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
DurationJanuary 27 – April 29, 2015
TV partner(s)Local:
Sports5
TV5
AksyonTV
Cignal PPV (high-definition)
Fox Sports Philippines
International:
AksyonTV International
Finals
ChampionsTalk 'N Text Tropang Texters
Runners-upRain or Shine Elasto Painters
Awards
Best PlayerJayson Castro
(Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
Best ImportWayne Chism
(Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)
Finals MVPRanidel 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
Source: PBA.ph

Schedule
Team ╲ Game1234567891011
AlaskaPFNLEXGPSMBROSBBEKIABWMERTNTBGSM
Barako BullBWBGSMKIATNTGPALAROSSMBMERPFNLEX
Barangay GinebraMERBBESMBKIATNTPFBWNLEXROSGPALA
BlackwaterBBETNTPFSMBNLEXGPBGSMKIAALAROSMER
GlobalPortKIAPURROSALAMERBBEBWTNTNLEXBGSMSMB
KiaGPMERSMBBBEBGSMPFTNTBWALANLEXROS
MeralcoBGSMKIATNTROSGPSMBNLEXBBEALAPFBW
NLEXROSALAPURBWTNTSMBMERBGSMGPKIABBE
Purefoods StarGPALABWNLEXROSKIABGSMSMBTNTBBEMER
Rain or ShineTNTNLEXGPMERPFALABBESMBBGSMBWKIA
San MiguelKIABGSMBWALAMERNLEXPFBBEROSTNTGP
Talk 'N TextROSBWMERBBEBGSMNLEXKIAGPPFSMBALA
Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT 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
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-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

(1) Rain or Shine vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra
March 28
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 92, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 91
Rain or Shine wins series in one game

(2) Talk 'N Text vs. (7) Barako Bull
March 28
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 127, Barako Bull Energy 97
Talk 'N Text wins series in one game

(3) Purefoods Star vs. (6) Alaska
March 29
Purefoods Star Hotshots 96, Alaska Aces 89
Purefoods Star wins series, 2–0

(4) NLEX vs. (5) Meralco
March 29
NLEX Road Warriors 85, Meralco Bolts 91 (OT)
Meralco wins series, 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Rain or Shine vs. (5) Meralco
April 7
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 107, Meralco Bolts 98
Rain or Shine wins series, 3–0

(2) Talk 'N Text vs. (3) Purefoods Star

Finals
Main article: 2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup 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

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.

TeamNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Alaska AcesD. J. CovingtonFebruary 3 (vs. Purefoods Star)February 17 (vs. San Miguel)2–2
Damion JamesFebruary 20 (vs. Rain or Shine)March 29 (vs. Purefoods Star)3–6
Barako Bull EnergySolomon Alabi[12]January 28 (vs. Blackwater)March 28 (vs. Talk 'N Text)5–7
Barangay Ginebra San MiguelMichael DuniganJanuary 27 (vs. Meralco)March 28 (vs. Rain or Shine)5–7
Blackwater EliteNo ImportJanuary 28 (vs. Barako Bull)0–1
Marcus DouthitFebruary 1 (vs. Talk 'N Text)March 25 (vs. Meralco)3–7
GlobalPort Batang PierCJ LeslieJanuary 27 (vs. Kia)February 10 (vs. Alaska)2–2
Calvin WarnerFebruary 15 (vs. Meralco)March 1 (vs. Talk 'N Text)2–2
Derrick CaracterMarch 15 (vs. NLEX)March 24 (vs. San Miguel)0–3
Kia CarnivalPeter John Ramos[12]January 27 (vs. GlobalPort)March 22 (vs. Rain or Shine)4–7
Meralco BoltsJosh DavisJanuary 27 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)April 5 (vs. Rain or Shine)8–7
No ImportApril 7 (vs. Rain or Shine)0–1
NLEX Road WarriorsAl Thornton[12]February 3 (vs. Rain or Shine)March 29 (vs. Meralco)6–7
Purefoods Star HotshotsMarqus BlakelyJanuary 30 (vs. GlobalPort)February 7 (vs. Blackwater)3–0
Daniel OrtonFebruary 11 (vs. NLEX)February 18 (vs. Kia)1–2
Denzel BowlesFebruary 22 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra)April 11 (vs. Talk 'N Text)7–4
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersRick JacksonJanuary 28 (vs. Talk 'N Text)February 14 (vs. Purefoods Star)3–2
Wayne ChismFebruary 20 (vs. Alaska)April 29 (vs. Talk 'N Text)12–5
San Miguel BeermenRonald RobertsFebruary 4 (vs. Kia)February 17 (vs. Alaska)0–4
Arizona ReidFebruary 21 (vs. Meralco)March 24 (vs. GlobalPort)4–3
Talk 'N Text Tropang TextersRichard HowellJanuary 28 (vs. Rain or Shine)February 15 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)4–1
Ivan JohnsonFebruary 20 (vs. NLEX)April 29 (vs. Rain or Shine)12–6

Import handicapping
TeamPhilippine Cup standingsImport
height
limit
WL%
San Miguel Beermen92.8186'9"
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters92.818
Alaska Aces83.727
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters83.727
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel65.545
Meralco Bolts65.545
Purefoods Star Hotshots65.545
GlobalPort Batang Pier56.455
Barako Bull Energy47.364unlimited
NLEX Road Warriors47.364
Kia Carnival110.091
Blackwater Elite011.000

References
  1. PBA SEASON 40 CALENDAR BARED, PBA.ph, September 30, 2014
  2. STRONG ACTION-PACKED SEASON FORMAT GETS GREEN LIGHT, Snow Badua, PBA.ph, October 2, 2014
  3. ENERGY PLAYER, PBA.inquirer.net, February 2, 2015
  4. INSTANT IMPACT, PBA.inquirer.net, February 9, 2015
  5. TAKING CHARGE, PBA.inquirer.net, February 16, 2015
  6. NEWFOUND CONFIDENCE, PBA.inquirer.net, February 23, 2015
  7. THRIVING IN CRUNCHTIME, PBA.inquirer.net, March 2, 2015
  8. READY FOR FINAL PUSH, PBA.inquirer.net, March 16, 2015
  9. STEADY PRESENCE, PBA.inquirer.net, March 23, 2015
  10. MAKING A DIFFERENCE, PBA.inquirer.net, March 30, 2015
  11. E-PAINTERS' BACKCOURT TANDEM SIZZLES, PBA.inquirer.net, April 8, 2015
  12. "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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