2014–15 Meralco Bolts season
Basketball team season
2014–15 Meralco Bolts season | |
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Head coach | Norman Black |
General Manager | Paolo Trillo |
Owner(s) | Manila Electric Company (an MVP group subsidiary) |
Philippine Cup results | |
Record | 6–5 (54.5%) |
Place | 6th |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinalist(lost to Alaska in the 2nd round) |
Commissioner's Cup results | |
Record | 6–5 (54.5%) |
Place | 5th |
Playoff finish | Semifinalist (lost to Rain or Shine, 0–3) |
Governors' Cup results | |
Record | 5–6 (45.5%) |
Place | 7th |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinalist (lost to San Miguel in two games with twice-to-win disadvantage |
Meralco Bolts seasons | |
The 2014–15 Meralco Bolts season was the fifth 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 |
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Philippine Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Pos | Team
| W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818[a] | — | Advance to semifinals |
2 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 2 | .818[a] | — | |
3 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 3 | .727[b] | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
4 | TNT Tropang Texters | 8 | 3 | .727[b] | 1 | |
5 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545[c] | 3 | |
6 | Meralco Bolts | 6 | 5 | .545[c] | 3 | |
7 | Purefoods Star Hotshots | 6 | 5 | .545[c] | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | |
9 | Barako Bull Energy | 4 | 7 | .364[d] | 5 | |
10 | NLEX Road Warriors | 4 | 7 | .364[d] | 5 | |
11 | Kia Sorento | 1 | 10 | .091 | 8 | |
12 | Blackwater Elite | 0 | 11 | .000 | 9 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Rain or Shine
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text
- ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 NLEX
Game log
Playoffs
Bracket
Quarterfinals (1st phase) | Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (single elimination) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | |||||||||||||||
(#3 twice to beat) | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Alaska | 82 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Rain or Shine | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | NLEX | 78 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Alaska | 87 | 3 | Alaska | 4 | |||||||||||||
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6 | Meralco | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Meralco | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Alaska | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Purefoods Star | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
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4 | Talk 'N Text | 105 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Barako Bull | 76 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Talk 'N Text | 83 | 4 | Talk 'N Text | 0 | |||||||||||||
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5 | Barangay Ginebra | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Barangay Ginebra | 95 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | GlobalPort | 78 | ||||||||||||||||
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Commissioner's Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Pos | Team
| W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Tropang TNT | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | |
3 | Purefoods Star Hotshots | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 2 | |
5 | Meralco Bolts | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 2 | |
6 | Alaska Aces | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 3 | |
7 | Barako Bull Energy | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 3 | |
9 | San Miguel Beermen | 4 | 7 | .364[d] | 4 | |
10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 4 | 7 | .364[d] | 4 | |
11 | Kia Carnival | 4 | 7 | .364[d] | 4 | |
12 | Blackwater Elite | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco
- ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960
- ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994
Game log
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 | |||||||||||
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5 | Meralco | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | NLEX | 0 | |||||||||||
5 | Meralco | 2 | |||||||||||
1 | Rain or Shine | 3 | |||||||||||
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2 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | |||||||||||
2 | Talk 'N Text | 127 | |||||||||||
7 | Barako Bull | 97 | |||||||||||
2 | Talk 'N Text | 3 | |||||||||||
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3 | Purefoods Star | 1 | |||||||||||
3 | Purefoods Star | 2 | |||||||||||
6 | Alaska | 0 | |||||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
![]() | May 13 (vs NLEX) | June 29 (vs San Miguel) | 5–6 |
(* Asian import)
References
- ^ Norman Black moves to Meralco, Jong Uichico to take over Talk ‘N Text as MVP group shuffles coaches Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Interaksyon.com, July 9, 2014
- ^ Former Alaska coach Luigi Trillo set to join Norman Black at Meralco Archived 2014-07-27 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, July 26, 2014
- ^ "Anthony to Meralco, Baloria to NLEX in three-team PBA transfer".