The 2014 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2014 PLDT Home TelPad-PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the 2013–14 PBA season. The conference began on May 18 and ended on July 9, 2014.
| 2014 PBA Governors' Cup | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Duration | May 18 – July 9, 2014 |
| TV partner(s) | Sports5 Local: TV5/AksyonTV International : AksyonTV International, Fox Sports PBA HD on Cignal (high-definition) |
| Finals | |
| Champions | San Mig Super Coffee Mixers |
| Runners-up | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters |
| Awards | |
| Best Player | Ranidel de Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |
| Best Import | Arizona Reid (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| Finals MVP | James Yap (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers) |
| PBA Governors' Cup chronology | |
| PBA conference chronology | |
The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team, The recruited imports must be not taller than 6 feet and 5 inches for every team.[citation needed]
Games in the tournament are televised by TV5 and AksyonTV; games are also being simulcast in high definition through a special channel exclusive to Cignal Digital TV subscribers.[1][2]
Format
The tournament format for this conference is as follows:[3]
- 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. Ties are broken among head-to-head records of the tied teams.
- Quarterfinals (higher seed with the twice to beat advantage):
- QF1: #1 seed vs #8 seed
- QF2: #2 seed vs #7 seed
- QF3: #3 seed vs #6 seed
- QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed
- Semifinals (best-of-5 series):
- SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
- SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
- Finals (best-of-5 series)
- Winners of the semifinals
Due to the need to finish the season and the tournament by June in order for the Gilas Pilipinas team to train for the upcoming FIBA Asia Cup in July, the FIBA World Cup in August and the Asian Games in September, the league had six playing dates per week and the quotient system was implemented for tiebreakers, instead of playoff games for the #4 and #8 seeds.[3]
Elimination round
Team standings
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 7 | 2 | .778 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1 | |
| 3 | Alaska Aces | 5 | 4 | .556[a] | 2 | |
| 4 | San Mig Super Coffee Mixers | 5 | 4 | .556[a] | 2 | |
| 5 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 5 | 4 | .556[a] | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 5 | 4 | .556[a] | 2 | |
| 7 | Air21 Express | 5 | 4 | .556[a] | 2 | |
| 8 | Barako Bull Energy | 3 | 6 | .333[b] | 4 | |
| 9 | Meralco Bolts | 3 | 6 | .333[b] | 4 | |
| 10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 1 | 8 | .111 | 6 |
Notes:
Schedule
Results
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 | |||||||||||
Quarterfinals
(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (8) Barako Bull
(2) Rain or Shine vs. (7) Air21
(3) Alaska vs. (6) Barangay Ginebra
(4) San Mig Super Coffee vs. (5) San Miguel
June 17 |
| San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 97, San Miguel Beermen 90 | ||
| San Mig Super Coffee wins series in one game |
Semifinals
(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (4) San Mig Super Coffee
June 27 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 87, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 93 | ||
| San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 3–2. |
(2) Rain or Shine vs. (3) Alaska
Finals
July 9 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 89, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 92 | ||
| San Mig Super Coffee wins series, 3–2. |
Awards
Conference
- Best Player of the Conference: Ranidel de Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
- Best Import of the Conference: Arizona Reid (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)
- Finals MVP: James Yap (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers)
Players of the Week
| Week | Player | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| May 19–25 | Asi Taulava (Air21 Express) | [4] |
| May 26–June 1 | Peter June Simon (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers) | [5] |
| June 2–8 | Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | [6] |
| June 16–22 | Joe Devance (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers) | [7] |
| June 23–29 | Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | [8] |
Imports
The following is the list of imports which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.