# 2014 PBA Governors' Cup

The 2014 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2014 PLDT Home TelPad-PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the 2013–14 PBA season. The conference began on May 18 and ended on July 9, 2014.
The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team, The recruited imports must be not taller than 6 feet and 5 inches for every team.
Games in the tournament are televised by TV5 and AksyonTV; games are also being simulcast in high definition through a special channel exclusive to Cignal Digital TV subscribers.

## Format

The tournament format for this conference is as follows:
* 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. 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-5 series)
** Winners of the semifinals
Due to the need to finish the season and the tournament by June in order for the Gilas Pilipinas team to train for the upcoming FIBA Asia Cup in July, the FIBA World Cup in August and the Asian Games in September, the league had six playing dates per week and the quotient system was implemented for tiebreakers, instead of playoff games for the #4 and #8 seeds.

## Elimination round
### Team standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 7 | 2 | .778 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Alaska Aces | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 4 | San Mig Super Coffee Mixers | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 5 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 7 | Air21 Express | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Barako Bull Energy | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Meralco Bolts | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4 | |
| 10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 1 | 8 | .111 | 6 | |
* 1 2 3 4 5 Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.08, San Mig 1.02, San Miguel 0.99, Barangay Ginebra 0.97, Air21 0.94
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 95–94 Meralco

### Schedule

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

### Results

| Team | A21 | ALA | BBE | BGSM | GP | MER | ROS | SMSC | SMB | TNT |
| Air21 | | 91–88 | 101–86 | 76–84 | 106–102 | 80–67 | 103–96 | 109–113* | 88–101 | 91–102 |
| Alaska | – | | 90–87 | 79–66 | 91–95 | 87–88 | 72–123 | 93–84 | 94–87 | 103–91 |
| Barako Bull | – | – | | 70–98 | 122–98 | 95–94 | 93–96 | 66–76 | 112–115* | 88–74 |
| Barangay Ginebra | – | – | – | | 89–71 | 95–82 | 108–117 | 90–102 | 105–98 | 92–96 |
| GlobalPort | – | – | – | – | | 95–123 | 97–119 | 82–92 | 99–102 | 82–97 |
| Meralco | – | – | – | – | – | | 85–104 | 90–108 | 90–74 | 99–105 |
| Rain or Shine | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 95–94 | 92–97 | 81–83 |
| San Mig Super Coffee | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 90–92 | 88–92 |
| San Miguel | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 97–103 |
| Talk 'N Text | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |

## Bracket

| 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 | Talk 'N Text | 99 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Barako Bull | 84 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Barako Bull | 84 | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 2 | | | |
| (#4 twice to beat) | (#4 twice to beat) | (#4 twice to beat) | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 2 | | | |
| (#4 twice to beat) | (#4 twice to beat) | (#4 twice to beat) | 4 | San Mig Coffee | 3 | | | |
| 4 | San Mig Coffee | 97 | 4 | San Mig Coffee | 3 | | | |
| 5 | San Miguel | 90 | | | | | | |
| 5 | San Miguel | 90 | | | | 4 | San Mig Coffee | 3 |
| (#2 twice to beat) | (#2 twice to beat) | (#2 twice to beat) | | | | 4 | San Mig Coffee | 3 |
| (#2 twice to beat) | (#2 twice to beat) | (#2 twice to beat) | | | | 2 | Rain or Shine | 2 |
| 2 | Rain or Shine | 111 | | | | 2 | Rain or Shine | 2 |
| 7 | Air21 | 90 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Air21 | 90 | 2 | Rain or Shine | 3 | | | |
| (#3 twice to beat) | (#3 twice to beat) | (#3 twice to beat) | 2 | Rain or Shine | 3 | | | |
| (#3 twice to beat) | (#3 twice to beat) | (#3 twice to beat) | 3 | Alaska | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Alaska | 92 | 3 | Alaska | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Barangay Ginebra | 81 | | | | | | |
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## Quarterfinals
### (1) Talk 'N Text vs. (8) Barako Bull

* June 17
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 99, Barako Bull Energy 84 :
* Talk 'N Text wins series in one game ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (2) Rain or Shine vs. (7) Air21

* June 18
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 111, Air21 Express 90 :
* Rain or Shine wins series in one game ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (3) Alaska vs. (6) Barangay Ginebra

* June 18
Alaska Aces 92, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 81 :
* Alaska wins series in one game ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (4) San Mig Super Coffee vs. (5) San Miguel

* June 17
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 97, San Miguel Beermen 90 :
* San Mig Super Coffee wins series in one game ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Semifinals
### (1) Talk 'N Text vs. (4) San Mig Super Coffee

* June 19
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* June 21
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* June 23
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* June 25
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* June 27
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 87, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 93 :
* San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 3–2 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (2) Rain or Shine vs. (3) Alaska

* June 20
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* June 22
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* June 24
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* June 26
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* June 28
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 97, Alaska Aces 94 :
* Rain or Shine wins series, 3–2 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Finals

* July 1
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* July 3
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* July 5
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* July 7
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* July 9
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 89, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 92 :
* San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 3–2 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Awards
### Conference

* Best Player of the Conference: Ranidel de Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
* Best Import of the Conference: Arizona Reid (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)
* Finals MVP: James Yap (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers)

### Players of the Week

| Week | Player |
| May 19–25 | Asi Taulava (Air21 Express) |
| May 26–June 1 | Peter June Simon (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers) |
| June 2–8 | Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| June 16–22 | Joe Devance (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers) |
| June 23–29 | Paul Lee (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 |
| Air21 Express | Dominique Sutton | May 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) | June 18 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 5–5 |
| Alaska Aces | Henry Walker | May 18 (vs. San Miguel) | June 28 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 8–7 |
| Barako Bull Energy | Eric Wise | May 18 (vs. Meralco) | June 3 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 1–5 |
| Barako Bull Energy | Allen Durham | June 8 (vs. GlobalPort) | June 17 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 2–2 |
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Zaccheus Mason | May 20 (vs. GlobalPort) | June 18 (vs. Alaska) | 5–5 |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | LeRoy Hickerson | May 20 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | May 25 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 1–2 |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | Dior Lowhorn | May 30 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee) | June 14 (vs. Meralco) | 0–6 |
| Meralco Bolts | Terrence Williams | May 18 (vs. Barako Bull) | May 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 0–3 |
| Meralco Bolts | Mario West | May 27 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee) | June 14 (vs. GlobalPort) | 3–3 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Arizona Reid | May 20 (vs. Air21) | July 9 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee) | 12–8 |
| San Mig Super Coffee Mixers | Marqus Blakely | May 21 (vs. Barako Bull) | July 9 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 12–8 |
| San Miguel Beermen | Reggie Williams | May 18 (vs. Alaska) | June 17 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee) | 5–5 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Othyus Jeffers | May 21 (vs. Meralco) | May 21 (vs. Meralco) | 1–0 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | No Import | May 26 (vs. Alaska) | May 26 (vs. Alaska) | 0–1 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Rodney Carney | May 28 (vs. Rain or Shine) | June 2 (vs. Air21) | 3–0 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Paul Harris | June 6 (vs. GlobalPort) | June 27 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee) | 6–4 |