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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.[citation needed]

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

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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

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Team standings

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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[a] 2
4 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 5 4 .556[a] 2
5 Petron Blaze Boosters 5 4 .556[a] 2 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 5 4 .556[a] 2
7 Air21 Express 5 4 .556[a] 2
8 Barako Bull Energy 3 6 .333[b] 4
9 Meralco Bolts 3 6 .333[b] 4
10 GlobalPort Batang Pier 1 8 .111 6
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.08, San Mig 1.02, San Miguel 0.99, Barangay Ginebra 0.97, Air21 0.94
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 95–94 Meralco

Schedule

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Team ╲ Game123456789
Air21 ExpressROSBBEBGSMALATNTMERSMSCGPSMB
Alaska AcesSMBGPTNTA21MERROSSMSCBGSMBBE
Barako Bull EnergyMERSMSCA21SMBROSBGSMGPTNTALA
Barangay Ginebra San MiguelGPMERA21SMSCBBEROSSMBALATNT
GlobalPort Batang PierBGSMALAROSSMSCSMBTNTBBEA21MER
Meralco BoltsBBETNTBGSMSMSCALAA21SMBROSGP
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersA21SMBGPTNTBBEALABGSMMERSMSC
San Mig Super Coffee MixersBBESMBMERGPBGSMALAA21TNTROS
San Miguel BeermenALAROSSMSCBBETNTGPMERBGSMA21
Talk 'N Text Tropang TextersMERALAROSSMBA21GPBBESMSCBGSM
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

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

Bracket

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QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-5)		Finals
(best-of-5)
(#1 twice to beat)
1Talk 'N Text99
8Barako Bull84
1Talk 'N Text2
(#4 twice to beat)
4San Mig Coffee3
4San Mig Coffee97
5San Miguel90
4San Mig Coffee3
(#2 twice to beat)
2Rain or Shine2
2Rain or Shine111
7Air2190
2Rain or Shine3
(#3 twice to beat)
3Alaska2
3Alaska92
6Barangay Ginebra81
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Quarterfinals

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(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (8) Barako Bull

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

(2) Rain or Shine vs. (7) Air21

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

(3) Alaska vs. (6) Barangay Ginebra

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

(4) San Mig Super Coffee vs. (5) San Miguel

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

Semifinals

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(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (4) San Mig Super Coffee

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June 27
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 87, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 93
San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 3–2.

(2) Rain or Shine vs. (3) Alaska

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

Finals

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Main article: 2014 PBA Governors' Cup Finals
July 9
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 89, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 92
San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 3–2.

Awards

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Conference

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Players of the Week

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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

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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
Air21 Express Dominique Sutton May 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) June 18 (vs. Rain or Shine) 5–5
Alaska Aces Henry Walker May 18 (vs. San Miguel) June 28 (vs. Rain or Shine) 8–7
Barako Bull Energy Eric Wise May 18 (vs. Meralco) June 3 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) 1–5
Allen Durham June 8 (vs. GlobalPort) June 17 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 2–2
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Zaccheus Mason May 20 (vs. GlobalPort) June 18 (vs. Alaska) 5–5
GlobalPort Batang Pier LeRoy Hickerson May 20 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) May 25 (vs. Rain or Shine) 1–2
Dior Lowhorn May 30 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee) June 14 (vs. Meralco) 0–6
Meralco Bolts Terrence Williams May 18 (vs. Barako Bull) May 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) 0–3
Mario West May 27 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee) June 14 (vs. GlobalPort) 3–3
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Arizona Reid May 20 (vs. Air21) July 9 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee) 12–8
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers Marqus Blakely May 21 (vs. Barako Bull) July 9 (vs. Rain or Shine) 12–8
San Miguel Beermen Reggie Williams May 18 (vs. Alaska) June 17 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee) 5–5
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Othyus Jeffers May 21 (vs. Meralco) 1–0
No Import May 26 (vs. Alaska) 0–1
Rodney Carney May 28 (vs. Rain or Shine) June 2 (vs. Air21) 3–0
Paul Harris June 6 (vs. GlobalPort) June 27 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee) 6–4

References

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  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. ^ a b 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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