2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season

2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season
Head coach Boyet Fernandez
Owner(s) Metro Pacific Investments Corporation
(an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record 4–7
(.364)
Place 10th
Playoff finish Quarterfinalist
(Lost to Alaska in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record 6–5
(.545)
Place 4th
Playoff finish Quarterfinalist
(Lost to Meralco Bolts in two games)
Governors' Cup results
Record 3–8
(.273)
Place 11th
Playoff finish Did not qualify
NLEX Road Warriors seasons

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

Key dates

Draft picks

Main article: 2014 PBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
1 4 Matthew Ganuelas G  Philippines NLEX (D-League) CSPU

Roster

NLEX Road Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 3 Philippines Cardona, Mark 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1981-11-13 La Salle
G/F 4 Philippines Wilson, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1987-01-18 JRU
G 8 Philippines Raymundo, John 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1989-05-30 San Sebastian
F 9 Philippines Canaleta, Niño 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1982-02-12 UE
G 10 Philippines Lingganay, Rudy 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986-08-15 UE
G 11 Philippines Villanueva, Jonas 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1983-03-31 FEU
F 13 Philippines Camson, Eric 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1990-06-12 Adamson
F/C 14 Philippines Villanueva, Enrico 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1980-06-23 Ateneo
F 16 Philippines Borboran, Mark 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1981-11-20 UE
F/C 17 Philippines Ramos, Aldrech 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1988-04-03 FEU
F 18 Philippines Apinan, Jeckster (R) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987-01-09 JRU
G 19 Philippines Arboleda, Wynne 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1976-11-28 MLQU
G 23 Philippines Baloria, Juneric (R/IN) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1990-07-03 Perpetual
F 26 Philippines Arboleda, Harold (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990-09-05 Perpetual
C 88 Tonga Taulava, Asi (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
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (R) Rookie
  • Injured

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

{{2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=NLEX}}

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
# 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    

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

 y  – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals,  w  – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals,  e  – eliminated

# Team W L PCT GB Tie
1 y- Alaska Aces 8 3 .727 — 1.065
2 y- San Miguel Beermen 8 3 .727 — 0.939
3 y- Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 7 4 .636 1 1.063
4 y- GlobalPort Batang Pier 7 4 .636 1 0.941
5 w- Star Hotshots 6 5 .545 2 1.315
6 w- Barako Bull Energy 6 5 .545 2 0.761
7 w- Meralco Bolts 5 6 .455 3 1.125
8 w- Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 5 6 .455 3 1.000
9 e- Kia Carnival 5 6 .455 3 0.954
10 e- Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 5 6 .455 3 0.929
11 e- NLEX Road Warriors 3 8 .273 5
12 e- Blackwater Elite 1 10 .091 7

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.

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. ↑ http://www.dugout.ph/2014/09/anthony-to-meralco-baloria-to-nlex-in-three-team-pba-transfer.html
  3. ↑ Texters bag J-Wash, Ganuelas, Inquirer.net, September 22, 2014.
  4. ↑ , 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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