2018 PBA All-Star Week

2018 PBA All-Star Week

Date	May 23–27, 2018
Venue	Davao Del Sur Coliseum, Digos Batangas City Coliseum, Batangas City University of San Agustin Gym, Iloilo City
Network	ESPN5

The 2018 PBA All-Star Week is the annual all-star week of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)'s 2017–18 season being held on May 23 to 27, 2018 on three different venues covering Luzon (Batangas), Visayas (Iloilo) and Mindanao (Davao).

Mindanao leg

All-Star Game

Roster

PBA Mindanao All-Stars Pos Player Team No. of selections Starters G Mark Barroca Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 6 G Peter June Simon Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 7 G Jio Jalalon Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 2 G Scottie Thompson Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 3 F Mac Belo Blackwater Elite 2 Reserves G Baser Amer Meralco Bolts 2 G/F Cyrus Baguio NLEX Road Warriors 11 C Sonny Thoss Alaska Aces 12 F/C Rafi Reavis Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 4 C John Paul Erram Blackwater Elite 1 G RR Garcia TNT KaTropa 3 G Carlo Lastimosa Columbian Dyip 3 Head coach: Tim Cone (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)

Smart PBA All-Stars Pos Player Team No. of selections Starters C June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 6 G/F Matthew Wright Phoenix Fuel Masters 2 G Jayson Castro^ST1 TNT KaTropa 6 G Kiefer Ravena^ST2 NLEX Road Warriors 1 F Calvin Abueva Alaska Aces 6 F Carl Bryan Cruz^DNP1 Alaska Aces 2 F/C Troy Rosario^DNP2 TNT KaTropa 3 Reserves G Terrence Romeo TNT KaTropa 3 F/C Japeth Aguilar Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 F/G Gabe Norwood Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 9 G/F Allein Maliksi Blackwater Elite 2 F/G Roger Pogoy^DNP3 TNT KaTropa 2 Head coach: Norman Black (Meralco Bolts)

• ^DNP1 Carl Bryan Cruz was unable to participate.
• ^ST1 Jayson Castro started in place of Carl Bryan Cruz.
• ^DNP2 Roger Pogoy was unable to participate.
• ^ST2 Kiefer Ravena started in place of Troy Rosario.
• ^DNP3 Troy Rosario was unable to participate.

Game

ESPN 5

May 23 8:00pm

Box score

PBA Mindanao All-Stars 144, Smart PBA All-Stars 130
Scoring by quarter: 32–28, 33–35, 39–36, 40–31
Pts: Amer 22 Rebs: Amer 7 Asts: Jalalon 9		Pts: Fajardo 34 Rebs: Fajardo 14 Asts: Romeo 10

Davao Del Sur Coliseum, Digos Referees: J. Mariano, N. Guevarra, M. Montoya, M. Flordeliza

• All-Star Mindanao Leg MVP: Baser Amer (PBA Mindanao)

Luzon leg

Obstacle Challenge

This edition was exclusively only for big men (power forwards and centers).

Contestants

Pos.	Player	Team	Height	Weight
F	Beau Belga	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6–6	235
C	John Paul Erram	Blackwater Elite	6–8	227
F	Gabby Espinas^[1]	San Miguel Beermen	6–4	208
F	Justin Chua	Phoenix Fuel Masters	6–6	232
F	Kelly Nabong	GlobalPort Batang Pier	6–6	227
C	Yousef Taha	TNT KaTropa	6–7	231
F	Russel Escoto	Columbian Dyip	6–6	210
C	Sonny Thoss	Alaska Aces	6–7	205
F	Aldrech Ramos	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	6–6	190
F	Ken Bono	Meralco Bolts	6–5	280
C	Asi Taulava	NLEX Road Warriors	6–9	245
F	Raymond Aguilar	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6–5	200

^ Gabby Espinas replaced Yancy de Ocampo, who was unable to participate.

	First Round					Semifinals
	Justin Chua (Phoenix)		O
	Russel Escoto (Columbian)		X
						Justin Chua (Phoenix)		X
						Beau Belga (Rain or Shine)		O
	Beau Belga (Rain or Shine)		O
	Sonny Thoss (Alaska)		X

	First Round					Semifinals
	John Paul Erram (Blackwater)		O
	Aldrech Ramos (Magnolia)		X
						John Paul Erram (Blackwater)		O
						Kelly Nabong (GlobalPort)		X
	Kelly Nabong (GlobalPort)		O
	Ken Bono (Meralco)		X

	First Round					Semifinals
	Gabby Espinas (San Miguel)		O
	Asi Taulava (NLEX)		X
						Gabby Espinas (San Miguel)		O
						Yousef Taha (TNT)		X
	Yousef Taha (TNT)		O
	Raymond Aguilar (Ginebra)		X

Final round

Pos.	Player	Team	Time
F	Beau Belga	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	21.7s
C	John Paul Erram	Blackwater Elite	29.6s
F	Gabby Espinas	San Miguel Beermen	30.5s

Three-Point Shootout

This year's shootout featured a new format. Each of the five racks now has two moneyballs, with the first and fifth balls being valued as two points. This was a departure from the previous years' feature of having an "all-moneyball rack". This also increased the maximum possible points to 35 from 34.

Contestants

Pos.	Player	Team	Height	Weight	First round	Final round
G	James Yap	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6–3	205	24	24
G	Stanley Pringle	GlobalPort Batang Pier	6–1	185	22	21
G	Terrence Romeo	TNT KaTropa	5–11	178	23	16
G	Ronald Tubid	Columbian Dyip	6–1	185	20	did not advance
G	Matthew Wright	Phoenix Fuel Masters	6–4	200	20
G	LA Tenorio	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5–8	150	19
G	Paul Lee	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	6–0	200	17
G	Marcio Lassiter	San Miguel Beermen	6–2	185	16
G	JVee Casio	Alaska Aces	5–10	175	15
F	KG Canaleta	Meralco Bolts	6–6	200	15
G	Larry Fonacier	NLEX Road Warriors	6–2	170	13
G	Allein Maliksi	Blackwater Elite	6–4	180	11

• Gold represent current champion.

Slam Dunk Contest

This year's contest only featured four judges instead of the traditional five.

Contestants

Pos.	Player	Team	Height	Weight	First round	Final round
G	Rey Guevarra	Phoenix Fuel Masters	6–3	190	75 (35+40)	115 (39+36+40)
G	Renz Palma	Blackwater Elite	6–0		77 (37+40)	114 (39+36+39)
G	Chris Newsome	Meralco Bolts	6–2	190	72 (34+38)	did not advance
F	Matt Ganuelas-Rosser	San Miguel Beermen	6–5	186	69 (37+32)
F	Lervin Flores	GlobalPort Batang Pier	6–5		59 (28+31)
F	Marion Magat	Alaska Aces	6–7	180	52 (25+27)

• Gold represent the current champion.

Shooting Stars Challenge

Team Name	Time
Team Paul Lee	38.8
Team Marcio Lassiter	1:01.4
Team LA Tenorio	2:00.0

All-Star Game

Roster

PBA Luzon All-Stars Pos Player Team No. of selections Starters F Calvin Abueva Alaska Aces 6 F/C Japeth Aguilar Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 G LA Tenorio Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 8 G Paul Lee Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 7 F Marc Pingris^INJ1 Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 14 G Jayson Castro^ST1 TNT KaTropa 6 Reserves G Stanley Pringle GlobalPort Batang Pier 4 G/F Matthew Wright Phoenix Fuel Masters 2 G/F Marcio Lassiter San Miguel Beermen 5 G Alex Cabagnot San Miguel Beermen 6 F Arwind Santos San Miguel Beermen 10 F/C Ian Sangalang^INJ2 Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 1 F/C Raymond Almazan Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 2 Head coach: Leo Austria (San Miguel Beermen)

Smart PBA All-Stars Pos Player Team No. of selections Starters C June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 6 G/F Allein Maliksi Blackwater Elite 2 G Terrence Romeo TNT KaTropa 3 F/C Troy Rosario TNT KaTropa 3 F/C Roger Pogoy TNT KaTropa 2 Reserves F Carl Bryan Cruz^DNP1 Alaska Aces 2 F Mac Belo Blackwater Elite 2 F/G Gabe Norwood Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 9 G Jio Jalalon Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 2 G Kiefer Ravena^DNP2 NLEX Road Warriors 1 Head coach: Yeng Guiao (NLEX Road Warriors)

• ^INJ1 Marc Pingris was unable to participate due to an ACL injury.
• ^ST1 Jayson Castro started in place of Marc Pingris.
• ^INJ2 Ian Sangalang was unable to participate due to a wrist injury.
• ^DNP1 Carl Bryan Cruz was unable to participate.
• ^DNP2 Kiefer Ravena was unable to participate.

Game

ESPN 5

May 25 8:00pm

Box score

PBA Luzon All-Stars 149, Smart PBA All-Stars 152
Scoring by quarter: 38–47, 32–39, 36–35, 43–31
Pts: Aguilar 43 Rebs: Abueva 16 Asts: Castro 8		Pts: Romeo 48 Rebs: Fajardo 14 Asts: Romeo 11

Batangas City Coliseum, Batangas City Referees: P. Balao, E. Tangkion, R. Gruta, R. Yante, J. Nicandro

• All-Star Luzon Leg MVP: Terrence Romeo (Smart PBA)

Visayas leg

Shooting Stars Challenge

Team Name	Time
Team Emman Monfort	1:42
Team Jericho Cruz	1:55
Team Ronald Tubid	2:00

All-Star Game

Roster

PBA Visayas All-Stars Pos Player Team No. of selections Starters C Greg Slaughter Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 4 C June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 6 G James Yap Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 15 G Terrence Romeo TNT KaTropa 3 G Kiefer Ravena^DNP1 NLEX Road Warriors 1 G Chris Ross^ST1 San Miguel Beermen 4 Reserves F Joe Devance^INJ2 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 G/F Ronald Tubid^REP2 Columbian Dyip 9 G Emman Monfort NLEX Road Warriors 1 F/C Asi Taulava NLEX Road Warriors 16 G/F Jeff Chan Phoenix Fuel Masters 6 F/C J. R. Quiñahan NLEX Road Warriors 4 G Jericho Cruz TNT KaTropa 4 Head coach: Chito Victolero (Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok)

Smart PBA All-Stars Pos Player Team No. of selections Starters F/C Japeth Aguilar Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 F Calvin Abueva Alaska Aces 6 F Troy Rosario TNT KaTropa 3 G/F Matthew Wright Phoenix Fuel Masters 2 G Jio Jalalon Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 2 Reserves F Carl Bryan Cruz^DNP3 Alaska Aces 2 F Mac Belo Blackwater Elite 2 G/F Gabe Norwood Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 9 G/F Roger Pogoy TNT KaTropa 2 G/F Allein Maliksi^DNP4 Blackwater Elite 2 G Jayson Castro TNT KaTropa 6 Head coach: Nash Racela (TNT KaTropa)

• ^DNP1 Kiefer Ravena was unable to participate.
• ^ST1 Chris Ross started in place of Kiefer Ravena.
• ^INJ2 Joe Devance was unable to participate due to a knee injury.
• ^REP2 Ronald Tubid played in place of Joe Devance.
• ^DNP3 Carl Bryan Cruz was unable to participate.
• ^DNP4 Allein Maliksi was unable to participate due to an injury.

Game

ESPN 5

May 27 7:40pm

Box score

PBA Visayas All-Stars 157, Smart PBA All-Stars 141
Scoring by quarter: 33–36, 47–37, 35–30, 42–38
Pts: Chan 29 Rebs: Fajardo 18 Asts: Cruz 11		Pts: Abueva 41 Rebs: Abueva 27 Asts: Rosario, Wright 7

University of San Agustin Gym, Iloilo City Referees: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, J. Narandan, M. Orioste

• All-Star Visayas Leg MVP: Jeff Chan (PBA Visayas)

Logo making contest

The league launched a logo-making contest for the All-Star week on February 23, 2018. The winner of the contest will win an all-expense-paid trip for two to one of the All-Star week legs (Davao, Batangas or Iloilo).[1]

On March 15, an entry by John Paul Limos was selected as the winner of the contest by a selection committee composed of Commissioner Willie Marcial, PBA Press Corps president Gerry Ramos and Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok team manager Alvin Patrimonio.[2] The winning entry however got disqualified the following day since the logo had a very similar look from the logo used by PlayPark All-Stars (an e-sports tournament).[3]

On March 19, a new logo, designed by Jerome Allan Moreno was selected as the winner of the logo making contest.[4]

See also

• 2017–18 PBA season
• Philippine Basketball Association
• Philippine Basketball Association All-Star Weekend

References

1. PBA launches sketch the All-Star 2018 logo contest, PBA.ph, February 23, 2018
2. LOOK: PBA 2018 All-Star Games logo, ABS-CBN Sports, March 15, 2018
3. Oops: PBA pulls out winning All-Star logo after similar design surfaces, ABS-CBN Sports, March 16, 2018
4. PBA All Star 2018 logo has a retro touch, PBA.ph, March 19, 2018