# 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.

## Format

The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:
* 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 | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Purefoods Star Hotshots | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Alaska Aces | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Barako Bull Energy | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | San Miguel Beermen | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | |
| 10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | |
| 11 | Kia Carnival | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Elite | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

### Schedule

| Team ╲ Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Alaska | PF | NLEX | GP | SMB | ROS | BBE | KIA | BW | MER | TNT | BGSM |
| Barako Bull | BW | BGSM | KIA | TNT | GP | ALA | ROS | SMB | MER | PF | NLEX |
| Barangay Ginebra | MER | BBE | SMB | KIA | TNT | PF | BW | NLEX | ROS | GP | ALA |
| Blackwater | BBE | TNT | PF | SMB | NLEX | GP | BGSM | KIA | ALA | ROS | MER |
| GlobalPort | KIA | PUR | ROS | ALA | MER | BBE | BW | TNT | NLEX | BGSM | SMB |
| Kia | GP | MER | SMB | BBE | BGSM | PF | TNT | BW | ALA | NLEX | ROS |
| Meralco | BGSM | KIA | TNT | ROS | GP | SMB | NLEX | BBE | ALA | PF | BW |
| NLEX | ROS | ALA | PUR | BW | TNT | SMB | MER | BGSM | GP | KIA | BBE |
| Purefoods Star | GP | ALA | BW | NLEX | ROS | KIA | BGSM | SMB | TNT | BBE | MER |
| Rain or Shine | TNT | NLEX | GP | MER | PF | ALA | BBE | SMB | BGSM | BW | KIA |
| San Miguel | KIA | BGSM | BW | ALA | MER | NLEX | PF | BBE | ROS | TNT | GP |
| Talk 'N Text | ROS | BW | MER | BBE | BGSM | NLEX | KIA | GP | PF | SMB | ALA |

### Results

| Team | 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 |
| 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* | 118–117*** |
| Rain or Shine | | | | | | | | | | 114–129 | 86–89 |
| San Miguel | | | | | | | | | | | 93–113 |
| Talk 'N Text | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) |
| (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | Rain or Shine | 92 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra | 91 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra | 91 | 1 | Rain or Shine | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | Rain or Shine | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 5 | Meralco | 0 | | | |
| 4 | NLEX | 0 | 5 | Meralco | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 2 | | | | 1 | Rain or Shine | 3 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 1 | Rain or Shine | 3 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 2 | Talk 'N Text | 4 |
| 2 | Talk 'N Text | 127 | | | | 2 | Talk 'N Text | 4 |
| 7 | Barako Bull | 97 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Barako Bull | 97 | 2 | Talk 'N Text | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | Talk 'N Text | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 3 | Purefoods Star | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Purefoods Star | 2 | 3 | Purefoods Star | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Alaska | 0 | | | | | | |
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## 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 ||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

### (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 ||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

### (3) Purefoods Star vs. (6) Alaska

* March 27
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* March 29
Purefoods Star Hotshots 96, Alaska Aces 89 :
* Purefoods Star wins series, 2–0 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (4) NLEX vs. (5) Meralco

* March 27
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* March 29
NLEX Road Warriors 85, Meralco Bolts 91 (OT) :
* Meralco wins series, 2–0 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Semifinals
### (1) Rain or Shine vs. (5) Meralco

* March 31
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 5
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 7
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 107, Meralco Bolts 98 :
* Rain or Shine wins series, 3–0 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

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

* April 1
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 6
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 9
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 11
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 79, Purefoods Star Hotshots 66 :
* Talk 'N Text wins series, 3–1 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Finals

* April 15
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* April 17
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 19
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 22
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 24
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 26
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 29
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 119, Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 121 (2OT) :
* Talk 'N Text wins series, 4–3 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## 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

| Week | Player |
| January 27 – February 1 | Chico Lanete (Barako Bull Energy) |
| February 1–8 | Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| February 9–15 | Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |
| February 15–22 | Terrence Romeo (GlobalPort Batang Pier) |
| February 23 – March 1 | James Yap (Purefoods Star Hotshots) |
| March 3–15 | Arwind Santos (San Miguel Beermen) |
| March 16–22 | Ranidel De Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |
| March 23–29 | Joe Devance (Purefoods Star Hotshots) Mark Barroca (Purefoods Star Hotshots) |
| March 30 – April 5 | Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) Jericho Cruz (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |

## 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 |
| Alaska Aces | Damion James | February 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) | March 29 (vs. Purefoods Star) | 3–6 |
| Barako Bull Energy | Solomon Alabi | 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) | January 28 (vs. Barako Bull) | 0–1 |
| Blackwater Elite | 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 |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | Calvin Warner | February 15 (vs. Meralco) | March 1 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 2–2 |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | 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 |
| Meralco Bolts | No Import | April 7 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 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 |
| Purefoods Star Hotshots | Daniel Orton | February 11 (vs. NLEX) | February 18 (vs. Kia) | 1–2 |
| Purefoods Star Hotshots | 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 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 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 |
| San Miguel Beermen | 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 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Ivan Johnson | February 20 (vs. NLEX) | April 29 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 12–6 |

### Import handicapping

| Team | Philippine Cup standings | Philippine Cup standings | Philippine Cup standings | Import height limit |
| Team | W | L | % | Import height limit |
| San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818 | 6'9" |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 2 | .818 | 6'9" |
| Alaska Aces | 8 | 3 | .727 | 6'9" |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 8 | 3 | .727 | 6'9" |
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545 | 6'9" |
| Meralco Bolts | 6 | 5 | .545 | 6'9" |
| Purefoods Star Hotshots | 6 | 5 | .545 | 6'9" |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455 | 6'9" |
| Barako Bull Energy | 4 | 7 | .364 | unlimited |
| NLEX Road Warriors | 4 | 7 | .364 | unlimited |
| Kia Carnival | 1 | 10 | .091 | unlimited |
| Blackwater Elite | 0 | 11 | .000 | unlimited |