# 2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup

The 2014 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2014 PLDT Home TVolution-PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second conference of the 2013–14 PBA season. The tournament started on March 5, 2014 and finished on May 15, 2014. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'11" for the bottom two of the last conference, and a limit of 6'9" for other teams.

## Format

The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:
* Single-round robin eliminations; 9 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.
* Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. In case of tie, playoffs will be held only for the #2 and #8 seeds.
* 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-5 series)
** Winners of the semifinals

## Elimination round
### Team standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Alaska Aces | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | San Mig Super Coffee Mixers | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Air21 Express | 3 | 6 | .333 | 6 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 3 | 6 | .333 | 6 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Barako Bull Energy | 2 | 7 | .222 | 7 | |
| 10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 1 | 8 | .111 | 8 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Meralco
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Air21 1–0 Barangay Ginebra

### Schedule

| Team ╲ Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Air21 | GP | TNT | BBE | ALA | MER | BGSM | SMSC | ROS | SMB |
| Alaska | TNT | GP | MER | ROS | A21 | SMB | BBE | BGSM | SMSC |
| Barako Bull | BGSM | ROS | A21 | TNT | SMB | SMSC | ALA | MER | GP |
| Barangay Ginebra | BBE | SMB | SMSC | GP | TNT | A21 | MER | ALA | ROS |
| GlobalPort | A21 | ALA | SMSC | MER | BGSM | SMB | ROS | TNT | BBE |
| Meralco | SMB | ALA | GP | TNT | A21 | ROS | BGSM | BBE | SMSC |
| Rain or Shine | BBE | ALA | SMB | SMSC | MER | GP | TNT | A21 | BGSM |
| San Miguel | MER | BGSM | TNT | ROS | BBE | GP | ALA | SMSC | A21 |
| San Mig Super Coffee | GP | BGSM | ROS | BBE | TNT | A21 | SMB | MER | ALA |
| Talk 'N Text | ALA | A21 | SMB | BBE | MER | BGSM | SMSC | ROS | GP |

### Results

| Team | A21 | ALA | BBE | BGSM | GP | MER | ROS | SMB | SMSC | TNT |
| Air21 | | 78–88 | 103–85 | 97–95 | 83–78 | 98–109 | 82–87 | 85–93 | 84–97 | 91–95 |
| Alaska | — | | 78–71 | 83–73 | 93–77 | 76–85 | 78–92 | 89–78 | 85–66 | 72–85 |
| Barako Bull | — | — | | 104–108* | 96–98 | 98–105 | 110–106 | 100–106 | 92–90 | 96–101 |
| Barangay Ginebra | — | — | — | | 113–107 | 88–78 | 101–105* | 96–112 | 80–90 | 87–94 |
| GlobalPort | — | — | — | — | | 99–104 | 75–99 | 92–109 | 75–91 | 91–92 |
| Meralco | — | — | — | — | — | | 79–96 | 76–94 | 88–78 | 68–91 |
| Rain or Shine | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 107–112 | 74–91 | 82–85 |
| San Miguel | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 97–88 | 99–107 |
| San Mig Super Coffee | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 75–81 |
| Talk 'N Text | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-5) |
| (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text | Talk 'N Text | 97 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 84 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 84 | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 4 | Rain or Shine | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Rain or Shine | Rain or Shine | 2 | 4 | Rain or Shine | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | Meralco | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | Meralco | 1 | | | | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 1 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 1 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 6 | San Mig Coffee | 3 |
| 2 | San Miguel | 79 | 95 | | | | 6 | San Mig Coffee | 3 |
| 7 | Air21 | 92 | 101** | | | | | | |
| 7 | Air21 | 92 | 101** | 7 | Air21 | 2 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 7 | Air21 | 2 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 6 | San Mig Coffee | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Alaska | Alaska | 1 | 6 | San Mig Coffee | 3 | | | |
| 6 | San Mig Coffee | San Mig Coffee | 2 | | | | | | |
**double overtime
* view
* talk

## Quarterfinals
### (1) Talk 'N Text vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra

* April 22
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 97, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 84 :
* Talk 'N Text wins series in one game ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (2) San Miguel vs. (7) Air21

* April 22
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 25
San Miguel Beermen 95, Air21 Express 101 (2OT) :
* Air21 wins series in two games ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (3) Alaska vs. (6) San Mig Super Coffee

* April 21
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 23
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 26
Alaska Aces 65, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 79 :
* San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 2–1 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (4) Rain or Shine vs. (5) Meralco

* April 21
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 23
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 26
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 97, Meralco Bolts 96 (OT) :
* Rain or Shine wins series, 2–1 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Semifinals
### (1) Talk 'N Text vs. (4) Rain or Shine

* April 28
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 30
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
* May 2
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 99, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 91 :
* Talk 'N Text wins series, 3–0 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (6) San Mig Super Coffee vs. (7) Air21

* April 29
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* May 1
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* May 3
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* May 5
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* May 7
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 99, Air21 Express 83 :
* San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 3–2 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Finals

* May 9
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* May 11
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* May 13
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* May 15
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 91, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 100 :
* San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 3–1 ||
* PhilSports Arena, Pasig

## Awards
### Conference

* Best Player of the Conference: Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
* Best Import of the Conference: Richard Howell (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
* Finals MVP: James Yap (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers)

### Players of the Week

| Week | Player |
| March 5–9 | Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |
| March 10–16 | Ian Sangalang (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers) |
| March 17–23 | Ranidel de Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |
| April 14–20 | Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| April 21–27 | Asi Taulava (Air21 Express) Sean Anthony (Air21 Express) |
| April 28 – May 4 | Ryan Reyes (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |

## 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 |
| Air21 Express | Hervé Lamizana | March 5 (vs. GlobalPort) | March 17 (vs. Alaska) | 2–2 |
| Air21 Express | Wesley Witherspoon | March 23 (vs. Meralco) | May 7 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee) | 5–7 |
| Alaska Aces | Robert Dozier | March 5 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | April 26 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee) | 7–5 |
| Barako Bull Energy | Josh Dollard | March 7 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | April 13 (vs. GlobalPort) | 2–7 |
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Leon Rodgers | March 7 (vs. Barako Bull) | March 26 (vs. Air21) | 2–4 |
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Josh Powell | April 2 (vs. Meralco) | April 13 (vs. Alaska) | 1–1 |
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Gabe Freeman | April 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) | April 22 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 0–2 |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | Evan Brock | March 5 (vs. Air21) | April 13 (vs. Barako Bull) | 1–8 |
| Meralco Bolts | Brian Butch | March 7 (vs. San Miguel) | March 26 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 3–3 |
| Meralco Bolts | Darnell Jackson | April 2 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | April 26 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 3–3 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Alexander McLean | March 9 (vs. Barako Bull) | March 26 (vs. Meralco) | 2–3 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Wayne Chism | March 31 (vs. GlobalPort) | May 2 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 5–5 |
| San Mig Super Coffee Mixers | James Mays | March 12 (vs. GlobalPort) | May 15 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 12–7 |
| San Mig Super Coffee Mixers | No Import | April 14 (vs. Meralco) | April 14 (vs. Meralco) | 0–2 |
| San Miguel Beermen | Josh Boone | March 7 (vs. Meralco) | March 9 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 2–0 |
| San Miguel Beermen | Kevin Jones | March 14 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | April 25 (vs. Air21) | 5–4 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Richard Howell | March 5 (vs. Alaska) | May 15 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee) | 13–3 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | No Import | April 11 (vs. GlobalPort) | April 11 (vs. GlobalPort) | 1–0 |