2015 PBA Governors' Cup

2015 PBA Governors' Cup
2015 PBA Governors' Cup
Duration	May 5 – July 17, 2015
TV partner(s)	Local: ; Sports5 ; TV5 ; AksyonTV ; Fox Sports ; International: ; AksyonTV International
Finals
Champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	Alaska Aces
Awards
Best Player	June Mar Fajardo ; (San Miguel Beermen)
Best Import	Romeo Travis ; (Alaska Aces)
Finals MVP	June Mar Fajardo ; (San Miguel Beermen)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
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PBA conference chronology
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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.^[1] The teams were allowed to hire an additional Asian import with a height limit of 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m).^[2]

Format

The tournament format for this conference is as follows:^[3]

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	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—
3	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1
4	GlobalPort Batang Pier	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1
5	Star Hotshots	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 3]}	2	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Barako Bull Energy	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 3]}	2
7	Meralco Bolts	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 4]}	3
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 4]}	3
9	Kia Carnival	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 4]}	3
10	TNT KaTropa	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 4]}	3
11	NLEX Road Warriors	3	8	.273	5
12	Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	7

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

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 Aces	BW	BGSM	ROS	TNT	SH	NLEX	KIA	MER	BBE	SMB	GP
Barako Bull Energy	NLEX	BW	TNT	MER	SMB	ROS	GP	KIA	ALA	BGSM	SH
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	ALA	TNT	KIA	BW	ROS	SMB	GP	SH	MER	BBE	NLEX
Blackwater Elite	ALA	GP	BBE	BGSM	KIA	MER	ROS	TNT	SMB	NLEX	SH
GlobalPort Batang Pier	MER	BW	SH	SMB	ROS	TNT	BGSM	BBE	NLEX	KIA	ALA
Kia Carnival	SMB	BGSM	NLEX	BW	SH	ALA	BBE	GP	ROS	TNT	MER
Meralco Bolts	GP	SMB	NLEX	SH	BBE	BW	TNT	ALA	BGSM	ROS	KIA
NLEX Road Warriors	BBE	SH	MER	KIA	TNT	ALA	SMB	ROS	GP	BW	BGSM
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	SMB	ALA	GP	BGSM	BBE	BW	TNT	NLEX	SH	KIA	MER
San Miguel Beermen	KIA	MER	ROS	GP	SH	BBE	BGSM	NLEX	TNT	BW	ALA
Star Hotshots	NLEX	GP	MER	SMB	ALA	KIA	BGSM	ROS	TNT	BBE	BW
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	BGSM	BBE	ALA	NLEX	GP	MER	ROS	SMB	BW	SH	KIA

Source:
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

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

Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)

(#1 twice to beat)

1	Alaska		114

8	Ginebra		108
				1	Alaska	3
(#4 twice to beat)
				5	Star	0
4	GlobalPort	73	94

5	Star	126	101
							1	Alaska	0
(#2 twice to beat)
							2	San Miguel	4
2	San Miguel	99	102

7	Meralco	106	86
				2	San Miguel	3
(#3 twice to beat)
				3	Rain or Shine	1
3	Rain or Shine		134**

6	Barako Bull		132

*Game went into overtime^[a]

^a The number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime(s) occurred.

Quarterfinals

(1) Alaska vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra

June 26

Alaska Aces 114, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 108
Alaska wins series in one game

GlobalPort Batang Pier 94, Star Hotshots 101
Star wins series in two games

Format

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Results

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) Alaska vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra

(2) San Miguel vs. (7) Meralco

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

(4) GlobalPort vs. (5) Star

Semifinals

(1) Alaska vs. (5) Star

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

Finals

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

Imports

Import handicapping

References