots65.54521.315
6 w- Barako Bull Energy65.54520.761
7 w- Meralco Bolts56.45531.125
8 w- Barangay Ginebra San Miguel56.45531.000
9 e- Kia Carnival56.45530.954
10 e- Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters56.45530.929
11 e- NLEX Road Warriors38.2735
12 e- Blackwater Elite110.0917

Schedule

Teams1234567891011
Alaska BW BGSMROSTNTSHNLEXKIAMERBBESMBGP
Barako Bull NLEX BWTNTMERSMBROSGPKIAALABGSMSH
Barangay Ginebra ALA TNTKIABWROSSMBGPSHMERBBENLEX
Blackwater ALA GPBBEBGSMKIAMERROSTNTSMBNLEXSH
GlobalPort MER BWSHSMBROSTNTBGSMBBENLEXKIAALA
Kia SMB BGSMNLEXBWSHALABBEGPROSTNTMER
Meralco GP SMBNLEXSHBBEBWTNTALABGSMROSKIA
NLEX BBE SHMERKIATNTALASMBROSGPBWBGSM
Rain or Shine SMB ALAGPBGSMBBEBWTNTNLEXSHKIAMER
San Miguel KIA MERROSGPSHBBEBGSMNLEXTNTBWALA
Star NLEX GPMERSMBALAKIABGSMROSTNTBBEBW
Talk 'N Text BGSM BBEALANLEXGPMERROSSMBBWSHKIA

  Win
  Loss

Results

Team ALA BBE BGSMBWGPKiaMERNLEXROSSMBSHTNT
Alaska 101–95108–99106–80104–117*101–6389–75102–11394–9382–7792–86103–104
Barako Bull 98–120105–90123–11468–71105–99101–96112–103113–11689–117100–87
Brgy. Ginebra 77–83111–108*105–9899–102110–10793–8185–10082–8991–95
Blackwater 76–10076–83**72–8789–102*85–12383–11582–8791–98
GlobalPort 102–9492–73108–80112–119102–12491–89123–120
Kia 88–8585–8290–9483–7880–8985–94
Meralco 84–9189–96106–95*83–81119–85
NLEX 102–10692–9685–8989–108
Rain or Shine 91–104103–8888–73
San Miguel 100–89101–96
Star 105–93
Talk 'N Text

  Win
  OT Win
  Loss
  OT Loss

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.

Quarterfinals

Alaska vs. Barangay Ginebra

June 26
Alaska Aces 114, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 108
Alaska wins series in one game

San Miguel vs. Meralco

June 29
San Miguel Beermen 102, Meralco Bolts 86
San Miguel wins series in two games

Rain or Shine vs. Barako Bull

June 27
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 134, Barako Bull Energy 132 (2OT)
Rain or Shine wins series in one game

GlobalPort vs. Star

June 28
GlobalPort Batang Pier 94, Star Hotshots 101
Star wins series in two games

Semifinals

Alaska-Star series

July 5
Alaska Aces 82, Star Hotshots 77
Alaska wins series, 3–0

San Miguel-Rain or Shine series

Finals

July 17
Alaska Aces 81, San Miguel Beermen 91
San Miguel wins series, 4–0

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

Week Player Ref.
May 5–10 J.C. Intal (Barako Bull Energy) [4]
May 11–17 Dylan Ababou (Barako Bull Energy) [5]
May 18–24 Joseph Yeo (Barako Bull Energy) [6]
May 25–31 RR Garcia (Barako Bull Energy) [7]
June 1–7 Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) [8]
June 8–14 Terrence Romeo (GlobalPort Batang Pier) [9]
June 15–21 Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) [10]
June 22–28 Peter June Simon (Star Hotshots) [11]
June 29–July 5 Vic Manuel (Alaska Aces) [12]

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 in gold are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference. Players with an asterisk indicates the Asian imports.

TeamNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Alaska AcesUnited States Romeo TravisMay 5 (vs. Blackwater)July 17 (vs. San Miguel)12–7
Barako Bull EnergyCanada Liam McMorrowMay 6 (vs. NLEX)June 27 (vs. Rain or Shine)6–6
Barangay Ginebra San MiguelUnited States Orlando JohnsonMay 8 (vs. Alaska)June 26 (vs. Alaska)5–7
Mongolia Sanchir Tungalag*May 8 (vs. Alaska)May 31 (vs. San Miguel)2–4
South Korea Kim Jiwan*June 3 (vs. GlobalPort)June 26 (vs. Alaska)3–3
Blackwater EliteUnited States Marcus DouthitMay 5 (vs. Alaska)June 3 (vs. Rain or Shine)1–6
United States Marcus Cousin June 12 (vs. Talk 'N Text)June 23 (vs. Star)0–4
GlobalPort Batang PierUnited States Patrick O'BryantMay 5 (vs. Meralco)May 8 (vs. Blackwater)2–0
United States Steven ThomasMay 12 (vs. Star)May 17 (vs. San Miguel)1–1
United States Jarrid FamousMay 22 (vs. Rain or Shine)June 28 (vs. Star)4–5
State of Palestine Omar Krayem*May 5 (vs. Meralco)June 28 (vs. Star)7–6
Kia CarnivalSenegal Hamady N'DiayeMay 6 (vs. San Miguel)June 24 (vs. Meralco)5–6
Chinese Taipei Chang Tsung-hsien*May 6 (vs. San Miguel)June 24 (vs. Meralco)5–6
Meralco BoltsUnited States Andre EmmettMay 5 (vs. GlobalPort)June 29 (vs. San Miguel)6–7
Japan Seiya Ando*May 13 (vs. NLEX)June 29 (vs. San Miguel)5–6
NLEX Road WarriorsUnited States Kwame AlexanderMay 6 (vs. Barako Bull)June 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)3–8
Syria Michael Madanly*May 6 (vs. Barako Bull)June 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)3–8
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersUnited States Wendell McKinesMay 12 (vs. San Miguel)July 8 (vs. San Miguel)9–7
San Miguel BeermenUnited States Arizona ReidMay 6 (vs. Kia)July 17 (vs. Alaska)16–5
Star HotshotsUnited States Marqus BlakelyMay 9 (vs. NLEX)July 5 (vs. Alaska)9–8
Talk 'N Text Tropang TextersUnited States Steffphon PettigrewMay 10 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)June 19 (vs. Kia)5–6
Jordan Sam Daghles*May 10 (vs. Barangay Ginerba)June 19 (vs. Kia)5–6

Import handicapping

#TeamPhilippine CupCommissioner's CupTotalImport height limit
1Rain or Shine Elasto Painters1.80.42.26'5"
2Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters2.40.83.2
3Alaska Aces1.22.43.6
4San Miguel Beermen0.63.64.2
5Purefoods Star Hotshots4.21.25.4
6Meralco Bolts3.62.05.6
7Barangay Ginebra San Miguel3.03.26.2
8NLEX Road Warriors6.01.67.6
9Barako Bull Energy5.42.88.2Unlimited height
10GlobalPort Batang Pier4.84.08.8
11Kia Sorento/Carnival6.64.411.0
12Blackwater Elite7.24.812.0
  • Philippine Cup final ranking comprises 60% of the points, while the elimination round ranking in the Commissioner's Cup is 40%. The four teams with most number of points gets to have an import of unlimited height.

References

  1. ↑ PBA SEASON 40 CALENDAR BARED, PBA.ph, September 30, 2014
  2. ↑ PBA to feature Asian imports for Governors' Cup conference, Rappler, October 1, 2014
  3. ↑ STRONG ACTION-PACKED SEASON FORMAT GETS GREEN LIGHT, Snow Badua, PBA.ph, October 2, 2014
  4. ↑ A DIFFERENT, MORE COMMITTED JC, PBA.inquirer.net, May 11, 2015
  5. ↑ STARTING TO SHOW TRUE WORTH, PBA.inquirer.net, May 20, 2015
  6. ↑ THE NINJA MAKES IT 3 STRAIGHT FOR BARAKO BULL COGS, PBA.inquirer.net, May 25, 2015
  7. ↑ GARCIA WEEK’S BEST, 4 IN A ROW FOR ENERGY, PBA.inquirer.net, June 1, 2015
  8. ↑ BACK TO RIPPING THE CORDS, PBA.inquirer.net, June 8, 2015
  9. ↑ BATANG PIER GUNNER ON FIRE, PBA.inquirer.net, June 15, 2015
  10. ↑ NO BACKING DOWN, PBA.inquirer.net, June 22, 2015
  11. ↑ STILL OUR TIME – PJ SIMON, PBA.inquirer.net, June 29, 2015
  12. ↑ SHOW THE STRENGTH FOR MUSCLE MAN, PBA.inquirer.net, July 6, 2015
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