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2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup
2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Duration	March 5 – May 15, 2014
TV partner(s)	Sports5 ; Local: TV5 ; International : AksyonTV International, Fox Sports
Finals
Champions	San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
Runners-up	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
Awards
Best Player	Jayson Castro ; (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
Best Import	Richard Howell ; (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
Finals MVP	James Yap ; (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers)
PBA Commissioner's Cup chronology
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PBA conference chronology
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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.^[1]

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

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	9	0	1.000	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	7	2	.778	2	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Alaska Aces	6	3	.667	3	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	4	.556^[a]	4
5	Meralco Bolts	5	4	.556^[a]	4
6	San Mig Super Coffee Mixers	4	5	.444	5
7	Air21 Express	3	6	.333^[b]	6	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	3	6	.333^[b]	6	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Barako Bull Energy	2	7	.222	7
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	1	8	.111	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Meralco
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Air21 1–0 Barangay Ginebra

Schedule

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Air21 Express	GP	TNT	BBE	ALA	MER	BGSM	SMSC	ROS	SMB
Alaska Aces	TNT	GP	MER	ROS	A21	SMB	BBE	BGSM	SMSC
Barako Bull Energy	BGSM	ROS	A21	TNT	SMB	SMSC	ALA	MER	GP
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	BBE	SMB	SMSC	GP	TNT	A21	MER	ALA	ROS
GlobalPort Batang Pier	A21	ALA	SMSC	MER	BGSM	SMB	ROS	TNT	BBE
Meralco Bolts	SMB	ALA	GP	TNT	A21	ROS	BGSM	BBE	SMSC
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	BBE	ALA	SMB	SMSC	MER	GP	TNT	A21	BGSM
San Miguel Beermen	MER	BGSM	TNT	ROS	BBE	GP	ALA	SMSC	A21
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers	GP	BGSM	ROS	BBE	TNT	A21	SMB	MER	ALA
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	ALA	A21	SMB	BBE	MER	BGSM	SMSC	ROS	GP

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

Results

Team	A21	ALA	BBE	BGSM	GP	MER	ROS	SMB	SMSC	TNT
Air21 Express		78–88	103–85	97–95	83–78	98–109	82–87	85–93	84–97	91–95
Alaska Aces	—		78–71	83–73	93–77	76–85	78–92	89–78	85–66	72–85
Barako Bull Energy	—	—		104–108*	96–98	98–105	110–106	100–106	92–90	96–101
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	—	—	—		113–107	88–78	101–105*	96–112	80–90	87–94
GlobalPort Batang Pier	—	—	—	—		99–104	75–99	92–109	75–91	91–92
Meralco Bolts	—	—	—	—	—		79–96	76–94	88–78	68–91
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	—	—	—	—	—	—		107–112	74–91	82–85
San Miguel Beermen	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		97–88	99–107
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		75–81
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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-5)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Talk 'N Text		97

8	Barangay Ginebra		84
				1	Talk 'N Text	3
(best-of-3)
				4	Rain or Shine	0
4	Rain or Shine		2

5	Meralco		1
							1	Talk 'N Text	1
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							6	San Mig Coffee	3
2	San Miguel	79	95

7	Air21	92	101**
				7	Air21	2
(best-of-3)
				6	San Mig Coffee	3
3	Alaska		1

6	San Mig Coffee		2

**double overtime

Quarterfinals

(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra

April 22

Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 97, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 84
Talk 'N Text wins series in one game

2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup

Format

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

Players of the Week

Imports

References

External links

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