2015 PBA Governors' Cup
The 2015 Philippine Basketball Association Governors' Cup, also known as the 2015 PLDT Home TVolution-PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the 2014–15 PBA season. The tournament began on May 5, 2015 and ended on July 17, 2015. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of for the top eight teams of combined results of the Philippine Cup and Commissioner's Cup, while the bottom four teams will be allowed to hire imports with no height limit. The teams were allowed to hire an additional Asian import with a height limit of.
Format
The tournament format for this conference is as follows:- Single-round robin eliminations; 11 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win-loss records.
- Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. Ties are broken among head-to-head records of the tied teams.
- Quarterfinals :
- *QF1: #1 seed vs #8 seed
- *QF2: #2 seed vs #7 seed
- *QF3: #3 seed vs #6 seed
- *QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed
- Semifinals :
- *SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
- *SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
- Finals
- *Winners of the semifinals
Elimination round
Team standings
Schedule
Results
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Alaska vs. Barangay Ginebra
San Miguel vs. Meralco
Rain or Shine vs. Barako Bull
GlobalPort vs. Star
Semifinals
Alaska-Star series
San Miguel-Rain or Shine series
Finals
Awards
Conference
- Best Player of the Conference: June Mar Fajardo
- Best Import of the Conference: Romeo Travis
- Finals MVP: June Mar Fajardo
Players of the Week
Imports
The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted in gold are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference. Players with an asterisk indicates the Asian imports.Team | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
Alaska Aces | ![]() | May 5 | July 17 | 12–7 |
Barako Bull Energy | ![]() | May 6 | June 27 | 6–6 |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | ![]() | May 8 | June 26 | 5–7 |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | ![]() | May 8 | May 31 | 2–4 |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | ![]() | June 3 | June 26 | 3–3 |
Blackwater Elite | ![]() | May 5 | June 3 | 1–6 |
Blackwater Elite | ![]() | June 12 | June 23 | 0–4 |
GlobalPort Batang Pier | ![]() | May 5 | May 8 | 2–0 |
GlobalPort Batang Pier | ![]() | May 12 | May 17 | 1–1 |
GlobalPort Batang Pier | ![]() | May 22 | June 28 | 4–5 |
GlobalPort Batang Pier | ![]() | May 5 | June 28 | 7–6 |
Kia Carnival | ![]() | May 6 | June 24 | 5–6 |
Kia Carnival | ![]() | May 6 | June 24 | 5–6 |
Meralco Bolts | ![]() | May 5 | June 29 | 6–7 |
Meralco Bolts | ![]() | May 13 | June 29 | 5–6 |
NLEX Road Warriors | ![]() | May 6 | June 24 | 3–8 |
NLEX Road Warriors | ![]() | May 6 | June 24 | 3–8 |
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | ![]() | May 12 | July 8 | 9–7 |
San Miguel Beermen | ![]() | May 6 | July 17 | 16–5 |
Star Hotshots | ![]() | May 9 | July 5 | 9–8 |
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | ![]() | May 10 | June 19 | 5–6 |
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | ![]() | May 10 | June 19 | 5–6 |
Import handicapping
- Philippine Cup final ranking comprises 60% of the points, while the elimination round ranking in the Commissioner's Cup is 40%. The four teams with most points gets to have an import of unlimited height.