2017–18 NLEX Road Warriors season
Appearance
2017–18 NLEX Road Warriors season | |
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Head coach | Yeng Guiao |
Owner(s) | Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (an MVP group subsidiary) |
Philippine Cup results | |
Record | 6–5 (54.5%) |
Place | 6th |
Playoff finish | Semifinalist (lost to Magnolia, 2–4) |
Commissioner's Cup results | |
Record | 2–9 (18.2%) |
Place | 11th |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Governors' Cup results | |
Record | 5–6 (45.5%) |
Place | 8th |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinalist (lost to Barangay Ginebra with twice-to-win disadvantage) |
NLEX Road Warriors seasons | |
The 2017–18 NLEX Road Warriors season was the fourth 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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1 | 2 | Kiefer Ravena | G | Philippines | Ateneo | |
2 | 13 | John Grospe | F | Philippines | Team Batangas JRU Heavy Bombers |
JRU |
3 | 26 | Gabriel Dagangon | G | Philippines | AMA Online Education Titans Racal Tile Masters |
Perpetual |
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: 6–5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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December: 2–0
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January: 0–4
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February: 4–1
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Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | |||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | |||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 106 | |||||||||||
8 | TNT | 93 | |||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | |||||||||||
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4 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | |||||||||||
4 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | |||||||||||
5 | Rain or Shine | 0 | |||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | |||||||||||
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2 | Magnolia | 1 | |||||||||||
2 | Magnolia | 86 | |||||||||||
7 | GlobalPort | 79 | |||||||||||
2 | Magnolia | 4 | |||||||||||
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6 | NLEX | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | Alaska | 0 | |||||||||||
6 | NLEX | 2 | |||||||||||
Game log
[edit]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]2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 2–9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April: 0–1
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May: 2–3
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June: 0–4
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July: 0–1
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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: 3–1
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September: 1–1
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October: 1–3
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November: 0–1
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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: 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals: 0–1
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Transactions
[edit]Trades
[edit]Preseason
[edit]November | |||
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November 6, 2017[3] | To NLEX Michael Miranda |
To Phoenix 2018 2nd Round Pick (from TNT) |
Recruited imports
[edit]Conference | Name | Country | Number | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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Commissioner's Cup | Adrian Forbes | 14 | April 28 (vs. Columbian) |
April 28 (vs. Columbian) |
0–1 | |
Arnett Moultrie | 23 | May 2 (vs. Rain or Shine) |
June 23 (vs. San Miguel) |
2–7 | ||
Olu Ashaolu | 55 | July 4 (vs. Magnolia) |
August 22 (vs. Magnolia) |
2–2 | ||
Governors' Cup | ||||||
Aaron Fuller | 23 | August 29 (vs. Columbian) |
November 6 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) |
3–6 |
Awards
[edit]Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Kiefer Ravena | Philippine Cup Player of the Week | December 27, 2017 | [4] |
February 12, 2018 | [5] | ||
Garvo Lanete | February 19, 2018 | [6] | |
Mark Tallo | Governors' Cup Player of the Week | August 20, 2018 | [7] |
References
[edit]- ^ San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017
- ^ a b c "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".
- ^ [1], pba.ph, November 6, 2017.
- ^ "Kiefer Ravena, first PBAPC Player of the Week for Season 43". PBA.ph. December 27, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
- ^ "Kiefer Ravena shows why he is nicknamed the 'Phenom'". PBA.ph. February 12, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
- ^ "Garvo Lanete stands up and delivers". PBA.ph. February 19, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
- ^ "Mark Tallo earns Player of the Week citation".