2014 PBA Governors' Cup

The 2014 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2014 PLDT Home TelPad-PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the 2013–14 PBA season. The conference began on May 18 and ended on July 9, 2014.

2014 PBA Governors' Cup
DurationMay 18 – July 9, 2014
TV partner(s)Sports5
Local: TV5/AksyonTV
International : AksyonTV International, Fox Sports PBA HD on Cignal (high-definition)
Finals
ChampionsSan Mig Super Coffee Mixers
Runners-upRain or Shine Elasto Painters
Awards
Best PlayerRanidel de Ocampo
(Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
Best ImportArizona Reid
(Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)
Finals MVPJames Yap
(San Mig Super Coffee Mixers)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team, The recruited imports must be not taller than 6 feet and 5 inches for every team.

Games in the tournament are televised by TV5 and AksyonTV; games are also being simulcast in high definition through a special channel exclusive to Cignal Digital TV subscribers.[1][2]

Format

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

  • Single-round robin eliminations; 9 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-5 series)
    • Winners of the semifinals

Due to the need to finish the season and the tournament by June in order for the Gilas Pilipinas team to train for the upcoming FIBA Asia Cup in July, the FIBA World Cup in August and the Asian Games in September, the league had six playing dates per week and the quotient system was implemented for tiebreakers, instead of playoff games for the #4 and #8 seeds.[3]

Elimination round

Team 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

Schedule
Team ╲ Game123456789
Air21ROSBBEBGSMALATNTMERSMSCGPSMB
AlaskaSMBGPTNTA21MERROSSMSCBGSMBBE
Barako BullMERSMSCA21SMBROSBGSMGPTNTALA
Brgy. GinebraGPMERA21SMSCBBEROSSMBALATNT
GlobalPortBGSMALAROSSMSCSMBTNTBBEA21MER
MeralcoBBETNTBGSMSMSCALAA21SMBROSGP
Rain or ShineA21SMBGPTNTBBEALABGSMMERSMSC
San Mig Super CoffeeBBESMBMERGPBGSMALAA21TNTROS
San MiguelALAROSSMSCBBETNTGPMERBGSMA21
Talk 'N TextMERALAROSSMBA21GPBBESMSCBGSM
Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results
Team A21 ALA BBE BGSM GP MER ROS SMSC SMB TNT
Air21 91–88 101–86 76–84 106–102 80–67 103–96 109–113* 88–101 91–102
Alaska – 90–87 79–66 91–95 87–88 72–123 93–84 94–87 103–91
Barako Bull – – 70–98 122–98 95–94 93–96 66–76 112–115* 88–74
Brgy. Ginebra – – – 89–71 95–82 108–117 90–102 105–98 92–96
GlobalPort – – – – 95–123 97–119 82–92 99–102 82–97
Meralco – – – – – 85–104 90–108 90–74 99–105
Rain or Shine – – – – – – 95–94 92–97 81–83
San Mig Super Coffee – – – – – – – 90–92 88–92
San Miguel – – – – – – – – 97–103
Talk 'N Text – – – – – – – – –
Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

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    


Quarterfinals

Talk 'N Text vs. Barako Bull
June 17
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 99, Barako Bull Energy 84
Talk 'N Text wins series in one game

San Mig Super Coffee vs. San Miguel
June 17
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 97, San Miguel Beermen 90
San Mig Super Coffee wins series in one game

Rain or Shine vs. Air21
June 18
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 111, Air21 Express 90
Rain or Shine wins series in one game

Alaska vs. Barangay Ginebra
June 18
Alaska Aces 92, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 81
Alaska wins series in one game

Semifinals

Talk 'N Text-San Mig Super Coffee series
June 19
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 88, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 92 (OT)
June 21
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 85, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 93
June 23
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 112, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 86
June 25
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 84, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 81 (OT)
June 27
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 87, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 93
San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 3–2.

Rain or Shine-Alaska series
June 28
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 97, Alaska Aces 94
Rain or Shine wins series, 3–2

Finals
Main article: 2014 PBA Governors' Cup Finals
July 1
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 101, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 104
July 3
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 89, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 87 (OT)
July 5
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 69, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 78
July 7
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 88, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 79
July 9
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 89, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 92
San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 3–2.

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week
Week Player Ref.
May 19–25 Asi Taulava (Air21 Express) [4]
May 26–June 1 Peter June Simon (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers) [5]
June 2–8 Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) [6]
June 16–22 Joe Devance (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers) [7]
June 23–29 Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) [8]

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.

TeamNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Air21 ExpressDominique SuttonMay 20 (vs. Rain or Shine)June 18 (vs. Rain or Shine)5–5
Alaska AcesHenry WalkerMay 18 (vs. San Miguel)June 28 (vs. Rain or Shine)8–7
Barako Bull EnergyEric WiseMay 18 (vs. Meralco)June 3 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)1–5
Allen DurhamJune 8 (vs. GlobalPort)June 17 (vs. Talk 'N Text)2–2
Barangay Ginebra San MiguelZaccheus MasonMay 20 (vs. GlobalPort)June 18 (vs. Alaska)5–5
GlobalPort Batang PierLeRoy HickersonMay 20 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)May 25 (vs. Rain or Shine)1–2
Dior LowhornMay 30 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee)June 14 (vs. Meralco)0–6
Meralco BoltsTerrence WilliamsMay 18 (vs. Barako Bull)May 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)0–3
Mario WestMay 27 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee)June 14 (vs. GlobalPort)3–3
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersArizona ReidMay 20 (vs. Air21)July 9 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee)12–8
San Mig Super Coffee MixersMarqus BlakelyMay 21 (vs. Barako Bull)July 9 (vs. Rain or Shine)12–8
San Miguel BeermenReggie WilliamsMay 18 (vs. Alaska)June 17 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee)5–5
Talk 'N Text Tropang TextersOthyus JeffersMay 21 (vs. Meralco)1–0
No ImportMay 26 (vs. Alaska)0–1
Rodney CarneyMay 28 (vs. Rain or Shine)June 2 (vs. Air21)3–0
Paul HarrisJune 6 (vs. GlobalPort)June 27 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee)6–4
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References
  1. "Here's TV5's broadcast schedule for PBA Governors Cup's six-playdates-a-week matches". Spin.ph. 19 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-07-19. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  2. "PBA Commissioner's Cup finals to simulcast live in high-definition over Cignal". InterAksyon. MediaQuest Holdings. 9 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-06-12. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  3. SPRINT GOVERNORS’ CUP OPENS SUNDAY Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine, Snow Badua, PBA.ph, May 16, 2014
  4. IMMOVABLE ROCK Archived 2014-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, May 26, 2014
  5. WIPING OUT FATIGUE Archived 2014-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, June 2, 2014.
  6. ON FIRE Archived 2014-06-13 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, June 10, 2014.
  7. JUST DOING HIS PART Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, June 23, 2014.
  8. TIME TO SHINE Archived 2014-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, July 1, 2014.
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