2013–14 Air21 Express season

2013-14 Air21 Express season
Head coach	Franz Pumaren
Owner(s)	Airfrieght 2100, Inc. (a Lina Group of Companies subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results Record 3–11 (.214) Place 10th Playoff finish Not qualified Commissioner's Cup results Record 3–6 (.333) Place 7th Playoff finish Semifinals (Def. by San Mig Super Coffee, 3-2.) Governors' Cup results Record 5–4 (.556) Place 7th Playoff finish Quarterfinalist (Def. by Rain or Shine in one game) Air21 Express seasons 2012–13

The 2013–14 Air21 Express season is the 3rd and the last season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

• November 3: The 2013 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
• March 12: The Express got star point-guard Jonas Villanueva in a trade.
• April 4: Express's Jonas Villanueva's four champion streak as the All-Star weekend Obstacle Course Champion was ended and defeated by Mark Barroca.
• April 25: The Express got their first franchise Semifinal appearance as they defeated the San Miguel Beermen twice on a twice to beat matchup on the quarterfinals.
• June 26: The Express sold their franchise to the Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, Inc.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Country of birth*	PBA D-League team	College
2	6	Eric Camson	SF	Philippines	NLEX Road Warriors	Adamson
3	1	Joshua Webb	SG/SF	Philippines		De La Salle
4	1	Angelo Ingco	PG	Philippines		San Beda
5	1	Randolph Chua				Saint Benilde

Roster

Air21 Express (2011-2014) roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From SG 3 Cardona, Mark 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1981-11-03 De La Salle PG 6 Poligrates, Eloy (R) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1986-29-04 SWU G 7 Atkins, Simon 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1988-07-19 De La Salle SG 8 Yeo, Joseph 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1983-09-07 De La Salle SF 10 Anthony, Sean  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1986-01-26 McGill PG 11 Villanueva, Jonas 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1983-03-31 FEU F 13 Camson, Eric (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1990-06-12 Adamson F/C 14 Villanueva, Enrico 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Ateneo G/F 15 Menor, Ogie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986-12-04 San Beda F 16 Borboran, Mark 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1981-11-01 UE F/C 17 Ramos, Aldrech 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1988-04-03 FEU G/F 21 Jaime, Chito 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1983-10-21 AMA PF 63 Burtscher, Michael 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1985-03-08 CCC C 88 Taulava, Asi 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1973-03-02 BYU–Hawaii	Head coach Franz Pumaren (De La Salle) Assistant coach(es) Jack Santiago (De La Salle) Tonichi Yturri (De La Salle) Pocholo Villanueva (De La Salle) Daniel Rose Joshua Villapando Johnny Tam Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

{{2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=A21}}

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

 y  – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals,  x  – clinched best-of-3 quarterfinals,  w  – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals,  e  – eliminated

2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y–Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	9	0	1.000	–
2	y–San Miguel Beermen	7	2	.778	2
3	x–Alaska Aces	6	3	.667	3
4	x–Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	4	.556	4	1.22
5	x–Meralco Bolts	5	4	.556	4	0.82
6	x–San Mig Super Coffee Mixers	4	5	.444	5
7	w–Air21 Express	3	6	.333	6	1.02
8	w–Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	3	6	.333	6	0.98
9	e–Barako Bull Energy	2	7	.222	7
10	e–GlobalPort Batang Pier	1	8	.111	8

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals (Best-of-5)					Finals (Best-of-5)
		(#1 twice to beat)
	1	Talk 'N Text	97
	8	Barangay Ginebra	84
							1	Talk 'N Text	3
		(Best-of-3)					4	Rain or Shine	0
	4	Rain or Shine	2
	5	Meralco	1
												1	Talk 'N Text	1
		(#2 twice-to-beat)										6	San Mig Coffee	3
	2	San Miguel	79	95
	7	Air21	92	101**
							7	Air21	2
		(Best-of-3)					6	San Mig Coffee	3
	3	Alaska	1
	6	San Mig Coffee	2

**double overtime

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

 y  – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals,  x  – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals,  e  – eliminated

2014 PBA Governors' Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y- Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	7	2	.778	–
2	y- Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	3	.667	1
3	y- Alaska Aces	5	4	.556	2	1.08
4	y- San Mig Super Coffee Mixers	5	4	.556	2	1.02
5	x- San Miguel Beermen	5	4	.556	2	0.99
6	x- Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	4	.556	2	0.97
7	x- Air21 Express	5	4	.556	2	0.94
8	x- Barako Bull Energy	3	6	.333	4	1.01
9	e- Meralco Bolts	3	6	.333	4	0.99
10	e- GlobalPort Batang Pier	1	8	.125	6

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

Transactions

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Hervé Lamizana	March 5 (vs. GlobalPort)	March 17 (vs. Alaska)	2-2
	Wesley Witherspoon	March 23 (vs. Meralco)	May 7 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee)	5-7
Governors' Cup	Dominique Sutton	May 20 (vs. Rain or Shine)	June 18 (vs. Rain or Shine)	5–5

References