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
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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[]

• August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft will take place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks[]

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 Cardona, Mark 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1981-11-13 La Salle G/F 4 Wilson, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1987-01-18 JRU G 8 Raymundo, John 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1989-05-30 San Sebastian F 9 Canaleta, Niño 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1982-02-12 UE G 10 Lingganay, Rudy 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986-08-15 UE G 11 Villanueva, Jonas 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1983-03-31 FEU F 13 Camson, Eric 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1990-06-12 Adamson F/C 14 Villanueva, Enrico 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1980-06-23 Ateneo F 16 Borboran, Mark 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1981-11-20 UE F/C 17 Ramos, Aldrech 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1988-04-03 FEU F 18 Apinan, Jeckster (R) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987-01-09 JRU G 19 Arboleda, Wynne 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1976-11-28 MLQU G 23 Baloria, Juneric (R/IN) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1990-07-03 Perpetual F 26 Arboleda, Harold (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990-09-05 Perpetual C 88 Taulava, Asi (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1973-03-02 BYU-Hawaii	Head coach Boyet Fernandez (CSA-Bacolod) Assistant coach(es) Jojo Lastimosa (Ateneo) (Ateneo) Ford Arao (Ateneo) Team manager Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie (3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team Injured

Philippine Cup[]

Eliminations[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	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]	—
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

Game log[]

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			2	Rain or Shine	2
	6	Meralco		77								3	Alaska	4
	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[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Tropang TNT	8	3	.727[a]	—
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
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

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	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

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[]

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
	Michael Madanly*	May 6 (vs Barako Bull)	June 24 (vs Barangay Ginebra)	3–8

(* Asian import)

References[]