2013–14 Alaska Aces season
Appearance
2013–14 Alaska Aces season | |
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Head coach | Luigi Trillo (Philippine and Commissioner's Cup) Alex Compton (Governors' Cup) |
General Manager | Dickie Bachmann |
Owner(s) | Alaska Milk Corporation |
Philippine Cup results | |
Record | 5–9 (35.7%) |
Place | 8th |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinalist (def. by Barangay Ginebra in two games on a twice to beat series.) |
Commissioner's Cup results | |
Record | 6–3 (66.7%) |
Place | 3rd |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinals (def. by San Mig Super Coffee 2-1.) |
Governors' Cup results | |
Record | 5–4 (55.6%) |
Place | 3rd |
Playoff finish | Semifinalist (def. by Rain or Shine, 3-2) |
Alaska Aces seasons | |
The 2013–14 Alaska Aces season was the 28th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates
[edit]2013
[edit]- November 3: The 2013 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
- Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters acquired the rights to Alaska’s 2013 second round draft pick (turned out to be John Paul Erram).
- Alaska Aces acquired the rights to Talk ‘N Text’s 2015 second round draft pick.
- November 27: PBA fined Alaska Aces players (₱ 1,000 each), Gabby Espinas and Calvin Abueva, for their respective technical fouls. (1st technical foul of both players in the 2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup)
- December 12: PBA fined Alaska Aces head coach Luigi Trillo and Cyrus Baguio (₱ 1,000 each), for their respective technical fouls. (1st technical foul of the two in the 2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup)
2014
[edit]- May 25: Luigi Trillo resigned as head coach due to family reasons and was replaced by Alex Compton.[1]
- June 4: Alaska Aces lost by 51 points (72–123) against Rain or Shine Elasto Painters. Making the game the fourth-most lopsided beating in PBA history, and the biggest margin of victory in 28 years, or since Shell annihilated Tanduay, 154-100, on November 16, 1986. Likewise, it’s the franchise’s biggest win, and the worst defeat for Alaska in their existence in the PBA. [2]
Draft picks
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
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1 | 8 | Ryan Buenafe | SG | ![]() |
Big Chill Super Chargers | Ateneo |
2 | 5 | JP Erram | C | ![]() |
None | Ateneo |
2 | 8 | Chris Exciminiano | SG | ![]() |
Cagayan Rising Suns | Far Eastern |
3 | 8 | Raymond Ilagan | St. Francis |
Roster
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- a also serves as Alaska's board governor.
Philippine Cup
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 11 | 3 | .786[a] | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 11 | 3 | .786[a] | — | |
3 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 10 | 4 | .714 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3 | |
5 | San Mig Super Coffee Mixers | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | |
6 | Barako Bull Energy | 5 | 9 | .357[b] | 6 | |
7 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 5 | 9 | .357[b] | 6 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Alaska Aces | 5 | 9 | .357[b] | 6 | |
9 | Meralco Bolts | 5 | 9 | .357[b] | 6 | |
10 | Air21 Express | 3 | 11 | .214 | 8 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
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Game log
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
1 | Barangay Ginebra | 97 | 108 | |||||||||||
8 | Alaska | 104 | 95 | |||||||||||
1 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | ||||||||||||
(best-of-3) | ||||||||||||||
5 | San Mig Coffee | 4 | ||||||||||||
4 | Talk 'N Text | 1 | ||||||||||||
5 | San Mig Coffee | 2 | ||||||||||||
5 | San Mig Coffee | 4 | ||||||||||||
(#2 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
2 | Rain or Shine | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | Rain or Shine | 106 | ||||||||||||
7 | GlobalPort | 96 | ||||||||||||
2 | Rain or Shine | 4 | ||||||||||||
(best-of-3) | ||||||||||||||
3 | Petron Blaze | 1 | ||||||||||||
3 | Petron Blaze | 2 | ||||||||||||
6 | Barako Bull | 0 | ||||||||||||
Commissioner's Cup
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2 | |
3 | Alaska Aces | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 4 | .556[a] | 4 | |
5 | Meralco Bolts | 5 | 4 | .556[a] | 4 | |
6 | San Mig Super Coffee Mixers | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5 | |
7 | Air21 Express | 3 | 6 | .333[b] | 6 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 3 | 6 | .333[b] | 6 | |
9 | Barako Bull Energy | 2 | 7 | .222 | 7 | |
10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 1 | 8 | .111 | 8 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
Notes:
Game log
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-5) | ||||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
1 | Talk 'N Text | 97 | ||||||||||||
8 | Barangay Ginebra | 84 | ||||||||||||
1 | Talk 'N Text | 3 | ||||||||||||
(best-of-3) | ||||||||||||||
4 | Rain or Shine | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | Rain or Shine | 2 | ||||||||||||
5 | Meralco | 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | Talk 'N Text | 1 | ||||||||||||
(#2 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
6 | San Mig Coffee | 3 | ||||||||||||
2 | San Miguel | 79 | 95 | |||||||||||
7 | Air21 | 92 | 101** | |||||||||||
7 | Air21 | 2 | ||||||||||||
(best-of-3) | ||||||||||||||
6 | San Mig Coffee | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Alaska | 1 | ||||||||||||
6 | San Mig Coffee | 2 | ||||||||||||
**double overtime
Governors' Cup
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 7 | 2 | .778 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1 | |
3 | Alaska Aces | 5 | 4 | .556[a] | 2 | |
4 | San Mig Super Coffee Mixers | 5 | 4 | .556[a] | 2 | |
5 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 5 | 4 | .556[a] | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
6 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 5 | 4 | .556[a] | 2 | |
7 | Air21 Express | 5 | 4 | .556[a] | 2 | |
8 | Barako Bull Energy | 3 | 6 | .333[b] | 4 | |
9 | Meralco Bolts | 3 | 6 | .333[b] | 4 | |
10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 1 | 8 | .111 | 6 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
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Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-5) | |||||||||||
(#1 twice to beat) | |||||||||||||
1 | Talk 'N Text | 99 | |||||||||||
8 | Barako Bull | 84 | |||||||||||
1 | Talk 'N Text | 2 | |||||||||||
(#4 twice to beat) | |||||||||||||
4 | San Mig Coffee | 3 | |||||||||||
4 | San Mig Coffee | 97 | |||||||||||
5 | San Miguel | 90 | |||||||||||
4 | San Mig Coffee | 3 | |||||||||||
(#2 twice to beat) | |||||||||||||
2 | Rain or Shine | 2 | |||||||||||
2 | Rain or Shine | 111 | |||||||||||
7 | Air21 | 90 | |||||||||||
2 | Rain or Shine | 3 | |||||||||||
(#3 twice to beat) | |||||||||||||
3 | Alaska | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | Alaska | 92 | |||||||||||
6 | Barangay Ginebra | 81 | |||||||||||
Game log
[edit]Transactions
[edit]Recruited imports
[edit]Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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Commissioner's Cup | Robert Dozier | March 5 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | April 26 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee) | 7–5 |
Governors' Cup | Henry Walker | May 18 (vs. San Miguel) | June 28 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 8–7 |
References
[edit]- ^ Alex Compton is new Alaska coach as Luigi Trillo steps down, Richard Dy, spin.ph, May 25, 2014
- ^ AZ comes through, spin.ph, June 5, 2014