2023–24 San Miguel Beermen season

2023–24 San Miguel Beermen season
Head coach	Jorge Gallent
General Manager	Gee Abanilla Daniel Henares (assistant)
Owner(s)	San Miguel Brewery, Inc. (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	8–3 (72.7%)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Champions (Defeated Magnolia, 4–2)
Philippine Cup results
Record	10–1 (90.9%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Runner-up (lost to Meralco, 2–4)
San Miguel Beermen seasons

The 2023–24 San Miguel Beermen season was the 48th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

• September 17: The PBA Season 48 draft was held at the Market! Market! in Taguig.[1]

Draft picks

Main article: PBA Season 48 draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Place of birth	College
3	35	Troy Mallillin	F	Philippines	Ateneo
4	46	Jayson Apolonio	F	Philippines	Letran
5	57	Ichie Altamirano	G	Philippines	San Sebastian
6	64	John Gob	C/F	Philippines	UP Diliman
7	69	Jayvee dela Cruz	G	Philippines	UC
8	73	Jamel Ramos	G	USA	Reed HS
9	76	Kyt Jimenez	G	Saudi Arabia	Perpetual

Roster

2023–24 San Miguel Beermen roster

Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 0 Enciso, Simon 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1991–02–12 Notre Dame de Namur F 2 Trollano, Don 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1992–01–07 Adamson F/C 3 Tautuaa, Moala 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1989–04–30 Chadron State F 4 Mallillin, Troy (R) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Ateneo G 6 Ross, Chris (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1985–03–09 Marshall G 7 Romeo, Terrence 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 1992–03–16 Far Eastern G/F 13 Lassiter, Marcio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1987–05–16 Cal State Fullerton C 15 Fajardo, June Mar 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 268 lb (122 kg) 1989–11–17 Cebu G/F 21 Teng, Jeron 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1994–03–21 De La Salle G 39 Cruz, Jericho 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990–10–11 Adamson G 76 Jimenez, Kyt (R) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1997–03–21 UPHSD G/F 77 Perez, CJ 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1993–11–17 Lyceum F 87 Manuel, Vic 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 1987–06–18 PSBA F 91 Brondial, Rodney 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–11–20 Adamson	Head coach Jorge Gallent Assistant coach(es) Peter Martin (1st assistant) Ato Agustin Dayong Mendoza Biboy Ravanes Chris Ross Boyzie Zamar Leo Austria (consultant) Team manager Gee Abanilla Daniel Henares (assistant) 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

Preseason

PBA on Tour

Game log

2023 PBA on Tour game log Total: 3–8
May: 1–1 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 24 Phoenix Super LPG L 101–106 Terrence Romeo (27) Robbie Herndon (11) Terrence Romeo (7) Ynares Sports Arena 0–1 2 May 27 NorthPort W 87–75 Jericho Cruz (22) Rodney Brondial (21) Jericho Cruz (4) Caloocan Sports Complex 1–1
June: 1–4 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 June 4 Barangay Ginebra W 90–78 Terrence Romeo (21) Rodney Brondial (16) CJ Perez (4) Ynares Center 2–1 4 June 7 Rain or Shine L 98–100 Allyn Bulanadi (31) Rodney Brondial (18) Allyn Bulanadi (5) Ynares Sports Arena 2–2 5 June 10 Meralco L 89–92 Jericho Cruz (19) Rodney Brondial (9) Moala Tautuaa (7) Tiaong Convention Center 2–3 6 June 18 Converge L 111–113 (OT) Jericho Cruz (41) Brondial, Tautuaa (14) Moala Tautuaa (5) Ynares Sports Arena 2–4 7 June 28 NLEX L 94–102 Allyn Bulanadi (26) Rodney Brondial (24) Jayvee dela Cruz (5) Ynares Sports Arena 2–5
July: 1–3 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 8 July 2 Blackwater L 101–103 Allyn Bulanadi (26) Rodney Brondial (12) Apacible, Baclao, Cruz, Lee (4) Filoil EcoOil Centre 2–6 9 July 7 TNT W 111–74 Marvin Lee (22) Rodney Brondial (13) Allyn Bulanadi (4) Ynares Sports Arena 3–6 10 July 9 Magnolia L 65–94 Jericho Cruz (15) Rodney Brondial (11) Nonoy Baclao (5) Ynares Sports Arena 3–7 11 July 16 Terrafirma L 72–85 Brondial, Cruz (19) Rodney Brondial (17) Paolo Javelona (4) Filoil EcoOil Centre 3–8

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727[a]	1
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	3	.727[a]	1
4	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	8	3	.727[a]	1
5	Meralco Bolts	8	3	.727[a]	1	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	NorthPort Batang Pier	6	5	.545[b]	3
7	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	5	.545[b]	3
8	TNT Tropang Giga	5	6	.455	4
9	NLEX Road Warriors	4	7	.364	5
10	Terrafirma Dyip	2	9	.182	7
11	Blackwater Bossing	1	10	.091[c]	8
12	Converge FiberXers	1	10	.091[c]	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); if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.17, Barangay Ginebra 0.99, Phoenix Super LPG 0.98, Meralco 0.89
2. Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Rain or Shine
3. Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Converge

Game log

2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 8–3
November: 3–1 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 November 15 NLEX L 113–117 (OT) Terrence Romeo (28) June Mar Fajardo (16) Terrence Romeo (6) Ynares Center 0–1 2 November 19 Meralco W 93–83 Ivan Aska (27) June Mar Fajardo (15) Chris Ross (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–1 3 November 25 Converge W 105–96 Ivan Aska (27) Aska, Perez (11) CJ Perez (5) Tiaong Convention Center 2–1 4 November 29 Rain or Shine W 115–110 Ivan Aska (28) Aska, Perez (12) CJ Perez (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–1
December: 3–2 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 December 8 NorthPort L 101–115 Ivan Aska (26) Ivan Aska (8) Chris Ross (6) PhilSports Arena 3–2 6 December 10 Magnolia L 90–94 Ivan Aska (29) Aska, Lassiter (6) Perez, Ross (6) PhilSports Arena 3–3 7 December 15 Barangay Ginebra W 95–82 Chris Ross (22) Ivan Aska (8) Chris Ross (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–3 8 December 17 TNT W 98–93 Ivan Aska (25) Ivan Aska (9) Ivan Aska (4) Ynares Center 5–3 9 December 25 Phoenix Super LPG W 117–96 Bennie Boatwright (26) Bennie Boatwright (16) Terrence Romeo (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 6–3
January: 2–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 10 January 7 Terrafirma W 132–110 Bennie Boatwright (51) Bennie Boatwright (12) Chris Ross (10) Smart Araneta Coliseum 7–3 11 January 12 Blackwater W 125–117 Bennie Boatwright (44) Bennie Boatwright (12) Fajardo, Romeo (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 8–3

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals (best-of-5)					Finals (best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
	1	Magnolia		109
	8	TNT		94
							1	Magnolia	3
	(#4 twice-to-beat)
							4	Phoenix Super LPG	1
	4	Phoenix Super LPG	107	88
	5	Meralco	116***	84
												1	Magnolia	2
	(#2 twice-to-beat)
												2	San Miguel	4
	2	San Miguel		127
	7	Rain or Shine		122
							2	San Miguel	3
	(#3 twice-to-beat)
							3	Barangay Ginebra	0
	3	Barangay Ginebra		106
	6	NorthPort		93

*Game went into overtime

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2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 8–2
Quarterfinals: 1–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 January 19 Rain or Shine W 127–122 Bennie Boatwright (41) June Mar Fajardo (13) CJ Perez (7) PhilSports Arena 1–0
Semifinals: 3–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 January 24 Barangay Ginebra W 92–90 CJ Perez (26) Bennie Boatwright (12) Chris Ross (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0 2 January 26 Barangay Ginebra W 106–96 Bennie Boatwright (38) June Mar Fajardo (14) Chris Ross (5) SM Mall of Asia Arena 2–0 3 January 28 Barangay Ginebra W 94–91 Bennie Boatwright (26) Bennie Boatwright (13) CJ Perez (4) SM Mall of Asia Arena 15,126 3–0
Finals: 4–2 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 February 2 Magnolia W 103–95 Bennie Boatwright (28) Bennie Boatwright (16) Chris Ross (7) SM Mall of Asia Arena 1–0 2 February 4 Magnolia W 109–85 Bennie Boatwright (34) June Mar Fajardo (14) Boatwright, Ross (5) SM Mall of Asia Arena 2–0 3 February 7 Magnolia L 80–88 Bennie Boatwright (27) Boatwright, Fajardo (13) Ross, Teng 3 Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–1 4 February 9 Magnolia L 85–96 June Mar Fajardo (18) Bennie Boatwright (14) Jericho Cruz (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–2 5 February 11 Magnolia W 108–98 Jericho Cruz (30) June Mar Fajardo (15) CJ Perez (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–2 6 February 14 Magnolia W 104–102 CJ Perez (28) Bennie Boatwright (13) Bennie Boatwright (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–2

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636	3
3	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545[a]	4	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	TNT Tropang Giga	6	5	.545[a]	4
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	5	.545[a]	4
6	NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545[a]	4
7	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	6	5	.545[a]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Terrafirma Dyip	5	6	.455[b]	5
9	NorthPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455[b]	5
10	Blackwater Bossing	4	7	.364	6
11	Phoenix Fuel Masters	3	8	.273	7
12	Converge FiberXers	2	9	.182	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); if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss[3]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.06, TNT 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.01, NLEX 0.99, Magnolia 0.90
2. Terrafirma won the eighth seed playoff over NorthPort (104–96).

Game log

2024 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 10–1
March: 3–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 March 15 Rain or Shine W 109–97 Jericho Cruz (20) Rodney Brondial (11) Terrence Romeo (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0 2 March 17 TNT W 91–89 June Mar Fajardo (15) June Mar Fajardo (17) Terrence Romeo (4) Ynares Center 2–0 All-Star Break 3 March 31 Phoenix W 116–102 CJ Perez (32) June Mar Fajardo (12) Marcio Lassiter (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–0
April: 6–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 April 5 Barangay Ginebra W 95–92 CJ Perez (18) June Mar Fajardo (10) CJ Perez (10) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–0 5 April 10 Terrafirma W 113–110 CJ Perez (25) June Mar Fajardo (17) June Mar Fajardo (6) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 5–0 6 April 19 Converge W 112–103 CJ Perez (25) June Mar Fajardo (17) Chris Ross (4) PhilSports Arena 6–0 7 April 21 NorthPort W 120–100 CJ Perez (29) Fajardo, Perez (9) Terrence Romeo (7) PhilSports Arena 7–0 8 April 26 Magnolia W 98–91 CJ Perez (25) Fajardo, Tautuaa (7) June Mar Fajardo (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 8–0 9 April 28 NLEX W 120–103 CJ Perez (30) June Mar Fajardo (21) Chris Ross (4) PhilSports Arena 9–0
May: 1–1 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 10 May 1 Blackwater W 124–109 CJ Perez (26) June Mar Fajardo (16) CJ Perez (5) PhilSports Arena 10–0 11 May 4 Meralco L 92–95 June Mar Fajardo (23) June Mar Fajardo (19) June Mar Fajardo (4) Batangas City Sports Center 10–1

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals (best-of-7)					Finals (best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
	1	San Miguel	95	110
	8	Terrafirma	106	91
							1	San Miguel	4
	(best-of-3)
							5	Rain or Shine	0
	4	TNT		1
	5	Rain or Shine		2
												1	San Miguel	2
	(#2 twice-to-beat)
												3	Meralco	4
	2	Barangay Ginebra		99
	7	Magnolia		77
							2	Barangay Ginebra	3
	(best-of-3)
							3	Meralco	4
	3	Meralco		2
	6	NLEX		0

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2024 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log Total: 7–5
Quarterfinals: 1–1 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 11 Terrafirma L 95–106 June Mar Fajardo (21) June Mar Fajardo (16) Chris Ross (4) Rizal Memorial Coliseum 0–1 2 May 15 Terrafirma W 110–91 June Mar Fajardo (25) June Mar Fajardo (22) CJ Perez (8) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–1
Semifinals: 4–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 17 Rain or Shine W 101–98 June Mar Fajardo (23) Fajardo, Tautuaa (11) June Mar Fajardo (5) Mall of Asia Arena 1–0 2 May 19 Rain or Shine W 106–89 June Mar Fajardo (22) CJ Perez (11) Terrence Romeo (5) Mall of Asia Arena 2–0 3 May 22 Rain or Shine W 117–107 CJ Perez (23) CJ Perez (14) CJ Perez (5) Dasmariñas Arena 3–0 4 May 24 Rain or Shine W 107–100 CJ Perez (26) June Mar Fajardo (23) June Mar Fajardo (6) Mall of Asia Arena 4–0
Finals: 2–4 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 June 5 Meralco L 86–93 June Mar Fajardo (23) June Mar Fajardo (10) Chris Ross (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–1 2 June 7 Meralco W 95–94 CJ Perez (34) June Mar Fajardo (13) Chris Ross (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–1 3 June 9 Meralco L 89–93 Moala Tautuaa (19) June Mar Fajardo (15) Chris Ross (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–2 4 June 12 Meralco W 111–101 June Mar Fajardo (28) June Mar Fajardo (13) Perez, Ross (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–2 5 June 14 Meralco L 88–92 June Mar Fajardo (38) June Mar Fajardo (18) Moala Tautuaa (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–3 6 June 16 Meralco L 78–80 June Mar Fajardo (21) June Mar Fajardo (12) June Mar Fajardo (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–4

Transactions

Free agency

Signings

Player	Date signed	Contract amount	Contract length	Former team
Nonoy Baclao	July 17, 2023[4]	Not disclosed	Not disclosed	Meralco Bolts
Terrence Romeo	September 20, 2023[5]		2 years	Re-signed
Jeron Teng	October 18, 2023[6]			Converge FiberXers

Subtractions

Player	Number	Position	Reason	New team
Robbie Herndon[7]	11	Small forward / Shooting guard	End of contract	NLEX Road Warriors

Trades

Commissioner's Cup

December
December 11, 2023[8]
	To San Miguel Don Trollano	To NLEX Robert Bolick Kent Salado	To NorthPort Ben Adamos Allyn Bulanadi Jeepy Faundo Kris Rosales 2023 Blackwater second-round pick (from NLEX) 2025 San Miguel second-round pick

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Ivan Aska	November 15, 2023 (vs. NLEX)	December 17, 2023 (vs. TNT)	5–3
	Bennie Boatwright	December 25, 2023 (vs. Phoenix Super LPG)	February 14, 2024 (vs. Magnolia)	11–2

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date awarded
CJ Perez	2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup Best Player of the Conference	February 9, 2024[9]
	2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals Most Valuable Player	February 14, 2024[10]
June Mar Fajardo	2024 PBA Philippine Cup Best Player of the Conference	June 12, 2024[11]
	2023–24 PBA Most Valuable Player	August 18, 2024[12]
Honors
CJ Perez	2023–24 PBA Mythical First Team	August 18, 2024[12]
June Mar Fajardo	2023–24 PBA Mythical First Team
	2023–24 PBA All-Defensive Team

References

1. [1], PBA.ph, September 17, 2023
2. "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
3. "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
4. Ramos, Gerry. "Noy Baclao finds a new home at SMB after signing at end of PBA On Tour". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
5. Ramos, Gerry. "San Miguel gives fit-again Terrence Romeo contract extension". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
6. "Newlywed Jeron Teng moves to SMB on two-year contract". Spin.ph. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
7. Ramos, Gerry. "NLEX picks up Robbie Herndon after being left unsigned by San Miguel". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
8. "NorthPort deals Bolick to NLEX, Trollano to SMB". pba.ph. December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
9. "Perez bags first BPC award, Williams clinches ArenaPlus Best Import honor". PBA.ph. February 9, 2024. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
10. "Sweet steal, escape, triumph for Beermen". PBA.ph. February 14, 2024. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
11. "Fajardo extends record feat with another BPC award". PBA.ph. June 12, 2024. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
12. "Legend lives on as Fajardo wins record 8th MVP award". PBA.ph. August 18, 2024. Retrieved August 19, 2024.