2014–15 Meralco Bolts season

2014–15 Meralco Bolts season
Head coach	Norman Black
Owner(s)	Manila Electric Company (an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results Record 6–5 (.545) Place 6th Playoff finish Quarterfinalist(Lost to Alaska in the 2nd round) Commissioner's Cup results Record 6–5 (.545) Place 5th Playoff finish Semifinalist (Lost to Rain or Shine, 0-3) Governors' Cup results Record 5–6 (.455) Place 7th Playoff finish Quarterfinalist (Lost to San Miguel in two games with twice-to-win disadvantage Meralco Bolts seasons 2013–14

The 2014–15 Meralco Bolts season is the 5th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

• July 9: Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters head coach Norman Black was moved to the Meralco Bolts, replacing Ryan Gregorio as head coach.^[1]
• July 26: Former Alaska Aces coach Luigi Trillo was hired as assistant coach of the team.^[2]
• August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft will take place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
no draft picks

Roster

Meralco Bolts roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 1 Atkins, Simon 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988-07-19 La Salle G 5 Reyes, Jai (IN) 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1987-02-25 Ateneo F/C 7 Hodge, Cliff 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1988-02-03 Reedley F 9 Anthony, Sean 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1986-01-26 McGill F/C 10 Ildefonso, Danny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1976-12-08 NU G 11 Cortez, Mike 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1980-11-10 La Salle G 13 Buenafe, Ryan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1990-02-01 Ateneo F/C 15 Sena, James 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 226 lb (103 kg) 1988-08-31 JRU G 17 Caram, Anjo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 159 lb (72 kg) 1991-01-14 San Beda F 20 Dillinger, Jared (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1984-01-06 Hawaii F/C 21 Hugnatan, Reynel 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1978-11-03 UM F 22 Ferriols, John 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1974-09-09 San Jose-Recoletos F/C 23 Nabong, Kelly 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1988-11-17 SRJC G/F 24 Guevarra, Rey 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986-11-24 Letran G 28 David, Gary 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1978-07-13 Lyceum G/F 80 Macapagal, Mark (IN) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1979-09-20 San Sebastian	Head coach Norman Black (Saint Joseph's) Assistant coach(es) Ronnie Magsanoc (UP Diliman) Luigi Trillo (La Salle) Patrick Fran (UST) Xavier Nunag (UP Diliman) Gene Afable (Ateneo) Team manager Paolo Trillo (Ateneo) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

{{2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=MER}}

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals (1st phase)						Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (One-game playoff)					Semifinals (Best-of-7)					Finals (Best-of-7)
		(#3 twice to beat)
	3	Alaska		82
	10	NLEX		78
							3	Alaska	87
		(#6 twice to beat)					6	Meralco	69			3	Alaska	4
	6	Meralco		77								2	Rain or Shine	2
	7	Purefoods Star		65
																	3	Alaska	3
		(#4 twice to beat)															1	San Miguel	4
	4	Talk 'N Text		105
	9	Barako Bull		76								1	San Miguel	4
							4	Talk 'N Text	83			4	Talk 'N Text	0
		(#5 twice to beat)					5	Barangay Ginebra	67
	5	Barangay Ginebra		95
	8	GlobalPort		78

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

2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y–Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727	—	1.025
2	y–Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	3	.727	—	1.010
3	x–Purefoods Star Hotshots	8	3	.727	—	0.969
4	x–NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545	2	1.171
5	x–Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545	2	0.854
6	x–Alaska Aces	5	6	.455	3	1.021
7	w–Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455	3	1.019
8	w–Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455	3	0.960
9	e–San Miguel Beermen	4	7	.364	4	1.011
10	e–GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364	4	0.995
11	e–Kia Carnival	4	7	.364	4	0.994
12	e–Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	5

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals (Best-of-5)					Finals (Best-of-7)
		(#1 twice to beat)
	1	Rain or Shine	92
	8	Barangay Ginebra	91
							1	Rain or Shine	3
		(Best-of-3)					5	Meralco	0
	4	NLEX	0
	5	Meralco	2
												1	Rain or Shine	3
		(#2 twice-to-beat)										2	Talk 'N Text	4
	2	Talk 'N Text	127
	7	Barako Bull	97
							2	Talk 'N Text	3
		(Best-of-3)					3	Purefoods Star	1
	3	Purefoods Star	2
	6	Alaska	0

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

September 12, 2014[3]	To Blackwater Sunday Salvacion Jason Ballesteros (from Meralco)	To Meralco Sean Anthony (from NLEX via Blackwater)	To NLEX Juneric Baloria 2016 & 2017 2nd round draft picks (from Blackwater)

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Josh Davis	January 27 (vs Barangay Ginebra)	April 5 (vs Rain or Shine)	8–7
	No Import		April 7 (vs Rain or Shine)	0–1
Governors' Cup	Andre Emmett	May 5 (vs GlobalPort)	June 29 (vs San Miguel)	6–7
	Seiya Ando*	May 13 (vs NLEX)	June 29 (vs San Miguel)	5–6

(* Asian import)

References

1. Norman Black moves to Meralco, Jong Uichico to take over Talk ‘N Text as MVP group shuffles coaches, Interaksyon.com, July 9, 2014
2. Former Alaska coach Luigi Trillo set to join Norman Black at Meralco, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, July 26, 2014
3. http://www.dugout.ph/2014/09/anthony-to-meralco-baloria-to-nlex-in-three-team-pba-transfer.html