2013–14 Air21 Express season
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| Head coach | Franz Pumaren | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner(s) | Airfrieght 2100, Inc. (a Lina Group of Companies subsidiary) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2013–14 Air21 Express season is the 3rd and the last season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates
- November 3: The 2013 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
- March 12: The Express got star point-guard Jonas Villanueva in a trade.
- April 4: Express's Jonas Villanueva's four champion streak as the All-Star weekend Obstacle Course Champion was ended and defeated by Mark Barroca.
- April 25: The Express got their first franchise Semifinal appearance as they defeated the San Miguel Beermen twice on a twice to beat matchup on the quarterfinals.
- June 26: The Express sold their franchise to the Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, Inc.
Draft picks
Main article: 2013 PBA draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Country of birth* | PBA D-League team | College |
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| 2 | 6 | Eric Camson | SF | |
NLEX Road Warriors | Adamson |
| 3 | 1 | Joshua Webb | SG/SF | |
De La Salle | |
| 4 | 1 | Angelo Ingco | PG | |
San Beda | |
| 5 | 1 | Randolph Chua | Saint Benilde |
Roster
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Philippine Cup
Eliminations
Standings
{{2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=A21}}
Commissioner's Cup
Eliminations
Standings
y – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals, x – clinched best-of-3 quarterfinals, w – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals, e – eliminated
| 2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup | |||||||
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| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Tie | |
| 1 | y–Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | – | ||
| 2 | y–San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2 | ||
| 3 | x–Alaska Aces | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3 | ||
| 4 | x–Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4 | 1.22 | |
| 5 | x–Meralco Bolts | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4 | 0.82 | |
| 6 | x–San Mig Super Coffee Mixers | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5 | ||
| 7 | w–Air21 Express | 3 | 6 | .333 | 6 | 1.02 | |
| 8 | w–Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 3 | 6 | .333 | 6 | 0.98 | |
| 9 | e–Barako Bull Energy | 2 | 7 | .222 | 7 | ||
| 10 | e–GlobalPort Batang Pier | 1 | 8 | .111 | 8 | ||
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
y – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals, x – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals, e – eliminated
| 2014 PBA Governors' Cup | |||||||
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| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Tie | |
| 1 | y- Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 7 | 2 | .778 | – | ||
| 2 | y- Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1 | ||
| 3 | y- Alaska Aces | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2 | 1.08 | |
| 4 | y- San Mig Super Coffee Mixers | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2 | 1.02 | |
| 5 | x- San Miguel Beermen | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2 | 0.99 | |
| 6 | x- Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2 | 0.97 | |
| 7 | x- Air21 Express | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2 | 0.94 | |
| 8 | x- Barako Bull Energy | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4 | 1.01 | |
| 9 | e- Meralco Bolts | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4 | 0.99 | |
| 10 | e- GlobalPort Batang Pier | 1 | 8 | .125 | 6 | ||
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 | ||||||||||||
Transactions
Recruited imports
| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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| Commissioner's Cup | Hervé Lamizana | March 5 (vs. GlobalPort) | March 17 (vs. Alaska) | 2-2 |
| Wesley Witherspoon | March 23 (vs. Meralco) | May 7 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee) | 5-7 | |
| Governors' Cup | Dominique Sutton | May 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) | June 18 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 5–5 |
References
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