2014–15 Meralco Bolts season

The 2014–15 Meralco Bolts season is the 5th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2014–15 Meralco Bolts season
Head coach	Norman Black
Owner(s)	Manila Electric Company (an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	6–5 (.545)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist(Lost to Alaska in the 2nd round)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	6–5 (.545)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Semifinalist (Lost to Rain or Shine, 0-3)
Governors' Cup results
Record	5–6 (.455)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (Lost to San Miguel in two games with twice-to-win disadvantage
Meralco Bolts seasons

Key dates

• July 9: Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters head coach Norman Black was moved to the Meralco Bolts, replacing Ryan Gregorio as head coach.[1]
• July 26: Former Alaska Aces coach Luigi Trillo was hired as assistant coach of the team.[2]
• August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft will take place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Main article: 2014 PBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
no draft picks

Roster

Meralco Bolts roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 1 Atkins, Simon 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988-07-19 La Salle G 5 Reyes, Jai (IN) 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1987-02-25 Ateneo F/C 7 Hodge, Cliff 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1988-02-03 Reedley F 9 Anthony, Sean 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1986-01-26 McGill F/C 10 Ildefonso, Danny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1976-12-08 NU G 11 Cortez, Mike 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1980-11-10 La Salle G 13 Buenafe, Ryan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1990-02-01 Ateneo F/C 15 Sena, James 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 226 lb (103 kg) 1988-08-31 JRU G 17 Caram, Anjo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 159 lb (72 kg) 1991-01-14 San Beda F 20 Dillinger, Jared (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1984-01-06 Hawaii F/C 21 Hugnatan, Reynel 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1978-11-03 UM F 22 Ferriols, John 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1974-09-09 San Jose-Recoletos F/C 23 Nabong, Kelly 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1988-11-17 SRJC G/F 24 Guevarra, Rey 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986-11-24 Letran G 28 David, Gary 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1978-07-13 Lyceum G/F 80 Macapagal, Mark (IN) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1979-09-20 San Sebastian	Head coach Norman Black (Saint Joseph's) Assistant coach(es) Ronnie Magsanoc (UP Diliman) Luigi Trillo (La Salle) Patrick Fran (UST) Xavier Nunag (UP Diliman) Gene Afable (Ateneo) Team manager Paolo Trillo (Ateneo) 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

{{2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=MER}}

Game log

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

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:

1. Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969
2. Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco
3. Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960
4. Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

Game log

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

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

September 12, 2014[3]	To Blackwater Sunday Salvacion Jason Ballesteros (from Meralco)	To Meralco Sean Anthony (from NLEX via Blackwater)	To NLEX Juneric Baloria 2016 & 2017 2nd round draft picks (from Blackwater)

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	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
Governors' Cup	Andre Emmett	May 5 (vs GlobalPort)	June 29 (vs San Miguel)	6–7
	Seiya Ando*	May 13 (vs NLEX)	June 29 (vs San Miguel)	5–6

(* Asian import)

References

1. Norman Black moves to Meralco, Jong Uichico to take over Talk ‘N Text as MVP group shuffles coaches Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Interaksyon.com, July 9, 2014
2. Former Alaska coach Luigi Trillo set to join Norman Black at Meralco Archived 2014-07-27 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, July 26, 2014
3. http://www.dugout.ph/2014/09/anthony-to-meralco-baloria-to-nlex-in-three-team-pba-transfer.html