2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season

2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season
Head coach	Boyet Fernandez
Owner(s)	Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (an MVP group subsidiary)

Philippine Cup results
Record	4–7 (.364)
Place	10th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (Lost to Alaska in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	6–5 (.545)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (Lost to Meralco Bolts in two games)
Governors' Cup results
Record	3–8 (.273)
Place	11th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
NLEX Road Warriors seasons

The 2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season is the first season of the franchise (after buying Air21) in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft will take place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	4	Matthew Ganuelas	G	Philippines	NLEX (D-League)	CSPU

Roster

NLEX Road Warriors roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	3	Cardona, Mark	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1981-11-13	La Salle
G/F	4	Wilson, John	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1987-01-18	JRU
G	8	Raymundo, John	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1989-05-30	San Sebastian
F	9	Canaleta, Niño	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1982-02-12	UE
G	10	Lingganay, Rudy	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1986-08-15	UE
G	11	Villanueva, Jonas	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1983-03-31	FEU
F	13	Camson, Eric	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	1990-06-12	Adamson
F/C	14	Villanueva, Enrico	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1980-06-23	Ateneo
F	16	Borboran, Mark	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1981-11-20	UE
F/C	17	Ramos, Aldrech	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1988-04-03	FEU
F	18	Apinan, Jeckster (R)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1987-01-09	JRU
G	19	Arboleda, Wynne	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1976-11-28	MLQU
G	23	Baloria, Juneric (R/IN)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1990-07-03	Perpetual
F	26	Arboleda, Harold (R)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1990-09-05	Perpetual
C	88	Taulava, Asi (C)	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1973-03-02	BYU-Hawaii

Head coach

Boyet Fernandez (CSA-Bacolod)

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Ronald Dulatre

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

y – clinched outright semifinals, x – clinched quarterfinals with twice-to-beat advantage w – clinched quarterfinals with twice-to-win disadvantage, e – eliminated

v t e 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y– San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818	—	1.101
2	y– Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	2	.818	—	0.908
3	x– Alaska Aces	8	3	.727	1	1.020
4	x– Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	3	.727	1	0.980
5	x– Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545	3	1.074
6	x– Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545	3	1.056
7	w– Purefoods Star Hotshots	6	5	.545	3	0.877
8	w– GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4
9	w– Barako Bull Energy	4	7	.364	5	1.057
10	w– NLEX Road Warriors	4	7	.364	5	0.946
11	e– Kia Sorento	1	10	.091	8
12	e– Blackwater Elite	0	11	.000	9

Game log

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

v t e 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

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

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

*Game went into overtime^[a]

^a The number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime(s) occurred.

Game log

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

July 25, 2014^[1]

To NLEX

2015 1st round pick

To San Miguel

2016 2nd round pick

September 12, 2014^[2]	To NLEX Juneric Baloria 2016 & 2017 2nd round picks (from Blackwater)	To Blackwater Sunday Salvacion Jason Ballesteros (from Meralco)	To Meralco Sean Anthony (from NLEX via Blackwater)
September 22, 2014^[3]	To NLEX Harold Arboleda and 2018 2nd round pick (from Talk 'n Text via Globalport) 2016 2nd round pick (from Ginebra via GlobalPort)	To GlobalPort Nonoy Baclao and 2017 1st round pick (from Talk 'n Text)	To Talk 'N Text Jay Washington (from GlobalPort) Matt Ganuelas (from NLEX via GlobalPort)

October 4, 2014^[4]

To NLEX

Kevin Alas

To Rain or Shine

2015 1st round pick

October 9, 2014^[5]

To NLEX

Niño Canaleta
(from Talk 'N Text via Blackwater)

To Blackwater

Larry Rodriguez
2015 1st round pick (from Talk 'N Text)

To Talk 'N Text

Kevin Alas (from NLEX)
2015 1st round pick (from Blackwater)

Philippine Cup

November 27, 2014^[6]

To NLEX

Rudy Lingganay

To Kia

Eliud Poligrates

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Al Thornton	February 3 (vs Rain or Shine)	March 29 (vs Meralco)	6–7
Governors' Cup	Kwame Alexander	May 6 (vs Barako Bull)	June 24 (vs Barangay Ginebra)	3–8
Governors' Cup	Michael Madanly*	May 6 (vs Barako Bull)	June 24 (vs Barangay Ginebra)	3–8

(* Asian import)

References

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↑ NLEX busy on trading floor; Yeo to Ginebra, Inquirer.net, July 25, 2014
↑ http://www.dugout.ph/2014/09/anthony-to-meralco-baloria-to-nlex-in-three-team-pba-transfer.html
↑ Texters bag J-Wash, Ganuelas, Inquirer.net, September 22, 2014.
↑ [1], Inquirer.net, October 4, 2014
↑ Alas heads to TnT in 3-team trade deal philstar.com, retrieved October 9, 2014
↑ Kia receives Eliud Poligrates, sends NLEX Rudy Lingganay, Adrian Dy, SLAM Philippines, November 28, 2014

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

[2] ttp://www.dugout.ph/2014/09/anthony-to-meralco-baloria-to-nlex-in-three-team-pba-transfer.html

[3] Texters bag J-Wash, Ganuelas, Inquirer.net, September 22, 2014.

[4] [1], Inquirer.net, October 4, 2014

[5] Alas heads to TnT in 3-team trade deal philstar.com, retrieved October 9, 2014

[6] Kia receives Eliud Poligrates, sends NLEX Rudy Lingganay, Adrian Dy, SLAM Philippines, November 28, 2014

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Founded in 2014 Owned by the Metro Pacific Investments Corporation
The franchise	Franchise Draft history
Coaches	Fernandez
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2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season

Contents

Key dates

Draft picks

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Bracket

Game log

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Trades

Pre-season

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