2014–15 Star Hotshots season

2014–15 Star Hotshots season
2014–15 Star Hotshots season
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
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Star Hotshots season was the 27th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

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

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
no draft picks

Roster

2014–15 Star Hotshots roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
C	00	Taha, Yousef	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	226 lb (103 kg)	1988-07-08	North Lake
G	2	Melton, Justin	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1987-04-27	Mount Olive
C	4	Reavis, Rafi (C)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1977-07-26	Coppin State
G	8	Simon, Peter June	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1980-06-01	Mindanao
G	9	Alvarez, Lester	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	154 lb (70 kg)	1988-09-18	Adamson
F/C	10	Sangalang, Ian (IN)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1991-12-20	San Sebastian
G/F	11	Mallari, Alex	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	1987-03-26	Lewis–Clark State
G	14	Barroca, Mark	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1986-04-25	Far Eastern
F	15	Pingris, Marc	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1981-10-16	Far Eastern
G/F	18	Yap, James	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1982-02-15	UE
F	19	Gaco, Jerwin	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1981-01-17	De La Salle
G/F	22	Maliksi, Allein	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1987-09-18	UST
F	38	Devance, Joe	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1982-02-19	UTEP
F/C	41	Allado, Don	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1977-06-10	De La Salle
C	88	Pennisi, Mick	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1975-03-13	Eastern Michigan

Head coach

Tim Cone (George Washington)

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Alvin Patrimonio (Mapúa)

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

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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]	—	Advance to semifinals
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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Rain or Shine
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 NLEX

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket


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	Barangay Ginebra	4
(#4 twice to beat)

4	Talk 'N Text	105
						1	Barangay Ginebra	4
9	Barako Bull	76
			4	Barangay Ginebra	97	4	San Miguel	0
(#5 twice to beat)
			5	Talk N' Text	83
5	Barangay Ginebra	95

8	GlobalPort	78

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
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	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
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:

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

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

Pos	Team v t e	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	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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 GlobalPort
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Star
^ ^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				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

*Game went into overtime^[a]

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

Game log

Transactions

Overview

Players Added

Via free agency

Don Allado

Via trade

Mick Pennisi

Players Lost

Via Expansion Draft

JR Cawaling

Via trade

Trades

Draft day

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

December 8, 2014^[6]

To Barako Bull

Isaac Holstein
Ronnie Matias

To Purefoods

Mick Pennisi

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
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

^ 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".

[table_hth_ROS0.35433267911632-5] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Rain or Shine

[table_hth_ALA0.35433267911632-6] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text

[table_hth_BGSM0.35433267911632-7] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89

[table_hth_BAR0.35433267911632-8] Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 NLEX

[table_hth_ROS0.41580780102676-9] Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969

[table_hth_MER0.41580780102676-10] Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco

[table_hth_ALA0.41580780102676-11] Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960

[table_hth_GP0.41580780102676-12] Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

[table_hth_ALA0.91692615482813-13] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel

[table_hth_GP0.91692615482813-14] Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 GlobalPort

[table_hth_BAR0.91692615482813-15] Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Star

[table_hth_BGSM0.91692615482813-16] Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.13, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Kia 0.95, Talk 'N Text 0.93

[1] After winning Grand Slam, San Mig Coffee back to being Purefoods, Jessica Bartolome, GMA News Online, October 15, 2014

[SMC-GS-2] Mixers to retire Codiñera jersey, Nelson Beltran, The Philippine Star, October 11, 2014

[3] Purefoods retires jerseys of Jerry Codiñera, Rey Evangelista Archived 2014-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAksyon.com, November 9, 2014

[4] "Meralco ends Purefoods' reign". gmanetwork.com/news/. Retrieved December 11, 2014.

[17] 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

[18] "Mick Pennisi available for Purefoods game against Barako Bull as PBA approves trade".

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