# 2015 PBA Governors' Cup

The 2015 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2015 PLDT Home TVolution-PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the 2014–15 PBA season. The tournament began on May 5, 2015 and ended on July 17, 2015. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) for the top eight teams of combined results of the Philippine Cup and Commissioner's Cup, while the bottom four teams will be allowed to hire imports with no height limit. The teams were allowed to hire an additional Asian import with a height limit of 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m).

## Format

The tournament format for this conference is as follows:
* 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 (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-7 series)
** Winners of the semifinals

## Elimination round
### Team standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 4 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 5 | Star Hotshots | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | Barako Bull Energy | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 7 | Meralco Bolts | 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 | Kia Carnival | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | |
| 10 | TNT KaTropa | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | |
| 11 | NLEX Road Warriors | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Elite | 1 | 10 | .091 | 7 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 GlobalPort
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Star
* 1 2 3 4 Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.13, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Kia 0.95, Talk 'N Text 0.93

### Schedule

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

### Results

| Team | BBE | BGSM | BW | GP | Kia | MER | NLEX | ROS | SMB | SH | TNT |
| Alaska | 101–95 | 108–99 | 106–80 | 104–117* | 101–63 | 89–75 | 102–113 | 94–93 | 82–77 | 92–86 | 103–104 |
| Barako Bull | | 98–120 | 105–90 | 123–114 | 68–71 | 105–99 | 101–96 | 112–103 | 113–116 | 89–117 | 100–87 |
| Brgy. Ginebra | | | 77–83 | 111–108* | 105–98 | 99–102 | 110–107 | 93–81 | 85–100 | 82–89 | 91–95 |
| Blackwater | | | | 76–100 | 76–83** | 72–87 | 89–102* | 85–123 | 83–115 | 82–87 | 91–98 |
| GlobalPort | | | | | 102–94 | 92–73 | 108–80 | 112–119 | 102–124 | 91–89 | 123–120 |
| Kia | | | | | | 88–85 | 85–82 | 90–94 | 83–78 | 80–89 | 85–94 |
| Meralco | | | | | | | 84–91 | 89–96 | 106–95* | 83–81 | 119–85 |
| NLEX | | | | | | | | 102–106 | 92–96 | 85–89 | 89–108 |
| Rain or Shine | | | | | | | | | 91–104 | 103–88 | 88–73 |
| San Miguel | | | | | | | | | | 100–89 | 101–96 |
| Star | | | | | | | | | | | 105–93 |
| Talk 'N Text | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals | 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 twice to beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | Alaska | Alaska | 114 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Ginebra | Ginebra | 108 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Ginebra | Ginebra | 108 | 1 | Alaska | 3 | | | |
| (#4 twice to beat) | (#4 twice to beat) | (#4 twice to beat) | (#4 twice to beat) | 1 | Alaska | 3 | | | |
| (#4 twice to beat) | (#4 twice to beat) | (#4 twice to beat) | (#4 twice to beat) | 5 | Star | 0 | | | |
| 4 | GlobalPort | 73 | 94 | 5 | Star | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Star | 126 | 101 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Star | 126 | 101 | | | | 1 | Alaska | 0 |
| (#2 twice to beat) | (#2 twice to beat) | (#2 twice to beat) | (#2 twice to beat) | | | | 1 | Alaska | 0 |
| (#2 twice to beat) | (#2 twice to beat) | (#2 twice to beat) | (#2 twice to beat) | | | | 2 | San Miguel | 4 |
| 2 | San Miguel | 99 | 102 | | | | 2 | San Miguel | 4 |
| 7 | Meralco | 106 | 86 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Meralco | 106 | 86 | 2 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| (#3 twice to beat) | (#3 twice to beat) | (#3 twice to beat) | (#3 twice to beat) | 2 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| (#3 twice to beat) | (#3 twice to beat) | (#3 twice to beat) | (#3 twice to beat) | 3 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Rain or Shine | Rain or Shine | 134** | 3 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Barako Bull | Barako Bull | 132 | | | | | | |
*Game went into overtime
$^a$ The number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime(s) occurred.
* view
* talk

## Quarterfinals
### (1) Alaska vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra

* June 26
Alaska Aces 114, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 108 :
* Alaska wins series in one game ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

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

* June 27
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* June 29
San Miguel Beermen 102, Meralco Bolts 86 :
* San Miguel wins series in two games ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (3) Rain or Shine vs. (6) Barako Bull

* June 27
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 134, Barako Bull Energy 132 (2OT) :
* Rain or Shine wins series in one game ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (4) GlobalPort vs. (5) Star

* June 26
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* June 28
GlobalPort Batang Pier 94, Star Hotshots 101 :
* Star wins series in two games ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Semifinals
### (1) Alaska vs. (5) Star

* July 1
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* July 3
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* July 5
Alaska Aces 82, Star Hotshots 77 :
* Alaska wins series, 3–0 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (2) San Miguel vs. (3) Rain or Shine

* July 2
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* July 4
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* July 6
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* July 8
San Miguel Beermen 117, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 110 :
* San Miguel wins series, 3–1 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Finals

* July 10
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* July 12
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* July 15
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* July 17
Alaska Aces 81, San Miguel Beermen 91 :
* San Miguel wins series, 4–0 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Awards
### Conference

* Best Player of the Conference: June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen)
* Best Import of the Conference: Romeo Travis (Alaska Aces)
* Finals MVP: June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen)

### Players of the Week

| Week | Player |
| May 5–10 | JC Intal (Barako Bull Energy) |
| May 11–17 | Dylan Ababou (Barako Bull Energy) |
| May 18–24 | Joseph Yeo (Barako Bull Energy) |
| May 25–31 | RR Garcia (Barako Bull Energy) |
| June 1–7 | Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| June 8–14 | Terrence Romeo (GlobalPort Batang Pier) |
| June 15–21 | Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| June 22–28 | Peter June Simon (Star Hotshots) |
| June 29 – July 5 | Vic Manuel (Alaska Aces) |

## 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 in gold are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference. Players with an asterisk indicates the Asian imports.
| Team | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Alaska Aces | Romeo Travis | May 5 (vs. Blackwater) | July 17 (vs. San Miguel) | 12–7 |
| Barako Bull Energy | Liam McMorrow | May 6 (vs. NLEX) | June 27 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 6–6 |
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Orlando Johnson | May 8 (vs. Alaska) | June 26 (vs. Alaska) | 5–7 |
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Sanchir Tungalag* | May 8 (vs. Alaska) | May 31 (vs. San Miguel) | 2–4 |
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Kim Jiwan* | June 3 (vs. GlobalPort) | June 26 (vs. Alaska) | 3–3 |
| Blackwater Elite | Marcus Douthit | May 5 (vs. Alaska) | June 3 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 1–6 |
| Blackwater Elite | Marcus Cousin | June 12 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | June 23 (vs. Star) | 0–4 |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | Patrick O'Bryant | May 5 (vs. Meralco) | May 8 (vs. Blackwater) | 2–0 |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | Steven Thomas | May 12 (vs. Star) | May 17 (vs. San Miguel) | 1–1 |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | Jarrid Famous | May 22 (vs. Rain or Shine) | June 28 (vs. Star) | 4–5 |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | Omar Krayem* | May 5 (vs. Meralco) | June 28 (vs. Star) | 7–6 |
| Kia Carnival | Hamady N'Diaye | May 6 (vs. San Miguel) | June 24 (vs. Meralco) | 5–6 |
| Kia Carnival | Chang Tsung-hsien* | May 6 (vs. San Miguel) | June 24 (vs. Meralco) | 5–6 |
| Meralco Bolts | Andre Emmett | May 5 (vs. GlobalPort) | June 29 (vs. San Miguel) | 6–7 |
| Meralco Bolts | Seiya Ando* | May 13 (vs. NLEX) | June 29 (vs. San Miguel) | 5–6 |
| NLEX Road Warriors | Kwame Alexander | May 6 (vs. Barako Bull) | June 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 3–8 |
| NLEX Road Warriors | Michael Madanly* | May 6 (vs. Barako Bull) | June 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 3–8 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Wendell McKines | May 12 (vs. San Miguel) | July 8 (vs. San Miguel) | 9–7 |
| San Miguel Beermen | Arizona Reid | May 6 (vs. Kia) | July 17 (vs. Alaska) | 16–5 |
| Star Hotshots | Marqus Blakely | May 9 (vs. NLEX) | July 5 (vs. Alaska) | 9–8 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Steffphon Pettigrew | May 10 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | June 19 (vs. Kia) | 5–6 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Sam Daghles* | May 10 (vs. Barangay Ginerba) | June 19 (vs. Kia) | 5–6 |

### Import handicapping

| # | Team | Philippine Cup | Commissioner's Cup | Total | Import height limit |
| 1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 1.8 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 6'5" |
| 2 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 2.4 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 6'5" |
| 3 | Alaska Aces | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 6'5" |
| 4 | San Miguel Beermen | 0.6 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 6'5" |
| 5 | Purefoods Star Hotshots | 4.2 | 1.2 | 5.4 | 6'5" |
| 6 | Meralco Bolts | 3.6 | 2.0 | 5.6 | 6'5" |
| 7 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 3.0 | 3.2 | 6.2 | 6'5" |
| 8 | NLEX Road Warriors | 6.0 | 1.6 | 7.6 | 6'5" |
| 9 | Barako Bull Energy | 5.4 | 2.8 | 8.2 | Unlimited height |
| 10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 4.8 | 4.0 | 8.8 | Unlimited height |
| 11 | Kia Sorento/Carnival | 6.6 | 4.4 | 11.0 | Unlimited height |
| 12 | Blackwater Elite | 7.2 | 4.8 | 12.0 | Unlimited height |
* Philippine Cup final ranking comprises 60% of the points, while the elimination round ranking in the Commissioner's Cup is 40%. The four teams with most points gets to have an import of unlimited height.