Which team will win the 2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup?
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Background
The 2014 Philippine Basketball Assocation (PBA) Commissioner's Cup is the second conference of the 2013-14 PBA season. The rules of the tournament allow for multiple foreign players, or "imports", with restrictions on height, to be included on team rosters (on height restrictions). This is opposed to the other two tournaments in the season, such as the traditional All-Filipino conference, which allows only Filipino players to compete, or the Governor's Cup, which allows only one "import" per team.
On April 21, 2014, the PBA Commissioner's Cup began its Quarterfinal Playoffs with the following teams, seeded 1 to 8, respectively: Talk N Text, San Miguel, Alaska, Rain or Shine, Meralco, San Mig Coffee, Air 21, Bgy. Ginebra.
Talk N Text holds twice-to-beat advantage over Ginebra; San Miguel has twice-to-beat advantage over Air 21. Alaska, Rain Or Shine, Meralco and San Mig Coffee have to beat their respective Q'finals opponents twice.
Intermediate results
On April 22, Bgy Ginebra was eliminated after 84-97 loss to Talk N Text.[1] 2nd Seeded San Miguel lost the first playoff match against Air 21 (92-79).
On April 23, The Meralco Bolts and the Alaska Aces will try to punch their tickets to the final four on Wednesday in Game Two of their respective quarterfinals series.
The Bolts will battle the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters at 8 p.m. live over TV5. The defending champion Aces open the bill at 5:45 p.m. against the San Mig Super Coffee Mixers live over AksyonTV.
Results of April 23: The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters turned back a late charge from the Meralco Bolts for an 102-93 victory in Game Two of their quarterfinals series. The forced a win-or-go-home Game Three between the two teams on Saturday.
Down by double-digits at halftime against an Alaska team on a six-game winning streak, the San Mig Super Coffee Mixers dug deep in the second half to hack out a hard-earned 70-65 victory. The Mixers, who won the PBA’s last two titles, leaned on their championship heart to force a deciding Game Three.
Results of April 24:The underdog Air 21 Express completed an upset of the powerhouse San Miguel Beermen with a thrilling 101-95 double overtime win on Friday.
Results of April 26: The Meralco Bolts are eliminated following a Do-Or-Die Quarterfinals loss to the Elasto Painters in OT.
The Express advanced to the Final Four after their second straight quarterfinals victory over the Beermen, the tournament’s second seed.
The San Mig Super Coffee Mixers ended the title reign of the Alaska Aces after a 79-65 victory in the deciding Game Three of their Quarterfinals match-up.
The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters and the San Mig Super Coffee Mixers completed the semifinal cast of the PLDT Home TVolution Commissioner’s Cup. The Elasto Painters and the Mixers won their respective do-or-die games to join the unbeaten top seed Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters and the underdog Air 21 Express in the tournament’s final four.
Talk N Text Meets Rain Or Shine, San Mig Coffee Meets Air 21 in Best-of-5 Semifinals beginning Monday, April 28.
SEMIFINALS RESULTS April 28: The Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters remained undefeated in the Commissioner’s Cup after a 91-85 come-from-behind victory over the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in Game One of their best-of-five semifinals series.
April 29: The Air 21 Express continued their surprising run in the PLDT Commissioner’s Cup playoffs, defeating the San Mig Super Coffee Mixers, 103-100, in Game One of their semifinals series.
April 30: The Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters held off a hard-fighting Rain or Shine Elasto Painters squad, 94-87, to take a 2-0 lead in their semifinals series.
May 1:The San Mig Super Coffee Mixers repulsed a fourth quarter charge from the upstart Air 21 Express to hold on for an 82-75 victory in Game Two of Semifinal series. The Mixers ended the Express’ surprising unbeaten streak in the playoffs to tie the best-of-five series at 1-all.
The Semifinals will be followed by a Best-of-Five Finals.
The Commissioner's Cup is projected to finish in May 2014.
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2. As soon as results of Semifinal Series are known, Click on Modify (at top right hand corner, then Click Yes to affirm that the crossed out teams are no longer in contention.
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- Talk ‘N Text routs Ginebra - InterAksyon, April 22, 2014