The 2014 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup finals was the best-of-5 championship series of the 2014 PBA Governors' Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Mig Super Coffee Mixers and the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters competed for the 14th Governors' Cup championship and the 112th overall championship contested by the league. The format was shortened to a best-of-5 format instead of the usual best-of-7 due to changes in the season calendar to accommodate Gilas Pilipinas's participation in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the 2014 Asian Games.[1]
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| Dates | July 1–9, 2014 | ||||||||||
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| MVP | James Yap (San Mig Super Coffee) | ||||||||||
| Television | Local: Sports5 TV5 AksyonTV Cignal PPV (HD) International: Fox Sports Asia AksyonTV International | ||||||||||
| Announcers | See broadcast notes | ||||||||||
| Radio network | DZSR and DWFM | ||||||||||
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The Coffee Mixers became the fourth team in the league's history, and the first one since 1996, to win all of the conference titles in a season, also known as the Grand Slam, after defeating the Elasto Painters, three games to two. They also won their fourth straight PBA title, which was last done by the Alaska Milkmen (who also won the latest Grand Slam) from 1995 to 1996.[2]
Background
editSan Mig Super Coffee Mixers
editSan Mig Super Coffee finished the elimination round with a 5–4 record and tied with Alaska, San Miguel, Barangay Ginebra and Air21 in third place. Due to the quotient system imposed for tiebreakers this conference, the Coffee Mixers ended up in fourth place, having the second superior quotient among the five teams. The team then defeated fifth seeded San Miguel Beermen in the quarterfinals in one game (SMC has a twice to beat advantage), 97–90. San Mig Coffee advanced to the semifinal round and was matched up against their Commissioner's Cup finals opponent, the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters. San Mig Coffee was able to win the first two games of their best-of-five series, giving them an edge to close out the series and sweep out Talk 'N Text. However, the Tropang Texters were able to win games 3 and 4, forcing a deciding Game 5. The rubber match was very close and no team led their opponent by more than six points in the first three quarters. In the fourth quarter, the free throw shooting woes and missed attempts in the painted area of Talk 'N Text became costly as San Mig Coffee was able to break away with the lead and the win to clinch the first finals berth.
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
editThe Elasto Painters struggled in the earlier part of the tournament, ending up with a 1–3 record in their first four games. They won all of their remaining games, including a 51-point win against Alaska last June 4. After the eliminations, they ended up with the second seed going to the quarterfinals and was pitted against the Air21. They took advantage of their twice-to-win incentive and defeated the Express in one game, 111–90. In the semifinals, they went up against Alaska. Both teams had alternating wins in the series, with Alaska winning games one and three, while the Elasto Painters won games two and four. Rain or Shine eventually won the deciding game five of their series, and set a rematch against San Mig Coffee.
Road to the finals
edit| San Mig Super Coffee | Rain or Shine | ||
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| Finished 5–4 (0.556): 4th place (1.02 diff.) | Elimination round | Finished 6–3 (0.667): 2nd place | |
| Def. San Miguel in 1 game, 97–90 | Quarterfinals | Def. Air21 in 1 game, 111–90 | |
| Def. Talk 'N Text, 3–2 | Semifinals | Def. Alaska, 3–2 | |
Head-to-head matchup
editSeries summary
edit| Team | Game 1 | Game 2* | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Wins |
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| San Mig Coffee | 104 | 87 | 78 | 79 | 92 | 3 |
| Rain or Shine | 101 | 89 | 69 | 88 | 89 | 2 |
| Venue | MOA | Araneta | Araneta | Araneta | Araneta |
*overtime
Game 1
editJuly 1
8:00pm |
| San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 104, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 101 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 24–29, 22–28, 25–21, 33–23 | ||
| Pts: Simon 18 Rebs: Blakely 14 Asts: Pingris 5 |
Pts: Reid 35 Rebs: Reid 12 Asts: Lee 4 | |
| San Mig Super Coffee leads series, 1–0 | ||
At the first three quarters, Rain or Shine got the lead many times, even up to seventeen,[3] but the Coffee Mixers bounced back and won this game, 101–104, led by PJ Simon's 18 points.[4]
Game 2
editJuly 3
8:00pm |
| San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 87, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 89 (OT) | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 13–19, 22–29, 21–14, Overtime: 7–9 | ||
| Pts: Yap 22 Rebs: Blakely 14 Asts: Blakely 8 |
Pts: Reid 29 Rebs: Reid 17 Asts: Reid, Chan 4 | |
| Series tied, 1–1 | ||
Game 3
editJuly 5
5:00pm |
| San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 78, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 69 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 22–16, 19–25, 20–14 | ||
| Pts: Blakely 17 Rebs: Blakely 17 Asts: Pingris, Melton 4 |
Pts: Reid 31 Rebs: Reid 8 Asts: Lee 6 | |
| San Mig Super Coffee leads series, 2–1 | ||
Game 4
editJuly 7
8:00pm |
| San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 79, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 88 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 17–32, 17–16, 24–19 | ||
| Pts: Blakely 21 Rebs: Blakely 16 Asts: Blakely 3 |
Pts: Reid 22 Rebs: Reid 17 Asts: Lee, Chan 5 | |
| Series tied, 2–2 | ||
Game 5
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Broadcast notes
edit| Game | TV5 coverage | Fox Sports coverage | |||
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| Play-by-play | Analyst(s) | Courtside reporters | Play-by-play | Analyst(s) | |
| Game 1 | Magoo Marjon | Eric Reyes and Luigi Trillo | Erika Padilla | no broadcast | |
| Game 2 | Mico Halili | Quinito Henson and Luigi Trillo | Rizza Diaz | no broadcast | |
| Game 3 | Charlie Cuna | Dominic Uy and Ryan Gregorio | Sel Guevara | Aaron Atayde | Charles Tiu |
| Game 4 | Magoo Marjon | Eric Reyes and Luigi Trillo | Erika Padilla | James Velasquez | Vince Hizon |
| Game 5 | Mico Halili | Quinito Henson and Luigi Trillo | Rizza Diaz | Patricia Bermudez-Hizon | Charles Tiu |
- Additional Game 5 crew:
- Trophy presentation: Nikko Ramos
- Dugout interviewer: Nikko Ramos
References
edit- ^ "PBA shortens season schedule to accommodate Gilas Pilipinas in World Cup, Asian Games". InterAksyon.com. January 30, 2014. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014.
- ^ "San Mig Coffee a win away from Grand Slam after Game Three victory over Rain or Shine". InterAksyon.com. Sports5. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
- ^ Dionisio, Ven. "Rain Or Shine Slips, Falls 101–104 to SMC in Game One". Humblebola.com. Humblebola.
- ^ WebCast Boxscore of Game 1, July 2014.