The 2013–14 PBA season was the 39th season of the

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...

. The season formally opened on November 17, 2013, and finished on July 9, 2014. The league continued to use the three-conference format, starting with the Philippine Cup, or the traditional All-Filipino Conference. The Commissioner's Cup and the Governors' Cup is the second and third conferences for this season. Due to the Philippines' hosting of the

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last August, the third conference of the previous season, the 2013 PBA Governors' Cup was rescheduled to start on August 13. Subsequently, the annual draft and the opening of the new season, which is usually held every last week of August and first week of October respectively since 2004, was moved to November. The first activity of the season was the

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held on November 3.

Board of governors

Executive committee

* Angelico Salud (Commissioner) * Ramon Segismundo (chairman, representing Meralco Bolts) * Patrick Gregorio (Vice-chairman, representing Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) * Robert Non (Treasurer, representing San Miguel Beermen)

Teams

Arenas

Like several

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-centric leagues, most games are held at arenas within

, and sometimes,

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. Games outside this area are called "out-of-town" games, and are usually played on Saturdays. Provincial arenas usually host one game, rarely two; these arenas typically host only once per season, but could return occasionally.

Main arenas

Out-of-town arenas

Pre-season events

Player movement

Key transactions:

Notable occurrences

*The fifth PBA Hall of Fame ceremony was held during the opening ceremonies of the 2013−14 PBA season. This year's inductees includes players

Benjie Paras Venancio Johnson Paras Jr. (born October 2, 1968), better known as Benjie Paras, is a Filipino actor, comedian, and a retired professional basketball player who played for Shell Turbo Chargers and San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketba ...

, Ronnie Magsanoc, Lim Eng Beng and coach Ed Ocampo *The PBA's developmental league held its first draft on September 19. Subsequently, the new D-League season began on October 24. *Possible changes of the season calendar will be further discussed between the league and the

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for the preparation of the

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for the

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, which was scheduled to be held in Spain from August 30 to September 14, 2014. *

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transferred the broadcast of the PBA games to their main network TV5. Also,

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will air live simulcasts of the Wednesday doubleheaders in English commentary, starting November 20, 2013. *A second version of the Jun Bernardino Trophy was created after the 2006 trophy was awarded to the

Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters The TNT Tropang Giga is a professional basketball team currently owned by Smart Communications, a subsidiary of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), playing in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) since 1990. The fra ...

after they won the Philippine Cup for the third consecutive year last season.

Coaching changes

* Junel Baculi is replaced by Richie Ticzon as head coach of the

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Opening ceremonies

The opening ceremonies for this season were held in three different locations, one each representing

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(

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(

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), and

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( USEP Gymnasium,

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), while the main ceremonies was held at the

. The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

2013–14 Philippine Cup

Notable events

* On January 13, 2014,

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president Ramon S. Ang announced that the Petron Blaze Boosters will revert to its iconic name "San Miguel Beermen" starting in the 2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup. * On January 29, 2014, GlobalPort owner Mikee Romero announced that interim coach Richie Ticzon will replaced by Pido Jarencio as head coach of

starting next conference. * The league's board of governors approved the proposal of shortening the finals series of the Commissioner's and Governors' Cups to a best-of-five to give time for the Philippine men's national basketball team time to prepare for the

and the

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. The opening of the 2014–15 season will also be moved to October 19. * On February 12, 2014, the seventh game of the 2013-14 PBA Philippine Cup Semifinals series between

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The most popular team in the league, it is owned by Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. (formerly, La Tondeña Distillers, Inc.), a subsidia ...

and San Mig Super Coffee Mixers set the all-time basketball attendance record of 24,883, which broke the previous record of 23,436 set on May 19, 2013, that featured Game Three of the

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between the Alaska Aces and the

. * The

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staged a "partial walkout" during Game 6 of their Finals series against the San Mig Super Coffee Mixers at the 10:59 mark of the second quarter. Rain or Shine returned to the playing court before the 15-minute time limit given to teams who walks out of the playing court and eventually lost to San Mig Super Coffee. * On February 25, 2014, Petron Blaze/San Miguel Beer board governor

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died following a stroke The league paid tribute to him before the start of Game 5 of the Philippine Cup Finals. Also, the San Mig Super Coffee Mixers, which was coached by Capacio in 1991, had black patches in their jerseys as a sign of mourning. * San Mig Super Coffee coach

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became the winning-est coach in PBA history after his team clinched his 16th title. He surpassed the record of 15 championships set by

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before he retired as a coach in 1991. * The San Mig Super Coffee Mixers became the team with most All-Filipino/Philippine Cup championships after winning their sixth Philippine Cup, surpassing the

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with five All-Filipino titles. * PBA Commissioner

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penalized the

with a P2 million for their "partial walkout" during the 2nd quarter (11:49) of their Finals in Game 6 series against the San Mig Super Coffee Mixers. * Rain or Shine coach

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accumulated a record total of P426,400 worth of fines due to a league rule that penalizes a coach, player or official that receives more than nine technical fouls in a conference after incurring 13 technicals during the tournament (P50,000 each technical foul), and the P100,000 fine sanctioned to him after flashing

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at league officials during the semifinals.

Elimination round

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team #1 only has to win once, while Team #2 has to win twice.

Semifinals

Finals

*Finals MVP:

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( San Mig Super Coffee Mixers) *Best Player of the Conference: June Mar Fajardo ( Petron Blaze Boosters)

2014 Commissioner's Cup

Notable events

* Ever Bilena Incorporated owner Dioceldo Sy submitted a letter of intent for the application of his

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team,

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in joining as an expansion team for the 2014–15 season. This was after Ever Bilena was given clearance of its financial capability to put up a PBA team.Two new companies express formal interest in joining PBA next season
, Rey Joble, Interaksyon.com, March 2, 2014 * Columbian Autocar Corporation (CAC), the distributor of Kia cars in the Philippines submitted its letter of intent to join the PBA starting in the next 2014–15 season. *

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, owners of the

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team in the PBA D-League has submitted its letter of intent to join the PBA as an expansion team. * After the regular meeting of the PBA Board of Governors last March 6, PBA commissioner

announced that he will review the submitted requirements of the three companies that applied for an expansion team to determine their financial and operating capability in having a PBA team. He will send his recommendations by April to the board of governors. * The league's Board of Governors unanimously approved the application of Blackwater, Kia, and NLEX as expansion teams for the 2014–15 PBA season during their meeting on April 10. As a concession with Kia, who does not have a basketball team in the

, the Board of Governors did not allow Blackwater and NLEX to sign up their players from their D-League teams. Instead, the expansion teams will build their teams through an

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with the 10 existing teams will protect 14 players in their roster, the free agency and the rookie draft, in which the expansion teams will be given the 11th, 12th and 13th pick in the first round of the 2014 PBA draft. * Additional concessions were given to the three expansion teams at the conclusion of the special meeting by the league's Board of Governors. These include the revision of the expansion draft in which the 10 existing teams will protect 12 players from the previous 14, and the first three picks of the second round of the 2014 PBA draft. Only the three expansion teams will be allowed to pick players after the third round of the rookie draft. *

coach

was slapped with a P100,000 fine after an altercation with

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player Cliff Hodge and calling him "mongoloid" (a derogatory word used in the Philippines for persons who has

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) after the second game of their best-of-three quarterfinals game. Meanwhile, Hodge's

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on Raymond Almazan on the same game was upgraded to flagrant foul penalty two and was fined with P20,000 *

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made their first semifinals appearance in franchise history, after beating second-seeded

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with the knockout game ending in two overtimes. *

head

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announced via Twitter that the PBA games will now be aired in

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for

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subscribers starting with the 2014 Commissioner's Cup Finals.

Elimination round

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team #1 only has to win once, while Team #2 has to win twice.

Semifinals

Finals

*Finals MVP: James Yap (San Mig Super Coffee) *Best Player of the Conference: Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text) *Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference:

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(Talk 'N Text)

2014 Governors' Cup

Notable events

* Jeffrey Cariaso was named as the head coach of

. Olsen Racela was also transferred from San Mig Super Coffee to Barangay Ginebra to become the lead assistant coach. * Luigi Trillo resigned as head coach of the Alaska Aces due to family reasons and was replaced by Alex Compton. *The sale of the

franchise to

, owners of the

has been approved by the PBA Board of Governors on June 26, 2014.PBA approval of Air21's sale to NLEX clears way for Joseph Yeo trade to Ginebra for draft pick
Snow Badua, spin.ph, June 26, 2014

Elimination round

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team #1 only has to win once, while Team #2 has to win twice.

Semifinals

Finals

*Finals MVP: James Yap ( San Mig Super Coffee) *Best Player of the Conference:

Ranidel de Ocampo Ranidel Rozal de Ocampo (born December 8, 1981) is a Filipino former professional basketball player and assistant coach for the TNT Tropang Giga of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He is the younger brother of Yancy de Ocampo where b ...

( Talk 'N Text) *Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference: Arizona Reid ( Rain or Shine)

Individual awards

Leo Awards

*Most Valuable Player: June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel) *Rookie of the Year: Greg Slaughter (Barangay Ginebra) *First Mythical Team: ** Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text) **

(San Mig Super Coffee) ** June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel) **

(Talk 'N Text) **

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(Air21) *Second Mythical Team: ** Paul Lee (Rain or Shine) ** PJ Simon (San Mig Super Coffee) ** Greg Slaughter (Barangay Ginebra) ** Marc Pingris (San Mig Super Coffee) ** Sonny Thoss (Alaska) *All-Defensive Team: **

(San Mig Super Coffee) ** Gabe Norwood (Rain or Shine) ** June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel) ** Jireh Ibañes (Rain or Shine) ** Marc Pingris (San Mig Super Coffee) *Most Improved Player: June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel) *Sportsmanship Award:

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(Barako Bull)

Awards given by the PBA Press Corps

* Scoring Champion: Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text) *

Coach of the Year:

(San Mig Super Coffee) * Mr. Quality Minutes: PJ Simon (San Mig Super Coffee) * Comeback Player of the Year:

(Air21) * Danny Floro Executive of the Year: Ramon S. Ang * Defensive Player of the Year: Marc Pingris (San Mig Super Coffee) *All-Rookie Team ** Greg Slaughter (Barangay Ginebra) ** Ian Sangalang (San Mig Super Coffee) **

Justin Melton Justin Brian Melton (born April 7, 1987), popularly known as QuickMelt, Mouse, The Flying Minion, and Minion is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the Blackwater Bossing of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He w ...

(San Mig Super Coffee) **

Terrence Romeo Terrence Bill Vitanzos Romeo (born March 16, 1992) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He plays both the point guard and shooting guard positions. He played ...

Board of governors

Executive committee

Teams

Arenas

Main arenas

Out-of-town arenas

Pre-season events

Player movement

Notable occurrences

Coaching changes

Opening ceremonies

2013–14 Philippine Cup

Notable events

Elimination round

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

2014 Commissioner's Cup

Notable events

Elimination round

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

2014 Governors' Cup

Notable events

Elimination round

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Individual awards

Leo Awards

Awards given by the PBA Press Corps

Cumulative standings

Elimination rounds

Playoffs

References

External links