2014–15 Star Hotshots season
2014–15 Star Hotshots season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Head coach | Tim Cone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owner(s) | San Miguel-Pure Foods Co., Inc. (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
The 2014–15 Star Hotshots season is the 27th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates
- August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
- October 15: Team officials announced that the team will be renamed as the Purefoods Star Hotshots starting this season's Philippine Cup.[1]
- October 22: The Grand Slam championship ring ceremony of the team was held before the start of their game against the Alaska Aces.[2]
- November 9: (Manila Clasico) The team retired the jersey numbers of Rey Evangelista (#7) and Jerry Codiñera (#44) before their game against Barangay Ginebra San Miguel.[2][3] They also wore a modified version of their 1989 jerseys.
- December 11:The Hotshots lost to the Meralco Bolts in the first phase of the quarterfinals having a twice-to-beat disadvantage, they hardly-fought in a cold-game but they struggled until the end game, losing the game with the score off 77-65. The loss ends the four-straight championship run of the Hotshots since the 2013 PBA Governors' Cup and it's also the first time that the Hotshots did not qualify to the semis since the 2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup.[4]
- May 9:The franchise change their name to Star Hotshots.
Draft picks
Main article: 2014 PBA draft
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
no draft picks |
Roster
Star Hotshots roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Players | Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Philippine Cup
Eliminations
Standings
{{2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=PF}}
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 |
a The number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime(s) occurred.
Transactions
Overview
Players Added Via free agency Via trade |
Players Lost Via Expansion Draft Via trade |
Trades
Draft day
August 24, 2014[5] |
To GlobalPort 1st round pick (Anthony Semerad) and 2016 1st round pick (from San Mig) |
To San Mig Super Coffee 2016 1st round pick and 2018 2nd round pick (from GlobalPort) |
Philippine Cup
December 8, 2014[6] |
To Barako Bull Isaac Holstein Ronnie Matias |
To Purefoods Mick Pennisi |
Recruited imports
Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
---|---|---|---|---|
Commissioner's Cup | Marqus Blakely | January 30 (vs GlobalPort) | February 6 (vs Blackwater) | 3–0 |
Daniel Orton | February 11 (vs NLEX) | February 18 (vs Kia) | 4–2 | |
Denzel Bowles | February 22 (vs Barangay Ginebra) | April 11 (vs Talk 'N Text) | 7-4 | |
Governors' Cup | Marqus Blakely | May 9 (vs NLEX) | July 5 (vs Alaska) | 9–8 |
References
- ↑ After winning Grand Slam, San Mig Coffee back to being Purefoods, Jessica Bartolome, GMA News Online, October 15, 2014
- 1 2 Mixers to retire Codiñera jersey, Nelson Beltran, The Philippine Star, October 11, 2014
- ↑ Purefoods retires jerseys of Jerry Codiñera, Rey Evangelista, Rey Joble, InterAksyon.com, November 9, 2014
- ↑ "Meralco ends Purefoods' reign". gmanetwork.com/news/. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ↑ San Mig Coffee trades No. 7 to GlobalPort for future picks, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, August 24, 2014
- ↑
|
|
|
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, October 22, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.