2013–14 Alaska Aces season

2013–14 Alaska Aces season
2013–14 Alaska Aces season
Head coach	Luigi Trillo ; (Philippine and Commissioner's Cup) ; Alex Compton ; (Governors' Cup)
General Manager	Dickie Bachmann
Owner(s)	Alaska Milk Corporation
Philippine Cup results
Record	5–9 ; (35.7%)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (def. by Barangay Ginebra in two games on a twice to beat series.)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	6–3 ; (66.7%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Quarterfinals (def. by San Mig Super Coffee 2-1.)
Governors' Cup results
Record	5–4 ; (55.6%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Semifinalist (def. by Rain or Shine, 3-2)
Alaska Aces seasons
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 Alaska Aces season was the 28th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2013

November 3: The 2013 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
- Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters acquired the rights to Alaska’s 2013 second round draft pick (turned out to be John Paul Erram).
- Alaska Aces acquired the rights to Talk ‘N Text’s 2015 second round draft pick.
November 27: PBA fined Alaska Aces players (₱ 1,000 each), Gabby Espinas and Calvin Abueva, for their respective technical fouls. (1st technical foul of both players in the 2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup)
December 12: PBA fined Alaska Aces head coach Luigi Trillo and Cyrus Baguio (₱ 1,000 each), for their respective technical fouls. (1st technical foul of the two in the 2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup)

2014

May 25: Luigi Trillo resigned as head coach due to family reasons and was replaced by Alex Compton.^[1]
June 4: Alaska Aces lost by 51 points (72–123) against Rain or Shine Elasto Painters. Making the game the fourth-most lopsided beating in PBA history, and the biggest margin of victory in 28 years, or since Shell annihilated Tanduay, 154-100, on November 16, 1986. Likewise, it’s the franchise’s biggest win, and the worst defeat for Alaska in their existence in the PBA. ^[2]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	8	Ryan Buenafe	SG	Philippines	Big Chill Super Chargers	Ateneo
2	5	JP Erram	C	Philippines	None	Ateneo
2	8	Chris Exciminiano	SG	Philippines	Cagayan Rising Suns	Far Eastern
3	8	Raymond Ilagan				St. Francis

Roster

2013–14 Alaska Aces roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G/F	3	Cyrus Baguio	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1980-08-19	UST
G	4	Raffy Reyes	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1987-12-1	UE
G	5	Chris Exciminiano (R)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988-11-17	Far Eastern
C	7	Sonny Thoss	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1981-12-07	James Cook
G/F	8	Calvin Abueva	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1988-02-04	San Sebastian
F	11	Eddie Laure	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1977-07-06	Adamson
C	12	Samigue Eman	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	320 lb (145 kg)	1982-03-12	Mindanao
G/F	13	Ryan Buenafe (R)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1990-02-01	Ateneo
F/C	24	Manuel, Vic	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1987-06-18	PSBA
G	25	Dondon Hontiveros	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1977-06-01	Cebu
F	27	Gabby Espinas	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	1982-01-03	Philippine Christian
G	31	RJ Jazul	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1986-04-11	Letran
G/F	35	Tony dela Cruz (C)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	1978-08-24	UC Irvine
G	42	JV Casio	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1986-09-01	De La Salle

Head coach

Alex Compton (Cornell)

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Dickie Bachmann^[a] (De La Salle)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(CI) Commissioner's Cup Import
(GI) Governors' Cup Import
(EI) EASL Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Roster

^a also serves as Alaska's board governor.

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
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	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Meralco Bolts	5	9	.357^[b]	6
10	Air21 Express	3	11	.214	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 Rain or Shine
^ ^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

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-7)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Barangay Ginebra	97	108

8	Alaska	104	95
				1	Barangay Ginebra	3
(best-of-3)
				5	San Mig Coffee	4
4	Talk 'N Text		1

5	San Mig Coffee		2
							5	San Mig Coffee	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							2	Rain or Shine	2
2	Rain or Shine		106

7	GlobalPort		96
				2	Rain or Shine	4
(best-of-3)
				3	Petron Blaze	1
3	Petron Blaze		2

6	Barako Bull		0

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
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	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Barako Bull Energy	2	7	.222	7
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	1	8	.111	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Meralco
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Air21 1–0 Barangay Ginebra

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-5)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Talk 'N Text		97

8	Barangay Ginebra		84
				1	Talk 'N Text	3
(best-of-3)
				4	Rain or Shine	0
4	Rain or Shine		2

5	Meralco		1
							1	Talk 'N Text	1
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							6	San Mig Coffee	3
2	San Miguel	79	95

7	Air21	92	101**
				7	Air21	2
(best-of-3)
				6	San Mig Coffee	3
3	Alaska		1

6	San Mig Coffee		2

**double overtime

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ ^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
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 95–94 Meralco

Bracket


Quarterfinals			Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-5)

(#1 twice to beat)

1	Talk 'N Text	99

8	Barako Bull	84
			1	Talk 'N Text	2
(#4 twice to beat)
			4	San Mig Coffee	3
4	San Mig Coffee	97

5	San Miguel	90
						4	San Mig Coffee	3
(#2 twice to beat)
						2	Rain or Shine	2
2	Rain or Shine	111

7	Air21	90
			2	Rain or Shine	3
(#3 twice to beat)
			3	Alaska	2
3	Alaska	92

6	Barangay Ginebra	81

Game log

Transactions

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Robert Dozier	March 5 (vs. Talk 'N Text)	April 26 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee)	7–5
Governors' Cup	Henry Walker	May 18 (vs. San Miguel)	June 28 (vs. Rain or Shine)	8–7