2014–15 Meralco Bolts season
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| Head coach | Norman Black | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner(s) | Manila Electric Company (an MVP group subsidiary) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2014–15 Meralco Bolts season is the 5th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates
- July 9: Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters head coach Norman Black was moved to the Meralco Bolts, replacing Ryan Gregorio as head coach.[1]
- July 26: Former Alaska Aces coach Luigi Trillo was hired as assistant coach of the team.[2]
- August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft will take place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
Draft picks
Main article: 2014 PBA draft
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Roster
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Philippine Cup
Eliminations
Standings
{{2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=MER}}
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
| 2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup | |||||||
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| # | 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 | ||
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 | ||||||||||||
Transactions
Trades
Pre-season
| September 12, 2014[3] | To Blackwater Sunday Salvacion Jason Ballesteros (from Meralco) |
To Meralco Sean Anthony (from NLEX via Blackwater) |
To NLEX Juneric Baloria 2016 & 2017 2nd round draft picks (from Blackwater) |
Recruited imports
| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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| Commissioner's Cup | Josh Davis | January 27 (vs Barangay Ginebra) | April 5 (vs Rain or Shine) | 8–7 |
| No Import | April 7 (vs Rain or Shine) | 0–1 | ||
| Governors' Cup | Andre Emmett | May 5 (vs GlobalPort) | June 29 (vs San Miguel) | 6–7 |
 Seiya Ando* | May 13 (vs NLEX) | June 29 (vs San Miguel) | 5–6 | |
(* Asian import)
References
- ↑ Norman Black moves to Meralco, Jong Uichico to take over Talk ‘N Text as MVP group shuffles coaches, Interaksyon.com, July 9, 2014
- ↑ Former Alaska coach Luigi Trillo set to join Norman Black at Meralco, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, July 26, 2014
- ↑ http://www.dugout.ph/2014/09/anthony-to-meralco-baloria-to-nlex-in-three-team-pba-transfer.html
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