2013–14 Alaska Aces season

2013-14 Alaska Aces (PBA) season
Head coach	Luigi Trillo (Philippine and Commissioner's Cup) Alex Compton (Governors' Cup)
Owner(s)	Alaska Milk Corporation
Philippine Cup results Record 5–9 (.357) Place 8th Playoff finish Quarterfinalist (def. by Barangay Ginebra in two games on a twice to beat series.) Commissioner's Cup results Record 6–3 (.667) Place 3rd Playoff finish Quarterfinals (def. by San Mig Super Coffee 2-1.) Governors' Cup results Record 5–4 (.556) Place 3rd Playoff finish Semifinalist (def. by Rain or Shine, 3-2) Alaska Aces (PBA) seasons 2013–14 2014–15

The 2013–14 Alaska Aces season is the 28th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2013

• November 3: The 2013 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
  • Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters acquired the rights to Alaska’s 2013 second round draft pick (turned out to be John Paul Erram).
  • Alaska Aces acquired the rights to Talk ‘N Text’s 2015 second round draft pick.
• November 27: PBA fined Alaska Aces players (₱ 1,000 each), Gabby Espinas and Calvin Abueva, for their respective technical fouls. (1st technical foul of both players in the 2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup)
• December 12: PBA fined Alaska Aces head coach Luigi Trillo and Cyrus Baguio (₱ 1,000 each), for their respective technical fouls. (1st technical foul of the two in the 2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup)

2014

• May 25: Luigi Trillo resigned as head coach due to family reasons and was replaced by Alex Compton.^[1]
• June 4: Alaska Aces lost by 51 points (72-123) against Rain or Shine Elasto Painters. Making the game the fourth-most lopsided beating in PBA history, and the biggest margin of victory in 28 years, or since Shell annihilated Tanduay, 154-100, on November 16, 1986. Likewise, it’s the franchise’s biggest win, and the worst defeat for Alaska in their existence in the PBA. ^[2]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	8	Ryan Buenafe	SG	Philippines	Big Chill Super Chargers	Ateneo
2	5	JP Erram	C	Philippines	None	Ateneo
2	8	Chris Exciminiano	SG	Philippines	Cagayan Rising Suns	Far Eastern
3	8	Raymond Ilagan				St. Francis

Roster

Alaska Aces roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G/F 3 Baguio, Cyrus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1980-08-19 UST G 4 Reyes, Raffy 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1987-12-1 UE G 5 Exciminiano, Chris (R) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988-11-17 FEU C 7 Thoss, Sonny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1981-12-07 James Cook G/F 8 Abueva, Calvin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1988-02-04 SSC-R F 11 Laure, Eddie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1977-07-06 Adamson C 12 Eman, Samigue 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 320 lb (145 kg) 1982-03-12 Umin G/F 13 Buenafe, Ryan (R) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1990-02-01 Ateneo F/C 24 Manuel, Vic 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1987-06-18 PSBA G 25 Hontiveros, Dondon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1977-06-01 UC F 27 Espinas, Gabby 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1982-01-03 PCU G 31 Jazul, RJ 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986-04-11 Letran G/F 35 dela Cruz, Tony (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 1978-08-24 UC-Irvine G 42 Casio, JV 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986-09-01 DLSU	Head coach Alex Compton (Cornell) Assistant coach(es) Louie Alas (Adamson) Topex Robinson (SSC-R) Monch Gavieres Franco Atienza Team manager Dickie Bachmann ^[a] (De La Salle) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

• ^a also serves as Alaska's board governor.

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

{{2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=ALA}}

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals (Best-of-7)					Finals (Best-of-7)
		(#1 twice to beat)
	1	Barangay Ginebra	97	108
	8	Alaska	104	95
							1	Barangay Ginebra	3
		(Best-of-3)					5	San Mig Coffee	4
	4	Talk 'N Text	1
	5	San Mig Coffee	2
												5	San Mig Coffee	4
		(#2 twice-to-beat)										2	Rain or Shine	2
	2	Rain or Shine	106
	7	GlobalPort	96
							2	Rain or Shine	4
		(Best-of-3)					3	Petron Blaze	1
	3	Petron Blaze	2
	6	Barako Bull	0

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

 y  – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals,  x  – clinched best-of-3 quarterfinals,  w  – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals,  e  – eliminated

2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y–Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	9	0	1.000	–
2	y–San Miguel Beermen	7	2	.778	2
3	x–Alaska Aces	6	3	.667	3
4	x–Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	4	.556	4	1.22
5	x–Meralco Bolts	5	4	.556	4	0.82
6	x–San Mig Super Coffee Mixers	4	5	.444	5
7	w–Air21 Express	3	6	.333	6	1.02
8	w–Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	3	6	.333	6	0.98
9	e–Barako Bull Energy	2	7	.222	7
10	e–GlobalPort Batang Pier	1	8	.111	8

Playoffs

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

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

 y  – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals,  x  – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals,  e  – eliminated

2014 PBA Governors' Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y- Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	7	2	.778	–
2	y- Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	3	.667	1
3	y- Alaska Aces	5	4	.556	2	1.08
4	y- San Mig Super Coffee Mixers	5	4	.556	2	1.02
5	x- San Miguel Beermen	5	4	.556	2	0.99
6	x- Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	4	.556	2	0.97
7	x- Air21 Express	5	4	.556	2	0.94
8	x- Barako Bull Energy	3	6	.333	4	1.01
9	e- Meralco Bolts	3	6	.333	4	0.99
10	e- GlobalPort Batang Pier	1	8	.125	6

Bracket

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

Transactions

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Robert Dozier	March 5 (vs. Talk 'N Text)	April 26 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee)	7–5
Governors' Cup	Henry Walker	May 18 (vs. San Miguel)	June 28 (vs. Rain or Shine)	8–7

References

1. Alex Compton is new Alaska coach as Luigi Trillo steps down, Richard Dy, spin.ph, May 25, 2014
2. AZ comes through, spin.ph, June 5, 2014