2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup Finals

2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup Finals
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(1) San Miguel Beermen Leo Austria 4
(3) Alaska Aces Alex Compton 3
Dates January 7 21, 2015
MVP Arwind Santos
(San Miguel Beermen)
Television Local:
Sports5
TV5
AksyonTV
Cignal PPV (HD)
Fox Sports
International:
AksyonTV International
Announcers See broadcast notes
Radio network DWFM (Radyo5)
Referees
Game 1: J. Mariano, E. Aquino, N. Guevarra
Game 2: A. Herrera, P. Balao, R. Gruta
Game 3: N. Quilingen, E. Aquino, E. Tangkion
Game 4: A. Herrera, N. Quillingen, N. Guevarra
Game 5: A. Herrera, P. Balao, E. Tankion
Game 6: A. Herrera, N. Quilingen, E. Tangkion
Game 7: N. Quilingen, P. Balao, E. Tankion

The 2014–15 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and the Alaska Aces competed for the 36th All-Filipino championship and the 113th overall championship contested by the league.

Background

Road to the finals

San Miguel Alaska
Finished 92 (0.818): Tied with Rain or Shine at 1st place Elimination round Finished 83 (0.727): Tied with Talk 'N Text at 3rd place
1.101 (1st place) Tiebreaker* 1.020 (3rd place)
bye Quarterfinals First phase: Def. NLEX in one game
Second phase: Def. Meralco, 8769
Def. Talk 'N Text, 40 (best-of-seven) Semifinals Def. Rain or Shine, 42 (best-of-seven)

Head-to-head matchup

Series summary

Team Game 1* Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Wins
San Miguel 82 100 70 88 93 76 80 4
Alaska 88 86 78 70 88 87 78 3
Venue Araneta Araneta Araneta Araneta Araneta Araneta Araneta

*overtime

Game 1

January 7
7:00pm
San Miguel Beermen 82, Alaska Aces 88 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 27–5, 18–26, 9–18, 20–25, Overtime: 8–14
Pts: Lutz 24
Rebs: Fajardo 17
Asts: Ross 7
Pts: Abueva 22
Rebs: Abueva 10
Asts: Banchero, Thoss 3
Alaska leads series, 1–0
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: J. Mariano, E. Aquino, N. Guevarra

Game 2

January 9
7:00pm
San Miguel Beermen 100, Alaska Aces 86
Scoring by quarter: 32–28, 19–20, 21–22, 28–16
Pts: Santos 22
Rebs: Fajardo 12
Asts: Lutz, Ross 5
Pts: Thoss 16
Rebs: Abueva 9
Asts: Casio 3
Series tied, 1–1
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: A. Herrera, P. Balao, R. Gruta

Game 3

January 11
5:00pm
San Miguel Beermen 70, Alaska Aces 78
Scoring by quarter: 8–13, 27–14, 29–19, 6–32
Pts: Santos 20
Rebs: Santos 11
Asts: Cabagnot 4
Pts: Abueva 16
Rebs: Abueva 15
Asts: Abueva 5
Alaska leads series, 2–1
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 13,785
Referees: N. Quillingen, E. Aquino, E. Tangkion

Game 4

January 14
7:00pm
San Miguel Beermen 88, Alaska Aces 70
Scoring by quarter: 33–16, 16–10, 24–23, 15–21
Pts: Cabagnot 22
Rebs: Santos 14
Asts: Lutz 7
Pts: Abueva 22
Rebs: Abueva 7
Asts: Exciminiano, Casio 3
Series tied, 2–2
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: A. Herrera, N. Quillingen, N. Guevarra

Game 5

January 16
7:00pm
San Miguel Beermen 93, Alaska Aces 88
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 20–18, 30–30, 22–17
Pts: Fajardo, Santos 19
Rebs: Fajardo 13
Asts: Cabagnot 8
Pts: Abueva 24
Rebs: Abueva 12
Asts: Banchero, Abueva 3
San Miguel leads series, 3–2
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: A. Herrera, P. Balao, E. Tankion

Game 6

January 18
7:30pm
San Miguel Beermen 76, Alaska Aces 87
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 13–25, 20–21, 20–24
Pts: Santos 22
Rebs: Fajardo 13
Asts: Cabagnot 5
Pts: Hontiveros 18
Rebs: Thoss 9
Asts: Thoss, Manuel, Jazul 3
Series tied, 3–3
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 14,259
Referees: A. Herrera, N. Quilingquen, E. Tangkion

Game 7

January 21
7:00pm
San Miguel Beermen 80, Alaska Aces 78
Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 27–15, 14–32, 18–19
Pts: Santos 22
Rebs: Fajardo 25
Asts: Cabagnot 6
Pts: Abueva 23
Rebs: Abueva 15
Asts: Abueva, Exciminiano, Jazul 2
San Miguel wins series, 4–3
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 22,511
Referees: N. Quilingen, P. Balao, E. Tankion

Rosters

San Miguel Beermen 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight College
F 1 Philippines Maierhofer, Rico 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1985-11-04 La Salle
SG 3 United States Lutz, Chris 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1985-02-11 Marshall
PG 5 Philippines Cabagnot, Alex 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1982-12-08 Hawaii-Hilo
PG 6 United States Ross, Chris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1985-03-08 Marshall
SG 13 United States Lassiter, Marcio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1987-05-16 Cal State Fullerton
C 15 Philippines Fajardo, June Mar 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1989-11-17 UC
C 18 Philippines Kramer, Doug 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1983-07-10 Ateneo
SF 21 Philippines Omolon, Nelbert 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1980-06-30 PCU
G 23 Philippines Pascual, Ronald (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988-06-23 San Sebastian
PG 25 Philippines Fortuna, Jeric 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1991-11-25 UST
G/F 29 Philippines Santos, Arwind (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1981-06-10 FEU
F/C 33 Australia Semerad, David (R) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1991-04-25 SBC
F/C 41 Philippines Chua, Justin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 232 lb (105 kg) 1989-07-13 Ateneo
SG 71 Philippines Tubid, Ronald 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1981-10-15 UE
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Philippines Biboy Ravanes (UC)
  • United States John Todd Purves (consultant)
  • Philippines Dayong Mendoza
  • Philippines Riel Banaria
  • Philippines Boyzie Zamar
  • Philippines Peter Martin
Team manager



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (R) Rookie
  • Injured

Alaska Aces 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight College
C 1 Philippines Eman, Samigue 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1982-03-12 UMin
G 2 United States Banchero, Chris (R) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1989-01-24 Seattle Pacific
G/F 3 Philippines Baguio, Cyrus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1980-08-19 UST
C 7 Papua New Guinea Thoss, Sonny 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1981-12-07 James Cook
F 8 Philippines Abueva, Calvin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1988-02-04 San Sebastian
G/F 11 Philippines dela Rosa, Rome (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990-12-11 San Beda
F 15 Germany Vanlandingham, Josh (IN) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1984-01-22 PLU
G 17 Philippines Exciminiano, Chris 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988-11-17 FEU
PF 21 Philippines Bugia, Paolo (IN) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1981-01-19 Ateneo
PF 24 Philippines Manuel, Vic 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1987-06-18 PSBA
G 25 Philippines Hontiveros, Dondon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1977-06-01 UC
F 27 Philippines Espinas, Gabby  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1982-01-03 PCU
F/C 30 United States Menk, Eric 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1974-08-24 Lake Superior State
G 31 Philippines Jazul, RJ 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986-04-11 Letran
F 35 United States dela Cruz, Tony (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 1978-08-24 UC-Irvine
G 42 Philippines Casio, JVee 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986-09-01 La Salle
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (R) Rookie
  • Injured

Roster


Broadcast notes

All of the games were aired live on TV5, AksyonTV and Fox Sports, except for Game 5 that was delayed at TV5 and AksyonTV due to the News5 coverage of Pope Francis' visit to the Philippines.

Game Sports5 Fox Sports
Play-by-play Analyst(s) Courtside reporters Play-by-play Analyst(s)
Game 1 Magoo Marjon Eric Reyes and Ali Peek Rizza Diaz Patricia Bermudez-Hizon Charles Tiu
Game 2 Mico Halili Quinito Henson and Richard del Rosario Apple David Nikko Ramos Ronnie Magsanoc
Game 3 Charlie Cuna Ryan Gregorio and Luigi Trillo Erika Padilla Mico Halili Charles Tiu
Game 4 James Velazquez Dominic Uy and Ronnie Magsanoc Sel Guevara Patricia Bermudez-Hizon Vince Hizon
Game 5 Magoo Marjon Andy Jao and Luigi Trillo Rizza Diaz Mico Halili Kirk Long
Game 6 Mico Halili Eric Reyes and Richard del Rosario Sel Guevara Nikko Ramos Charles Tiu
Game 7 Magoo Marjon Quinito Henson and Ronnie Magsanoc Erika Padilla Patricia Bermudez-Hizon Vince Hizon

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