2015 PBA Governors' Cup

The 2015 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2015 PLDT Home TVolution-PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the 2014–15 PBA season. The tournament began on May 5, 2015 and ended on July 17, 2015. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) for the top eight teams of combined results of the Philippine Cup and Commissioner's Cup, while the bottom four teams will be allowed to hire imports with no height limit.[1] The teams were allowed to hire an additional Asian import with a height limit of 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m).[2]

2015 PBA Governors' Cup
DurationMay 5 – July 17, 2015
TV partner(s)Local:
Sports5
TV5
AksyonTV
Fox Sports
International:
AksyonTV International
Finals
ChampionsSan Miguel Beermen
Runners-upAlaska Aces
Awards
Best PlayerJune Mar Fajardo
(San Miguel Beermen)
Best ImportRomeo Travis
(Alaska Aces)
Finals MVPJune Mar Fajardo
(San Miguel Beermen)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

Format

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

  • 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 (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-7 series)
    • Winners of the semifinals

Elimination round

Team standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Alaska Aces 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] —
3 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 1
4 GlobalPort Batang Pier 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 1
5 Star Hotshots 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 3] 2 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 Barako Bull Energy 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 3] 2
7 Meralco Bolts 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 4] 3
8 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 4] 3
9 Kia Carnival 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 4] 3
10 TNT KaTropa 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 4] 3
11 NLEX Road Warriors 3 8 .273 5
12 Blackwater Elite 1 10 .091 7
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
  2. Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 GlobalPort
  3. Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Star
  4. Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.13, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Kia 0.95, Talk 'N Text 0.93

Schedule
Team ╲ Game1234567891011
AlaskaBWBGSMROSTNTSHNLEXKIAMERBBESMBGP
Barako BullNLEXBWTNTMERSMBROSGPKIAALABGSMSH
Barangay GinebraALATNTKIABWROSSMBGPSHMERBBENLEX
BlackwaterALAGPBBEBGSMKIAMERROSTNTSMBNLEXSH
GlobalPortMERBWSHSMBROSTNTBGSMBBENLEXKIAALA
KiaSMBBGSMNLEXBWSHALABBEGPROSTNTMER
MeralcoGPSMBNLEXSHBBEBWTNTALABGSMROSKIA
NLEXBBESHMERKIATNTALASMBROSGPBWBGSM
Rain or ShineSMBALAGPBGSMBBEBWTNTNLEXSHKIAMER
San MiguelKIAMERROSGPSHBBEBGSMNLEXTNTBWALA
StarNLEXGPMERSMBALAKIABGSMROSTNTBBEBW
Talk 'N TextBGSMBBEALANLEXGPMERROSSMBBWSHKIA
Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results
Team ALA BBE BGSM BW GP Kia MER NLEX ROS SMB SH TNT
Alaska 101–95 108–99 106–80 104–117* 101–63 89–75 102–113 94–93 82–77 92–86 103–104
Barako Bull 98–120 105–90 123–114 68–71 105–99 101–96 112–103 113–116 89–117 100–87
Brgy. Ginebra 77–83 111–108* 105–98 99–102 110–107 93–81 85–100 82–89 91–95
Blackwater 76–100 76–83** 72–87 89–102* 85–123 83–115 82–87 91–98
GlobalPort 102–94 92–73 108–80 112–119 102–124 91–89 123–120
Kia 88–85 85–82 90–94 83–78 80–89 85–94
Meralco 84–91 89–96 106–95* 83–81 119–85
NLEX 102–106 92–96 85–89 89–108
Rain or Shine 91–104 103–88 88–73
San Miguel 100–89 101–96
Star 105–93
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 Alaska 114    
  8 Ginebra 108    
            1 Alaska 3    
    (#4 twice to beat)       5 Star 0  
  4 GlobalPort 73 94
  5 Star 126 101  
    1 Alaska 0
    (#2 twice to beat)     2 San Miguel 4
  2 San Miguel 99 102  
  7 Meralco 106 86  
            2 San Miguel 3
    (#3 twice to beat)     3 Rain or Shine 1    
  3 Rain or Shine 134**  
  6 Barako Bull 132    

*Game went into overtime[a] a The number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime(s) occurred.

Quarterfinals

(1) Alaska vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra
June 26
Alaska Aces 114, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 108
Alaska wins series in one game

(2) San Miguel vs. (7) Meralco
June 29
San Miguel Beermen 102, Meralco Bolts 86
San Miguel wins series in two games

(3) Rain or Shine vs. (6) Barako Bull
June 27
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 134, Barako Bull Energy 132 (2OT)
Rain or Shine wins series in one game

(4) GlobalPort vs. (5) Star
June 28
GlobalPort Batang Pier 94, Star Hotshots 101
Star wins series in two games

Semifinals

(1) Alaska vs. (5) Star
July 5
Alaska Aces 82, Star Hotshots 77
Alaska wins series, 3–0

(2) San Miguel vs. (3) Rain or Shine

Finals
Main article: 2015 PBA Governors' Cup Finals
July 17
Alaska Aces 81, San Miguel Beermen 91
San Miguel wins series, 4–0

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week
Week Player Ref.
May 5–10 J.C. Intal (Barako Bull Energy) [4]
May 11–17 Dylan Ababou (Barako Bull Energy) [5]
May 18–24 Joseph Yeo (Barako Bull Energy) [6]
May 25–31 RR Garcia (Barako Bull Energy) [7]
June 1–7 Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) [8]
June 8–14 Terrence Romeo (GlobalPort Batang Pier) [9]
June 15–21 Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) [10]
June 22–28 Peter June Simon (Star Hotshots) [11]
June 29 – July 5 Vic Manuel (Alaska Aces) [12]

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 in gold are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference. Players with an asterisk indicates the Asian imports.

TeamNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Alaska Aces Romeo TravisMay 5 (vs. Blackwater)July 17 (vs. San Miguel)12–7
Barako Bull Energy Liam McMorrowMay 6 (vs. NLEX)June 27 (vs. Rain or Shine)6–6
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Orlando JohnsonMay 8 (vs. Alaska)June 26 (vs. Alaska)5–7
Sanchir Tungalag*May 8 (vs. Alaska)May 31 (vs. San Miguel)2–4
Kim Jiwan*June 3 (vs. GlobalPort)June 26 (vs. Alaska)3–3
Blackwater Elite Marcus DouthitMay 5 (vs. Alaska)June 3 (vs. Rain or Shine)1–6
Marcus Cousin June 12 (vs. Talk 'N Text)June 23 (vs. Star)0–4
GlobalPort Batang Pier Patrick O'BryantMay 5 (vs. Meralco)May 8 (vs. Blackwater)2–0
Steven ThomasMay 12 (vs. Star)May 17 (vs. San Miguel)1–1
Jarrid FamousMay 22 (vs. Rain or Shine)June 28 (vs. Star)4–5
Omar Krayem*May 5 (vs. Meralco)June 28 (vs. Star)7–6
Kia Carnival Hamady N'DiayeMay 6 (vs. San Miguel)June 24 (vs. Meralco)5–6
Chang Tsung-hsien*May 6 (vs. San Miguel)June 24 (vs. Meralco)5–6
Meralco Bolts Andre EmmettMay 5 (vs. GlobalPort)June 29 (vs. San Miguel)6–7
Seiya Ando*May 13 (vs. NLEX)June 29 (vs. San Miguel)5–6
NLEX Road Warriors Kwame AlexanderMay 6 (vs. Barako Bull)June 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)3–8
Michael Madanly*May 6 (vs. Barako Bull)June 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)3–8
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Wendell McKinesMay 12 (vs. San Miguel)July 8 (vs. San Miguel)9–7
San Miguel Beermen Arizona ReidMay 6 (vs. Kia)July 17 (vs. Alaska)16–5
Star Hotshots Marqus BlakelyMay 9 (vs. NLEX)July 5 (vs. Alaska)9–8
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Steffphon PettigrewMay 10 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)June 19 (vs. Kia)5–6
Sam Daghles*May 10 (vs. Barangay Ginerba)June 19 (vs. Kia)5–6

Import handicapping
#TeamPhilippine CupCommissioner's CupTotalImport height limit
1Rain or Shine Elasto Painters1.80.42.26'5"
2Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters2.40.83.2
3Alaska Aces1.22.43.6
4San Miguel Beermen0.63.64.2
5Purefoods Star Hotshots4.21.25.4
6Meralco Bolts3.62.05.6
7Barangay Ginebra San Miguel3.03.26.2
8NLEX Road Warriors6.01.67.6
9Barako Bull Energy5.42.88.2Unlimited height
10GlobalPort Batang Pier4.84.08.8
11Kia Sorento/Carnival6.64.411.0
12Blackwater Elite7.24.812.0
  • Philippine Cup final ranking comprises 60% of the points, while the elimination round ranking in the Commissioner's Cup is 40%. The four teams with most points gets to have an import of unlimited height.

References
  1. PBA SEASON 40 CALENDAR BARED, PBA.ph, September 30, 2014
  2. PBA to feature Asian imports for Governors' Cup conference, Rappler, October 1, 2014
  3. STRONG ACTION-PACKED SEASON FORMAT GETS GREEN LIGHT, Snow Badua, PBA.ph, October 2, 2014
  4. A DIFFERENT, MORE COMMITTED JC, PBA.inquirer.net, May 11, 2015
  5. STARTING TO SHOW TRUE WORTH, PBA.inquirer.net, May 20, 2015
  6. THE NINJA MAKES IT 3 STRAIGHT FOR BARAKO BULL COGS, PBA.inquirer.net, May 25, 2015
  7. GARCIA WEEK’S BEST, 4 IN A ROW FOR ENERGY, PBA.inquirer.net, June 1, 2015
  8. BACK TO RIPPING THE CORDS, PBA.inquirer.net, June 8, 2015
  9. BATANG PIER GUNNER ON FIRE, PBA.inquirer.net, June 15, 2015
  10. NO BACKING DOWN, PBA.inquirer.net, June 22, 2015
  11. STILL OUR TIME – PJ SIMON, PBA.inquirer.net, June 29, 2015
  12. SHOW THE STRENGTH FOR MUSCLE MAN, PBA.inquirer.net, July 6, 2015
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