Due to a series of injuries that plagued the team at the start of the season together with the recently concluded Governors' Cup Finals that gave them barely a week to prepare for the Philippine Cup, the Super Coffee Mixers struggled to get back to championship form. This resulted to an awful 0–3 start, losing against Barangay Ginebra San Miguel on the opening day, Alaska and Petron Blaze before notching their first win against Air21. The next two games against Rain or Shine and Meralco again resulted in back-to-back losses before winning against Barako Bull and GlobalPort. With a 3–5 standing and the injured players starting to heal, the team tried but with no avail to bounce back against the Alaska and Rain or Shine. Although their final game against the E-Painters held on December 29, 2013 resulted in a 77–101 beating, this proved to be a wake-up call for them as they would end up sweeping their remaining four games against powerhouse teams.