2017–18 Magnolia Hotshots season

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 (72.7%)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Runner-up (lost to San Miguel, 1–4)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	6–5 (54.5%)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Alaska with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Governors' Cup results
Record	8–3 (72.7%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Champions (Defeated Alaska, 4–2)
Magnolia Hotshots seasons
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The 2017–18 Magnolia Hotshots season was 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

Main article: 2017 PBA draft

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

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Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB 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 (3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team Injured Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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

2017–18 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 8–3
December: 1–1 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 20 Alaska W 108–95 Paul Lee (30) Ian Sangalang (10) three players (6) Filoil Flying V Centre 1–0 2 December 25 Barangay Ginebra L 78–89 Ian Sangalang (25) Ian Sangalang (11) Mark Barroca (9) Philippine Arena 22,531 1–1
January: 4–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 January 10 Kia W 124–77 Justin Melton (23) Ian Sangalang (9) Justin Melton (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–1 4 January 14 NLEX W 105–94 Paul Lee (21) Marc Pingris (15) Mark Barroca (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–1 5 January 20 Phoenix W 97–91 Paul Lee (20) Marc Pingris (17) Marc Pingris (4) Cuneta Astrodome 4–1 6 January 27 TNT W 91–83 Mark Barroca (20) Justin Melton (10) Barroca, Jalalon (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 5–1
February: 3–2 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 7 February 2 Blackwater W 78–72 Barroca, Ramos (14) Marc Pingris (12) Marc Pingris (8) Mall of Asia Arena 6–1 8 February 4 San Miguel L 76–77 Mark Barroca (21) Marc Pingris (14) three players (4) Ynares Center 6–2 9 February 10 Rain or Shine L 95–101 Aldrech Ramos (27) Rafi Reavis (11) Jio Jalalon (8) Calasiao Sports Complex 6–3 10 February 16 GlobalPort W 96–81 Rome dela Rosa (18) three players (6) Justin Melton (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 7–3 11 February 24 Meralco W 94–65 Paul Lee (21) Marc Pingris (10) Barroca, Pingris Xavier University Gym 8–3

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

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Game log

2017–18 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log Total: 6–6
Quarterfinals: 1–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 March 6 GlobalPort W 86–79 Mark Barroca (17) Paul Lee (13) Jio Jalalon (4) Mall of Asia Arena 1–0
Semifinals: 4–2 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 March 10 NLEX L 87–88 Ian Sangalang (21) Ian Sangalang (9) Jio Jalalon (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–1 2 March 12 NLEX W 99–84 Paul Lee (27) Ian Sangalang (8) Jio Jalalon (10) Mall of Asia Arena 1–1 3 March 14 NLEX W 106–99 Jio Jalalon (25) Rafi Reavis (10) Paul Lee (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–1 4 March 16 NLEX L 79–91 Ian Sangalang (15) Ian Sangalang (14) Mark Barroca (7) Mall of Asia Arena 2–2 5 March 18 NLEX W 87–78 Mark Barroca (18) Ian Sangalang (11) Ian Sangalang (6) Ynares Center 3–2 6 March 20 NLEX W 96–89 Ian Sangalang (15) Ian Sangalang (11) Jio Jalalon (13) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–2
Finals : 1–4 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 March 23 San Miguel W 105–103 Ian Sangalang (29) Reavis, Sangalang (9) Barroca, Lee (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0 2 March 25 San Miguel L 77–92 Mark Barroca (18) dela Rosa, Reavis 6 three players (3) Mall of Asia Arena 1–1 3 April 1 San Miguel L 87–111 Mark Barroca (22) Rafi Reavis (14) Paul Lee (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–2 4 April 4 San Miguel L 80–84 Ian Sangalang (22) Ian Sangalang (11) Paul Lee (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–3 5 April 6 San Miguel L 99–108 (2OT) Paul Lee (21) Rafi Reavis (12) Mark Barroca (8) Mall of Asia Arena 1–4

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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: 6–5
May: 3–1 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 6 Phoenix L 87–89 Vernon Macklin (25) Vernon Macklin (17) Jio Jalalon (7) Mall of Asia Arena 0–1 2 May 12 GlobalPort W 92–87 Ian Sangalang (22) Vernon Macklin (13) Mark Barroca (7) Angeles University Foundation Sports Arena 1–1 3 May 16 Columbian W 126–101 Vernon Macklin (19) Jio Jalalon (9) Paul Lee (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–1 4 May 18 Meralco W 81–79 Vernon Macklin (21) Vernon Macklin (15) Paul Lee (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–1 All-Star Break
June: 1–4 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 June 2 Rain or Shine L 96–99 (OT) dela Rosa, Kelly (19) Curtis Kelly (15) Jio Jalalon (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–2 6 June 6 Blackwater L 84–86 Mark Barroca (16) Curtis Kelly (9) Jio Jalalon (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–3 7 June 10 Alaska L 99–103 Jackson, Lee (21) Justin Jackson (13) Justin Jackson (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–4 8 June 13 TNT W 111–89 Paul Lee (25) Justin Jackson (19) Justin Jackson (7) Mall of Asia Arena 4–4 9 June 17 Barangay Ginebra L 84–104 Justin Jackson (21) Justin Jackson (15) Justin Jackson (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–5
July: 2–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 10 July 4 NLEX W 116–89 Wayne Chism (27) Wayne Chism (8) Jio Jalalon (8) Mall of Asia Arena 5–5 11 July 7 San Miguel W 101–97 Wayne Chism (21) Wayne Chism (14) Justin Melton (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 6–5

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

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2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 0–1
Quarterfinals: 0–1 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 July 10 Alaska L 78–89 Wayne Chism (20) Wayne Chism (15) Mark Barroca (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–1

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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: 1–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 August 22 NLEX W 102–72 Romeo Travis (21) Romeo Travis (13) Jio Jalalon (9) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0
September: 3–1 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 September 1 NorthPort W 104–87 Mark Barroca (20) Romeo Travis (22) Jio Jalalon (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–0 3 September 23 Phoenix L 82–95 Romeo Travis (28) Romeo Travis (19) Jio Jalalon (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–1 4 September 26 Rain or Shine W 92–76 Lee, Travis (28) Romeo Travis (16) Paul Lee (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–1 5 September 30 San Miguel W 109–108 Paul Lee (28) Romeo Travis (12) Jio Jalalon (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–1
October: 4–2 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 6 October 3 Columbian W 113–95 Romeo Travis (32) Romeo Travis (14) Jio Jalalon (9) Smart Araneta Coliseum 5–1 7 October 10 Blackwater W 133–99 Romeo Travis (22) Jalalon, Travis (12) Jio Jalalon (13) Cuneta Astrodome 6–1 8 October 14 Alaska W 83–73 Romeo Travis (19) Romeo Travis (17) Jio Jalalon (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 7–1 9 October 19 Meralco L 88–94 Romeo Travis (25) Romeo Travis (19) Jio Jalalon (6) Ynares Center 7–2 10 October 26 TNT W 116–103 Ian Sangalang (28) Romeo Travis (15) Paul Lee (8) Ynares Center 8–2 11 October 28 Barangay Ginebra L 86–93 Romeo Travis (30) Sangalang, Travis (7) Jio Jalalon (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 8–3

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

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2018 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log Total: 4–1
Quarterfinals: 1–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 November 6 Blackwater W 103–99 Paul Lee (22) Romeo Travis (10) Romeo Travis (12) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0
Semifinals: 3–1 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 November 10 Barangay Ginebra W 106–98 Romeo Travis (37) Romeo Travis (16) Romeo Travis (5) Ynares Center 1–0 2 November 12 Barangay Ginebra W 101–97 Romeo Travis (25) Romeo Travis (12) Barroca, Travis (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–0 3 November 14 Barangay Ginebra L 103–107 Mark Barroca (19) Ian Sangalang (11) Jio Jalalon (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–1 4 November 16 Barangay Ginebra W 112–108 Romeo Travis (50) Romeo Travis (13) Ian Sangalang (6) Ynares Center 3–1
Finals : 4–2 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists 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	Country	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		October 15, 2018	[7]
Paul Lee	Governors' Cup Best Player of the Conference	December 12, 2018	[8]

References

1. San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017
2. "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".
3. GlobalPort sends Herndon, Cahilig to Star for Flores, Sargent, Gabayni in trade of rookies, spin.ph, October 29, 2017.
4. "Explosive start earns Paul Lee first Player of the Week award". PBA.ph. January 15, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
5. "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.
6. "Paul Lee takes charge for Magnolia".
7. "Magnolia's Jio Jalalon soars".
8. "Paul Lee bags first PBA Best Player award". December 12, 2018.