2014–15 San Miguel Beermen season

2014–15 San Miguel Beermen season
2014–15 San Miguel Beermen season
Head coach	Leo Austria
Owner(s)	San Miguel Brewery, Inc. ; (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	9–2 ; (81.8%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Champions (Defeated Alaska, 4–3)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	4–7 ; (36.4%)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	eliminated
Governors' Cup results
Record	8–3 ; (72.7%)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Champions (Defeated Alaska, 4-0)
San Miguel Beermen seasons
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 San Miguel Beermen season was the 40th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

August 2: Leo Austria was named as the head coach of the San Miguel Beermen. Coach Biboy Ravanes was demoted to assistant coach and active consultant Todd Purves will have a minimal role with the team. ^[1]
August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	3	Ronald Pascual	SF	Philippines	NLEX (D-League)	SSC

Rosters

2014–15 San Miguel Beermen roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G/F	3	Lutz, Chris	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1985-02-11	Marshall
F/C	4	Reyes, Jay-R	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1984-07-16	Philippines
G	5	Cabagnot, Alex	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1982-12-08	Hawaiʻi–Hilo
G	6	Ross, Chris	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1985-03-08	Marshall
G	11	Fortuna, Jeric	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1991-11-25	UST
G/F	13	Lassiter, Marcio	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1987-05-16	Cal State Fullerton
C	15	Fajardo, June Mar	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	268 lb (122 kg)	1989-11-17	Cebu
F	21	Omolon, Nelbert	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1980-06-30	Philippine Christian
F	23	Pascual, Ronald	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1988-06-23	San Sebastian
F	27	Espinas, Gabby	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1982-01-03	Philippine Christian
F	29	Santos, Arwind (C)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1981-06-10	Far Eastern
F	33	Semerad, David	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1991-04-25	San Beda
G/F	71	Tubid, Ronald	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1981-10-15	UE
C	95	De Ocampo, Yancy	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1980-03-11	Saint Francis of Assisi

Head coach

Leo Austria (Lyceum)

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Gee Abanilla (De La Salle)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(CI) Commissioner's Cup Import
(GI) Governors' Cup Import
(EI) EASL Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Advance to semifinals
3	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^[b]	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4	TNT Tropang Texters	8	3	.727^[b]	1
5	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^[c]	3
6	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545^[c]	3
7	Purefoods Star Hotshots	6	5	.545^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4
9	Barako Bull Energy	4	7	.364^[d]	5
10	NLEX Road Warriors	4	7	.364^[d]	5
11	Kia Sorento	1	10	.091	8
12	Blackwater Elite	0	11	.000	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Rain or Shine
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 NLEX

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals (1st phase)			Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (single elimination)			Semifinals (best-of-7)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#3 twice to beat)

3	Alaska	82
						2	Rain or Shine	2
10	NLEX	78
			3	Alaska	87	3	Alaska	4
(#6 twice to beat)
			6	Meralco	69
6	Meralco	77
									3	Alaska	3
7	Purefoods Star	65
									1	San Miguel	4
(#4 twice to beat)

4	Talk 'N Text	105
						1	San Miguel	4
9	Barako Bull	76
			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

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Purefoods Star Hotshots	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545^[b]	2
5	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545^[b]	2
6	Alaska Aces	5	6	.455^[c]	3
7	Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	San Miguel Beermen	4	7	.364^[d]	4
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364^[d]	4
11	Kia Carnival	4	7	.364^[d]	4
12	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	5

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

Game log

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

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^[a]	—
3	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636^[b]	1
4	GlobalPort Batang Pier	7	4	.636^[b]	1
5	Star Hotshots	6	5	.545^[c]	2	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Barako Bull Energy	6	5	.545^[c]	2
7	Meralco Bolts	5	6	.455^[d]	3
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455^[d]	3
9	Kia Carnival	5	6	.455^[d]	3
10	TNT KaTropa	5	6	.455^[d]	3
11	NLEX Road Warriors	3	8	.273	5
12	Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	7

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 GlobalPort
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Star
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.13, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Kia 0.95, Talk 'N Text 0.93

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice to beat)

1	Alaska		114

8	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^[2]

To NLEX

2015 1st round pick

To San Miguel

2016 1st round pick

Draft day

August 24, 2014^[3]

To San Miguel

Ronald Pascual (first round pick, from Barako)
2016 first round pick (from Barako)

To Barako Bull

Jojo Duncil
Chico Lanete
Gab Banal (second round pick, from San Miguel)

Philippine Cup

November 11, 2014^[4]	To San Miguel Jeric Fortuna	To Barako Bull Paolo Hubalde
December 10, 2014^[5]	To San Miguel Alex Cabagnot	To GlobalPort Sol Mercado 2018 and 2019 second round picks

Commissioner's Cup

February 3, 2015^[6]

To San Miguel

JR Reyes (from Barangay Ginebra)

To Barako Bull

Justin Chua (from San Miguel)
2017 1st round pick
(from San Miguel)

To Barangay Ginebra

Dorian Peña (from Barako Bull)
2015 2nd round pick (from Barako Bull)

April 6, 2015 ^[7]	To San Miguel Billy Mamaril (from Ginebra)	To Barako Bull Energy Rico Maierhofer
April 6, 2015 ^[7]	To San Miguel Yancy de Ocampo Gabby Espinas	To GlobalPort Billy Mamaril Doug Kramer

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Ronald Roberts	February 4 (vs Kia)	February 17 (vs Alaska)	0–4
Commissioner's Cup	Arizona Reid	February 21 (vs Meralco)	March 24 (vs GlobalPort)	4–3
Governors' Cup	Arizona Reid	May 6 (vs Kia)	July 17 (vs Alaska)	16–5

References

^ Leo Austria named new San Miguel Beermen head coach, Naveen Ganglani, Rappler, August 2, 2014
^ NLEX busy on trading floor; Yeo to Ginebra, inquirer.net, July 25, 2014
^ San Miguel acquires No. 3 pick from Barako Bull, selects Ronald Pascual, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, August 24, 2014
^ Jeric Fortuna reunites with SMB coach Austria as PBA approves trade with Paolo Hubalde, Richard Dy, spin.ph, December 12, 2014
^ Alex Cabagnot returns to San Miguel Beer, Sol Mercado back with GlobalPort in revised trade deal, Snow Badua, spin.ph, December 10, 2014
^ PEÑA MOVES TO GINEBRA IN 3-TEAM TRADE, PBA.ph, February 3, 2015.
^ Ginebra, SMB, GlobalPort, Barako Bull swap players in four-team trade Archived 2015-04-09 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, April 6, 2015

[table_hth_ROS0.60970823821132-2] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Rain or Shine

[table_hth_ALA0.60970823821132-3] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text

[table_hth_BGSM0.60970823821132-4] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89

[table_hth_BAR0.60970823821132-5] Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 NLEX

[table_hth_ROS0.75584884721592-6] Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969

[table_hth_MER0.75584884721592-7] Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco

[table_hth_ALA0.75584884721592-8] Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960

[table_hth_GP0.75584884721592-9] Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

[table_hth_ALA0.23657205106531-10] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel

[table_hth_GP0.23657205106531-11] Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 GlobalPort

[table_hth_BAR0.23657205106531-12] Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Star

[table_hth_BGSM0.23657205106531-13] Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.13, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Kia 0.95, Talk 'N Text 0.93

[1] Leo Austria named new San Miguel Beermen head coach, Naveen Ganglani, Rappler, August 2, 2014

[14] NLEX busy on trading floor; Yeo to Ginebra, inquirer.net, July 25, 2014

[15] San Miguel acquires No. 3 pick from Barako Bull, selects Ronald Pascual, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, August 24, 2014

[16] Jeric Fortuna reunites with SMB coach Austria as PBA approves trade with Paolo Hubalde, Richard Dy, spin.ph, December 12, 2014

[17] Alex Cabagnot returns to San Miguel Beer, Sol Mercado back with GlobalPort in revised trade deal, Snow Badua, spin.ph, December 10, 2014

[18] PEÑA MOVES TO GINEBRA IN 3-TEAM TRADE, PBA.ph, February 3, 2015.

[19] Ginebra, SMB, GlobalPort, Barako Bull swap players in four-team trade Archived 2015-04-09 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, April 6, 2015

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