2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup Finals

Team	Coach	Wins
(1) San Miguel Beermen	Leo Austria	4
(3) Alaska Aces	Alex Compton	3

Dates

January 7 – 21, 2015

MVP

Arwind Santos
(San Miguel Beermen)

Television

Local:
Sports5
TV5
AksyonTV
Cignal PPV (HD)
Fox Sports
International:
AksyonTV International

Announcers

See broadcast notes

Radio network

DWFM (Radyo5)

Referees

Game 1:	J. Mariano, E. Aquino, N. Guevarra
Game 2:	A. Herrera, P. Balao, R. Gruta
Game 3:	N. Quilingen, E. Aquino, E. Tangkion
Game 4:	A. Herrera, N. Quillingen, N. Guevarra
Game 5:	A. Herrera, P. Balao, E. Tankion
Game 6:	A. Herrera, N. Quilingen, E. Tangkion
Game 7:	N. Quilingen, P. Balao, E. Tankion

PBA Philippine Cup Finals chronology

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The 2014–15 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and the Alaska Aces competed for the 36th All-Filipino championship and the 113th overall championship contested by the league.

Background

Road to the finals

Main article: 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup

San Miguel
Finished 9–2 (0.818): Tied with Rain or Shine at 1st place	Elimination round	Finished 8–3 (0.727): Tied with Talk 'N Text at 3rd place
1.101 (1st place)	Tiebreaker*	1.020 (3rd place)
bye	Quarterfinals	First phase: Def. NLEX in one game Second phase: Def. Meralco, 87–69
Def. Talk 'N Text, 4–0 (best-of-seven)	Semifinals	Def. Rain or Shine, 4–2 (best-of-seven)

Head-to-head matchup

November 4, 2014

recap

San Miguel Beermen 63, Alaska Aces 66

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Series summary

Team	Game 1*	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Wins
San Miguel	82	100	70	88	93	76	80	4
Alaska	88	86	78	70	88	87	78	3
Venue	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta

*overtime

Game 1

TV5

January 7
7:00pm

boxscore

San Miguel Beermen 82, Alaska Aces 88 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 27–5, 18–26, 9–18, 20–25, Overtime: 8–14
Pts: Lutz 24 Rebs: Fajardo 17 Asts: Ross 7		Pts: Abueva 22 Rebs: Abueva 10 Asts: Banchero, Thoss 3
Alaska leads series, 1–0

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: J. Mariano, E. Aquino, N. Guevarra

Game 2

TV5

January 9
7:00pm

boxscore

San Miguel Beermen 100, Alaska Aces 86
Scoring by quarter: 32–28, 19–20, 21–22, 28–16
Pts: Santos 22 Rebs: Fajardo 12 Asts: Lutz, Ross 5		Pts: Thoss 16 Rebs: Abueva 9 Asts: Casio 3
Series tied, 1–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: A. Herrera, P. Balao, R. Gruta

Game 3

TV5

January 11
5:00pm

boxscore

San Miguel Beermen 70, Alaska Aces 78
Scoring by quarter: 8–13, 27–14, 29–19, 6–32
Pts: Santos 20 Rebs: Santos 11 Asts: Cabagnot 4		Pts: Abueva 16 Rebs: Abueva 15 Asts: Abueva 5
Alaska leads series, 2–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 13,785
Referees: N. Quillingen, E. Aquino, E. Tangkion

Game 4

TV5

January 14
7:00pm

boxscore

San Miguel Beermen 88, Alaska Aces 70
Scoring by quarter: 33–16, 16–10, 24–23, 15–21
Pts: Cabagnot 22 Rebs: Santos 14 Asts: Lutz 7		Pts: Abueva 22 Rebs: Abueva 7 Asts: Exciminiano, Casio 3
Series tied, 2–2

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: A. Herrera, N. Quillingen, N. Guevarra

Game 5

TV5

January 16
7:00pm

boxscore

San Miguel Beermen 93, Alaska Aces 88
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 20–18, 30–30, 22–17
Pts: Fajardo, Santos 19 Rebs: Fajardo 13 Asts: Cabagnot 8		Pts: Abueva 24 Rebs: Abueva 12 Asts: Banchero, Abueva 3
San Miguel leads series, 3–2

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: A. Herrera, P. Balao, E. Tankion

Game 6

TV5

January 18
7:30pm

boxscore

San Miguel Beermen 76, Alaska Aces 87
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 13–25, 20–21, 20–24
Pts: Santos 22 Rebs: Fajardo 13 Asts: Cabagnot 5		Pts: Hontiveros 18 Rebs: Thoss 9 Asts: Thoss, Manuel, Jazul 3
Series tied, 3–3

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 14,259
Referees: A. Herrera, N. Quilingquen, E. Tangkion

Game 7

TV5

January 21
7:00pm

boxscore

San Miguel Beermen 80, Alaska Aces 78
Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 27–15, 14–32, 18–19
Pts: Santos 22 Rebs: Fajardo 25 Asts: Cabagnot 6		Pts: Abueva 23 Rebs: Abueva 15 Asts: Abueva, Exciminiano, Jazul 2
San Miguel wins series, 4–3

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 22,511
Referees: N. Quilingen, P. Balao, E. Tankion

Rosters

San Miguel Beermen 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	POB	Name	Height	Weight		College
4.0 !F	1	PHI !	Maierhofer, Rico	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1985-11-04	La Salle
2.0 !SG	3	USA !	Lutz, Chris	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1985-02-11	Marshall
1.0 !PG	5	PHI !	Cabagnot, Alex	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1982-12-08	Hawaii-Hilo
1.0 !PG	6	USA !	Ross, Chris	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1985-03-08	Marshall
2.0 !SG	13	USA !	Lassiter, Marcio	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1987-05-16	Cal State Fullerton
6.0 !C	15	PHI !	Fajardo, June Mar	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	1989-11-17	UC
6.0 !C	18	PHI !	Kramer, Doug	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1983-07-10	Ateneo
3.0 !SF	21	PHI !	Omolon, Nelbert	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1980-06-30	PCU
1.5 !G	23	PHI !	Pascual, Ronald (R)	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988-06-23	San Sebastian
1.0 !PG	25	PHI !	Fortuna, Jeric	7000170180000000000♠5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1991-11-25	UST
2.5 !G/F	29	PHI !	Santos, Arwind (C)	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1981-06-10	FEU
5.5 !F/C	33	AUS !	Semerad, David (R)	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1991-04-25	SBC
5.5 !F/C	41	PHI !	Chua, Justin	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	1989-07-13	Ateneo
2.0 !SG	71	PHI !	Tubid, Ronald	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1981-10-15	UE

Head coach

Leo Austria (Lyceum)

Assistant coach(es)

Biboy Ravanes (UC)
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
(R) Rookie

Injured

Alaska Aces 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	POB	Name	Height	Weight		College
6.0 !C	1	PHI !	Eman, Samigue	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	1982-03-12	UMin
1.5 !G	2	USA !	Banchero, Chris (R)	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1989-01-24	Seattle Pacific
2.5 !G/F	3	PHI !	Baguio, Cyrus	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1980-08-19	UST
6.0 !C	7	PNG !	Thoss, Sonny	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1981-12-07	James Cook
4.0 !F	8	PHI !	Abueva, Calvin	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1988-02-04	San Sebastian
2.5 !G/F	11	PHI !	dela Rosa, Rome (R)	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1990-12-11	San Beda
4.0 !F	15	GER !	Vanlandingham, Josh (IN)	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1984-01-22	PLU
1.5 !G	17	PHI !	Exciminiano, Chris	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988-11-17	FEU
4.5 !PF	21	PHI !	Bugia, Paolo (IN)	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1981-01-19	Ateneo
4.5 !PF	24	PHI !	Manuel, Vic	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1987-06-18	PSBA
1.5 !G	25	PHI !	Hontiveros, Dondon	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1977-06-01	UC
4.0 !F	27	PHI !	Espinas, Gabby	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	1982-01-03	PCU
5.5 !F/C	30	USA !	Menk, Eric	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1974-08-24	Lake Superior State
1.5 !G	31	PHI !	Jazul, RJ	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1986-04-11	Letran
4.0 !F	35	USA !	dela Cruz, Tony (C)	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	1978-08-24	UC-Irvine
1.5 !G	42	PHI !	Casio, JVee	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1986-09-01	La Salle

Head coach

Alex Compton (Cornell)

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Dickie Bachmann ^[a] (La Salle)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Roster

^a also serves as Alaska's board governor.

Broadcast notes

All of the games were aired live on TV5, AksyonTV and Fox Sports, except for Game 5 that was delayed at TV5 and AksyonTV due to the News5 coverage of Pope Francis' visit to the Philippines.

Game	Sports5			Fox Sports
Game	Play-by-play	Analyst(s)	Courtside reporters	Play-by-play	Analyst(s)
Game 1	Magoo Marjon	Eric Reyes and Ali Peek	Rizza Diaz	Patricia Bermudez-Hizon	Charles Tiu
Game 2	Mico Halili	Quinito Henson and Richard del Rosario	Apple David	Nikko Ramos	Ronnie Magsanoc
Game 3	Charlie Cuna	Ryan Gregorio and Luigi Trillo	Erika Padilla	Mico Halili	Charles Tiu
Game 4	James Velazquez	Dominic Uy and Ronnie Magsanoc	Sel Guevara	Patricia Bermudez-Hizon	Vince Hizon
Game 5	Magoo Marjon	Andy Jao and Luigi Trillo	Rizza Diaz	Mico Halili	Kirk Long
Game 6	Mico Halili	Eric Reyes and Richard del Rosario	Sel Guevara	Nikko Ramos	Charles Tiu
Game 7	Magoo Marjon	Quinito Henson and Ronnie Magsanoc	Erika Padilla	Patricia Bermudez-Hizon	Vince Hizon

Additional Game 7 crew:
- Trophy presentation: Nikko Ramos
- Dugout celebration interviewer: Sel Guevara

References

External links

PBA official website

2014–15 PBA season

Team seasons

Succession

2013–14
Philippine Cup
2015–16

2014
Commissioner's Cup
2016

2014
Governors' Cup
2016

PBA All-Filipino/Philippine Cup Finals

1970s

1977

1978

1979

1980s

1980

1981*

1982*

1983

1984 First
1984 Second

1990s

2000s

2010s

No All-Filipino tournament were held for the 1981 and 1982 seasons.

San Miguel Beermen

Founded in 1975 • Owned by San Miguel Brewery, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation • Formerly the Royal Tru Orangemen, Magnolia Ice Cream Makers and Petron Blaze Boosters

The franchise	Franchise All-time roster Seasons Current season

Coaches	Ramos Ocampo Manotoc D. Pumaren Black Jacobs P. Pumaren Uichico Reyes Tanquingcen Agustin Racela Abanilla Ravanes Austria

Championships (22)	1979 Open 1982 Invitational 1987 Reinforced 1988 Open 1988 Reinforced 1989 Open 1989 All-Filipino 1989 Reinforced 1992 All-Filipino 1993 Governors' 1994 All-Filipino 1999 Commissioner's 1999 Governors' 2000 Commissioner's 2000 Governors' 2001 All-Filipino 2005 Fiesta 2009 Fiesta 2011 Governors' 2014–15 PBA Philippine 2015 Governors' 2015–16 PBA Philippine

Runner-up finishes (14)	1982 Reinforced Filipino 1985 Open 1992 First 1993 All-Filipino 1995 Governors 1998 All-Filipino 1998 Commissioner's 2001 Commissioner's 2001 Governors' 2003 Reinforced 2006–07 Philippine 2010 Fiesta 2010–11 Philippine 2013 Governors'

Retired jerseys	8 Caidic 9 Lim 12 Dignadice 14 Calma 17 Racela 19 Fernandez

Seasons (41)	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Culture and lore	Alaska–San Miguel rivalry El Presidente The Skywalker The Director 1989 Grand Slam Spiderman Crunchman Petron -novela The Kraken BEERacle

Alaska Aces

Founded in 1986 Owned by the Alaska Milk Corporation

The franchise	Franchise All-time roster Seasons Current season

Administration	Owner: Wilfred Steven Uytengsu Board Governor/Team Manager: Dickie Bachmann

Coaches	Vasquez Jota Canson Valenzona Adornado Cone Banal Trillo Compton

Championships (14)	1991 Third 1994 Governors 1995 Governors 1996 All-Filipino 1996 Commissioner's 1996 Governors 1997 Governors 1998 All-Filipino 1998 Commissioner's 2000 All-Filipino 2003 Invitational 2007 Fiesta 2010 Fiesta 2013 Commissioner's

Runner-up finishes (15)	1987 All-Filipino 1987 Reinforced 1990 Third 1994 Commissioner's 1995 All-Filipino 1995 Commissioner's 1997 Commissioner's 1999 Governors 2002 Governors 2002 All-Filipino 2008-09 Philippine 2009-10 Philippine 2014–15 PBA Philippine 2015 Governors' 2015–16 PBA Philippine

Retired jerseys	6 Lastimosa 14 Abarrientos 16 Hawkins 20 Chambers 22 Cariaso 33 Adornado

Seasons (30)	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Culture and lore	1996 Grand Slam 4th Quarter Man "Flying A" "The Hawk" Captain Marbel "The Jet" "The Boss" "Skyrus" "The Beast" "Mr. 100%" Alaska–San Miguel rivalry "TDLC" "The Arsenal"

Philippine Basketball Association

Alaska Aces	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Blackwater Elite	GlobalPort Batang Pier	Mahindra Enforcer	Meralco Bolts

NLEX Road Warriors	Phoenix Fuel Masters	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	San Miguel Beermen	Star Hotshots	Tropang TNT

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