2014–15 Star Hotshots season
2014–15 Star Hotshots season | |
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Head coach | Tim Cone |
Owner(s) | San Miguel-Pure Foods Co., Inc. (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary) |
Philippine Cup results | |
Record | 6–5 (54.5%) |
Place | 5th |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinalist (lost to Meralco in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage) |
Commissioner's Cup results | |
Record | 8–3 (72.7%) |
Place | 1st |
Playoff finish | Semifinalist (lost to Talk 'N Text, 1–3) |
Governors' Cup results | |
Record | 6–5 (54.5%) |
Place | 5th |
Playoff finish | Semifinalist (lost to Alaska, 0–3) |
Star Hotshots seasons | |
The 2014–15 Star Hotshots season was the 27th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates
[edit]- 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 changed their name to Star Hotshots.
Draft picks
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
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Roster
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Philippine Cup
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818[a] | — | Advance to semifinals |
2 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 2 | .818[a] | — | |
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:
Notes:
Game log
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]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
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Tropang TNT | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | |
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 | |
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:
Notes:
Game log
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]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
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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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:
Notes:
Bracket
[edit]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 | ||||||||||||
a The number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime(s) occurred.
Game log
[edit]Transactions
[edit]Overview
[edit]Players Added Via free agency Via trade | Players Lost Via Expansion Draft Via trade |
Trades
[edit]Draft day
[edit]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
[edit]December 8, 2014[6] | To Barako Bull Isaac Holstein Ronnie Matias | To Purefoods Mick Pennisi |
Recruited imports
[edit]Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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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
[edit]- ^ After winning Grand Slam, San Mig Coffee back to being Purefoods, Jessica Bartolome, GMA News Online, October 15, 2014
- ^ a b Mixers to retire Codiñera jersey, Nelson Beltran, The Philippine Star, October 11, 2014
- ^ Purefoods retires jerseys of Jerry Codiñera, Rey Evangelista Archived 2014-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, 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 Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, August 24, 2014
- ^ "Mick Pennisi available for Purefoods game against Barako Bull as PBA approves trade".