2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup

none 2015 Commissioner's Cup PBA2015 commscup.png 230px January 27 – April 29, 2015 Local: Sports5 TV5 AksyonTV Cignal PPV (high-definition) Fox Sports Philippines International: AksyonTV International Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) Wayne Chism (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) Ranidel de Ocampo(Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup 2014 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup 2016 2014–15 Philippine 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup 2015 Governors' 2015 PBA Governors' 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.PBA SEASON 40 CALENDAR BARED, PBA.ph, September 30, 2014 Format The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:STRONG ACTION-PACKED SEASON FORMAT GETS GREEN LIGHT, Snow Badua, PBA.ph, October 2, 2014 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 Schedule table matchup BSK 1 Alaska L/W/L/W/L/OTL/L/W/OTW/L/W PF/NLEX/GP/SMB/ROS/BBE/KIA/BW/MER/TNT/BGSM 2 Barako Bull W/W/W/L/L/OTW/L/L/L/L/W BW/BGSM/KIA/TNT/GP/ALA/ROS/SMB/MER/PF/NLEX 3 Barangay Ginebra L/L/W/W/L/W/W/L/L/W/L MER/BBE/SMB/KIA/TNT/PF/BW/NLEX/ROS/GP/ALA 4 Blackwater L/L/L/W/L/L/L/W/L/L/W BBE/TNT/PF/SMB/NLEX/GP/BGSM/KIA/ALA/ROS/MER 5 GlobalPort W/L/L/W/L/W/W/L/L/L/L KIA/PUR/ROS/ALA/MER/BBE/BW/TNT/NLEX/BGSM/SMB 6 Kia L/L/W/L/L/W/W/L/W/L/L GP/MER/SMB/BBE/BGSM/PF/TNT/BW/ALA/NLEX/ROS 7 Meralco W/W/W/W/W/L/L/W/OTL/L/L BGSM/KIA/TNT/ROS/GP/SMB/NLEX/BBE/ALA/PF/BW 8 NLEX L/L/L/W/L/W/W/W/W/W/L ROS/ALA/PUR/BW/TNT/SMB/MER/BGSM/GP/KIA/BBE 9 Purefoods Star W/W/W/W/L/L/L/OTW/OTW/W/W GP/ALA/BW/NLEX/ROS/KIA/BGSM/SMB/TNT/BBE/MER 10 Rain or Shine L/W/W/L/W/W/W/L/W/W/W TNT/NLEX/GP/MER/PF/ALA/BBE/SMB/BGSM/BW/KIA 11 San Miguel L/L/L/L/W/L/OTL/W/W/L/W KIA/BGSM/BW/ALA/MER/NLEX/PF/BBE/ROS/TNT/GP 12 Talk 'N Text W/W/L/W/W/W/L/W/OTL/W/W ROS/BW/MER/BBE/BGSM/NLEX/KIA/GP/PF/SMB/ALA Results main BSR grey Team y 55px 92% ALA BBE BGSM BW GP Kia MER NLEX PUR ROS SMB TNT Alaska 91–93* OT 104–98 82–68 73–95 89–103 108–103** OT 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 Barangay 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* OT 118–117*** OT Rain or Shine 114–129 86–89 San Miguel 93–113 Talk 'N Text complete Bracket Quarterfinals (1) Rain or Shine vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra #eee March 28 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay 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 #eee March 28 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 127 Barako Bull Energy 97 Talk 'N Text wins series in one game (3) Purefoods Star vs. (6) Alaska #eee March 27 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Purefoods Star Hotshots 120 Alaska Aces 86 #fff March 29 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Purefoods Star Hotshots 96 Alaska Aces 89 Purefoods Star wins series, 2–0 (4) NLEX vs. (5) Meralco #eee March 27 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NLEX Road Warriors 82 Meralco Bolts 97 #fff March 29 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City OT NLEX Road Warriors 85 Meralco Bolts 91 Meralco wins series, 2–0 Semifinals (1) Rain or Shine vs. (5) Meralco #eee March 31 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 99 Meralco Bolts 86 #fff April 5 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 92 Meralco Bolts 82 #eee April 7 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 107 Meralco Bolts 98 Rain or Shine wins series, 3–0 (2) Talk 'N Text vs. (3) Purefoods Star #eee April 1 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 94 Purefoods Star Hotshots 100 #fff April 6 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 93 Purefoods Star Hotshots 77 #eee April 9 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 111 Purefoods Star Hotshots 107 #fff April 11 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 79 Purefoods Star Hotshots 66 Talk 'N Text wins series, 3–1 Finals 2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals #eee April 15 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 92 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 99 #fff April 17 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 116 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 108 #eee April 19 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 109 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 97 #fff April 22 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 92 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 99 #eee April 24 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 94 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 103 #fff April 26 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 101 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 93 #eee April 29 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City 2OT Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 119 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 121 Talk 'N Text wins series, 4–3 Awards Conference Best Player of the Conference: Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference: Wayne Chism (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) Finals MVP: Ranidel de Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) Players of the Week WeekPlayerRef. January 27 – February 1 Chico Lanete (Barako Bull Energy) ENERGY PLAYER, PBA.inquirer.net, February 2, 2015 February 1–8 Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) INSTANT IMPACT, PBA.inquirer.net, February 9, 2015 February 9–15 Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) TAKING CHARGE, PBA.inquirer.net, February 16, 2015 February 15–22 Terrence Romeo (GlobalPort Batang Pier) NEWFOUND CONFIDENCE, PBA.inquirer.net, February 23, 2015 February 23 – March 1 James Yap (Purefoods Star Hotshots) THRIVING IN CRUNCHTIME, PBA.inquirer.net, March 2, 2015 March 3–15 Arwind Santos (San Miguel Beermen) READY FOR FINAL PUSH, PBA.inquirer.net, March 16, 2015 March 16–22 Ranidel De Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) STEADY PRESENCE, PBA.inquirer.net, March 23, 2015 March 23–29 Joe Devance (Purefoods Star Hotshots) Mark Barroca (Purefoods Star Hotshots) MAKING A DIFFERENCE, PBA.inquirer.net, March 30, 2015 March 30 – April 5 Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) Jericho Cruz (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) E-PAINTERS' BACKCOURT TANDEM SIZZLES, PBA.inquirer.net, April 8, 2015 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. Team Name Debuted Last game Record Alaska Aces D. J. Covington February 3 (vs. Purefoods Star) February 17 (vs. San Miguel) 2–2 Damion James February 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) March 29 (vs. Purefoods Star) 3–6 Barako Bull Energy Solomon Alabihttp://www.phaccess.com/2014/12/pba-commissioners-cup-2015-schedule.html PBA Commissioner's Cup 2015, Schedule, Imports PH Access January 12, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150113044409/http://www.phaccess.com/2014/12/pba-commissioners-cup-2015-schedule.html January 13, 2015 dead January 28 (vs. Blackwater) March 28 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 5–7 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Michael Dunigan January 27 (vs. Meralco) March 28 (vs. Rain or Shine) 5–7 Blackwater Elite No Import January 28 (vs. Barako Bull) 0–1 Marcus Douthit February 1 (vs. Talk 'N Text) March 25 (vs. Meralco) 3–7 GlobalPort Batang Pier CJ Leslie January 27 (vs. Kia) February 10 (vs. Alaska) 2–2 Calvin Warner February 15 (vs. Meralco) March 1 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 2–2 Derrick Caracter March 15 (vs. NLEX) March 24 (vs. San Miguel) 0–3 Kia Carnival Peter John Ramos January 27 (vs. GlobalPort) March 22 (vs. Rain or Shine) 4–7 Meralco Bolts Josh Davis January 27 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) April 5 (vs. Rain or Shine) 8–7 No Import April 7 (vs. Rain or Shine) 0–1 NLEX Road Warriors Al Thornton February 3 (vs. Rain or Shine) March 29 (vs. Meralco) 6–7 Purefoods Star Hotshots Marqus Blakely January 30 (vs. GlobalPort) February 7 (vs. Blackwater) 3–0 Daniel Orton February 11 (vs. NLEX) February 18 (vs. Kia) 1–2 Denzel Bowles February 22 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) April 11 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 7–4 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Rick Jackson January 28 (vs. Talk 'N Text) February 14 (vs. Purefoods Star) 3–2 Wayne Chism February 20 (vs. Alaska) April 29 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 12–5 San Miguel Beermen Ronald Roberts February 4 (vs. Kia) February 17 (vs. Alaska) 0–4 Arizona Reid February 21 (vs. Meralco) March 24 (vs. GlobalPort) 4–3 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Richard Howell January 28 (vs. Rain or Shine) February 15 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) 4–1 Ivan Johnson February 20 (vs. NLEX) April 29 (vs. Rain or Shine) 12–6 Import handicapping Team Philippine Cup standings ImportheightlimitWL% San Miguel Beermen 9 2 .818 6'9" Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 9 2 .818 Alaska Aces 8 3 .727 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 8 3 .727 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 5 .545 Meralco Bolts 6 5 .545 Purefoods Star Hotshots 6 5 .545 GlobalPort Batang Pier 5 6 .455 Barako Bull Energy 4 7 .364 unlimited NLEX Road Warriors 4 7 .364 Kia Carnival 1 10 .091 Blackwater Elite 0 11 .000 References External links PBA.ph Category:PBA Commissioner's Cup Commissioner's Cup