2016–17 Star Hotshots season

The 2016–17 Star Hotshots season was the 29th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2016–17 Star Hotshots season
Head coach	Chito Victolero
Owner(s)	San Miguel-Pure Foods Co., Inc. (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	7–4 (.636)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Semifinalist (Lost to Barangay Ginebra, 3–4)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	9–2 (.818)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Semifinalist (Lost to San Miguel, 1–3)
Governors' Cup results
Record	7–4 (.636)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Semifinalist (Lost to Meralco, 0–3)
Star Hotshots seasons

Key dates

2016

• October 14: Star Hotshots head coach Jason Webb was appointed as team consultant. Chito Victolero took over as the Hotshots' head coach.[1]
• October 30: The 2016 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Main article: 2016 PBA draft

Special draft

Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
Jio Jalalon	G	Philippines	Caida Tile Masters	Arellano

Regular draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
2	5	Chris Javier	F	Philippines	Caida Tile Masters	UE

Roster

Star Hotshots roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 2 Melton, Justin 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 163 lb (74 kg) 1987–04–07 Mount Olive G 3 Lee, Paul 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1989–02–14 UE F/C 4 Reavis, Rafi (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1977–07–26 Coppin State G 6 Jalalon, Jio (R) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1992–08–02 Arellano G 8 Simon, Peter June 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1980–06–01 Mindanao F/C 10 Sangalang, Ian 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1991–12–20 San Sebastian G/F 12 Gamalinda, Riego 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 1986–05–25 San Beda G/F 13 Mendoza, Gryann 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990–09–09 Far Eastern G 14 Barroca, Mark 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986–04–25 Far Eastern F 15 Pingris, Marc 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1981–10–16 PSBA F 17 Ramos, Aldrech 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1988–04–03 Far Eastern G/F 19 dela Rosa, Rome 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1990–12–11 San Beda G 29 Abundo, Alvin (R) 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1992–10–29 Centro Escolar F/C 32 Pascual, Kyle 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–04–13 San Beda F/C 91 Brondial, Rodney 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–11–20 Adamson	Head coach Chito Victolero Assistant coach(es) Jason Webb (1st Assistant) Johnny Abarrientos Mon Jose Angelito Esguerra Tony Boy Espinosa Juno Sauler Team manager Alvin Patrimonio Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 1]	3
3	Star Hotshots	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 1]	3	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	TNT KaTropa	6	5	.545[lower-alpha 2]	4
5	GlobalPort Batang Pier	6	5	.545[lower-alpha 2]	4
6	Phoenix Fuel Masters	6	5	.545[lower-alpha 2]	4
7	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545[lower-alpha 2]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 3]	5
9	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 3]	5
10	Mahindra Floodbuster	3	8	.273[lower-alpha 4]	7
11	Meralco Bolts	3	8	.273[lower-alpha 4]	7
12	NLEX Road Warriors	2	9	.182	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Alaska wins tiebreaker against Star via head-to-head record.
2. TNT wins tiebreaker against GlobalPort, Phoenix and Barangay Ginebra by highest quotient. TNT is 1.09; GlobalPort is 1.00; Phoenix is 0.96; Barangay Ginebra is 0.94.
3. Rain or Shine wins tiebreaker against Blackwater by winning the seeding playoff for 8th seed.
4. Mahindra wins tiebreaker against Meralco via head-to-head record.

Game log

2017 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 7–4
November: 0–1 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 November 20 San Miguel L 88–96 Mark Barroca (13) Lee, Sangalang (10) Mark Barroca (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–1
December : 3–2 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 2 December 2 GlobalPort L 84–91 Marc Pingris (19) Marc Pingris (8) Jio Jalalon (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–2 3 December 7 NLEX W 99–75 Paul Lee (20) Marc Pingris (9) Paul Lee (7) Mall of Asia Arena 1–2 4 December 10 Phoenix W 123–79 Maliksi, Lee (18) Jalalon, Pingris (7) Jio Jalalon (7) Mall of Asia Arena 2–2 5 December 18 Rain or Shine W 99–91 Peter June Simon (16) Ian Sangalang (9) Jio Jalalon (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–2 6 December 25 Barangay Ginebra L 79–86 Paul Lee (20) Marc Pingris (16) Jio Jalalon (5) Philippine Arena 3–3
January : 3–1 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 7 January 11 Alaska L 90–97 (OT) Allein Maliksi (15) Allein Maliksi (9) Paul Lee (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–4 8 January 15 TNT W 88–77 Ian Sangalang (14) Marc Pingris (8) Mark Barroca (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–4 9 January 25 Blackwater W 111–95 Allein Maliksi (26) Ian Sangalang (9) Jalalon, Paul Lee (4) Cuneta Astrodome 5–4 10 January 28 Meralco W 120–73 Allein Maliksi (25) Pingris, Sangalang (7) Paul Lee (5) Ynares Center 6–4
February : 1–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 11 February 1 Mahindra W 124–87 Allein Maliksi (33) Rafi Reavis (11) Jio Jalalon (6) Cuneta Astrodome 7–4
2016–17 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals (Best-of-7)					Finals (Best-of-7)
		(#1 twice-to-beat)
	1	San Miguel	98
	8	Rain or Shine	91
							1	San Miguel	4
		(Best-of-3)					4	TNT	3
	4	TNT	2
	5	GlobalPort	0
												1	San Miguel	4
		(#2 twice-to-beat)										7	Barangay Ginebra	1
	2	Alaska	81	97
	7	Barangay Ginebra	85	108
							7	Barangay Ginebra	4
		(Best-of-3)					3	Star	3
	3	Star	2
	6	Phoenix	0

Game log

2017 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log Total: 5–4
Quarterfinals: 2–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 February 4 Phoenix W 114–83 Paul Lee (22) Marc Pingris (14) Lee, Ramos (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0 2 February 6 Phoenix W 91–71 Paul Lee (17) Marc Pingris (9) Paul Lee (9) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–0
Semifinals: 3–4 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 February 9 Barangay Ginebra W 78–74 Paul Lee (18) Marc Pingris (12) Marc Pingris (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0 2 February 11 Barangay Ginebra W 91–89 Paul Lee (17) Marc Pingris (8) Jalalon, Pingris (5) Mall of Asia Arena 2–0 3 February 13 Barangay Ginebra L 62–73 Marc Pingris (12) Marc Pingris (18) Mark Barroca (4) Mall of Asia Arena 2–1 4 February 15 Barangay Ginebra L 86–93 Allein Maliksi (18) Marc Pingris (13) Lee, Pingris (2) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–2 5 February 17 Barangay Ginebra W 89–80 Rafi Reavis (17) Rafi Reavis (13) Mark Barroca (7) Mall of Asia Arena 3–2 6 February 19 Barangay Ginebra L 67–91 Marc Pingris (14) Marc Pingris (10) Mark Barroca (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum `18,642 3–3 7 February 21 Barangay Ginebra L 76–89 Allein Maliksi (22) Pingris, Ramos (8) Marc Pingris (6) Mall of Asia Arena 20,221 3–4
2016–17 schedule

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	9	2	.818[lower-alpha 1]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818[lower-alpha 1]	—
3	Star Hotshots	9	2	.818[lower-alpha 1]	—	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727	1
5	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636	2
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455	4
7	Phoenix Fuel Masters	4	7	.364[lower-alpha 2]	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364[lower-alpha 2]	5
9	Alaska Aces	4	7	.364[lower-alpha 2]	5
10	Mahindra Floodbuster	3	8	.273	6
11	Blackwater Elite	2	9	.182[lower-alpha 3]	7
12	NLEX Road Warriors	2	9	.182[lower-alpha 3]	7

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Barangay Ginebra wins tiebreaker against San Miguel and Star via best head-to-head record. Barangay Ginebra is 2–0; San Miguel is 1–1; Star is 0–2.
2. Phoenix wins tiebreaker against Alaska and Globalport via best head-to-head record. Phoenix is 2–0; Alaska is 1–1; GlobalPort is 0–2. GlobalPort then won the seeding playoff for 8th seed against Alaska.
3. Blackwater wins tiebreaker against NLEX via head-to-head record.

Game log

2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 9–2
March: 3–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 March 22 Phoenix W 101–82 Tony Mitchell (24) Tony Mitchell (16) Jio Jalalon (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0 2 March 25 GlobalPort W 103–77 Tony Mitchell (22) Tony Mitchell (17) Paul Lee (6) Mindanao Civic Center 2–0 3 March 29 NLEX W 105–103 Allein Maliksi (24) Tony Mitchell (15) Jalalon, Lee (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–0
April : 2–2 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 4 April 5 Mahindra W 97–83 Tony Mitchell (19) Tony Mitchell (14) Paul Lee (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–0 5 April 9 Barangay Ginebra L 98–113 Tony Mitchell (22) Tony Mitchell (9) Jio Jalalon (6) Mall of Asia Arena 4–1 6 April 16 San Miguel L 97–103 Tony Mitchell (22) Rafi Reavis (13) Jio Jalalon (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–2 7 April 22 Blackwater W 96–90 Tony Mitchell (17) Tony Mitchell (15) Barroca, Lee (5) Mall of Asia Arena 5–2 All-Star Break
May : 4–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 8 May 6 Rain or Shine W 99–93 Paul Lee (23) Tony Mitchell (18) Mark Barroca (9) Batangas City Coliseum 6–2 9 May 10 TNT W 107–97 Ricardo Ratliffe (37) Ricardo Ratliffe (22) Barroca, Lee (5) Mall of Asia Arena 7–2 10 May 24 Meralco W 108–90 Ricardo Ratliffe (32) Ricardo Ratliffe (13) Justin Melton (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 8–2 11 May 31 Alaska W 102–98 (OT) Ricardo Ratliffe (35) Ricardo Ratliffe (28) Jio Jalalon (6) Cuneta Astrodome 9–2
2016–17 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals (Best-of-5)					Finals (Best-of-7)
		(#1 twice-to-beat)
	1	Barangay Ginebra	96
	8	GlobalPort	85
							1	Barangay Ginebra	1
		(Best-of-3)					4	TNT	3
	4	TNT	2
	5	Meralco	1
												4	TNT	2
		(#2 twice-to-beat)										2	San Miguel	4
	2	San Miguel	115
	7	Phoenix	96
							2	San Miguel	3
		(Best-of-3)					3	Star	1
	3	Star	2
	6	Rain or Shine	0

Game log

2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 3–3
Quarterfinals: 2–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 June 5 Rain or Shine W 118–82 Ricardo Ratliffe (29) Ricardo Ratliffe (8) Paul Lee (10) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0 2 June 7 Rain or Shine W 84–69 Ricardo Ratliffe (26) Ricardo Ratliffe (24) Ricardo Ratliffe (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–0
Semifinals: 1–3 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 June 10 San Miguel W 109–105 Maliksi, Ratliffe (26) Ricardo Ratliffe (21) Paul Lee (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0 2 June 12 San Miguel L 76–77 Ricardo Ratliffe (25) Ricardo Ratliffe (35) Melton, Ratliffe (3) Mall of Asia Arena 1–1 3 June 14 San Miguel L 110–111 Ricardo Ratliffe (44) Ricardo Ratliffe (19) Ricardo Ratliffe (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–2 4 June 16 San Miguel L 102–109 Ricardo Ratliffe (36) Ricardo Ratliffe (17) Mark Barroca (6) Mall of Asia Arena 1–3
2016–17 schedule

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Meralco Bolts	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	1
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	1
4	Star Hotshots	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 2]	2
5	NLEX Road Warriors	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 2]	2	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 2]	2
7	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 2]	2
8	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455	4
9	Alaska Aces	3	8	.273[lower-alpha 3]	6
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	3	8	.273[lower-alpha 3]	6
11	Phoenix Fuel Masters	2	9	.182	7
12	Kia Picanto	0	11	.000	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. TNT wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra via head-to-head record.
2. Star wins tiebreaker against NLEX, San Miguel and Rain or Shine by highest quotient. Star is 1.04; NLEX is 1.01; San Miguel is 0.99; Rain or Shine is 0.96.
3. Alaska wins tiebreaker against GlobalPort via head-to-head record.

Game log

2017 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 7–4
July: 2–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 July 23 Blackwater W 103–86 Peter June Simon (20) Cinmeon Bowers (8) Mark Barroca (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0 2 July 28 Alaska W 101–92 Malcolm Hill (28) Malcolm Hill (11) Paul Lee (5) Ynares Center 2–0
August : 2–1 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 3 August 4 San Miguel W 104–98 Malcolm Hill (20) Ian Sangalang (11) Mark Barroca (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–0 4 August 23 Phoenix W 100–81 Malcolm Hill (20) Hill, Ramos (8) three players (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–0 5 August 27 Rain or Shine L 88–92 Malcolm Hill (26) Malcolm Hill (20) three players (3) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–1
September: 3–3 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 6 September 3 Barangay Ginebra L 101–105 (OT) Malcolm Hill (28) Malcolm Hill (12) Mark Barroca (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–2 7 September 9 Meralco L 90–96 Malcolm Hill (28) Malcolm Hill (10) Jio Jalalon (7) Sta. Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex 4–3 8 September 15 GlobalPort W 109–83 Malcolm Hill (32) Malcolm Hill (12) Malcolm Hill (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 5–3 9 September 17 TNT L 99–104 Kristófer Acox (18) Kristófer Acox (18) Jio Jalalon (8) Ynares Center 5–4 10 September 22 Kia W 128–81 Kristófer Acox (19) Kristófer Acox (15) Jio Jalalon (7) Mall of Asia Arena 6–4 11 September 24 NLEX W 101–93 Peter June Simon (16) Kristófer Acox (10) Marc Pingris (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 7–4
2016–17 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals (Best-of-5)					Finals (Best-of-7)
		(#1 twice-to-beat)
	1	Meralco	91	104
	8	Blackwater	92	96
							1	Meralco	3
		(#4 twice-to-beat)					4	Star	0
	4	Star	89
	5	NLEX	77
												1	Meralco	3
		(#2 twice-to-beat)										3	Barangay Ginebra	4
	2	TNT	102	118
	7	Rain or Shine	106	114
							2	TNT	1
		(#3 twice-to-beat)					3	Barangay Ginebra	3
	3	Barangay Ginebra	104
	6	San Miguel	84

Game log

2017 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log Total: 1–3
Quarterfinals: 1–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 September 26 NLEX W 89–77 Kristófer Acox (21) Kristófer Acox (12) Marc Pingris (5) Mall of Asia Arena 1–0
Semifinals : 0–3 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 October 1 Meralco L 66–72 Jio Jalalon (15) Kristófer Acox (16) Jalalon, Pingris (3) Alonte Sports Arena 0–1 2 October 3 Meralco L 74–98 Mark Barroca (16) Kristófer Acox (12) Jio Jalalon (3) Sta. Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex 0–2 3 October 5 Meralco L 88–91 (OT) Mark Barroca (21) Mark Barroca (12) Mark Barroca (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–3
2016–17 schedule

Transactions

Trades

Off-Season

October 2016
October 13, 2016[2]	To Star Paul Lee	To Rain or Shine James Yap

November 2016
November 3, 2016[3]	To Star Aldrech Ramos (from Mahindra) 2017 2nd round pick (from NLEX via Mahindra)	To San Miguel RR Garcia (from Star) Keith Agovida (from Mahindra)	To Mahindra Ryan Araña (from San Miguel) Alex Mallari (from Star) 2018 first round pick (from San Miguel)

Philippine Cup

December 2016
December 9, 2016[4]	To Star Rome dela Rosa	To Alaska Jake Pascual

Recruited imports

Conference	Name	Country	Number	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Tony Mitchell		1	March 22 (vs. Phoenix)	May 6 (vs. Rain or Shine)	6–2
	Ricardo Ratliffe		20	May 10 (vs. TNT)	June 15 (vs. San Miguel)	6–3
Governors' Cup	Cinmeon Bowers		1	July 23 (vs. Blackwater)	July 23 (vs. Blackwater)	1–0
	Malcolm Hill		21	July 28 (vs. Alaska)	September 15 (vs. GlobalPort)	4–3
	Kristófer Acox		21	September 17 (vs. TNT)	October 5 (vs. Meralco)	3–4

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Paul Lee	Philippine Cup Player of the Week	December 12, 2016	[5]
Allein Maliksi		January 30, 2017	[6]
Paul Lee		February 6, 2017	[7]
Mark Barroca	Commissioner's Cup Player of the Week	March 27, 2017	[8]
Honors
Jio Jalalon	All-Defensive Team	October 20, 2017	[9]

References

1. Chito Victolero replaces Jason Webb, takes over as new Star head coach, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, October 14, 2016
2. Star trades James Yap to Rain or Shine for Paul Lee - report, rappler.com, October 13, 2016.
3. RR Garcia to SMB, Ramos to Star, Mallari, Arana to Mahindra in 3-team trade, spin.ph, November 3, 2016.
4. Star gets Rome Dela Rosa, trades Jake Pascual to Alaska, philstar.com, December 9, 2016.
5. "Player of the Week: Paul Lee shows all-around game for Star". Inquirer.net. December 12, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
6. "Player of the Week: Maliksi leads Star's playoff push". Inquirer.net. January 30, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
7. "Player of the Week: Healthy Lee leading Star in playoffs". Inquirer.net. February 6, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
8. "PBAPC picks Star's Mark Barroca as week's best". pba.ph. March 27, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
9. "Fajardo, Pogoy big winners at The Leos". PBA.ph. October 20, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2017.