2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals

2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals

Team Coach Wins (2) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Jong Uichico 4 (1) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Yeng Guiao 3
Dates	April 15–29, 2015
MVP	Ranidel de Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
Television	Local: Sports5 TV5 AksyonTV Cignal PPV (HD) Fox Sports Asia International: AksyonTV International
Announcers	See broadcast notes
Radio network	DWFM
Referees
Game 1: P. Balao, N. Guevara, E. Tangkion Game 2: J. Mariano, N. Guevara, J. Marabe Game 3: A. Herrera, J. Mariano, J. Marabe Game 4: N. Quilingen, P. Balao, E. Tangkion Game 5: J. Mariano, P. Balao, J. Marabe Game 6: N. Guevara, A. Hererra, J. Marabe Game 7: A. Herrera, N. Guevara, E. Tankion
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The 2015 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup Finals was the best-of-seven championship series of the 2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. Rain or Shine and Talk 'N Text competed for the 15th Commissioner's Cup championship and the 114th overall championship contested by the league.

Background[]

Road to the finals[]

Talk 'N Text		Rain or Shine
Finished 8–3 (0.727)—Tied with Purefoods and Rain or Shine at 1st place	Elimination round		Finished 8–3 (0.727)—Tied with Purefoods and Talk 'N Text at 1st place
1.010 (2nd place)	Tiebreaker*		1.025 (1st place)
Def. Barako Bull, 127–97 (twice-to-beat advantage)	Quarterfinals		Def. Barangay Ginebra, 92–91 (twice-to-beat advantage)
Def. Purefoods Star, 3–1 (best-of-five)	Semifinals		Def. Meralco, 3–0 (best-of-five)

Head-to-head matchup[]

Series summary[]

Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7**	Wins
Talk 'N Text	99	108	97	99	103	93	121	4
Rain or Shine	92	116	109	92	94	101	119	3
Venue	MOA	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta

*number of overtimes

Game 1[]

Game 2[]

Game 3[]

Game 4[]

Game 5[]

Game 6[]

Game 7[]

Rosters[]

Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 2015 Commissioner's Cup roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight College C 2 Washington, Jay 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1981-11-10 Eckerd PF 4 Carey, Harvey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1979-03-18 Sonoma State G 6 Alas, Kevin (R) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991-11-13 Letran PG 9 Labagala, Robert 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1984-07-05 UE SG 10 Reyes, Ryan Jay  (IN) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1983-08-10 Cal State Fullerton C/G 11 Miller, Willie 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1977-07-13 Letran G/F 12 Fonacier, Larry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1982-05-13 Ateneo PG 17 Castro William, Jayson 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 167 lb (76 kg) 1986-06-30 Philippine Christian PF 21 Williams, Kelly 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1982-02-07 Oakland G/F 22 Ganuelas-Rosser, Matt (R) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990-06-13 California University of Pennsylvania SF 23 Espiritu, Elmer 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1985-11-23 UE C 24 Reyes, Robert 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1983-03-16 Flagler PF 33 De Ocampo, Ranidel (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1981-12-08 St. Francis of Assisi C 42 Seigle, Danny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1976-06-14 Wagner PF 44 Johnson, Ivan (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1984-04-10 Cal State San Bernardino SF 51 Aban, Aaron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1982-04-08 Letran	Head coach Jong Uichico (De La Salle) Assistant coach(es) Nash Racela Bong Ravena (UE) Team manager Jimmy Alapag (Cal State San Bernardino) Magnum Membrere (Ateneo) (Asst. Mgr.) 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 Roster

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 2015 Commissioner's Cup roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight College SG 1 Uyloan, Jonathan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983-11-23 Golden West PF/C 2 Chism, Wayne (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1987-06-16 Tennessee PG 3 Lee, Paul 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1989-02-14 UE SF 5 Norwood, Gabe 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1985-02-09 George Mason SF 6 Ibañes, Jireh (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1982-04-20 Philippines-Diliman SG 8 Teng, Jeric 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1991-03-18 UST PG 9 Cruz, Jericho (R) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990-10-11 Adamson PG 11 Tang, Tyrone 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 1984-09-25 La Salle SG 16 Chan, Jeffrei 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1983-02-11 Far Eastern PG 17 Tiu, Chris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1985-07-15 Ateneo SG 18 Araña, Ryan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1985-03-23 La Salle PF 20 Cruz, Jervy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1986-09-09 UST C 30 Belga, Beau 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 285 lb (129 kg) 1985-11-30 Philippine Christian C 48 Quiñahan, J.R. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 295 lb (134 kg) 1984-05-08 Visayas C 57 Almazan, Raymond 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1989-08-02 Letran	Head coach Yeng Guiao (Philippines-Diliman) Assistant coach(es) Caloy Garcia (St. Benilde) Team manager [a] (assistant) 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

• ^a also serves as Rain or Shine's board governor.

Broadcast notes[]

Game	TV5 coverage			Fox Sports coverage
	Play-by-play	Analyst(s)	Courtside reporters	Play-by-play	Analyst(s)
Game 1		and		Andrei Felix
Game 2	Magoo Marjon	and	Erika Padilla	Andrei Felix	Ronnie Magsanoc
Game 3		Ryan Gregorio and Ronnie Magsanoc
Game 4	Magoo Marjon	Quinito Henson and Luigi Trillo		Shawn Weinstein
Game 5	Magoo Marjon	and		Patricia Bermudez-Hizon
Game 6	Magoo Marjon	and Ronnie Magsanoc	Erika Padilla		Vince Hizon
Game 7		Quinito Henson and		Patricia Bermudez-Hizon

• Additional Game 7 crew:
  • Trophy presentation: and
  • Dugout interviewer:

References[]

External links[]

• PBA official website