2015–16 Meralco Bolts season
The 2015–16 Meralco Bolts season is the 6th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
2015–16 Meralco Bolts season | |
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Head coach | Norman Black |
Owner(s) | Manila Electric Company (an MVP group subsidiary) |
Philippine Cup results | |
Record | 1–10 (.091) |
Place | 12th |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Commissioner's Cup results | |
Record | 8–3 (.727) |
Place | 2nd |
Playoff finish | Semifinals (Lost to Alaska, 2–3) |
Governors' Cup results | |
Record | 6–5 (.545) |
Place | 4th |
Playoff finish | Runners-up (Lost to Barangay Ginebra, 2-4) |
Meralco Bolts seasons | |
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 |
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1 | 4 | Chris Newsome | SF | ![]() |
Hapee Fresh Fighters | ADMU |
7 | Baser Amer | PG | ![]() |
San Beda | ||
3 | 29 | Joseph Sedurifa | SG | ![]() |
Café France Bakers | CEU |
Roster
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Philippine Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Alaska Aces | 9 | 2 | .818[lower-alpha 1] | — | Outright semifinals |
2 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818[lower-alpha 1] | — | |
3 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | |
5 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 7 | 4 | .636[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | |
6 | TNT Tropang Texters | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | |
7 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 6 | .455[lower-alpha 3] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Barako Bull Energy | 5 | 6 | .455[lower-alpha 3] | 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:
Notes:
- Alaska wins tiebreaker against San Miguel via head-to-head record.
- Ginebra wins tiebreaker against GlobalPort via head-to-head record.
- NLEX wins tiebreaker against Barako Bull via head-to-head record.
Commissioner's Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 3 | .727[lower-alpha 1] | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Meralco Bolts | 8 | 3 | .727[lower-alpha 1] | — | |
3 | Alaska Aces | 7 | 4 | .636[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | |
5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 7 | 4 | .636[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | |
6 | Tropang TNT | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | |
7 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 6 | .455[lower-alpha 3] | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Star Hotshots | 5 | 6 | .455[lower-alpha 3] | 3 | |
9 | Mahindra Enforcer | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | |
10 | Blackwater Elite | 3 | 8 | .273[lower-alpha 4] | 5 | |
11 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 3 | 8 | .273[lower-alpha 4] | 5 | |
12 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 3 | 8 | .273[lower-alpha 4] | 5 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
Notes:
- San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Meralco via head-to-head record.
- Alaska wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra and Rain or Shine via best head-to-head record. Alaska is 2–0; Barangay Ginebra is 1–1; Rain or Shine is 0–2.
- NLEX wins tiebreaker against Star via head-to-head record.
- Blackwater wins tiebreaker against Phoenix and GlobalPort by greatest quotient. Blackwater with 1.04; Phoenix with 0.99; GlobalPort with 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 | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | TNT KaTropa | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 3 | .727[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | |
3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | |
4 | Meralco Bolts | 6 | 5 | .545[lower-alpha 2] | 4 | |
5 | Mahindra Enforcer | 6 | 5 | .545[lower-alpha 2] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
6 | Alaska Aces | 6 | 5 | .545[lower-alpha 2] | 4 | |
7 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 6 | .455[lower-alpha 3] | 5 | |
8 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 5 | 6 | .455[lower-alpha 3] | 5 | |
9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 6 | .455[lower-alpha 3] | 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:
Notes:
- San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra via head-to-head record.
- Meralco wins tiebreaker against Mahindra and Alaska via best head-to-head record. Meralco is 2–0; Mahindra is 1–1; Alaska is 0–2. Meralco then won the seeding playoff for 4th seed against Mahindra.
- NLEX wins tiebreaker against Rain or Shine and Phoenix by highest quotient. NLEX is 1.04; Rain or Shine is 1.03; Phoenix is 0.93. Phoenix then won the seeding playoff for 8th seed against 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 |
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Commissioner's Cup | Arinze Onuaku[4] | February 10 (vs. Star) | May 4 (vs. Alaska) | 11–6 |
Governors' Cup | ![]() | July 15 (vs. Phoenix) | October 19 (vs. Ginebra) | 13–10 |
![]() | July 15 (vs. Phoenix) | August 10 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 3–2 |
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References
- Ganglani, Naveen (August 7, 2015). "Jimmy Alapag to come out of retirement, will join Meralco after trade". rappler.com. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
- NLEX gets Sean Anthony in three-team deal inquirer.net, October 7, 2015
- , pba.inquirer.net, March 18, 2016
- Arinze Onuaku replaces injured Malcolm Thomas in last-minute import change for Bolts, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, February 6, 2016
- Meralco signs former Barako Bull import Allen Durham Archived 2016-12-21 at the Wayback Machine Richard Dy, Fox Sports, June 7, 2016
- Meralco taps Iran’s Jamshidi as Asian import for Govs’ Cup Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine, interaktv.com, June 9, 2016
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