2017–18 Blackwater Elite season

2017–18 Blackwater Elite season
2017–18 Blackwater Elite season
Head coach	Leo Isaac (fired on April 30); Bong Ramos
Owner(s)	Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	5–6 ; (45.5%)
Place	10th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	1–10 ; (9.1%)
Place	12th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record	7–4 ; (63.6%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Magnolia with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Blackwater Elite seasons
	← 2016–17 2019 →

The 2017–18 Blackwater Elite season was the fourth 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	3	Raymar Jose	F	Philippines	Cignal HD Hawkeyes	FEU
2	3	Emil Palma	G	Philippines	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	UE
3	3	Ebrahim Enguio Lopez	SG	Indonesia	Marinerong Pilipino Skippers	UE
4	3	Kyle Neypes	F	Philippines	BDO – NU JAM LinerRacal Tile Masters	NU
5	3	Jhon Sumido	G	Philippines	Cobra Iron Men Cebuana Lhuillier GemsMP Hotel Warriors	UE

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	0	Cortez, Mike (C)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1980–10–11	De La Salle
G	1	DiGregorio, Michael	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1990–12–12	McKendree
G	2	Banal, Raphael	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1992–10–28	Hope International
G	6	Sumang, Roi	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	1990–12–12	UE
C	7	Erram, John Paul	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	1989–07–07	Ateneo
G	8	Zamar, Paul (R)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	1987–10–20	UE
G	9	Cruz, Mark	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	1992–07–27	Letran
G	10	Pinto, John	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1990–10–15	Arellano
F	12	Belo, Mac	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1993–02–12	Far Eastern
F	15	Sena, James	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1988–08–31	José Rizal
G	16	Palma, Renz (R)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)		1993–01–03	UE
C	21	Al-Hussaini, Rabeh	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1988–08–11	Ateneo
G/F	22	Maliksi, Allein	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1987–09–18	UST
F	23	Jose, Raymar (R)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1992–08–06	Far Eastern
F/C	28	Javier, Chris	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1992–12–06	UE
F	41	Neypes, Kyle (R)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)			National-U

Head coach

Bong Ramos

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Joel Co

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

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Magnolia Hotshots	8	3	.727^[a]	—	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^[b]	2
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	5	.545^[b]	2
6	NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545^[b]	2
7	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	TNT KaTropa	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Phoenix Fuel Masters	5	6	.455^[c]	3
10	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455^[c]	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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	December 22	Meralco	L 98–103	Jose, Maliksi (16)	John Paul Erram (10)	Roi Sumang (3)	Cuneta Astrodome	0–1
2	December 29	Rain or Shine	W 92–87	Mac Belo (25)	John Paul Erram (14)	John Pinto (7)	Cuneta Astrodome	1–1

January: 1–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	January 12	Barangay Ginebra	W 94–77	Belo, Erram (22)	John Paul Erram (11)	Mike Cortez (4)	Mall of Asia Arena	2–1
4	January 17	TNT	L 83–92	John Paul Erram (20)	Mac Belo (13)	Belo, Cortez, DiGregorio (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–2
5	January 19	GlobalPort	L 76–101	Mac Belo (17)	Raymar Jose (12)	Raymar Jose (5)	Cuneta Astrodome	2–3
6	January 27	Alaska	L 84–88	Belo, DiGregorio (15)	John Paul Erram (21)	Roi Sumang (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–4

February: 3–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	February 2	Magnolia	L 72–78	Mac Belo (25)	John Paul Erram (13)	John Paul Erram (3)	Mall of Asia Arena	2–5
8	February 9	San Miguel	W 106–96	Michael DiGregorio (26)	John Paul Erram (18)	Allein Maliksi (8)	Cuneta Astrodome	3–5
9	February 16	Kia	W 95–76	Michael DiGregorio (21)	John Paul Erram (14)	John Pinto (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–5
10	February 18	NLEX	L 90–93	Michael DiGregorio (16)	John Paul Erram (17)	Belo, Cruz, Erram, Pinto (3)	Philippine Arena	4–6
11	February 21	Phoenix	W 83–78	Belo, DiGregorio, Jose (14)	John Paul Erram (19)	DiGregorio, Erram, Pinto (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–6

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^[a]	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727^[a]	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636	2
5	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^[b]	3
6	San Miguel Beermen	6	5	.545^[b]	3
7	Magnolia Hotshots	6	5	.545^[b]	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^[c]	5
10	Phoenix Fuel Masters	4	7	.364^[c]	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:

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

Game log

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 1–10

April: 0–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	April 22	Columbian	L 98–126	Jarrid Famous (35)	Jarrid Famous (22)	Roi Sumang (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1
2	April 25	Phoenix	L 102–107	Roi Sumang (20)	Jarrid Famous (16)	Roi Sumang (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–2
3	April 29	Alaska	L 74–93	Jarrid Famous (27)	Jarrid Famous (21)	Erram, Pinto, Sumang (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–3

May: 0–4

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	May 2	GlobalPort	L 106–117	Jarrid Famous (41)	Jarrid Famous (22)	Mac Belo (7)	Ynares Center	0–4
5	May 11	Barangay Ginebra	L 91–105	Jarrid Famous (25)	Jarrid Famous (17)	Roi Sumang (7)	Alonte Sports Arena	0–5
6	May 18	TNT	L 101–120	John Paul Erram (16)	Jarrid Famous (12)	Mike Cortez (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–6
All-Star Break
7	May 30	NLEX	L 89–93	Michael DiGregorio (25)	Henry Walker (15)	Allein Maliksi (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–7

June: 1–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
8	June 6	Magnolia	W 86–84	John Paul Erram (19)	John Paul Erram (15)	John Pinto (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–7
9	June 8	Rain or Shine	L 94–104	Allein Maliksi (23)	Maliksi, Sena (7)	Pinto, Zamar (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–8
10	June 15	Meralco	L 75–102	Henry Walker (14)	Henry Walker (13)	Henry Walker (6)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–9

July: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
11	July 4	San Miguel	L 106–115	Henry Walker (26)	Henry Walker (12)	John Pinto (8)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–10

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^[a]	1
3	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^[a]	1
4	Magnolia Hotshots	8	3	.727^[a]	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^[b]	4
8	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^[b]	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:

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

Game log

2018 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 7–4

August: 1–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	August 24	TNT	W 104–98 (OT)	Allein Maliksi (28)	Henry Walker (14)	John Pinto (4)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–0

September: 3–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	September 5	San Miguel	W 103–100	Henry Walker (35)	Henry Walker (17)	John Pinto (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–0
3	September 19	NorthPort	W 113–111	Henry Walker (24)	Henry Walker (15)	John Pinto (13)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–0
4	September 21	Barangay Ginebra	W 124–118 (OT)	Henry Walker (39)	John Paul Erram (11)	Henry Walker (9)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–0
5	September 26	NLEX	L 106–124	Roi Sumang (24)	Henry Walker (13)	Henry Walker (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–1

October: 3–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
6	October 5	Meralco	W 94–91	Henry Walker (24)	Henry Walker (14)	Pinto, Sumang, Walker (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–1
7	October 7	Rain or Shine	W 99–93	Michael DiGregorio (17)	Henry Walker (14)	Henry Walker (12)	Sta. Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex	6–1
8	October 10	Magnolia	L 99–133	Henry Walker (27)	Henry Walker (18)	John Pinto (7)	Cuneta Astrodome	6–2
9	October 21	Alaska	L 109–116	Henry Walker (29)	Henry Walker (11)	Henry Walker (11)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	6–3
10	October 27	Columbian	W 120–99	Henry Walker (26)	Henry Walker (11)	John Pinto (5)	Alonte Sports Arena	7–3

November: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
11	November 4	Phoenix	L 91–97	Henry Walker (21)	John Paul Erram (14)	John Pinto (10)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	7–4

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: 0–1

Quarterfinals: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	November 6	Magnolia	L 99–103	Henry Walker (18)	John Paul Erram (19)	Pinto, Walker (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1

Transactions

Free agents

Player	Contract length	Date signed	Former team
Mike Cortez^[3]	One-conference	December 4, 2017	GlobalPort Batang Pier
Paul Zamar^[4]	Not disclosed	May 2, 2018	Mono Vampire (ABL)

Trades

May
May 18, 2018^[5]	To Blackwater Rabeh Al-Hussaini	To Converge Dave Marcelo

Recruited imports

Conference	Name	Number	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Jarrid Famous	24	April 22 (vs. Columbian)	May 18 (vs. TNT)	0–6
Commissioner's Cup	Henry Walker	88	May 30 (vs. NLEX)	November 6 (vs. Magnolia)	8–9
Governors' Cup	Henry Walker	5	May 30 (vs. NLEX)	November 6 (vs. Magnolia)	8–9

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Paul Zamar	Governors' Cup Player of the Week	October 10, 2018	^[6]

References

^ San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".
^ Ramos, Gerry (December 4, 2017). "Mike Cortez returns to Blackwater as a free agent on one-conference contract". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
^ Leongson, Randolph B. (2018-05-02). "After ABL stint, Paul Zamar joins Blackwater". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
^ Giongco, Mark (May 18, 2018). "NLEX trades Al-Hussaini for Blackwater's Marcelo". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
^ "Paul Zamar shows 'em what he's got".

[table_hth_MAG0.38666657376414-2] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia

[table_hth_BGSM0.38666657376414-3] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95

[table_hth_GP0.38666657376414-4] Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.14, Phoenix 1.00, TNT 0.97, Blackwater 0.89; #8 seed playoff: TNT defeated Phoenix

[table_hth_ALA0.5962339451519-6] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT

[table_hth_BGSM0.5962339451519-7] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92

[table_hth_COL0.5962339451519-8] Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

[table_hth_ALA0.92384748855785-9] Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982

[table_hth_MER0.92384748855785-10] 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] Ramos, Gerry (December 4, 2017). "Mike Cortez returns to Blackwater as a free agent on one-conference contract". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2022-08-31.

[12] Leongson, Randolph B. (2018-05-02). "After ABL stint, Paul Zamar joins Blackwater". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2022-08-31.

[13] Giongco, Mark (May 18, 2018). "NLEX trades Al-Hussaini for Blackwater's Marcelo". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2022-08-31.

[14] "Paul Zamar shows 'em what he's got".

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2017–18 Blackwater Elite season
Head coach	Leo Isaac (fired on April 30) Bong Ramos
Owner(s)	Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	5–6 (45.5%)
Place	10th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	1–10 (9.1%)
Place	12th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record	7–4 (63.6%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Magnolia with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Blackwater Elite seasons
← 2016–17 2019 →