The 2015 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2015 PLDT Home TelPad-PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second conference of the 2014–15 PBA season. The tournament began on January 27, 2015 and ended on April 29, 2015. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'9" for the top eight teams of the Philippine Cup, while the bottom four teams will be allowed to hire imports with no height limit.[1]
Format
The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:[2]
- Single-round robin eliminations; 11 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.
- Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. Ties are broken among head-to-head records of the tied teams.
- Quarterfinals:
- QF1: #1 seed vs #8 seed (#1 seed twice-to-beat)
- QF2: #2 seed vs #7 seed (#2 seed twice-to-beat)
- QF3: #3 seed vs #6 seed (best-of-3 series)
- QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed (best-of-3 series)
- Semifinals (best-of-5 series):
- SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
- SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
- Finals (best-of-7 series)
- Winners of the semifinals
Elimination round
Team standings
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
- ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco
- ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960
- ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994
Schedule
Results
Source:
[citation needed]Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(1) Rain or Shine vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra
(2) Talk 'N Text vs. (7) Barako Bull
(3) Purefoods Star vs. (6) Alaska
(4) NLEX vs. (5) Meralco
Semifinals
(1) Rain or Shine vs. (5) Meralco
(2) Talk 'N Text vs. (3) Purefoods Star
Finals
Awards
Conference
Players of the Week
Imports
The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.
Import handicapping
References
- ^ PBA SEASON 40 CALENDAR BARED, PBA.ph, September 30, 2014
- ^ STRONG ACTION-PACKED SEASON FORMAT GETS GREEN LIGHT, Snow Badua, PBA.ph, October 2, 2014
- ^ ENERGY PLAYER, PBA.inquirer.net, February 2, 2015
- ^ INSTANT IMPACT, PBA.inquirer.net, February 9, 2015
- ^ TAKING CHARGE, PBA.inquirer.net, February 16, 2015
- ^ NEWFOUND CONFIDENCE, PBA.inquirer.net, February 23, 2015
- ^ THRIVING IN CRUNCHTIME, PBA.inquirer.net, March 2, 2015
- ^ READY FOR FINAL PUSH, PBA.inquirer.net, March 16, 2015
- ^ STEADY PRESENCE, PBA.inquirer.net, March 23, 2015
- ^ MAKING A DIFFERENCE, PBA.inquirer.net, March 30, 2015
- ^ E-PAINTERS' BACKCOURT TANDEM SIZZLES, PBA.inquirer.net, April 8, 2015
- ^ a b c "PBA Commissioner's Cup 2015, Schedule, Imports". PH Access. Archived from the original on January 13, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
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