2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup
The 2015 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2015 PLDT Home TelPad-PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second conference of the 2014–15 PBA season. The tournament began on January 27, 2015 and ended on April 29, 2015. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'9" for the top eight teams of the Philippine Cup, while the bottom four teams will be allowed to hire imports with no height limit.[1]
| 2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup | |
|---|---|
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| Duration | January 27 – April 29, 2015 |
| TV partner(s) | Local: Sports5 TV5 AksyonTV Cignal PPV (high-definition) Fox Sports Philippines International: AksyonTV International |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |
| Runners-up | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters |
| Awards | |
| Best Player | Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |
| Best Import | Wayne Chism (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| Finals MVP | Ranidel de Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |
| PBA Commissioner's Cup chronology | |
| PBA conference chronology | |
Format
The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:[2]
- 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:
- 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-7 series)
- Winners of the semifinals
Elimination round
Team standings
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
Notes:
- Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969
- Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco
- Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960
- Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994
Schedule
| Teams | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | PF | NLEX | GP | SMB | ROS | BBE | KIA | BW | MER | TNT | BGSM |
| Barako Bull | BW | BGSM | KIA | TNT | GP | ALA | ROS | SMB | MER | PF | NLEX |
| Barangay Ginebra | MER | BBE | SMB | KIA | TNT | PF | BW | NLEX | ROS | GP | ALA |
| Blackwater | BBE | TNT | PF | SMB | NLEX | GP | BGSM | KIA | ALA | ROS | MER |
| GlobalPort | KIA | PUR | ROS | ALA | MER | BBE | BW | TNT | NLEX | BGSM | SMB |
| Kia | GP | MER | SMB | BBE | BGSM | PF | TNT | BW | ALA | NLEX | ROS |
| Meralco | BGSM | KIA | TNT | ROS | GP | SMB | NLEX | BBE | ALA | PF | BW |
| NLEX | ROS | ALA | PUR | BW | TNT | SMB | MER | BGSM | GP | KIA | BBE |
| Purefoods Star | GP | ALA | BW | NLEX | ROS | KIA | BGSM | SMB | TNT | BBE | MER |
| Rain or Shine | TNT | NLEX | GP | MER | PF | ALA | BBE | SMB | BGSM | BW | KIA |
| San Miguel | KIA | BGSM | BW | ALA | MER | NLEX | PF | BBE | ROS | TNT | GP |
| Talk 'N Text | ROS | BW | MER | BBE | BGSM | NLEX | KIA | GP | PF | SMB | ALA |
- Win
- Loss
Results
| Team | ALA | BBE | BGSM | BW | GP | Kia | MER | NLEX | PUR | ROS | SMB | TNT |
| Alaska | 91–93* | 104–98 | 82–68 | 73–95 | 89–103 | 108–103** | 96–95 | 88–108 | 89–99 | 107–100 | 93–101 | |
| Barako Bull | 69–68 | 92–70 | 81–99 | 95–86 | 85–98 | 91–85 | 96–103 | 91–103 | 91–102 | 75–80 | ||
| Brgy. Ginebra | 89–82 | 96–81 | 100–92 | 74–85 | 90–96 | 96–87 | 79–82 | 95–82 | 103–104 | |||
| Blackwater | 78–101 | 115–104 | 84–72 | 79–106 | 86–98 | 98–102 | 80–77 | 78–86 | ||||
| GlobalPort | 100–89 | 84–86 | 81–94 | 70–83 | 98–104 | 94–106 | 88–96 | |||||
| Kia | 80–90 | 86–102 | 95–84 | 99–119 | 88–78 | 106–103 | ||||||
| Meralco | 76–89 | 85–96 | 92–87 | 86–102 | 91–83 | |||||||
| NLEX | 62–87 | 91–96 | 100–93 | 96–98 | ||||||||
| Purefoods Star | 71–78 | 113–105* | 118–117*** | |||||||||
| Rain or Shine | 114–129 | 86–89 | ||||||||||
| San Miguel | 93–113 | |||||||||||
| Talk 'N Text |
- Win
- OT Win
- Loss
- OT Loss
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 | ||||||||||||
Quarterfinals
Rain or Shine vs. Barangay Ginebra
March 28 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 92, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 91 | ||
| Rain or Shine wins series in one game |
Talk 'N Text vs. Barako Bull
March 28 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 127, Barako Bull Energy 97 | ||
| Talk 'N Text wins series in one game |
Purefoods Star-Alaska series
NLEX-Meralco series
Semifinals
Rain or Shine-Meralco series
Talk 'N Text-Purefoods Star series
April 1 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 94, Purefoods Star Hotshots 100 |
April 6 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 93, Purefoods Star Hotshots 77 |
April 9 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 111, Purefoods Star Hotshots 107 |
April 11 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 79, Purefoods Star Hotshots 66 | ||
| Talk 'N Text wins series, 3–1 |
Finals
April 29 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 119, Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 121 (2OT) | ||
| Talk 'N Text wins series, 4–3 |
Awards
Conference
- Best Player of the Conference: Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
- Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference: Wayne Chism (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)
- Finals MVP: Ranidel de Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
Players of the Week
| Week | Player | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| January 27–February 1 | Chico Lanete (Barako Bull Energy) | [3] |
| February 1–8 | Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | [4] |
| February 9–15 | Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) | [5] |
| February 15–22 | Terrence Romeo (GlobalPort Batang Pier) | [6] |
| February 23–March 1 | James Yap (Purefoods Star Hotshots) | [7] |
| March 3–15 | Arwind Santos (San Miguel Beermen) | [8] |
| March 16–22 | Ranidel De Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) | [9] |
| March 23–29 | Joe Devance (Purefoods Star Hotshots) Mark Barroca (Purefoods Star Hotshots) |
[10] |
| March 30–April 5 | Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) Jericho Cruz (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
[11] |
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.
| Team | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Aces | D. J. Covington | February 3 (vs. Purefoods Star) | February 17 (vs. San Miguel) | 2–2 |
| Damion James | February 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) | March 29 (vs. Purefoods Star) | 3–6 | |
| Barako Bull Energy | Solomon Alabi[12] | January 28 (vs. Blackwater) | March 28 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 5–7 |
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Michael Dunigan | January 27 (vs. Meralco) | March 28 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 5–7 |
| Blackwater Elite | No Import | January 28 (vs. Barako Bull) | 0–1 | |
| Marcus Douthit | February 1 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | March 25 (vs. Meralco) | 3–7 | |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | CJ Leslie | January 27 (vs. Kia) | February 10 (vs. Alaska) | 2–2 |
| Calvin Warner | February 15 (vs. Meralco) | March 1 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 2–2 | |
| Derrick Caracter | March 15 (vs. NLEX) | March 24 (vs. San Miguel) | 0–3 | |
| Kia Carnival | Peter John Ramos[12] | January 27 (vs. GlobalPort) | March 22 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 4–7 |
| Meralco Bolts | 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 | ||
| NLEX Road Warriors | Al Thornton[12] | February 3 (vs. Rain or Shine) | March 29 (vs. Meralco) | 6–7 |
| Purefoods Star Hotshots | Marqus Blakely | January 30 (vs. GlobalPort) | February 7 (vs. Blackwater) | 3–0 |
| Daniel Orton | February 11 (vs. NLEX) | February 18 (vs. Kia) | 1–2 | |
| Denzel Bowles | February 22 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) | April 11 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 7–4 | |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Rick Jackson | January 28 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | February 14 (vs. Purefoods Star) | 3–2 |
| Wayne Chism | February 20 (vs. Alaska) | April 29 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 12–5 | |
| San Miguel Beermen | Ronald Roberts | February 4 (vs. Kia) | February 17 (vs. Alaska) | 0–4 |
| Arizona Reid | February 21 (vs. Meralco) | March 24 (vs. GlobalPort) | 4–3 | |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Richard Howell | January 28 (vs. Rain or Shine) | February 15 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 4–1 |
| Ivan Johnson | February 20 (vs. NLEX) | April 29 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 12–6 | |
Import handicapping
| Team | Philippine Cup standings | Import height limit | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | % | ||
| San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818 | 6'9" |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 2 | .818 | |
| Alaska Aces | 8 | 3 | .727 | |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 8 | 3 | .727 | |
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545 | |
| Meralco Bolts | 6 | 5 | .545 | |
| Purefoods Star Hotshots | 6 | 5 | .545 | |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455 | |
| Barako Bull Energy | 4 | 7 | .364 | unlimited |
| NLEX Road Warriors | 4 | 7 | .364 | |
| Kia Carnival | 1 | 10 | .091 | |
| Blackwater Elite | 0 | 11 | .000 | |
References
- PBA SEASON 40 CALENDAR BARED, PBA.ph, September 30, 2014
- STRONG ACTION-PACKED SEASON FORMAT GETS GREEN LIGHT, Snow Badua, PBA.ph, October 2, 2014
- ENERGY PLAYER, PBA.inquirer.net, February 2, 2015
- INSTANT IMPACT, PBA.inquirer.net, February 9, 2015
- TAKING CHARGE, PBA.inquirer.net, February 16, 2015
- NEWFOUND CONFIDENCE, PBA.inquirer.net, February 23, 2015
- THRIVING IN CRUNCHTIME, PBA.inquirer.net, March 2, 2015
- READY FOR FINAL PUSH, PBA.inquirer.net, March 16, 2015
- STEADY PRESENCE, PBA.inquirer.net, March 23, 2015
- MAKING A DIFFERENCE, PBA.inquirer.net, March 30, 2015
- E-PAINTERS' BACKCOURT TANDEM SIZZLES, PBA.inquirer.net, April 8, 2015
- "PBA Commissioner's Cup 2015, Schedule, Imports". PH Access. Archived from the original on January 13, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
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