2015–16 Meralco Bolts season

2015–16 Meralco Bolts season
2015–16 Meralco Bolts season
Head coach	Norman Black
General Manager	Paolo Trillo
Owner(s)	Manila Electric Company ; (an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	1–10 ; (9.1%)
Place	12th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	8–3 ; (72.7%)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Semifinals ; (lost to Alaska, 2–3)
Governors' Cup results
Record	6–5 ; (54.5%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Runners-up ; (lost to Barangay Ginebra, 2–4)
Meralco Bolts seasons
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Meralco Bolts season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

August 23: The 2015 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	4	Chris Newsome	SG/SF	United States	Hapee Fresh Fighters	ADMU
1	7	Baser Amer	PG	Philippines	Hapee Fresh Fighters	San Beda
3	29	Joseph Sedurifa	SG	Philippines	Café France Bakers	CEU

Roster

2015–16 Meralco Bolts roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
F/C	0	Faundo, Bryan	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1984–02–18	Letran
G	1	Atkins, Simon (IN)	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988–07–19	De La Salle
G	3	Alapag, Jimmy (C)	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	1977–12–30	Cal State San Bernardino
F	7	Hodge, Cliff	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1988–02–03	Reedley
G	9	Amer, Baser (R)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1992–09–29	San Beda
G	10	Uyloan, Jonathan	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1983–11–26	Golden West
G	11	Newsome, Chris (R)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1990–06–25	Ateneo
G	13	Buenafe, Ryan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1990–02–01	Ateneo
G/F	15	Sedurifa, Joseph (R / IN)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1990–09–04	Centro Escolar
G	17	Caram, Anjo	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	159 lb (72 kg)	1991–01–14	San Beda
F/C	18	Chua, Justin	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1989–07–13	Ateneo
C	19	Al-Hussaini, Rabeh	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1988–08–11	Ateneo
G/F	20	Dillinger, Jared	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1984–01–06	Hawaiʻi
F/C	21	Hugnatan, Reynel	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1978–11–03	Manila
F	22	Ferriols, John (IN)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1974–09–09	USJ–R
F	23	Nabong, Kelly	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	1988–11–17	SRJC
G/F	24	Guevarra, Rey	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1986–11–24	Letran
F	25	Bono, Ken (IN)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	280 lb (127 kg)	1984–07–19	Adamson

Head coach

Norman Black

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Paolo Trillo

Legend

(C) Team captain
(CI) Commissioner's Cup Import
(GI) Governors' Cup Import
(EI) EASL Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Advance to semifinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Advance to semifinals
3	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636^[b]	2
5	GlobalPort Batang Pier	7	4	.636^[b]	2
6	TNT Tropang Texters	6	5	.545	3
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^[c]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455^[c]	4
9	Star Hotshots	4	7	.364	5
10	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	6
11	Mahindra Enforcer	2	9	.182	7
12	Meralco Bolts	1	10	.091	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 GlobalPort
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Barako Bull

Commissioner's 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	Meralco Bolts	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636^[b]	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636^[b]	1
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636^[b]	1
6	Tropang TNT	6	5	.545	2
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Star Hotshots	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Mahindra Enforcer	4	7	.364	4
10	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273^[d]	5
11	Phoenix Fuel Masters	3	8	.273^[d]	5
12	GlobalPort Batang Pier	3	8	.273^[d]	5

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Meralco
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.18, Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 0.84
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Star
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Blackwater 1.04, Phoenix 0.99, GlobalPort 0.98

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	San Miguel	99	103

8	Star	108	99
				1	San Miguel	1
(best-of-3)
				5	Rain or Shine	3
4	Barangay Ginebra		0

5	Rain or Shine		2
							5	Rain or Shine	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							3	Alaska	2
2	Meralco		104

7	NLEX		97
				2	Meralco	2
(best-of-3)
				3	Alaska	3
3	Alaska		2

6	TNT		1

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	TNT KaTropa	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^[a]	2
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	3	.727^[a]	2
4	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545^[b]	4
5	Mahindra Enforcer	6	5	.545^[b]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Alaska Aces	6	5	.545^[b]	4
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^[c]	5
8	Phoenix Fuel Masters	5	6	.455^[c]	5
9	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455^[c]	5
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364	6
11	Star Hotshots	2	9	.182	8
12	Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.04, Rain or Shine 1.03, Phoenix 0.93; eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 105–94 Rain or Shine

Bracket


Quarterfinals			Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)

(#1 twice to beat)

1	TNT	136

8	Phoenix	124
			1	TNT	1
(#4 twice to beat)
			4	Meralco	3
4	Meralco	105

5	Mahindra	82
						4	Meralco	2
(#2 twice to beat)
						3	Barangay Ginebra	4
2	San Miguel	114

7	NLEX	110
			2	San Miguel	2
(#3 twice to beat)
			3	Barangay Ginebra	3
3	Barangay Ginebra	109

6	Alaska	104

Transactions

Trades

Off-season

August 7, 2015^[1]	To Blackwater Mike Cortez James Sena (from Meralco)	To Meralco Jimmy Alapag (from Talk 'N Text via Blackwater)	To Talk 'N Text Larry Rodriguez (from Blackwater)
October 7, 2015^[2]	To Mahindra Juneric Baloria 2016 and 2017 second round picks (from NLEX)	To Meralco 2016 and 2017 second round picks (from Mahindra)	To NLEX Sean Anthony (from Meralco via Mahindra)

Commissioner's Cup

March 17, 2016 ^[3]

Waived

Gary David

Signings

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Arinze Onuaku^[4]	February 10 (vs. Star)	May 4 (vs. Alaska)	11–6
Governors' Cup	Allen Durham^[5]	July 15 (vs. Phoenix)	October 19 (vs. Ginebra)	13–10
Governors' Cup	Mohammad Jamshidi*^[6]	July 15 (vs. Phoenix)	August 10 (vs. Rain or Shine)	3–2