2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season

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

2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season
Head coachBoyet Fernandez
Owner(s)Metro Pacific Investments Corporation
(an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record4–7
(36.4%)
Place10th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(Lost to Alaska in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record6–5
(54.5%)
Place4th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(Lost to Meralco Bolts in two games)
Governors' Cup results
Record3–8
(27.3%)
Place11th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
NLEX Road Warriors seasons

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

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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (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
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Ronald Dulatre


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

Standings

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

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

Standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Tropang TNT 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] —
3 Purefoods Star Hotshots 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] — Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 NLEX Road Warriors 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 2
5 Meralco Bolts 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 2
6 Alaska Aces 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 3
7 Barako Bull Energy 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 3 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 3
9 San Miguel Beermen 4 7 .364[lower-alpha 4] 4
10 GlobalPort Batang Pier 4 7 .364[lower-alpha 4] 4
11 Kia Carnival 4 7 .364[lower-alpha 4] 4
12 Blackwater Elite 3 8 .273 5
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969
  2. Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco
  3. Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960
  4. Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

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

Standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Alaska Aces 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] —
3 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 1
4 GlobalPort Batang Pier 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 1
5 Star Hotshots 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 3] 2 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 Barako Bull Energy 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 3] 2
7 Meralco Bolts 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 4] 3
8 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 4] 3
9 Kia Carnival 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 4] 3
10 TNT KaTropa 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 4] 3
11 NLEX Road Warriors 3 8 .273 5
12 Blackwater Elite 1 10 .091 7
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
  2. Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 GlobalPort
  3. Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Star
  4. 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.

Transactions

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
TournamentNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Commissioner's CupAl ThorntonFebruary 3 (vs Rain or Shine)March 29 (vs Meralco)6–7
Governors' CupKwame AlexanderMay 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
  1. NLEX busy on trading floor; Yeo to Ginebra, Inquirer.net, July 25, 2014
  2. "Anthony to Meralco, Baloria to NLEX in three-team PBA transfer".
  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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