2017–18 Magnolia Hotshots season
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2017–18 Magnolia Hotshots season | |
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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 | |
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 |
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1 | 9 | Lervin Flores | C | ![]() |
Racal Tile Masters | Arellano |
2 | 2 | Joseph Gabayni | F/C | ![]() |
Racal Tile Masters Team Batangas |
Lyceum |
2 | 4 | Julian Sargent | G/F | ![]() |
AMA Titans Marinerong Pilipino Skippers |
La Salle |
2 | 8 | Gwyne Capacio | F | ![]() |
Racal Tile Masters Wang's Couriers |
Ateneo |
3 | 8 | Thomas Torres | G | ![]() |
Racal Motors Flying V Thunder |
La Salle |
Roster
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Philippine Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Magnolia Hotshots | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | |
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 | |
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:
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:
Game log
2018 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 8–3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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December: 1–1
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January: 4–0
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February: 3–2
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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 | |||||||||||
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6 | NLEX | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | Alaska | 0 | |||||||||||
6 | NLEX | 2 | |||||||||||
Game log
Commissioner's Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
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 | |
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:
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:
Game log
2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 6–5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May: 3–1
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June: 1–4
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July: 2–0
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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 | ||||||||||||
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5 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Meralco | 0 | ||||||||||||
5 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | ||||||||||||
5 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | ||||||||||||
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6 | San Miguel | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | Alaska | 89 | ||||||||||||
7 | Magnolia | 78 | ||||||||||||
2 | Alaska | 1 | ||||||||||||
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6 | San Miguel | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | TNT | 0 | ||||||||||||
6 | San Miguel | 2 | ||||||||||||
Game log
2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals: 0–1
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Governors' Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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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:
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:
Game log
2018 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 8–3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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August: 1–0
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September: 3–1
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October: 4–2
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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 | ||||||||||||
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4 | Magnolia | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Magnolia | 103 | ||||||||||||
5 | Blackwater | 99 | ||||||||||||
4 | Magnolia | 4 | ||||||||||||
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3 | Alaska | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | Phoenix | 74 | 103 | |||||||||||
7 | Meralco | 90 | 108* | |||||||||||
7 | Meralco | 1 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals: 1–0
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Semifinals: 3–1
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Finals: 4–2
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Transactions
Trades
Preseason
October | |||
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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 |
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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. |
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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
- ^ San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017
- ^ a b c "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".