2017–18 Meralco Bolts season
Appearance
2017–18 Meralco Bolts season | |
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Head coach | Norman Black |
Owner(s) | Manila Electric Company (an MVP group subsidiary) |
Philippine Cup results | |
Record | 4–7 (36.4%) |
Place | 11th |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Commissioner's Cup results | |
Record | 7–4 (63.6%) |
Place | 4th |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinalist (lost to Barangay Ginebra, 0–2) |
Governors' Cup results | |
Record | 5–6 (45.5%) |
Place | 7th |
Playoff finish | Semifinalist (lost to Alaska, 1–3) |
Meralco Bolts seasons | |
The 2017–18 Meralco Bolts season was the eighth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates
[edit]2017
[edit]- October 29: The 2017 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.[1]
Draft picks
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
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3 | 7 | Jebb Bulawan | F | Philippines | Racal Tile Masters Team Batangas |
Lyceum |
Roster
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Philippine Cup
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | |
3 | Alaska Aces | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 2 | |
5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 2 | |
6 | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 2 | |
7 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | TNT KaTropa | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 3 | |
9 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 3 | |
10 | Blackwater Elite | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 3 | |
11 | Meralco Bolts | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | |
12 | Kia Picanto | 1 | 10 | .091 | 7 |
Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head to head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head to head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
Game log
[edit]2018 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 4–7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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December: 1–1
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January: 1–3
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February: 2–3
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Commissioner's Cup
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
3 | TNT KaTropa | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | |
5 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 3 | |
6 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 3 | |
7 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | |
9 | Columbian Dyip | 4 | 7 | .364[c] | 5 | |
10 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 4 | 7 | .364[c] | 5 | |
11 | NLEX Road Warriors | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
12 | Blackwater Elite | 1 | 10 | .091 | 8 |
Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head to head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head to head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
Game log
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
1 | Rain or Shine | 113 | 103 | |||||||||||
8 | GlobalPort | 114 | 97 | |||||||||||
1 | Rain or Shine | 1 | ||||||||||||
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5 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Meralco | 0 | ||||||||||||
5 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | ||||||||||||
5 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | ||||||||||||
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6 | San Miguel | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | Alaska | 89 | ||||||||||||
7 | Magnolia | 78 | ||||||||||||
2 | Alaska | 1 | ||||||||||||
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6 | San Miguel | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | TNT | 0 | ||||||||||||
6 | San Miguel | 2 | ||||||||||||
Game log
[edit]2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 0–2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals: 0–2
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Governors' Cup
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
2 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
3 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
4 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
5 | Blackwater Elite | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
6 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | |
7 | Meralco Bolts | 5 | 6 | .455[b] | 4 | |
8 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 6 | .455[b] | 4 | |
9 | TNT KaTropa | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
10 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
11 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
12 | Columbian Dyip | 1 | 10 | .091 | 8 |
Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
Game log
[edit]2018 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 5–6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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August: 1–2
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September: 0–1
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October: 3–3
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November: 1–0
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Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
1 | Barangay Ginebra | 111 | ||||||||||||
8 | NLEX | 75 | ||||||||||||
1 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | ||||||||||||
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4 | Magnolia | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Magnolia | 103 | ||||||||||||
5 | Blackwater | 99 | ||||||||||||
4 | Magnolia | 4 | ||||||||||||
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3 | Alaska | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | Phoenix | 74 | 103 | |||||||||||
7 | Meralco | 90 | 108* | |||||||||||
7 | Meralco | 1 | ||||||||||||
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3 | Alaska | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Alaska | 96 | ||||||||||||
6 | San Miguel | 85 | ||||||||||||
*Game went into overtime.
Game log
[edit]2018 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log Total: 3–3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals: 2–0
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Semifinals: 1–3
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FIBA Asia Champions Cup
[edit]The Bolts were chosen as the Philippine representative to the 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.
Preliminary round
[edit]Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Alvark Tokyo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 279 | 249 | +30 | 6 | Final round |
2 | Meralco Bolts | 3 | 1 | 2 | 261 | 247 | +14 | 4[a] | |
3 | Mono Vampire (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 300 | 306 | −6 | 4[a] | Classification round |
4 | Al Riyadi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 245 | 283 | −38 | 4[a] |
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Tournament points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Head-to-head points difference; 4) Head-to-head points scored; 5) Overall points difference; 6) Overall points scored; 7) Random draw
(H) Hosts
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Tournament points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Head-to-head points difference; 4) Head-to-head points scored; 5) Overall points difference; 6) Overall points scored; 7) Random draw
(H) Hosts
Notes:
Final round
[edit]Semifinals | Gold medal game | |||||
1 October–18:00 | ||||||
Petrochimi | 79 | |||||
2 October–20:30 | ||||||
Meralco Bolts | 74 | |||||
Petrochimi | 68 | |||||
1 October–20:30 | ||||||
Alvark Tokyo | 64 | |||||
Alvark Tokyo | 78 | |||||
Seoul SK Knights | 54 | |||||
Bronze medal game | ||||||
2 October–18:00 | ||||||
Meralco Bolts | 87 | |||||
Seoul SK Knights | 91 |
Transactions
[edit]Trades
[edit]Pre season
[edit]Free Agency
[edit]Addition
[edit]Country | Player | Number | Position | Contract | Date signed | Former Team |
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Niño Canaleta[3] | 12 | F | — | — | Blackwater Elite | |
Nico Salva[3] | 8 | F | — | — | Kia Picanto | |
Marnel Baracael[3] | 45 | F | — | — | GlobalPort Batang Pier | |
Jason Ballesteros[3][4] | 18 | C | — | — | Kia Picanto |
Recruited imports
[edit]Conference | Name | Country | Number | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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Commissioner's Cup | Arinze Onuaku | 5 | April 25 (vs. Columbian) |
July 11 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) |
7–6 | |
Governors' Cup | Allen Durham | 5 | August 17 (vs. Columbian) |
November 17 (vs. Alaska) |
8–9 | |
FIBA Asia Champions Cup | September 27 (vs. Mono Vampire) |
October 2 (vs. SK Knights) |
1–4 | |||
Diamond Stone | 33 |
Awards
[edit]Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Baser Amer | Governors' Cup Player of the Week | November 13, 2018 | [5] |
References
[edit]- ^ San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017
- ^ a b c "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".
- ^ a b c d "Beset by injuries, Meralco signs free agents". news.abs-cbn.com. December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (December 8, 2017). "Meralco signs Ballesteros, eyes Canaleta, Baracael to beef up injury-hit frontline". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
- ^ "Baser Amer comes of age".