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
Schedule
Results
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra
(2) San Miguel vs. (7) Air21
(3) Alaska vs. (6) San Mig Super Coffee
(4) Rain or Shine vs. (5) Meralco
Semifinals
(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (4) Rain or Shine
(6) San Mig Super Coffee vs. (7) Air21
Finals
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 WeekPlayerRef. March 5–9Jayson Castro SOLID START , PBA.inquirer.net, March 11, 2014 March 10–16Ian Sangalang FEARLESS ROOKIE , PBA.inquirer.net, March 17, 2014 March 17–23Ranidel de Ocampo TNT’S ROCK , PBA.inquirer.net, March 25, 2014 April 14–20Paul Lee “LEE-THAL” PERFORMANCE , PBA.inquirer.net, April 21, 2014 April 21–27Asi Taulava Sean Anthony AWESOME TWOSOME , PBA.inquirer.net, April 28, 2014 April 28 – May 4Ryan Reyes ‘ENERGIZER’ SHOOTS LIGHTS OUT IN SEMIS , PBA.inquirer.net, May 5, 2014
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 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 Josh Powell April 2 (vs. Meralco) April 13 (vs. Alaska) 1–1 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 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 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 No Import April 14 (vs. Meralco) 0–2 San Miguel Beermen Josh Boone March 7 (vs. Meralco) March 9 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) 2–0 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 No Import April 11 (vs. GlobalPort) 1–0
References
External links PBA.ph