2014–15_Blackwater_Elite_season
2014–15 Blackwater Elite season
Basketball team season
The 2014–15 Blackwater Elite season was the first season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Quick Facts Blackwater Elite season, Head coach ...
| 2014–15 Blackwater Elite season | |
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| Head coach | Leo Isaac |
| Owner(s) | Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc. |
| Philippine Cup results | |
| Record | 0–11 (0%) |
| Place | 12th |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
| Commissioner's Cup results | |
| Record | 3–8 (27.3%) |
| Place | 12th |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
| Governors' Cup results | |
| Record | 1–10 (9.1%) |
| Place | 12th |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
| Blackwater Elite seasons | |
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- July 18: The 2014 PBA Expansion Draft took place in Microtel Acropolis, in Libis, Quezon City.[1]
- August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
Main article: 2014 PBA Expansion Draft
More information Pick, Player ...
| Pick | Player | Pos. | Nationality | Previous team | PBA years[a] |
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| 1 | Danny Ildefonso | C |  Philippines |
Meralco Bolts | 16 |
| 3 | Alex Nuyles | G | Philippines |
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 1 |
| 5 | JR Cawaling | F | Philippines |
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers | 1 |
| 7 | Eddie Laure | F | Philippines |
Alaska Aces | 11 |
| 9 | Bryan Faundo | F | Philippines |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 5 |
| 11 | John Paul Erram | Philippines |
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 1 | |
| 13 | Paul Artadi | G | Philippines |
Meralco Bolts | 10 |
| 15 | Gilbert Bulawan | F | Philippines |
Barako Bull Energy | 3 |
| 17 | Riego Gamalinda | G | Philippines |
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 4 |
| 19 | Chris Timberlake | G |  United States |
Meralco Bolts | 5 |
| 21 | Norman Gonzales | F | Philippines |
San Miguel Beermen | 13 |
| 23 | Robby Celiz | G | Philippines |
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 1 |
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Main article: 2014 PBA draft
More information Round, Pick ...
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Juami Tiongson | G | Philippines |
Blackwater (D-League) | ADMU |
| 2 | 23 | Frank Golla | F | Philippines |
none | ADMU |
| 3 | 26 | Brian Heruela | G | Philippines |
Big Chill Super Chargers | UC |
| 3 | 27 | Maclean Sabellina | F | Philippines |
Boracay Rum Waves | STI |
| 3 | 30 | Juneric Baloria | G | Philippines |
Big Chill Super Chargers | Perpetual |
| 3 | 31 | Raul Soyud | C | Philippines |
Blackwater (D-League) | UP |
| 3 | 33 | Clark Bautista | G | Philippines |
Blackwater (D-League) | UST |
| 3 | 34 | Ford Ruaya | F/G | Philippines |
Hog's Breath Razorbacks | Letran |
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Eliminations
Standings
More information Pos, W ...
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818[lower-alpha 1] | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 2 | .818[lower-alpha 1] | — | |
| 3 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 3 | .727[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 4 | TNT Tropang Texters | 8 | 3 | .727[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | |
| 5 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545[lower-alpha 3] | 3 | |
| 6 | Meralco Bolts | 6 | 5 | .545[lower-alpha 3] | 3 | |
| 7 | Purefoods Star Hotshots | 6 | 5 | .545[lower-alpha 3] | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | |
| 9 | Barako Bull Energy | 4 | 7 | .364[lower-alpha 4] | 5 | |
| 10 | NLEX Road Warriors | 4 | 7 | .364[lower-alpha 4] | 5 | |
| 11 | Kia Sorento | 1 | 10 | .091 | 8 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Elite | 0 | 11 | .000 | 9 |
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Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
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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 | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||
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| 5 | Barangay Ginebra | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Barangay Ginebra | 95 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | GlobalPort | 78 | ||||||||||||||||
Eliminations
Standings
More information Pos, W ...
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8 | 3 | .727[lower-alpha 1] | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Tropang TNT | 8 | 3 | .727[lower-alpha 1] | — | |
| 3 | Purefoods Star Hotshots | 8 | 3 | .727[lower-alpha 1] | — | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 | 5 | .545[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 6 | 5 | .545[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | |
| 6 | Alaska Aces | 5 | 6 | .455[lower-alpha 3] | 3 | |
| 7 | Barako Bull Energy | 5 | 6 | .455[lower-alpha 3] | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 5 | 6 | .455[lower-alpha 3] | 3 | |
| 9 | San Miguel Beermen | 4 | 7 | .364[lower-alpha 4] | 4 | |
| 10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 4 | 7 | .364[lower-alpha 4] | 4 | |
| 11 | Kia Carnival | 4 | 7 | .364[lower-alpha 4] | 4 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Elite | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5 |
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Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
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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 | |||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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| 3 | Purefoods Star | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Purefoods Star | 2 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Alaska | 0 | |||||||||||
Trades
Pre-season
| September 12, 2014[2] | To Blackwater Sunday Salvacion Jason Ballesteros (from Meralco) |
To Meralco Sean Anthony (from NLEX via Blackwater) |
To NLEX Juneric Baloria 2016 & 2017 2nd round picks (from Blackwater) |
| October 9, 2014[3] | To Blackwater Larry Rodriguez and 2015 1st round pick (from Talk 'N Text) |
To NLEX Niño Canaleta (from Talk 'N Text via Blackwater) |
To Talk 'N Text Kevin Alas (from NLEX) and 2015 1st round pick (from Blackwater) |
Commissioner's Cup
| March 24, 2015[4] | To Blackwater Reil Cervantes |
To KIA Alex Nuyles |
Governors' Cup
| July 2, 2015[5] | To Blackwater Carlo Lastimosa |
To Barako Bull Brian Heruela |
Recruited imports
More information Tournament, Name ...
| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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| Commissioner's Cup | Marcus Douthit | February 1 (vs Barako Bull) | March 25 (vs Meralco) | 3–7 |
| Governors' Cup | May 5 (vs Alaska) | June 3 (vs Rain or Shine) | 1–6 | |
| Marcus Cousin | June 12 (vs Talk 'N Text) | June 23 (vs Star) | 0–4 |
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- FLASH: Blackwater makes Danny Ildefonso the first pick of PBA dispersal draft, Snow Badua, spin.ph, July 18, 2014
- Alas heads to TnT in 3-team trade deal philstar.com, retrieved October 9, 2014
- Giongco, Mark (March 25, 2015). "Reil Cervantes shines in Blackwater return". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- Ganglani, Naveen (July 2, 2015). "Blackwater trades Heruela to Barako Bull for Lastimosa". RAPPLER. Retrieved 2022-08-31.