2013–14 San Miguel Beermen season

2013–14 San Miguel Beermen season
Head coach	Gee Abanilla (Philippine Cup) Biboy Ravanes (Commissioner's and Governors' Cup)
Owner(s)	San Miguel Brewery, Inc. (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results Record 10–4 (.714) Place 3rd Playoff finish Semifinalist (def. by Rain or Shine, 1-4) Commissioner's Cup results Record 7–2 (.778) Place 2nd Playoff finish Quarterfinalist (def. by Air21 in two games) Governors' Cup results Record 5–4 (.556) Place 5th Playoff finish Quarterfinalist (def. by San Mig Super Coffee in one game) San Miguel Beermen seasons 2012–13 2014–15

The 2013–14 San Miguel Beermen season was the 39th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as the Petron Blaze Boosters for the duration of the Philippine Cup.

Key dates

• November 3: The 2013 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
• January 13: San Miguel Corporation president Ramon S. Ang announced that the team will revert to its iconic name "San Miguel Beermen" starting the 2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
3	5	Sam Marata	G	Philippines		UP Diliman
4	4	Nate Matute	G	Philippines		JRU

Rosters

San Miguel Beermen roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 1 Maierhofer, Rico 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1985-11-04 DLSU SF 3 Lutz, Chris 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1985-02-11 Marshall PG 6 Ross, Chris (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1985-03-08 Marshall PG 7 Mercado, Solomon 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1984-05-06 Biola University G 12 Hubalde, Paolo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1981-01-24 UE SF 13 Lassiter, Marcio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1987-05-16 Cal State Fullerton C 15 Fajardo, Junmar 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1989-11-17 UC F/C 18 Kramer, Doug 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1983-07-10 Ateneo PG 26 Lanete, Chico 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1979-08-01 Lyceum SF 29 Santos, Arwind 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1981-06-10 FEU F/C 41 Chua, Justin (R) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 232 lb (105 kg) 1989-07-13 Ateneo SG 71 Tubid, Ronald 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1981-10-15 UE	Head coach Biboy Ravanes (UC) Assistant coach(es) John Todd Purves (consultant) Dayong Mendoza Riel Banaria Boyzie Zamar Peter Martin Team manager Gee Abanilla (De La Salle) 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=PBB}}

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals (Best-of-7)					Finals (Best-of-7)
		(#1 twice to beat)
	1	Barangay Ginebra	97	108
	8	Alaska	104	95
							1	Barangay Ginebra	3
		(Best-of-3)					5	San Mig Coffee	4
	4	Talk 'N Text	1
	5	San Mig Coffee	2
												5	San Mig Coffee	4
		(#2 twice-to-beat)										2	Rain or Shine	2
	2	Rain or Shine	106
	7	GlobalPort	96
							2	Rain or Shine	4
		(Best-of-3)					3	Petron Blaze	1
	3	Petron Blaze	2
	6	Barako Bull	0

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

Trades

Pre-season

October 30, 2013[2]	To Petron Blaze Chris Ross	To GlobalPort Dennis Miranda

November 4, 2013	To Petron Blaze Yousef Taha	To GlobalPort future draft pick	To Barako Bull Magi Sison Mark Isip

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Josh Boone	March 7 (vs. Meralco)	March 9 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	2–0
	Kevin Jones	March 14 (vs. Talk 'N Text)	April 25 (vs. Air21)	5–4
Governors' Cup	Reggie Williams	May 18 (vs. Alaska)	June 17 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee)	5–5

References

1. Petron to go back to being San Miguel Beermen for Commissioner’s Cup, InterAksyon.com, January 13, 2014
2. PBA Trade: Chris Ross dealt to Petron, Denok Miranda goes to GlobalPort, Snow Badua, Solar Sports Desk, October 30, 2013