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Philippine Basketball Association
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(PBA)
Governors' Cup, also known as the 2015
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sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the
2014–15 PBA season
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. 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:
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* 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 (higher seed with the twice-to-beat advantage):
**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 (best-of-5 series):
**SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
**SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
*Finals (best-of-7 series)
**Winners of the semifinals
Elimination round
Team standings
Schedule
Results
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(1) Alaska vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra
(2) San Miguel vs. (7) Meralco
(3) Rain or Shine vs. (6) Barako Bull
(4) GlobalPort vs. (5) Star
Semifinals
(1) Alaska vs. (5) Star
(2) San Miguel vs. (3) Rain or Shine
Finals
Awards
Conference
*Best Player of the Conference: June Mar Fajardo
June Mar Sotto Fajardo (; born November 17, 1989) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He is also known by his nickname "The Kraken” for his extraordinary siz ...
(San Miguel Beermen
The San Miguel Beermen are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). It is one of three PBA clubs owned by the San Miguel Corporation group of companies along with the Magnolia Hotshots and Barangay Ginebra ...
)
*Best Import of the Conference: Romeo Travis
Romeo Travis (born December 10, 1984) is an American-born naturalized Macedonian professional basketball player who last played for Limoges CSP of the LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for the University of Akron.
High school career
Travis ...
( Alaska Aces)
*Finals MVP: June Mar Fajardo
June Mar Sotto Fajardo (; born November 17, 1989) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He is also known by his nickname "The Kraken” for his extraordinary siz ...
(San Miguel Beermen
The San Miguel Beermen are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). It is one of three PBA clubs owned by the San Miguel Corporation group of companies along with the Magnolia Hotshots and Barangay Ginebra ...
)
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.
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.
References
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Governors Cup