2017–18 Magnolia Hotshots season

Magnolia Hotshots
2017–18 Magnolia Hotshots season
Head coach	Chito Victolero
Owner(s)	San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc. ; (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	8–3 ; (.727)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Runner-up (Lost to San Miguel, 1–4)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	6–5 ; (.545)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Alaska with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Governors' Cup results
Record	8–3 ; (.727)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Champions (Defeated Alaska, 4–2)
Magnolia Hotshots seasons

The 2017–18 Magnolia Hotshots season is the 30th 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	9	Lervin Flores	C	Philippines	Racal Tile Masters	Arellano
2	2	Joseph Gabayni	F/C	Philippines	Racal Tile Masters Team Batangas	Lyceum
2	4	Julian Sargent	G/F	United States	AMA Titans Marinerong Pilipino Skippers	La Salle
2	8	Gwyne Capacio	F	Philippines	Racal Tile Masters Wang's Couriers	Ateneo
3	8	Thomas Torres	G	Philippines	Racal Motors Flying V Thunder	La Salle

Roster

Magnolia Hotshots roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	2	Melton, Justin	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	163 lb (74 kg)	1987–04–07	Mount Olive
G	3	Lee, Paul	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1989–02–14	UE
F/C	4	Reavis, Rafi (C)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1977–07–26	Coppin State
G	6	Jalalon, Jio	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	1992–08–02	Arellano
G	8	Simon, Peter June	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1980–06–01	Mindanao
G/F	9	Herndon, Robbie	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1993–07–16	San Francisco State
F/C	10	Sangalang, Ian	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	1991–12–20	San Sebastian
G/F	12	Gamalinda, Riego	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	1986–05–25	San Beda
G/F	13	Mendoza, Gryann	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1990–09–09	Far Eastern
G	14	Barroca, Mark	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1986–04–25	Far Eastern
F	15	Pingris, Marc	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1981–10–16	PSBA
F	17	Ramos, Aldrech	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1988–04–03	Far Eastern
G/F	19	dela Rosa, Rome	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1990–12–11	San Beda
G	29	Abundo, Alvin	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	1992–10–29	Centro Escolar
F/C	32	Pascual, Kyle	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1990–04–13	San Beda
F/C	91	Brondial, Rodney	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1990–11–20	Adamson

Head coach

Chito Victolero

Assistant coach(es)

Jason Webb (1st Assistant)
Johnny Abarrientos
Mon Jose
Angelito Esguerra
Tony Boy Espinosa
Juno Sauler
Paul Sorongon

Team manager

Alvin Patrimonio

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
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:

Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95
Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.14, Phoenix 1.00, TNT 0.97, Blackwater 0.89; #8 seed playoff: TNT defeated Phoenix

Game log

2018 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 8–3

December: 1–1

January : 4–0

February : 3–2

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

2018 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Total: 6–6

Quarterfinals: 1–0

Semifinals: 4–2

Finals: 1–4

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
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:

Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT
Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92
Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

Game log

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 6–5

May: 3–1

June : 1–4

July : 2–0

Playoffs

Bracket

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
	(Best-of-3)			5	Barangay Ginebra	3
4	Meralco	0
5	Barangay Ginebra	2
							5	Barangay Ginebra	4
	(#2 twice-to-beat)						6	San Miguel	2
2	Alaska	89
7	Magnolia	78
				2	Alaska	1
	(Best-of-3)			6	San Miguel	3
3	TNT	0
6	San Miguel	2

Game log

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–1

Quarterfinals: 0–1

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	Phoenix Fuel Masters	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	1
3	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	1
4	Magnolia Hotshots	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	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[lower-alpha 2]	4
8	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 2]	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:

Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982
Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 NLEX

Game log

2018 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 8–3

August: 1–0

September : 3–1

October: 4–2

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals				Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
1	Barangay Ginebra	111
8	NLEX	75
				1	Barangay Ginebra	1
	(#4 twice-to-beat)			4	Magnolia	3
4	Magnolia	103
5	Blackwater	99
							4	Magnolia	4
	(#2 twice-to-beat)						3	Alaska	2
2	Phoenix	74	103
7	Meralco	90	108*
				7	Meralco	1
	(#3 twice-to-beat)			3	Alaska	3
3	Alaska	96
6	San Miguel	85

*Game went into overtime.

Game log

2018 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log
Total: 4–1

Quarterfinals: 1–0

Semifinals: 3–1

Finals: 4–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Location/Attendance	Series
1	December 5	Alaska	Mall of Asia Arena	–
2	December 7	Alaska	Smart Araneta Coliseum	–
3	December 9	Alaska	Ynares Center	–
4	December 12	Alaska	Smart Araneta Coliseum	–
5*	December 14	Alaska	Smart Araneta Coliseum	–
6*	December 16	Alaska		–
7*	December 19	Alaska		–

Transactions

Trades

Preseason

October
October 29, 2017[3]	To Magnolia Draft rights to Robert Herndon Draft rights to Gian Abrigo	To GlobalPort Draft rights to Lervin Flores Draft rights to Joseph Gabayni Draft rights to Julian Sargent

Recruited imports

Conference	Name	Number	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Vernon Macklin	22	May 6 (vs. Phoenix)	May 18 (vs. Meralco)	3–1
	Curtis Kelly	74	June 2 (vs. Rain or Shine)	June 6 (vs. Blackwater)	0–2
	Justin Jackson	5	June 10 (vs. Alaska)	June 17 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	1–2
	Wayne Chism	1	July 4 (vs. NLEX)	July 10 (vs. Alaska)	2–1
Governors' Cup	Romeo Travis	24	August 22 (vs. NLEX)		12–4

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Paul Lee	Philippine Cup Player of the Week	January 15, 2018	[4]
	Commissioner's Cup Player of the Week	May 21, 2018	[5]
	Governors' Cup Player of the Week	October 2, 2018	[6]
Jio Jalalon	Governors' Cup Player of the Week	October 15, 2018	[7]
Paul Lee	Governors' Cup Best Player of the Conference	December 12, 2018	[8]

References

San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017
"ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".
GlobalPort sends Herndon, Cahilig to Star for Flores, Sargent, Gabayni in trade of rookies, spin.ph, October 29, 2017.
"Explosive start earns Paul Lee first Player of the Week award". PBA.ph. January 15, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
"For providing spark to keep Hotshots' hot streak, Paul Lee named PBA Player of the Week". SPIN.ph. May 21, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
"Paul Lee takes charge for Magnolia".
"Magnolia's Jio Jalalon soars".
"Paul Lee bags first PBA Best Player award".

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[table_hth_MAG0.23537413554051-2] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia

[table_hth_BGSM0.23537413554051-3] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95

[table_hth_GP0.23537413554051-4] Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.14, Phoenix 1.00, TNT 0.97, Blackwater 0.89; #8 seed playoff: TNT defeated Phoenix

[table_hth_ALA0.89429477457623-6] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT

[table_hth_BGSM0.89429477457623-7] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92

[table_hth_COL0.89429477457623-8] Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

[table_hth_ALA0.87946246372511-9] Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982

[table_hth_MER0.87946246372511-10] Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 NLEX

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

[PBAquotient-5] "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".

[11] GlobalPort sends Herndon, Cahilig to Star for Flores, Sargent, Gabayni in trade of rookies, spin.ph, October 29, 2017.

[12] "Explosive start earns Paul Lee first Player of the Week award". PBA.ph. January 15, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2018.

[13] "For providing spark to keep Hotshots' hot streak, Paul Lee named PBA Player of the Week". SPIN.ph. May 21, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018.

[14] "Paul Lee takes charge for Magnolia".

[15] "Magnolia's Jio Jalalon soars".

[16] "Paul Lee bags first PBA Best Player award".