2013–14 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers season

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2013-14 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers season
Head coachTim Cone
Owner(s)San Miguel-Pure Foods Co., Inc.
(a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record17–13
(56.7%)
Place1st
Playoff finishChampions
(def. Rain or Shine, 4–2)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record12–9
(57.1%)
Place1st
Playoff finishChampions
(def. Talk 'N Text, 3–1)
Governors' Cup results
Record12–8
(60%)
Place1st
Playoff finishGrand Slam Champions
(def. Rain or Shine, 3–2)
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers seasons

The 2013–14 San Mig Coffee Mixers season was the 26th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates[edit]

  • November 3: The 2013 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
  • January 5: The Mixers defeated Barangay Ginebra San Miguel on a matchup that broke the record of the most people in the Mall of Asia Arena on a 79-83 victory, and an attendance of 20,600 people.
  • February 12: The Mixers defeated Barangay Ginebra San Miguel in game seven of the best-of-seven series in the Semifinals of the Philippine Cup, a matchup that broke the record of the most crowd attendance in a game itself on a 110-87 victory, with an attendance of 25,000 people.[1]
  • February 26:The Mixers won their 11th Championship on the 2013-14 PBA Philippine Cup defeating Rain or Shine, 4 wins to 2.
  • March 16: The Mixers again defeated Barangay Ginebra San Miguel on a 90-80 showdown, the matchup tallied the highest crowd attendance on the 2014 Commissioner's Cup.
  • May 7: The Mixers won against the Air21 Express on a do-or-die matchup on the Game 5 of the 2014 Commissioner's Semifinals, and booking their third straight final appearance and fifth on the last seven conferences, it also tallies the sixth do or die game which the team survived since the 2013 Governors' Cup.
  • May 15: Coach Tim Cone won his 17th PBA Championship in a 100-91 showdown against the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters, on the first three quarters, the Texter dominated the game, but the Mixers rallied back even the lead was even blown up to 17, they eventually won the game, and the rest of the Mixers also won the franchise's 12th championship, it also tallies three straight championship of the team, and four championship in the last eight conferences, James Yap won his third Finals MVP award.
  • June 1: The Mixers defeated Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, 100-88, it also tallied the most attendance in this season's Governors' Cup.
  • June 3: Yancy de Ocampo and Val Acuña were traded to GlobalPort Batang Pier in exchange of Yousef Taha and Ronnie Matias.
  • June 17: The Mixers won against the San Miguel Beermen, tallying the eight-straight semi-final appearance of the franchise since the 2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup.
  • June 18: TV analyst and former PBA player Jason Webb is hired as assistant coach.
  • June 27: The Mixers won against the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters on their semi-final series, to tally their fourth straight final appearance and sixth in the last eight conferences, and surviving eight-straight on do-or-die games.
  • July 9: The Mixers became the fourth team in PBA history to win the coveted Grand Slam after they won the deciding Game 5 of Governors Cup Finals, 92-89 against Rain or Shine Elasto Painters. James Yap was named the Finals MVP as he scored 29 points on 12 of 18 shooting from the field. This was the Mixers' 9th straight win in do or die games they played. Tim Cone became the only coach in PBA history to win 2 Grand Slams on two different teams. With this Grand Slam, the Mixers also had four-peat run, their 13th PBA title overall, tying them with the fabled Crispa Redmanizers for 3rd place in all-time list.[2]

Draft picks[edit]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
1 2 Ian Sangalang PF/C  Philippines NLEX Road Warriors San Sebastian
1 10 Justin Chua C  Philippines Black Water Sports Ateneo
2 3 Justin Melton PG  United States None Mount Olive
3 10 JR Cawaling  Philippines FEU

Roster[edit]

San Mig Super Coffee Mixers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
C 00 Kuwait Taha, Yousef 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1988-07-08 North Lake
PG 2 United States Melton, Justin 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 163 lb (74 kg) 1987-4-27 Mount Olive
F/C 4 United States Reavis, Rafi 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1977-7-27 Coppin State
F/C 5 United States Holstein, Isaac Injured 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 206 lb (93 kg) 1987-9-7 West Virginia State
C/G 6 Philippines Cawaling, JR 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987-8-15 Far Eastern
C/G 8 Philippines Simon, Peter June 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1980-6-1 Mindanao
PG 9 Philippines Alvarez, Lester 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 154 lb (70 kg) 1988-9-18 Adamson
F/C 10 Philippines Sangalang, Ian 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1991-12-20 San Sebastian
PG 11 United States Mallari, Alex 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 167 lb (76 kg) 1987-3-26 Lewis–Clark State
PG 14 Philippines Barroca, Mark 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986-4-25 Far Eastern
PF 15 Philippines Pingris, Marc (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1981-10-16 PSBA
SG 18 Philippines Yap, James 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1982-2-15 UE
SF 19 Philippines Gaco, Jerwin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1981-1-17 De La Salle
SG 22 Philippines Maliksi, Allein 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1987-9-18 UST
SF 33 Philippines Matias, Ronnie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 1983-11-29 Manila
SF 38 United States Devance, Joe 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1982-2-19 UTEP
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager



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 Injured

Roster


Philippine Cup[edit]

Eliminations[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 11 3 .786[a] Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 11 3 .786[a]
3 Petron Blaze Boosters 10 4 .714 1 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 8 6 .571 3
5 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 7 7 .500 4
6 Barako Bull Energy 5 9 .357[b] 6
7 GlobalPort Batang Pier 5 9 .357[b] 6 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Alaska Aces 5 9 .357[b] 6
9 Meralco Bolts 5 9 .357[b] 6
10 Air21 Express 3 11 .214 8
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 Rain or Shine
  2. ^ a b c d Head-to-head quotient: Barako Bull 1.06, GlobalPort 1.01, Alaska 0.99, Meralco 0.95; eighth seed playoff: Alaska 94–91 Meralco

Game log[edit]

Playoffs[edit]

Bracket[edit]

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-7)
Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1Barangay Ginebra97 108
8Alaska104 95
1Barangay Ginebra3
(Best-of-3)
5San Mig Coffee4
4Talk 'N Text1
5San Mig Coffee2
5San Mig Coffee4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
2Rain or Shine2
2Rain or Shine106
7GlobalPort96
2Rain or Shine4
(Best-of-3)
3Petron Blaze1
3Petron Blaze2
6Barako Bull0

Commissioner's Cup[edit]

Eliminations[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 9 0 1.000 Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 7 2 .778 2
3 Alaska Aces 6 3 .667 3 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 4 .556[a] 4
5 Meralco Bolts 5 4 .556[a] 4
6 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 4 5 .444 5
7 Air21 Express 3 6 .333[b] 6 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 3 6 .333[b] 6
9 Barako Bull Energy 2 7 .222 7
10 GlobalPort Batang Pier 1 8 .111 8
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Meralco
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Air21 1–0 Barangay Ginebra

Game log[edit]

Playoffs[edit]

Bracket[edit]

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-5)
Finals
(Best-of-5)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1Talk 'N Text97
8Barangay Ginebra84
1Talk 'N Text3
(Best-of-3)
4Rain or Shine0
4Rain or Shine2
5Meralco1
1Talk 'N Text1
(#2 twice-to-beat)
6San Mig Coffee3
2San Miguel7995
7Air2192101**
7Air212
(Best-of-3)
6San Mig Coffee3
3Alaska1
6San Mig Coffee2

**double overtime

Governors' Cup[edit]

Eliminations[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 7 2 .778 Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 6 3 .667 1
3 Alaska Aces 5 4 .556[a] 2
4 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 5 4 .556[a] 2
5 Petron Blaze Boosters 5 4 .556[a] 2 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 5 4 .556[a] 2
7 Air21 Express 5 4 .556[a] 2
8 Barako Bull Energy 3 6 .333[b] 4
9 Meralco Bolts 3 6 .333[b] 4
10 GlobalPort Batang Pier 1 8 .111 6
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.08, San Mig 1.02, San Miguel 0.99, Barangay Ginebra 0.97, Air21 0.94
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 95–94 Meralco

Bracket[edit]

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-5)
Finals
(Best-of-5)
(#1 twice to beat)
1Talk 'N Text99
8Barako Bull84
1Talk 'N Text2
(#4 twice to beat)
4San Mig Coffee3
4San Mig Coffee97
5San Miguel90
4San Mig Coffee3
(#2 twice to beat)
2Rain or Shine2
2Rain or Shine111
7Air2190
2Rain or Shine3
(#3 twice to beat)
3Alaska2
3Alaska92
6Barangay Ginebra81

Game log[edit]

Transactions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Players Added

Via draft

Via trade

Players Lost

Via trade

Waived

Recruited imports[edit]

Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record
Commissioner's Cup James Mays March 12 (vs. GlobalPort) May 15 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 12–9
Governors' Cup Marqus Blakely May 21 (vs. Barako Bull) July 9 (vs. Rain or Shine) 12–8

References[edit]

  1. ^ "San Mig Coffee dominates Ginebra, set up Finals series against Rain or Shine". GMA News Online.
  2. ^ "San Mig Super Coffee nails Govs' Cup, Coveted Grand Slam". pba.inquirer.net.