2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup Finals

The 2014–15 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and the Alaska Aces competed for the 37th All-Filipino championship and the 113th overall championship contested by the league.

2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup Finals
TeamCoachWins
(1) San Miguel Beermen Leo Austria 4
(3) Alaska Aces Alex Compton 3
DatesJanuary 7 21, 2015
MVPArwind Santos
(San Miguel Beermen)
TelevisionLocal:
Sports5
TV5
AksyonTV
Cignal PPV (HD)
Fox Sports
International:
AksyonTV International
AnnouncersSee broadcast notes
Radio networkDWFM (Radyo5)
Referees
Game 1:J. Mariano, E. Aquino, N. Guevarra
Game 2:A. Herrera, P. Balao, R. Gruta
Game 3:N. Quilingen, E. Aquino, E. Tangkion
Game 4:A. Herrera, N. Quillingen, N. Guevarra
Game 5:A. Herrera, P. Balao, E. Tankion
Game 6:A. Herrera, N. Quilingen, E. Tangkion
Game 7:N. Quilingen, P. Balao, E. Tankion

Background

Road to the finals

San MiguelAlaska
Finished 92 (0.818): Tied with Rain or Shine at 1st placeElimination roundFinished 83 (0.727): Tied with Talk 'N Text at 3rd place
1.101 (1st place)Tiebreaker*1.020 (3rd place)
byeQuarterfinalsFirst phase: Def. NLEX in one game
Second phase: Def. Meralco, 8769
Def. Talk 'N Text, 40 (best-of-seven)SemifinalsDef. Rain or Shine, 42 (best-of-seven)

Head-to-head matchup

Series summary

Team Game 1* Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Wins
San Miguel 8210070889376804
Alaska 888678708887783
Venue AranetaAranetaAranetaAranetaAranetaAranetaAraneta

*overtime

Game 1

January 7
7:00pm
San Miguel Beermen 82, Alaska Aces 88 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 27–5, 18–26, 9–18, 20–25, Overtime: 8–14
Pts: Lutz 24
Rebs: Fajardo 17
Asts: Ross 7
Pts: Abueva 22
Rebs: Abueva 10
Asts: Banchero, Thoss 3
Alaska leads series, 1–0
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: J. Mariano, E. Aquino, N. Guevarra

In the first quarter of Game One the San Miguel manage to have a double digit 27-5, but then on the second half of the game Alaska's Abueva and Hontiveros makes a scoring run to make a comeback. Then in overtime Alaska outscored the Beermen to steal Game One 88-82.

Game 2

January 9
7:00pm
San Miguel Beermen 100, Alaska Aces 86
Scoring by quarter: 32–28, 19–20, 21–22, 28–16
Pts: Santos 22
Rebs: Fajardo 12
Asts: Lutz, Ross 5
Pts: Thoss 16
Rebs: Abueva 9
Asts: Casio 3
Series tied, 1–1
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: A. Herrera, P. Balao, R. Gruta

This is the physical game of the series featuring two Kapampangan superstars Arwind santos and Calvin Abueva. In the game Abueva elbowed Santos on the rebound, due to Santos blood he was forced to rest before coming back late in the third quarter to lead the Beermen to a scoring run and avoid Alaska's possible comeback.

Game 3

January 11
5:00pm
San Miguel Beermen 70, Alaska Aces 78
Scoring by quarter: 8–13, 27–14, 29–19, 6–32
Pts: Santos 20
Rebs: Santos 11
Asts: Cabagnot 4
Pts: Abueva 16
Rebs: Abueva 15
Asts: Abueva 5
Alaska leads series, 2–1
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 13,785
Referees: N. Quillingen, E. Aquino, E. Tangkion

On Game Three SMB manage once again to manage big 20 or more points on three quarters, but the Aces prove again their resiliency to comeback outscoring the Beermen in fourth quarter 32-6.

Game 4

January 14
7:00pm
San Miguel Beermen 88, Alaska Aces 70
Scoring by quarter: 33–16, 16–10, 24–23, 15–21
Pts: Cabagnot 22
Rebs: Santos 14
Asts: Lutz 7
Pts: Abueva 22
Rebs: Abueva 7
Asts: Exciminiano, Casio 3
Series tied, 2–2
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: A. Herrera, N. Quillingen, N. Guevarra

Prior to the start of Game Four June Mar Fajardo received his second straight Best Player of the Conference in Philippine Cup. Alex Cabagnot finally break his silence in the series tallying team high 22 points and gave the Beermen a dominant game once again.

Game 5

January 16
7:00pm
San Miguel Beermen 93, Alaska Aces 88
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 20–18, 30–30, 22–17
Pts: Fajardo, Santos 19
Rebs: Fajardo 13
Asts: Cabagnot 8
Pts: Abueva 24
Rebs: Abueva 12
Asts: Banchero, Abueva 3
San Miguel leads series, 3–2
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: A. Herrera, P. Balao, E. Tankion

This game of this series was proved to be the closest scoring since the last four games, it was a see-saw battle the score was being tied after all three quarters. But on the fourth quarter the Beermen relied on their bench to make an opening scoring run on fourth quarter and win the game after great performances of Arwind Santos and June Mar Fajardo combining for 38 points and 10 blocks(19 points each and 5 blocks each). This also served as the first time the Beermen leads the series for pivotal 3-2 lead.

Game 6

January 18
7:30pm
San Miguel Beermen 76, Alaska Aces 87
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 13–25, 20–21, 20–24
Pts: Santos 22
Rebs: Fajardo 13
Asts: Cabagnot 5
Pts: Hontiveros 18
Rebs: Thoss 9
Asts: Thoss, Manuel, Jazul 3
Series tied, 3–3
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 14,259
Referees: A. Herrera, N. Quilingquen, E. Tangkion

The San Miguel once again manage to have double digit lead in the first quarter but then on the second to the fourth quarter the Alaska have controlled the whole behind a great performance from the former Beermen Dondon Hontiveros.

Game 7

January 21
7:00pm
San Miguel Beermen 80, Alaska Aces 78
Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 27–15, 14–32, 18–19
Pts: Santos 22
Rebs: Fajardo 25
Asts: Cabagnot 6
Pts: Abueva 23
Rebs: Abueva 15
Asts: Abueva, Exciminiano, Jazul 2
San Miguel wins series, 4–3
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 22,511
Referees: N. Quilingen, P. Balao, E. Tankion

The San Miguel and Alaska battled for their third Game Seven of their other previous PBA finals meeting which Alaska winning twice of the two games seven meeting. This game was started in the first quarter by Fajardo's amazing euro step Sonny Thoss before the Beeremen lead the Aces a double digit point lead after great shooting from Arwind Santos. The San Miguel lead Alaska dominantly 48-27 at the half. But the Aces again proved their great comeback led by Calvin Abueva came close after third quarter 62-59, but on fourth quarter the Alaska steal the lead and lead as many as 6 points under 4 minutes remaining in the game 74-68. The Beeremen then make their own rally having 12-6 run then with one minute remaining in the game and the clock is winding down Arwind Santos makes a crucial three pointer with 43 seconds remaining in the game to push San Miguel lead back to one 79-78 then he grabbed also a crucial defensive rebound after Sonny Thoss missed a shot over Fajardo. In the one possession after Abueva missed a floater Ronald Tubid grabs a defensive rebound but call a time out that SMB doesn't have any more. Dondon Hontiveros then missed a crucial technical free throw, on the last play were San Miguel has the ball Chris Lutz inbound the ball to June Mar Fajardo who had been forced to a jumpball by Abueva. On the jumpball Abueva won the tip over Fajardo and the ball goes to Thoss who finds Jvee Casio for game winning three pointer but his shot missed before the buzzer sounded.

Rosters

San Miguel Beermen 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightCollege
F 1 Maierhofer, Rico 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1985-11-04 La Salle
SG 3 Lutz, Chris 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1985-02-11 Marshall
PG 5 Cabagnot, Alex 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1982-12-08 Hawaii-Hilo
PG 6 Ross, Chris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1985-03-08 Marshall
SG 13 Lassiter, Marcio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1987-05-16 Cal State Fullerton
C 15 Fajardo, June Mar 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1989-11-17 UC
C 18 Kramer, Doug 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1983-07-10 Ateneo
SF 21 Omolon, Nelbert 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1980-06-30 PCU
G 23 Pascual, Ronald (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988-06-23 San Sebastian
PG 25 Fortuna, Jeric 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1991-11-25 UST
G/F 29 Santos, Arwind (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1981-06-10 FEU
F/C 33 Semerad, David (R) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1991-04-25 SBC
F/C 41 Chua, Justin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 232 lb (105 kg) 1989-07-13 Ateneo
SG 71 Tubid, Ronald 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1981-10-15 UE
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Biboy Ravanes (UC)
  • John Todd Purves (consultant)
  • Dayong Mendoza
  • Riel Banaria
  • Boyzie Zamar
  • Peter Martin
Team manager



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

Alaska Aces 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightCollege
C 1 Eman, Samigue 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1982-03-12 UMin
G 2 Banchero, Chris (R) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1989-01-24 Seattle Pacific
G/F 3 Baguio, Cyrus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1980-08-19 UST
C 7 Thoss, Sonny 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1981-12-07 James Cook
F 8 Abueva, Calvin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1988-02-04 San Sebastian
G/F 11 dela Rosa, Rome (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990-12-11 San Beda
F 15 Vanlandingham, Josh (IN) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1984-01-22 PLU
G 17 Exciminiano, Chris 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988-11-17 FEU
PF 21 Bugia, Paolo (IN) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1981-01-19 Ateneo
PF 24 Manuel, Vic 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1987-06-18 PSBA
G 25 Hontiveros, Dondon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1977-06-01 UC
F 27 Espinas, Gabby  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1982-01-03 PCU
F/C 30 Menk, Eric 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1974-08-24 Lake Superior State
G 31 Jazul, RJ 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986-04-11 Letran
F 35 dela Cruz, Tony (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 1978-08-24 UC-Irvine
G 42 Casio, JVee 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986-09-01 La Salle
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


  • a also serves as Alaska's board governor.

Broadcast notes

All of the games were aired live on TV5, AksyonTV and Fox Sports, except for Game 5 that was delayed at TV5 and AksyonTV due to the News5 coverage of Pope Francis's visit to the Philippines.

GameSports5Fox Sports
Play-by-playAnalyst(s)Courtside reportersPlay-by-playAnalyst(s)
Game 1Magoo MarjonEric Reyes and Ali PeekRizza DiazPatricia Bermudez-HizonCharles Tiu
Game 2Mico HaliliQuinito Henson and Richard del RosarioApple DavidNikko RamosRonnie Magsanoc
Game 3Charlie CunaRyan Gregorio and Luigi TrilloErika PadillaMico HaliliCharles Tiu
Game 4James VelazquezDominic Uy and Ronnie MagsanocSel GuevaraPatricia Bermudez-HizonVince Hizon
Game 5Magoo MarjonAndy Jao and Luigi TrilloRizza DiazMico HaliliKirk Long
Game 6Mico HaliliEric Reyes and Richard del RosarioSel GuevaraNikko RamosCharles Tiu
Game 7Magoo MarjonQuinito Henson and Ronnie MagsanocErika PadillaPatricia Bermudez-HizonVince Hizon
  • Additional Game 7 crew:
    • Trophy presentation: Nikko Ramos
    • Dugout celebration interviewer: Sel Guevara

References

    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.