2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season

2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season
Head coachBoyet Fernandez
Owner(s)Metro Pacific Investments Corporation
(an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record4–7
(36.4%)
Place10th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(lost to Alaska in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record6–5
(54.5%)
Place4th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(lost to Meralco Bolts in two games)
Governors' Cup results
Record3–8
(27.3%)
Place11th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
NLEX Road Warriors seasons

The 2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season was the 1st season of the franchise (after buying Air21) in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

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

Draft picks

Main article: 2014 PBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
1 4 Matt Ganuelas-Rosser SF / SG  Philippines NLEX (D-League) CSPU

Roster

2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 3 Philippines Mark Cardona 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1981-11-13 De La Salle
G/F 4 Philippines John Wilson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1987-01-18 José Rizal
G 8 Philippines John Raymundo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1989-05-30 San Sebastian
F 9 Philippines Niño Canaleta 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1982-02-12 UE
G 10 Philippines Rudy Lingganay 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986-08-15 UE
G 11 Philippines Jonas Villanueva 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1983-03-31 Far Eastern
F 13 Philippines Eric Camson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1990-06-12 Adamson
F/C 14 Philippines Enrico Villanueva 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1980-06-23 Ateneo
F 16 Philippines Mark Borboran 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1981-11-20 UE
F/C 17 Philippines Aldrech Ramos 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1988-04-03 Far Eastern
F 18 Philippines Jeckster Apinan (R) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987-01-09 José Rizal
G 19 Philippines Wynne Arboleda 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1976-11-28 MLQU
G 23 Philippines Juneric Baloria (R/IN) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1990-07-03 UPHSD
F 26 Philippines Harold Arboleda (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990-09-05 UPHSD
C 88 Tonga Asi Taulava (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1973-03-02 BYU–Hawaii
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Philippines Ronald Dulatre


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 Injured

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team 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] —
3 Alaska Aces 8 3 .727[b] 1 Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4 Talk 'N Text 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:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Rain or Shine
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text
  3. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89
  4. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 NLEX

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals (1st phase)
(Higher seeds twice-to-beat)		Quarterfinals (2nd phase)
(Single elimination)		Semifinals
(Best-of-7)		Finals
(Best-of-7)
3Alaska82
2Rain or Shine2
10NLEX78
3Alaska873Alaska4
6Meralco69
6Meralco77
3Alaska3
7Purefoods Star65
1San Miguel4
4Talk 'N Text105
1San Miguel4
9Barako Bull76
4Talk N Text834Talk N' Text0
5Barangay Ginebra67
5Barangay Ginebra95
8GlobalPort78

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team 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] —
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:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco
  3. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960
  4. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-5)		Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1Rain or Shine92
8Barangay Ginebra91
1Rain or Shine3
(Best-of-3)
5Meralco0
4NLEX0
5Meralco2
1Rain or Shine3
(#2 twice-to-beat)
2Talk 'N Text4
2Talk 'N Text127
7Barako Bull97
2Talk 'N Text3
(Best-of-3)
3Purefoods Star1
3Purefoods Star2
6Alaska0

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team 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 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 5 6 .455[d] 3
11 NLEX Road Warriors 3 8 .273 5
12 Blackwater Elite 1 10 .091 7
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 GlobalPort
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Star
  4. ^ a b c d Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.13, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Kia 0.95, Talk 'N Text 0.93

Bracket

Quarterfinals
(Top 4 twice-to-beat)		Semifinals
(Best-of-5)		Finals
(Best-of-7)
1Alaska114
8Ginebra108
1Alaska3
5Star0
4GlobalPort7394
5Star126101
1Alaska0
2San Miguel4
2San Miguel99102
7Meralco10686
2San Miguel3
3Rain or Shine1
3Rain or Shine134**
6Barako Bull132

*Game went into double overtime

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
Syria Michael Madanly* May 6 (vs Barako Bull) June 24 (vs Barangay Ginebra) 3–8

(* Asian import)

References

  1. ^ NLEX busy on trading floor; Yeo to Ginebra, Inquirer.net, July 25, 2014
  2. ^ "Anthony to Meralco, Baloria to NLEX in three-team PBA transfer".
  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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