# 2015 PBA Governors' Cup finals

The 2015 PBA Governors' Cup finals was the best-of-seven championship series of the 2015 PBA Governors' Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Alaska Aces and the San Miguel Beermen competed for the 15th Governors' Cup championship and the 115th overall contested by the league. This also served as a finals rematch between the two teams, when San Miguel won the season's Philippine Cup championship in seven games.
The San Miguel Beermen swept Alaska in their best-of-seven series, four games to none, winning their 21st overall championship in the league.

## Background
### Road to the finals

| San Miguel | San Miguel | Alaska | Alaska |
| Finished 8–3 (0.727)—Tied with Alaska at 1st place | Elimination round | Elimination round | Finished 8–3 (0.727)—Tied with San Miguel at 1st place |
| 0.939 (2nd place) | Tiebreaker* | Tiebreaker* | 1.065 (1st place) |
| Def. Meralco in two games 99–106, 102–86 (twice-to-beat advantage) | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Def. Barangay Ginebra in one game, 114–108 (twice-to-beat advantage) |
| Def. Rain or Shine, 3–1 (best-of-five) | Semifinals | Semifinals | Def. Star, 3–0 (best-of-five) |

### Head-to-head matchup

* June 20 5:00 PM
* Boxscore
Alaska Aces 82, San Miguel Beermen 77 :
| Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 24–21, 18–28, 17–18 |||
| Pts: Travis 32 Rebs: Travis 10 Asts: Casio 4 | Pts: Reid 17 Rebs: Fajardo, Reid 12 Asts: Reid 5 |
* Panabo Multi-Purpose Tourism Cultural and Sports Center, Panabo City, Davao del Norte Referees: A. Herrera, S. Pineda, R. Gruta

## Series summary

| Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Wins |
| San Miguel | 108 | 103 | 96 | 91 | 4 |
| Alaska | 78 | 95 | 89 | 81 | 0 |
| Venue | MOA | Araneta | Araneta | Araneta | |

### Game 1

* July 10 7:00pm
* boxscore
San Miguel Beermen 108, Alaska Aces 78 :
| Scoring by quarter: 35–22, 19–19, 23–24, 31–13 |||
| Pts: Reid 32 Rebs: Fajardo 17 Asts: Reid 7 | Pts: Travis 14 Rebs: Thoss 8 Asts: Travis 5 |
| San Miguel leads series, 1–0 |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: A. Herrera, P. Balao, J. Marabe

### Game 2

* July 12 5:00pm
* boxscore
San Miguel Beermen 103, Alaska Aces 95 :
| Scoring by quarter: 28–24, 19–20, 26–29, 30–22 |||
| Pts: Reid 37 Rebs: Fajardo 14 Asts: Reid, Lutz 7 | Pts: Travis 23 Rebs: Travis 11 Asts: Dela Rosa 4 |
| San Miguel leads series, 2–0 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilingen, P. Balao, E. Tangkion

### Game 3

* July 15 7:00pm
* boxscore
San Miguel Beermen 96, Alaska Aces 89 :
| Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 23–31, 28–25, 20–12 |||
| Pts: Reid 41 Rebs: Fajardo 19 Asts: Reid, Cabagnot, Fajardo, 3 | Pts: Travis 17 Rebs: Travis 7 Asts: Travis, Casio, Thoss 3 |
| San Miguel leads series, 3–0 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilingen, P. Balao, E. Tangkion

### Game 4

* July 17 7:00pm
* boxscore
San Miguel Beermen 91, Alaska Aces 81 :
| Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 19–32, 33–16, 21–16 |||
| Pts: Reid 33 Rebs: Fajardo 21 Asts: Cabagnot 6 | Pts: Abueva 22 Rebs: Abueva 16 Asts: Travis, Abueva, Banchero, Casio 3 |
| San Miguel wins series, 4–0 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 14,246 Referees: A. Herrera, E. Aquino, J. Mariano

## Rosters

* $^a$ also serves as Alaska's board governor.

## Broadcast notes

| Game | TV5 coverage | TV5 coverage | TV5 coverage | Fox Sports coverage | Fox Sports coverage |
| Game | Play-by-play | Analyst(s) | Courtside reporters | Play-by-play | Analyst(s) |
| Game 1 | Charlie Cuna | Ali Peek and Ryan Gregorio | Erika Padilla | no broadcast | no broadcast |
| Game 2 | Magoo Marjon | Quinito Henson and Dominic Uy | Rizza Diaz | Nicholas Nathanielsz | Charles Tiu |
| Game 3 | Charlie Cuna | Andy Jao and Eric Reyes | Sel Guevara | Patricia Bermudez-Hizon | Vince Hizon |
| Game 4 | Magoo Marjon | Dominic Uy and Richard del Rosario | Apple David | Jude Turcuato | Charles Tiu |
* Additional Game 4 crew:
** Trophy presentation: James Velasquez
** Dugout interviewer: Apple David