2013–14 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers season

The 2013–14 San Mig Coffee Mixers season is the 26th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2013-14 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers season
Head coachTim Cone
Owner(s)San Miguel-Pure Foods Co., Inc.
(a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record17–13
(.567)
Place1st
Playoff finishChampions
(def. Rain or Shine, 4–2)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record12–9
(.571)
Place1st
Playoff finishChampions
(def. Talk 'N Text, 3–1)
Governors' Cup results
Record12–8
(.600)
Place1st
Playoff finishGrand Slam Champions
(def. Rain or Shine, 3–2)
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers seasons

Key dates
  • November 3: The 2013 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
  • January 5: The Mixers defeated Barangay Ginebra San Miguel on a matchup that broke the record of the most people in the Mall of Asia Arena on a 79-83 victory, and an attendance of 20,600 people.
  • February 12: The Mixers defeated Barangay Ginebra San Miguel in game seven of the best-of-seven series in the Semifinals of the Philippine Cup, a matchup that broke the record of the most crowd attendance in a game itself on a 110-87 victory, with an attendance of 25,000 people.[1]
  • February 26:The Mixers won their 11th Championship on the 2013-14 PBA Philippine Cup defeating Rain or Shine, 4 wins to 2.
  • March 16: The Mixers again defeated Barangay Ginebra San Miguel on a 90-80 showdown, the matchup tallied the highest crowd attendance on the 2014 Commissioner's Cup.
  • May 7: The Mixers won against the Air21 Express on a do-or-die matchup on the Game 5 of the 2014 Commissioner's Semifinals, and booking their third straight final appearance and fifth on the last seven conferences, it also tallies the sixth do or die game which the team survived since the 2013 Governors' Cup.
  • May 15: Coach Tim Cone won his 17th PBA Championship in a 100-91 showdown against the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters, on the first three quarters, the Texter dominated the game, but the Mixers rallied back even the lead was even blown up to 17, they eventually won the game, and the rest of the Mixers also won the franchise's 12th championship, it also tallies three straight championship of the team, and four championship in the last eight conferences, James Yap won his third Finals MVP award.
  • June 1: The Mixers defeated Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, 100-88, it also tallied the most attendance in this season's Governors' Cup.
  • June 3: Yancy de Ocampo and Val Acuña was traded to GlobalPort Batang Pier in exchange of Yousef Taha and Ronnie Matias.
  • June 17: The Mixers won against the San Miguel Beermen, tallying the eight-straight semi-final appearance of the franchise since the 2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup.
  • June 18: TV analyst and former PBA player Jason Webb is hired as assistant coach.
  • June 27: The Mixers won against the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters on their semi-final series, to tally their fourth straight final appearance and sixth in the last eight conferences, and surviving eight-straight on do-or-die games.
  • July 9: The Mixers became the fourth team in PBA history to win the coveted Grand Slam after they won the deciding Game 5 of Governors Cup Finals, 92-89 against Rain or Shine Elasto Painters. James Yap was named the Finals MVP as he scored 29 points on 12 of 18 shooting from the field. This was the Mixers' 9th straight win in do or die games they played. Tim Cone became the only coach in PBA history to win 2 Grand Slams on two different teams. With this Grand Slam, the Mixers also had four-peat run, their 13th PBA title overall, tying them with the fabled Crispa Redmanizers for 3rd place in all-time list.[2]

Draft picks
Main article: 2013 PBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
1 2 Ian Sangalang PF/C  Philippines NLEX Road Warriors San Sebastian
1 10 Justin Chua C  Philippines Black Water Sports Ateneo
2 3 Justin Melton PG  United States None Mount Olive
3 10 JR Cawaling  Philippines FEU

Roster
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
C 00 Taha, Yousef 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1988-07-08 North Lake College
PG 2 Melton, Justin 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 163 lb (74 kg) 1987-4-27 Mount Olive
F/C 4 Reavis, Rafi 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1977-7-27 Coppin State
F/C 5 Holstein, Isaac  6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 206 lb (93 kg) 1987-9-7 West Virginia State
C/G 6 Cawaling, JR 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987-8-15 FEU
C/G 8 Simon, Peter June 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1980-6-1 U of Mindanao
PG 9 Alvarez, Lester 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 154 lb (70 kg) 1988-9-18 Adamson
F/C 10 Sangalang, Ian 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1991-12-20 SSC–R
PG 11 Mallari, Alex 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 167 lb (76 kg) 1987-3-26 Lewis–Clark
PG 14 Barroca, Mark 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986-4-25 FEU
PF 15 Pingris, Marc (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1981-10-16 PSBA
SG 18 Yap, James 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1982-2-15 UE
SF 19 Gaco, Jerwin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1981-1-17 De La Salle
SG 22 Maliksi, Allein 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1987-9-18 UST
SF 33 Matias, Ronnie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 1983-11-29 UM
SF 38 Devance, Joe 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1982-2-19 UTEP
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager


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

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

{{2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=SMC}}

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-7)		     Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#1 twice-to-beat)                        
  1 Barangay Ginebra 97  108  
  8 Alaska 104  95  
            1 Barangay Ginebra 3    
    (Best-of-3)       5 San Mig Coffee 4  
  4 Talk 'N Text 1  
  5 San Mig Coffee 2    
    5 San Mig Coffee 4
    (#2 twice-to-beat)     2 Rain or Shine 2
  2 Rain or Shine 106    
  7 GlobalPort 96    
            2 Rain or Shine 4
    (Best-of-3)     3 Petron Blaze 1    
  3 Petron Blaze 2  
  6 Barako Bull 0    

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

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 96–79 Meralco
  2. Head-to-head record: Air21 97–95 Barangay Ginebra

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-5)		     Finals
(Best-of-5)
    (#1 twice-to-beat)                        
  1 Talk 'N Text 97    
  8 Barangay Ginebra 84    
            1 Talk 'N Text 3    
    (Best-of-3)       4 Rain or Shine 0  
  4 Rain or Shine 2  
  5 Meralco 1    
    1 Talk 'N Text 1
    (#2 twice-to-beat)     6 San Mig Coffee 3
  2 San Miguel 79 95  
  7 Air21 92 101**  
            7 Air21 2
    (Best-of-3)     6 San Mig Coffee 3    
  3 Alaska 1  
  6 San Mig Coffee 2    

**double overtime

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 7 2 .778 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 6 3 .667 1
3 Alaska Aces 5 4 .556[lower-alpha 1] 2
4 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 5 4 .556[lower-alpha 1] 2
5 San Miguel Beermen 5 4 .556[lower-alpha 1] 2 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 5 4 .556[lower-alpha 1] 2
7 Air21 Express 5 4 .556[lower-alpha 1] 2
8 Barako Bull Energy 3 6 .333[lower-alpha 2] 4
9 Meralco Bolts 3 6 .333[lower-alpha 2] 4
10 GlobalPort Batang Pier 1 8 .111 6
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

Bracket
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-5)		     Finals
(Best-of-5)
    (#1 twice to beat)                        
  1 Talk 'N Text 99    
  8 Barako Bull 84    
            1 Talk 'N Text 2    
    (#4 twice to beat)       4 San Mig Coffee 3  
  4 San Mig Coffee 97  
  5 San Miguel 90    
    4 San Mig Coffee 3
    (#2 twice to beat)     2 Rain or Shine 2
  2 Rain or Shine 111    
  7 Air21 90    
            2 Rain or Shine 3
    (#3 twice to beat)     3 Alaska 2    
  3 Alaska 92  
  6 Barangay Ginebra 81    


Game log

Transactions

Overview
Players Added

Via draft

Via trade

 Players Lost

Via trade

Waived

Recruited imports
TournamentNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Commissioner's CupJames MaysMarch 12 (vs. GlobalPort)May 15 (vs. Talk 'N Text)12–9
Governors' CupMarqus BlakelyMay 21 (vs. Barako Bull)July 9 (vs. Rain or Shine)12–8

References
  1. "San Mig Coffee dominates Ginebra, set up Finals series against Rain or Shine". GMA News Online.
  2. "San Mig Super Coffee nails Govs' Cup, Coveted Grand Slam". pba.inquirer.net.
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