2017–18 Phoenix Fuel Masters season

Phoenix Fuel Masters
2017–18 Phoenix Fuel Masters season
Head coach	Louie Alas
Owner(s)	Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	5–6 ; (.455)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	4–7 ; (.364)
Place	10th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD
Playoff finish	TBD
Phoenix Fuel Masters seasons

The 2017–18 Phoenix Fuel Masters season is the 3rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2017

October 29: The 2017 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	4	Jason Perkins	Forward	United States	Caida Tile Masters	De La Salle
1	8	Sidney Onwubere	Forward	Philippines	Racal Tile Masters	Emilio Aguinaldo
2	9	Jayson Grimaldo	Forward	Philippines	Victoria Sports Stallions Racal Tile Masters	MLQU
2	11	Wilson Baltazar	Guard/Forward	Philippines	Bread Story Smashing Bakers	Lyceum
3	4	Roldan Sara	Guard	Philippines	Team Batangas Racal Tile Masters	San Beda
4	4	John Carlo Casiño	Guard	Philippines	Cafe France Bakers CEU Scorpions	Centro Escolar

Roster

Phoenix Fuel Masters roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	7000100000000000000♠1	Gamboa, Mike (R)	7000167640000000000♠5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1989–02–26	Philippines-Diliman
G	7000200000000000000♠2	Revilla, LA (C)	7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	146 lb (66 kg)	1989–11–30	De La Salle
F	7000300000000000000♠3	Perkins, Jason (R)	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1992–09–20	De La Salle
F	7000400000000000000♠4	Phelps, Eugene (I)	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1990–01–23	Long Beach State
F	7000700000000000000♠7	Intal, JC	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1983–11–18	Ateneo
F	7000800000000000000♠8	Eriobu, Joseph	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1992–02–12	Mapúa
F/C	7000900000000000000♠9	Chua, Justin	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	1989–07–13	Ateneo
G	7001140000000000000♠14	Alolino, Gelo	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1994–01–04	National-U
F/C	7001180000000000000♠18	Kramer, Doug	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1983–07–10	Ateneo
G/F	7001200000000000000♠20	Mendoza, Jaypee	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	1990–11–09	San Beda
G/F	7001240000000000000♠24	Guevarra, Rey	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1986–11–24	Letran
F	7001280000000000000♠28	Wilson, Willy	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1980–01–30	De La Salle
G	7001310000000000000♠31	Jazul, RJ	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1986–04–11	Letran
G/F	7001350000000000000♠35	Wright, Matthew	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1992–02–07	St. Bonaventure
F	7001880000000000000♠88	Abueva, Calvin	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	1988–02–04	San Sebastian

Head coach

Louie Alas

Assistant coach(es)

Topex Robinson (1st Assistant)
Jon Jacinto
Nic Belasco
Kristofer Reyes
Caesar Polhen
Carmelo Alas

Team manager

Paolo Bugia

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Magnolia Hotshots	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2
6	NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2
7	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	TNT KaTropa	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Phoenix Fuel Masters	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3
10	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3
11	Meralco Bolts	4	7	.364	4
12	Kia Picanto	1	10	.091	7

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Magnolia via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 Barangay Ginebra wins tiebreaker against Rain or Shine and NLEX by highest quotient. Ginebra is 1.03; Rain or Shine is 1.02; NLEX is 0.95.
1 2 3 4 GlobalPort wins tiebreaker against Phoenix, TNT and Blackwater by highest quotient. GlobalPort is 1.14; Phoenix is 1.00; TNT is 0.97; Blackwater is 0.89. TNT then won the seeding playoff for 8th seed against Phoenix.

Game log

2017–18 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 5–6

December: 1–1

January : 2–3

February : 1–2

March : 1–0

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
1	San Miguel	106
8	TNT	93
			1	San Miguel	4
	(Best-of-3)		4	Barangay Ginebra	1
4	Barangay Ginebra	2
5	Rain or Shine	0
						1	San Miguel	4
	(#2 twice-to-beat)					2	Magnolia	1
2	Magnolia	86
7	GlobalPort	79
			2	Magnolia	4
	(Best-of-3)		6	NLEX	2
3	Alaska	0
6	NLEX	2

Game log

2017–18 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–1

8th seed playoff: 0–1

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636	2
5	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3
6	San Miguel Beermen	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3
7	Magnolia Hotshots	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Columbian Dyip	4	7	.364^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5
10	Phoenix Fuel Masters	4	7	.364^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5
11	NLEX Road Warriors	2	9	.182	7
12	Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1 2 Alaska wins tiebreaker against TNT via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 Barangay Ginebra wins tiebreaker against San Miguel and Magnolia by highest quotient. Barangay Ginebra is 1.07; San Miguel is 1.02; Magnolia is 0.92.
1 2 Columbian wins tiebreaker against Phoenix via head-to-head record.

Game log

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 4–7

April: 1–1

May : 2–2

June : 1–3

July : 0–1

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	t – Magnolia Hotshots	7	1	.875	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	t – Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	2	.778	0.5
3	Blackwater Elite	6	2	.750	1
4	Alaska Aces	5	2	.714	1.5
5	Phoenix Fuel Masters	6	3	.667	1.5	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	TNT KaTropa	4	4	.500	3
7	NLEX Road Warriors	4	5	.444	3.5
8	San Miguel Beermen	3	4	.429	3.5
9	NorthPort Batang Pier	2	6	.250	5
10	Meralco Bolts	2	6	.250	5
11	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	1	4	.200	4.5
12	e – Columbian Dyip	0	8	.000	7

Updated to match(es) played on October 14, 2018. Source: PBA.ph
e – Eliminated; t – Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated.

Game log

2018 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 6–3

August: 3–1

September: 2–1

October: 1–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
8	October 10	NLEX	W 123–97	Eugene Phelps (51)	Eugene Phelps (20)	Matthew Wright (7)	Cuneta Astrodome	6–2
9	October 12	San Miguel	L 100–117	Eugene Phelps (37)	Eugene Phelps (26)	Eugene Phelps (6)	Mall of Asia Arena	6–3

Transactions

Trades

Preseason

November
November 6, 2017^[2]	To Phoenix 2018 2nd Round Pick (from TNT)	To NLEX Michael Miranda
November 27, 2017^[3]	To Phoenix LA Revilla	To KIA Jason Grimaldo 2018 PBA Second Round draft pick (from TNT)

Commissioner's Cup

June
June 18, 2018^[4]	To Phoenix 2018 First Round Draft Pick	To Ginebra Jeff Chan

Governor's Cup

August
August 7, 2018 ^[5]	To Phoenix Calvin Abueva	To Alaska Karl Dehesa 2019 first round draft pick

Recruited imports

Conference	Name	Number	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	James White	33	April 25 (vs. Blackwater)	May 11 (vs. NLEX)	2–2
Commissioner's Cup	Eugene Phelps	14	May 20 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)		8–8
Governors' Cup	Eugene Phelps	14	May 20 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)		8–8

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Willy Wilson	Philippine Cup Player of the Week	January 29, 2018	^[6]

References

↑ San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017
↑ , pba.ph, November 6, 2017.
↑ , pba.ph, November 27, 2017.
↑ Leongson, Randolph B. (2018-06-18). "Ginebra adds firepower by acquiring Jeff Chan from Phoenix in trade for first-round draft pick | SPIN.PH". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
↑ "Alaska sends Abueva to Phoenix for Dehesha and 2019 first round pick". PBA.ph. 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
↑ "Willie Wilson goes 'perfect' against former team Ginebra". PBA.ph. January 29, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.

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[table_hth_MAG0.028212048592145-2] 1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Magnolia via head-to-head record.

[table_hth_BGSM0.028212048592145-3] 1 2 3 Barangay Ginebra wins tiebreaker against Rain or Shine and NLEX by highest quotient. Ginebra is 1.03; Rain or Shine is 1.02; NLEX is 0.95.

[table_hth_GP0.028212048592145-4] 1 2 3 4 GlobalPort wins tiebreaker against Phoenix, TNT and Blackwater by highest quotient. GlobalPort is 1.14; Phoenix is 1.00; TNT is 0.97; Blackwater is 0.89. TNT then won the seeding playoff for 8th seed against Phoenix.

[table_hth_ALA0.90696060606603-5] 1 2 Alaska wins tiebreaker against TNT via head-to-head record.

[table_hth_BGSM0.90696060606603-6] 1 2 3 Barangay Ginebra wins tiebreaker against San Miguel and Magnolia by highest quotient. Barangay Ginebra is 1.07; San Miguel is 1.02; Magnolia is 0.92.

[table_hth_COL0.90696060606603-7] 1 2 Columbian wins tiebreaker against Phoenix via head-to-head record.

[1] San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017

[8] , pba.ph, November 6, 2017.

[9] , pba.ph, November 27, 2017.

[10] Leongson, Randolph B. (2018-06-18). "Ginebra adds firepower by acquiring Jeff Chan from Phoenix in trade for first-round draft pick | SPIN.PH". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 2018-06-21.

[11] "Alaska sends Abueva to Phoenix for Dehesha and 2019 first round pick". PBA.ph. 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2018-09-07.

[12] "Willie Wilson goes 'perfect' against former team Ginebra". PBA.ph. January 29, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.

Phoenix Fuel Masters
Founded in 2016 Owned by Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc.
Franchise	Franchise All-time roster Draft history Seasons
Head coaches	Koy Banal Ariel Vanguardia Louie Alas
Seasons (3)	2015–16 2016–17 2017–18