2017–18 Phoenix Fuel Masters season

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

2017–18 Phoenix Fuel Masters season
Head coachLouie Alas
Owner(s)Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record5–6
(.455)
Place9th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record4–7
(.364)
Place10th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record8–3
(.727)
Place2nd
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist (lost to Meralco with twice-to-beat advantage)
Phoenix Fuel Masters seasons

Key dates

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

Draft picks
Main article: 2017 PBA draft
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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
G 1 Gamboa, Mike (R) 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1989–02–26 Philippines-Diliman
G 2 Revilla, LA (C) 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 146 lb (66 kg) 1989–11–30 De La Salle
F 3 Perkins, Jason (R) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1992–09–20 De La Salle
F 7 Intal, JC 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–11–18 Ateneo
F 8 Eriobu, Joseph 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1992–02–12 Mapúa
F/C 9 Chua, Justin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 232 lb (105 kg) 1989–07–13 Ateneo
G 14 Alolino, Gelo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1994–01–04 National-U
F/C 18 Kramer, Doug 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1983–07–10 Ateneo
G/F 20 Mendoza, Jaypee 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1990–11–09 San Beda
G/F 24 Guevarra, Rey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986–11–24 Letran
F 28 Wilson, Willy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1980–01–30 De La Salle
G 31 Jazul, RJ 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986–04–11 Letran
G/F 35 Wright, Matthew 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1992–02–07 St. Bonaventure
F 88 Abueva, Calvin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1988–02–04 San Sebastian
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager


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

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] —
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
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:
  1. Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
  2. Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95
  3. 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: 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
2018 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
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
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:
  1. Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT
  2. Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92
  3. Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

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

Game log
2018 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 8–3
August: 3–1
September: 2–1
October: 2–1
November: 1–0

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: 0–2
Quarterfinals: 0–2

Transactions

Trades

Preseason
November
November 6, 2017[3] To Phoenix
2018 2nd Round Pick (from TNT)		 To NLEX
Michael Miranda
November 27, 2017[4] To Phoenix
LA Revilla		 To KIA
Jason Grimaldo
2018 PBA Second Round draft pick (from TNT)

Commissioner's Cup
June
June 18, 2018[5] To Phoenix
2018 First Round Draft Pick		 To Ginebra
Jeff Chan

Governor's Cup
August
August 7, 2018 [6] To Phoenix
Calvin Abueva		 To Alaska
Karl Dehesa
2019 first round draft pick

Recruited imports
ConferenceNameCountryNumberDebutedLast gameRecord
Commissioner's CupJames White33April 25
(vs. Blackwater)		May 11
(vs. NLEX)		2–2
Eugene Phelps14May 20
(vs. Barangay Ginebra)		November 9
(vs. Meralco)		10–10
Governors' Cup

Awards
Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Willy Wilson Philippine Cup Player of the Week January 29, 2018 [7]

References
  1. San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017
  2. "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".
  3. , pba.ph, November 6, 2017.
  4. , pba.ph, November 27, 2017.
  5. 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.
  6. "Alaska sends Abueva to Phoenix for Dehesha and 2019 first round pick". PBA.ph. 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
  7. "Willie Wilson goes 'perfect' against former team Ginebra". PBA.ph. January 29, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
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