2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season

2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season
Head coach	Boyet Fernandez
Owner(s)	Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results Record 4–7 (.364) Place 10th Playoff finish Quarterfinalist (Lost to Alaska in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage) Commissioner's Cup results Record 6–5 (.545) Place 4th Playoff finish Quarterfinalist (Lost to Meralco Bolts in two games) Governors' Cup results Record 3–8 (.273) Place 11th Playoff finish Did not qualify NLEX Road Warriors seasons

The 2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season is the first season of the franchise (after buying Air21) in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

• 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
1	4	Matthew Ganuelas	G	Philippines	NLEX (D-League)	CSPU

Roster

NLEX Road Warriors roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 3 Cardona, Mark 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1981-11-13 La Salle G/F 4 Wilson, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1987-01-18 JRU G 8 Raymundo, John 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1989-05-30 San Sebastian F 9 Canaleta, Niño 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1982-02-12 UE G 10 Lingganay, Rudy 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986-08-15 UE G 11 Villanueva, Jonas 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1983-03-31 FEU F 13 Camson, Eric 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1990-06-12 Adamson F/C 14 Villanueva, Enrico 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1980-06-23 Ateneo F 16 Borboran, Mark 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1981-11-20 UE F/C 17 Ramos, Aldrech 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1988-04-03 FEU F 18 Apinan, Jeckster (R) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987-01-09 JRU G 19 Arboleda, Wynne 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1976-11-28 MLQU G 23 Baloria, Juneric (R/IN) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1990-07-03 Perpetual F 26 Arboleda, Harold (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990-09-05 Perpetual C 88 Taulava, Asi (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1973-03-02 BYU-Hawaii	Head coach Boyet Fernandez (CSA-Bacolod) Assistant coach(es) Adonis Tierra Jojo Lastimosa (Ateneo) Sandy Arespacochaga (Ateneo) Mon Celis Ford Arao (Ateneo) Gino Manuel Jay Serrano Team manager Ronald Dulatre Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

{{2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=NLEX}}

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals (1st phase)						Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (One-game playoff)					Semifinals (Best-of-7)					Finals (Best-of-7)
		(#3 twice to beat)
	3	Alaska		82
	10	NLEX		78
							3	Alaska	87
		(#6 twice to beat)					6	Meralco	69			3	Alaska	4
	6	Meralco		77								2	Rain or Shine	2
	7	Purefoods Star		65
																	3	Alaska	3
		(#4 twice to beat)															1	San Miguel	4
	4	Talk 'N Text		105
	9	Barako Bull		76								1	San Miguel	4
							4	Talk 'N Text	83			4	Talk 'N Text	0
		(#5 twice to beat)					5	Barangay Ginebra	67
	5	Barangay Ginebra		95
	8	GlobalPort		78

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

2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y–Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727	—	1.025
2	y–Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	3	.727	—	1.010
3	x–Purefoods Star Hotshots	8	3	.727	—	0.969
4	x–NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545	2	1.171
5	x–Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545	2	0.854
6	x–Alaska Aces	5	6	.455	3	1.021
7	w–Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455	3	1.019
8	w–Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455	3	0.960
9	e–San Miguel Beermen	4	7	.364	4	1.011
10	e–GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364	4	0.995
11	e–Kia Carnival	4	7	.364	4	0.994
12	e–Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	5

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
		(Best-of-3)					5	Meralco	0
	4	NLEX	0
	5	Meralco	2
												1	Rain or Shine	3
		(#2 twice-to-beat)										2	Talk 'N Text	4
	2	Talk 'N Text	127
	7	Barako Bull	97
							2	Talk 'N Text	3
		(Best-of-3)					3	Purefoods Star	1
	3	Purefoods Star	2
	6	Alaska	0

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

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

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y- Alaska Aces	8	3	.727	—	1.065
2	y- San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727	—	0.939
3	y- Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636	1	1.063
4	y- GlobalPort Batang Pier	7	4	.636	1	0.941
5	w- Star Hotshots	6	5	.545	2	1.315
6	w- Barako Bull Energy	6	5	.545	2	0.761
7	w- Meralco Bolts	5	6	.455	3	1.125
8	w- Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455	3	1.000
9	e- Kia Carnival	5	6	.455	3	0.954
10	e- Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	5	6	.455	3	0.929
11	e- NLEX Road Warriors	3	8	.273	5
12	e- Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	7

Bracket

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals (Best-of-5)					Finals (Best-of-7)
		(#1 twice to beat)
	1	Alaska	114
	8	Barangay Ginebra	108
							1	Alaska	3
		(#4 twice to beat)					5	Star	0
	4	GlobalPort	73	94
	5	Star	126	101
												1	Alaska	0
		(#2 twice to beat)										2	San Miguel	4
	2	San Miguel	99	102
	7	Meralco	106	86
							2	San Miguel	3
		(#3 twice to beat)					3	Rain or Shine	1
	3	Rain or Shine	134**
	6	Barako Bull	132

*Game went into overtime^[a]

^a The number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime(s) occurred.

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

July 25, 2014[1]	To NLEX 2015 1st round pick	To San Miguel 2016 2nd round pick

September 12, 2014[2]	To NLEX Juneric Baloria 2016 & 2017 2nd round picks (from Blackwater)	To Blackwater Sunday Salvacion Jason Ballesteros (from Meralco)	To Meralco Sean Anthony (from NLEX via Blackwater)
September 22, 2014[3]	To NLEX Harold Arboleda and 2018 2nd round pick (from Talk 'n Text via Globalport) 2016 2nd round pick (from Ginebra via GlobalPort)	To GlobalPort Nonoy Baclao and 2017 1st round pick (from Talk 'n Text)	To Talk 'N Text Jay Washington (from GlobalPort) Matt Ganuelas (from NLEX via GlobalPort)

October 4, 2014[4]	To NLEX Kevin Alas	To Rain or Shine 2015 1st round pick

October 9, 2014[5]

To NLEX Niño Canaleta (from Talk 'N Text via Blackwater)

To Blackwater Larry Rodriguez 2015 1st round pick (from Talk 'N Text)

To Talk 'N Text Kevin Alas (from NLEX) 2015 1st round pick (from Blackwater)

Philippine Cup

November 27, 2014[6]	To NLEX Rudy Lingganay	To Kia Eliud Poligrates

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Al Thornton	February 3 (vs Rain or Shine)	March 29 (vs Meralco)	6–7
Governors' Cup	Kwame Alexander	May 6 (vs Barako Bull)	June 24 (vs Barangay Ginebra)	3–8
	Michael Madanly*	May 6 (vs Barako Bull)	June 24 (vs Barangay Ginebra)	3–8

(* Asian import)

References

1. NLEX busy on trading floor; Yeo to Ginebra, Inquirer.net, July 25, 2014
2. http://www.dugout.ph/2014/09/anthony-to-meralco-baloria-to-nlex-in-three-team-pba-transfer.html
3. Texters bag J-Wash, Ganuelas, Inquirer.net, September 22, 2014.
4. , Inquirer.net, October 4, 2014
5. Alas heads to TnT in 3-team trade deal philstar.com, retrieved October 9, 2014
6. Kia receives Eliud Poligrates, sends NLEX Rudy Lingganay, Adrian Dy, SLAM Philippines, November 28, 2014