2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals
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| Dates | May 9–15, 2014 | |||||||||
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| MVP | James Yap (San Mig Super Coffee) | |||||||||
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Sports5 TV5 and AksyonTV Cignal Digital TV (in high definition) (local) Fox Sports Asia and AksyonTV International (international) |
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| Announcers | See broadcast notes | |||||||||
| Radio network | DZSR | |||||||||
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| Game 1: | P. Balao, J. Mariano, R. Dacanay |
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| Game 2: | N. Quilingen, E. Aquino, A. Tankion |
| Game 3: | E. Tankion, P. Balao, A. Herrera |
| Game 4: | A. Herrera, N. Quilingen, J. Mariano |
The 2014 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup Finals was the best-of-5 championship series of the 2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters and the San Mig Super Coffee competed for the 14th Commissioner's Cup championship and the 111th overall championship contested by the league.
This championship was also the first PBA finals series that aired in high definition television for Cignal Digital TV subscribers.
Prior the finals series, Talk 'N Text had a 13-0 record, sweeping both the elimination (nine games) and playoff (four games) rounds. San Mig Super Coffee however won the championship after defeating Talk 'N Text in their finals series, 3-1.
San Mig Super Coffee finished 6th place after the elimination round with a 4-5 record. The team was pitted with the defending champions Alaska in a best-of-three quarterfinal series. Alaska won the first game, 86-77 and was on verge of eliminating San Mig Coffee. The Mixers managed to win the next two games to advance to the semifinal round against Air21 Express, an unexpected semifinalist after they had eliminated the second seeded San Miguel Beermen, who had a twice-to-beat advantage.
Led by the 41-year-old Asi Taulava, they won the first game against the Mixers, 103-100. San Mig Coffee went on to win the next two games to grab the series lead and was one win away in clinching a finals berth. However, the Express went on a three-point shooting spree on Game 4, and forced a rubber match. Game 5 was eventually won by the Mixers, 99-83.
After missing the semifinal round in the previous conference, Talk 'N Text swept the elimination round, becoming the first team since the 1990 Presto Tivolis to become undefeated in the eliminations, which the Tivolis did in the 1990 PBA All-Filipino Conference. The Tropang Texters gained the top seed and a twice-to-beat advantage against Barangay Ginebra San Miguel. They easily defeated Barangay Ginebra, 97–84, in the quarterfinals and went on to face third seeded Rain or Shine in the semifinals. Talk 'N Text swept Rain or Shine in three games. This achievement gave them a chance to completely sweep the tournament, which was nearly achieved by the 1980 Crispa Redmanizers, who finished 20-1 in the tournament, after they were defeated by the Toyota Super Corollas in Game 3 of the 1980 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals.
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