2024–25 Meralco Bolts season

2024–25 Meralco Bolts season
2024–25 Meralco Bolts season
Head coach	Luigi Trillo
General Manager	Paolo Trillo
Owner(s)	Manila Electric Company ; (an MVP group subsidiary)
Governors' Cup results
Record	7–3 ; (70%)
Place	2nd in Group A
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Barangay Ginebra, 0–3)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD
Playoff finish	TBD
Philippine Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD
Playoff finish	TBD
Meralco Bolts seasons
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 Meralco Bolts season is the 14th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

July 14: The PBA season 49 draft was held at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Place of birth	College
1	11	CJ Cansino	G	Philippines	UP
2	23	Kurt Reyson	G	Philippines	Letran
3	35	JP Maguliano	F	Philippines	EAC
4	43	Jordan Bartlett	G	USA	De La Salle

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	1	Black, Aaron	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1996–12–03	Ateneo
G	4	Dario, Diego (IN)	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	145 lb (66 kg)	1997–01–06	Philippines
G	6	Banchero, Chris	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1989–01–24	Seattle Pacific
F	7	Hodge, Cliff	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1988–02–03	Hawaii Pacific
F	9	Kennedy, D. J. (EI)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1989–11–05	St. John's
G	10	Mendoza, Jolo	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)		1998–01–31	Ateneo
G/F	11	Newsome, Chris (C)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1990–07–25	Ateneo
G	17	Caram, Anjo	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	159 lb (72 kg)	1991–01–14	San Beda
F	19	Quinto, Bong	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)		1994–12–15	Letran
F/C	20	Almazan, Raymond	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	1989–08–02	Letran
F	22	Maliksi, Allein	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1987–09–18	UST
F	23	Pasaol, Alvin	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1995–05–06	UE
F	24	Jose, Raymar	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1992–08–06	Far Eastern
C	25	Mitchell, Akil (CI / EI)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	234 lb (106 kg)	1992–06–26	Virginia
F	27	Rios, Jansen	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1991–10–28	Adamson
F/C	29	Torres, Norbert (FA)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1990–01–12	De La Salle
F/C	32	Pascual, Kyle	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1990–04–13	San Beda
C	33	Bates, Brandon	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	231 lb (105 kg)		De La Salle
C	34	Kouame, Ange	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1997–12–15	Ateneo
G	71	Cansino, CJ (R)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)		1999–10–27	Philippines

Head coach

Luigi Trillo

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Paolo Trillo

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

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Group A Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	TNT Tropang Giga	8	2	.800	—	Quarterfinals
2	Meralco Bolts	7	3	.700	1
3	Converge FiberXers	6	4	.600	2
4	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	5	5	.500	3
5	NorthPort Batang Pier	3	7	.300	5
6	Terrafirma Dyip	1	9	.100	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); 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss^[2]

Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 7–3

August: 2–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	August 18	Magnolia	W 99–94	Allen Durham (20)	Allen Durham (16)	Cliff Hodge (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0
2	August 22	TNT	L 73–93	Chris Banchero (18)	Allen Durham (10)	Banchero, Quinto (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–1
3	August 28	Terrafirma	W 107–91	Allen Durham (23)	Allen Durham (12)	Cliff Hodge (7)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	2–1

September: 5–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	September 1	NorthPort	W 109–99	Allen Durham (34)	Allen Durham (16)	Allen Durham (9)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	3–1
5	September 4	Converge	W 116–88	Allen Durham (27)	Allen Durham (14)	Allen Durham (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–1
6	September 7	Magnolia	W 82–74	Chris Newsome (21)	Allen Durham (14)	Chris Banchero (6)	Panabo City Multi-Purpose Tourism Cultural and Sports Center	5–1
7	September 12	TNT	L 99–108	Allen Durham (26)	Allen Durham (11)	Allen Durham (6)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	5–2
8	September 14	NorthPort	W 114–104	Allen Durham (23)	Allen Durham (13)	Bong Quinto (6)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	6–2
9	September 18	Converge	L 97–105	Allen Durham (25)	Chris Newsome (11)	Bong Quinto (8)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	6–3
10	September 21	Terrafirma	W 124–82	Alvin Pasaol (21)	Hodge, Pasaol (8)	Jolo Mendoza (5)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	7–3

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals
(Best-of-5)

Semifinals
(Best-of-7)

Finals
(Best-of-7)

A1

TNT

3

B4

NLEX

1

A1

TNT

4

B1

Rain or Shine

1

B1

Rain or Shine

3

A4

Magnolia

2

A1

TNT

4

B3

Barangay Ginebra

2

B2

San Miguel

3

A3

Converge

2

B2

San Miguel

2

B3

Barangay Ginebra

4

A2

Meralco

0

B3

Barangay Ginebra

3

Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–3

Quarterfinals: 0–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	September 26	Barangay Ginebra	L 92–99	Cliff Hodge (23)	Allen Durham (13)	Chris Newsome (6)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	0–1
2	September 28	Barangay Ginebra	L 103–104	Allen Durham (39)	Allen Durham (14)	Banchero, Hodge (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–2
3	September 30	Barangay Ginebra	L 106–113	Allen Durham (38)	Allen Durham (13)	Chris Banchero (8)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	0–3

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	—	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	Blackwater Bossing	—	—
3	Converge FiberXers	—	—
4	Hong Kong Eastern (G)	—	—
5	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	—	—	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	Meralco Bolts	—	—
7	NLEX Road Warriors	—	—
8	NorthPort Batang Pier	—	—
9	Phoenix Fuel Masters	—	—
10	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	—	—
11	San Miguel Beermen	—	—
12	Terrafirma Dyip	—	—
13	TNT Tropang Giga	—	—

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^[3]
(G) Guests

Game log

2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total:

November

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 29, 2024	Phoenix					Ninoy Aquino Stadium

December

Game	Date	Opponent	Location Attendance
2	December 1, 2024	Rain or Shine	Ynares Center
3	December 6, 2024	Terrafirma	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
4	December 12, 2024	Blackwater	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
5	December 25, 2024	Converge	Smart Araneta Coliseum

January

Game	Date	Opponent	Location Attendance
6	January 5, 2025	Eastern	Smart Araneta Coliseum
7	January 7, 2025	TNT	PhilSports Arena
8	January 10, 2025	NLEX	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
9	January 14, 2025	NorthPort	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
10	January 18, 2025	San Miguel	Candon City Arena
11	January 29, 2025	Barangay Ginebra	Smart Araneta Coliseum
12	January 31, 2025	Magnolia	PhilSports Arena

East Asia Super League

Group stage

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Ryukyu Golden Kings	2	2	0	173	167	+6	1.000	Advance to semifinals
2	Meralco Bolts	3	2	1	252	242	+10	.667	Advance to semifinals
3	Macau Black Bears	4	2	2	398	387	+11	.500
4	New Taipei Kings	1	0	1	97	109	−12	.000
5	Busan KCC Egis	2	0	2	177	192	−15	.000

Updated to match(es) played on 13 November 2024. Source: EASL

Game log

2 October 2024	Meralco Bolts	97–85	Macau Black Bears	Pasay
20:10 (PST)	Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 19–22, 30–25, 24–21
	Pts: Newsome 18 Rebs: Durham 11 Asts: Kennedy 7	Boxscore	Pts: Artino, Cylla 23 Rebs: Artino 14 Asts: Chong-qui 4	Arena: Mall of Asia Arena

16 October 2024	Ryukyu Golden Kings	77–74	Meralco Bolts	Okinawa
19:40 (JST)	Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 28–17, 15–22, 11–17
	Pts: Cooley, Law 18 Rebs: Law 12 Asts: Kishimoto, Law 5	Boxscore	Pts: Kennedy 30 Rebs: Kennedy 12 Asts: Durham 5	Arena: Okinawa Arena Attendance: 7,347

13 November 2024	Meralco Bolts	81–80	Busan KCC Egis	Pasig
20:10 (PST)	Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 22–27, 21–15, 18–12
	Pts: Mitchell 33 Rebs: Mitchell 22 Asts: Kennedy 5	Boxscore	Pts: Burton 26 Rebs: Williams 13 Asts: Burton 5	Arena: PhilSports Arena

18 December 2024	Busan KCC Egis	vs.	Meralco Bolts	Busan
19:10 (KST)	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Busan Sajik Gymnasium

22 January 2025	Meralco Bolts	vs.	Ryukyu Golden Kings	Pasig
20:10 (PST)	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: PhilSports Arena

12 February 2025	New Taipei Kings	vs.	Meralco Bolts	Taipei
19:10 (TST)	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: University of Taipei, Tian-Mu Campus Gymnasium

Transactions

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record	Ref.
Governors' Cup	Allen Durham	August 18 (vs. Magnolia)	September 30 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	7–6	^[4]
Commissioner's Cup	Akil Mitchell				^[5]

References

^ "Baltazar is the Chosen One -- the top pick of Draft Class 2024". PBA.ph. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
^ Terrado, Reuben (July 17, 2024). "Meralco welcomes back Allen Durham for season-opening Govs' Cup". spin.ph. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ "Meralco Bolts bring in well-travelled Akil Mitchell as import". spin.ph. November 11, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.

[1] "Baltazar is the Chosen One -- the top pick of Draft Class 2024". PBA.ph. Retrieved July 15, 2024.

[pbaquotient-2] "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.

[3] "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.

[4] Terrado, Reuben (July 17, 2024). "Meralco welcomes back Allen Durham for season-opening Govs' Cup". spin.ph. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[5] "Meralco Bolts bring in well-travelled Akil Mitchell as import". spin.ph. November 11, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.

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