The 2015 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2015 PLDT Home TelPad-PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second conference of the 2014–15 PBA season. The tournament began on January 27, 2015 and ended on April 29, 2015. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'9" for the top eight teams of the Philippine Cup, while the bottom four teams will be allowed to hire imports with no height limit.PBA SEASON 40 CALENDAR BARED, PBA.ph, September 30, 2014
Format The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:STRONG ACTION-PACKED SEASON FORMAT GETS GREEN LIGHT, Snow Badua, PBA.ph, October 2, 2014 Single-round robin eliminations; 11 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: QF1: #1 seed vs #8 seed (#1 seed twice-to-beat) QF2: #2 seed vs #7 seed (#2 seed twice-to-beat) QF3: #3 seed vs #6 seed (best-of-3 series) QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed (best-of-3 series) Semifinals (best-of-5 series): SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners Finals (best-of-7 series) Winners of the semifinals
Elimination round Team standings
Schedule
Results
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(1) Rain or Shine vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra
(2) Talk 'N Text vs. (7) Barako Bull
(3) Purefoods Star vs. (6) Alaska
(4) NLEX vs. (5) Meralco
Semifinals
(1) Rain or Shine vs. (5) Meralco
(2) Talk 'N Text vs. (3) Purefoods Star
Finals
Awards
Conference Best Player of the Conference: Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference: Wayne Chism (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) Finals MVP: Ranidel de Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
Players of the Week WeekPlayerRef. January 27 – February 1 Chico Lanete ENERGY PLAYER, PBA.inquirer.net, February 2, 2015 February 1–8 Paul Lee INSTANT IMPACT, PBA.inquirer.net, February 9, 2015 February 9–15 Jayson Castro TAKING CHARGE, PBA.inquirer.net, February 16, 2015 February 15–22 Terrence Romeo NEWFOUND CONFIDENCE, PBA.inquirer.net, February 23, 2015 February 23 – March 1 James Yap THRIVING IN CRUNCHTIME, PBA.inquirer.net, March 2, 2015 March 3–15 Arwind Santos READY FOR FINAL PUSH, PBA.inquirer.net, March 16, 2015 March 16–22 Ranidel De Ocampo STEADY PRESENCE, PBA.inquirer.net, March 23, 2015 March 23–29 Joe Devance Mark Barroca MAKING A DIFFERENCE, PBA.inquirer.net, March 30, 2015 March 30 – April 5 Paul Lee Jericho Cruz E-PAINTERS' BACKCOURT TANDEM SIZZLES, PBA.inquirer.net, April 8, 2015
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. Team Name Debuted Last game Record Alaska Aces D. J. Covington February 3 (vs. Purefoods Star) February 17 (vs. San Miguel) 2–2 Damion James February 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) March 29 (vs. Purefoods Star) 3–6 Barako Bull Energy Solomon Alabi January 28 (vs. Blackwater) March 28 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 5–7 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Michael Dunigan January 27 (vs. Meralco) March 28 (vs. Rain or Shine) 5–7 Blackwater Elite No Import January 28 (vs. Barako Bull) 0–1 Marcus Douthit February 1 (vs. Talk 'N Text) March 25 (vs. Meralco) 3–7 GlobalPort Batang Pier CJ Leslie January 27 (vs. Kia) February 10 (vs. Alaska) 2–2 Calvin Warner February 15 (vs. Meralco) March 1 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 2–2 Derrick Caracter March 15 (vs. NLEX) March 24 (vs. San Miguel) 0–3 Kia Carnival Peter John Ramos January 27 (vs. GlobalPort) March 22 (vs. Rain or Shine) 4–7 Meralco Bolts 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 NLEX Road Warriors Al Thornton February 3 (vs. Rain or Shine) March 29 (vs. Meralco) 6–7 Purefoods Star Hotshots Marqus Blakely January 30 (vs. GlobalPort) February 7 (vs. Blackwater) 3–0 Daniel Orton February 11 (vs. NLEX) February 18 (vs. Kia) 1–2 Denzel Bowles February 22 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) April 11 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 7–4 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Rick Jackson January 28 (vs. Talk 'N Text) February 14 (vs. Purefoods Star) 3–2 Wayne Chism February 20 (vs. Alaska) April 29 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 12–5 San Miguel Beermen Ronald Roberts February 4 (vs. Kia) February 17 (vs. Alaska) 0–4 Arizona Reid February 21 (vs. Meralco) March 24 (vs. GlobalPort) 4–3 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Richard Howell January 28 (vs. Rain or Shine) February 15 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) 4–1 Ivan Johnson February 20 (vs. NLEX) April 29 (vs. Rain or Shine) 12–6
Import handicapping Team Philippine Cup standings ImportheightlimitWL% San Miguel Beermen 9 2 .818 6'9" Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 9 2 .818 Alaska Aces 8 3 .727 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 8 3 .727 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 5 .545 Meralco Bolts 6 5 .545 Purefoods Star Hotshots 6 5 .545 GlobalPort Batang Pier 5 6 .455 Barako Bull Energy 4 7 .364 unlimited NLEX Road Warriors 4 7 .364 Kia Carnival 1 10 .091 Blackwater Elite 0 11 .000
References
External links PBA.ph