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2017–18 Blackwater Elite season
Head coachLeo Isaac (fired on April 30)
Bong Ramos
Owner(s)Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record5–6
(45.5%)
Place10th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record1–10
(9.1%)
Place12th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record7–4
(63.6%)
Place5th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist (lost to Magnolia with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Blackwater Elite seasons
← 2016–17
2019  →

The 2017–18 Blackwater Elite season was the fourth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

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2017

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  • October 29: The 2017 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.[1]

Draft picks

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Main article: 2017 PBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
1 3 Raymar Jose F  Philippines Cignal HD Hawkeyes FEU
2 3 Emil Palma G  Philippines Tanduay Light Rhum Masters UE
3 3 Ebrahim Enguio Lopez SG  Indonesia Marinerong Pilipino Skippers UE
4 3 Kyle Neypes F  Philippines BDO – NU

JAM Liner Racal Tile Masters

NU
5 3 Jhon Sumido G  Philippines Cobra Iron MenCebuana Lhuillier GemsMP Hotel Warriors UE

Roster

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2017–18 Blackwater Elite roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 0 United States Cortez, Mike (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1980–10–11 De La Salle
G 1 United States DiGregorio, Michael 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1990–12–12 McKendree
G 2 Philippines Banal, Raphael 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1992–10–28 Hope International
G 6 Philippines Sumang, Roi 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 1990–12–12 UE
C 7 Philippines Erram, John Paul 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1989–07–07 Ateneo
G 8 Philippines Zamar, Paul (R) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1987–10–20 UE
G 9 Philippines Cruz, Mark 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1992–07–27 Letran
G 10 Philippines Pinto, John 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1990–10–15 Arellano
F 12 Philippines Belo, Mac 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1993–02–12 Far Eastern
F 15 Philippines Sena, James 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1988–08–31 José Rizal
G 16 Philippines Palma, Renz (R) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 1993–01–03 UE
C 21 Philippines Al-Hussaini, Rabeh 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1988–08–11 Ateneo
G/F 22 Philippines Maliksi, Allein 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1987–09–18 UST
F 23 Philippines Jose, Raymar (R) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1992–08–06 Far Eastern
F/C 28 Philippines Javier, Chris 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1992–12–06 UE
F 41 Philippines Neypes, Kyle (R) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) National-U
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager


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 Injured

Philippine Cup

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Eliminations

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Standings

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Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 8 3 .727[a] — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 8 3 .727[a] —
3 Alaska Aces 7 4 .636 1 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 5 .545[b] 2
5 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 6 5 .545[b] 2
6 NLEX Road Warriors 6 5 .545[b] 2
7 GlobalPort Batang Pier 5 6 .455[c] 3 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 TNT KaTropa 5 6 .455[c] 3
9 Phoenix Fuel Masters 5 6 .455[c] 3
10 Blackwater Elite 5 6 .455[c] 3
11 Meralco Bolts 4 7 .364 4
12 Kia Picanto 1 10 .091 7
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. ^ a b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95
  3. ^ a b c d Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.14, Phoenix 1.00, TNT 0.97, Blackwater 0.89; #8 seed playoff: TNT defeated Phoenix

Game log

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2018 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 5–6
December: 1–1
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 December 22 Meralco L 98–103 Jose, Maliksi (16) John Paul Erram (10) Roi Sumang (3) Cuneta Astrodome 0–1
2 December 29 Rain or Shine W 92–87 Mac Belo (25) John Paul Erram (14) John Pinto (7) Cuneta Astrodome 1–1
January : 1–3
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
3 January 12 Barangay Ginebra W 94–77 Belo, Erram (22) John Paul Erram (11) Mike Cortez (4) Mall of Asia Arena 2–1
4 January 17 TNT L 83–92 John Paul Erram (20) Mac Belo (13) Belo, Cortez, DiGregorio (3) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–2
5 January 19 GlobalPort L 76–101 Mac Belo (17) Raymar Jose (12) Raymar Jose (5) Cuneta Astrodome 2–3
6 January 27 Alaska L 84–88 Belo, DiGregorio (15) John Paul Erram (21) Roi Sumang (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–4
February : 3–2
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
7 February 2 Magnolia L 72–78 Mac Belo (25) John Paul Erram (13) John Paul Erram (3) Mall of Asia Arena 2–5
8 February 9 San Miguel W 106–96 Michael DiGregorio (26) John Paul Erram (18) Allein Maliksi (8) Cuneta Astrodome 3–5
9 February 16 Kia W 95–76 Michael DiGregorio (21) John Paul Erram (14) John Pinto (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–5
10 February 18 NLEX L 90–93 Michael DiGregorio (16) John Paul Erram (17) Belo, Cruz, Erram, Pinto (3) Philippine Arena 4–6
11 February 21 Phoenix W 83–78 Belo, DiGregorio, Jose (14) John Paul Erram (19) DiGregorio, Erram, Pinto (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 5–6

Commissioner's Cup

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Eliminations

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Standings

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Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 9 2 .818 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Alaska Aces 8 3 .727[a] 1
3 TNT KaTropa 8 3 .727[a] 1 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Meralco Bolts 7 4 .636 2
5 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 5 .545[b] 3
6 San Miguel Beermen 6 5 .545[b] 3
7 Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 6 5 .545[b] 3 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 GlobalPort Batang Pier 5 6 .455 4
9 Columbian Dyip 4 7 .364[c] 5
10 Phoenix Fuel Masters 4 7 .364[c] 5
11 NLEX Road Warriors 2 9 .182 7
12 Blackwater Elite 1 10 .091 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); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

Game log

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2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 1–10
April: 0–3
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 April 22 Columbian L 98–126 Jarrid Famous (35) Jarrid Famous (22) Roi Sumang (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–1
2 April 25 Phoenix L 102–107 Roi Sumang (20) Jarrid Famous (16) Roi Sumang (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–2
3 April 29 Alaska L 74–93 Jarrid Famous (27) Jarrid Famous (21) Erram, Pinto, Sumang (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–3
May : 0–4
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
4 May 2 GlobalPort L 106–117 Jarrid Famous (41) Jarrid Famous (22) Mac Belo (7) Ynares Center 0–4
5 May 11 Barangay Ginebra L 91–105 Jarrid Famous (25) Jarrid Famous (17) Roi Sumang (7) Alonte Sports Arena 0–5
6 May 18 TNT L 101–120 John Paul Erram (16) Jarrid Famous (12) Mike Cortez (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–6
All-Star Break
7 May 30 NLEX L 89–93 Michael DiGregorio (25) Henry Walker (15) Allein Maliksi (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–7
June : 1–3
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
8 June 6 Magnolia W 86–84 John Paul Erram (19) John Paul Erram (15) John Pinto (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–7
9 June 8 Rain or Shine L 94–104 Allein Maliksi (23) Maliksi, Sena (7) Pinto, Zamar (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–8
10 June 15 Meralco L 75–102 Henry Walker (14) Henry Walker (13) Henry Walker (6) Mall of Asia Arena 1–9
July : 0–1
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
11 July 4 San Miguel L 106–115 Henry Walker (26) Henry Walker (12) John Pinto (8) Mall of Asia Arena 1–10

Governors' Cup

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Eliminations

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Standings

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Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 9 2 .818 — Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2 Phoenix Fuel Masters 8 3 .727[a] 1
3 Alaska Aces 8 3 .727[a] 1
4 Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 8 3 .727[a] 1
5 Blackwater Elite 7 4 .636 2 Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6 San Miguel Beermen 6 5 .545 3
7 Meralco Bolts 5 6 .455[b] 4
8 NLEX Road Warriors 5 6 .455[b] 4
9 TNT KaTropa 4 7 .364 5
10 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 3 8 .273 6
11 NorthPort Batang Pier 2 9 .182 7
12 Columbian Dyip 1 10 .091 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); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 NLEX

Game log

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2018 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 7–4
August: 1–0
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 August 24 TNT W 104–98 (OT) Allein Maliksi (28) Henry Walker (14) John Pinto (4) Mall of Asia Arena 1–0
September: 3–1
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
2 September 5 San Miguel W 103–100 Henry Walker (35) Henry Walker (17) John Pinto (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–0
3 September 19 NorthPort W 113–111 Henry Walker (24) Henry Walker (15) John Pinto (13) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–0
4 September 21 Barangay Ginebra W 124–118 (OT) Henry Walker (39) John Paul Erram (11) Henry Walker (9) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–0
5 September 26 NLEX L 106–124 Roi Sumang (24) Henry Walker (13) Henry Walker (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–1
October: 3–2
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
6 October 5 Meralco W 94–91 Henry Walker (24) Henry Walker (14) Pinto, Sumang, Walker (3) Smart Araneta Coliseum 5–1
7 October 7 Rain or Shine W 99–93 Michael DiGregorio (17) Henry Walker (14) Henry Walker (12) Sta. Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex 6–1
8 October 10 Magnolia L 99–133 Henry Walker (27) Henry Walker (18) John Pinto (7) Cuneta Astrodome 6–2
9 October 21 Alaska L 109–116 Henry Walker (29) Henry Walker (11) Henry Walker (11) Smart Araneta Coliseum 6–3
10 October 27 Columbian W 120–99 Henry Walker (26) Henry Walker (11) John Pinto (5) Alonte Sports Arena 7–3
November: 0–1
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
11 November 4 Phoenix L 91–97 Henry Walker (21) John Paul Erram (14) John Pinto (10) Smart Araneta Coliseum 7–4

Playoffs

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Bracket

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QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-5)		Finals
(best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1Barangay Ginebra111
8NLEX75
1Barangay Ginebra1
(#4 twice-to-beat)
4Magnolia3
4Magnolia103
5Blackwater99
4Magnolia4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
3Alaska2
2Phoenix74103
7Meralco90108*
7Meralco1
(#3 twice-to-beat)
3Alaska3
3Alaska96
6San Miguel85

*Game went into overtime.

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Game log

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2018 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–1
Quarterfinals: 0–1
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 November 6 Magnolia L 99–103 Henry Walker (18) John Paul Erram (19) Pinto, Walker (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–1

Transactions

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Free agents

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Player Contract length Date signed Former team
Mike Cortez[3] One-conference December 4, 2017 GlobalPort Batang Pier
Paul Zamar[4] Not disclosed May 2, 2018 Mono Vampire (ABL)

Trades

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May
May 18, 2018[5] To Blackwater
Rabeh Al-Hussaini 		To NLEX
Dave Marcelo

Recruited imports

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Conference Name Country Number Debuted Last game Record
Commissioner's Cup Jarrid Famous United States 24 April 22
(vs. Columbian)		 May 18
(vs. TNT)		 0–6
Henry Walker United States 88 May 30
(vs. NLEX)		 November 6
(vs. Magnolia)		 8–9
Governors' Cup 5


Awards

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Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Paul Zamar Governors' Cup Player of the Week October 10, 2018 [6]

References

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  1. ^ San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017
  2. ^ a b c "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".
  3. ^ Ramos, Gerry (December 4, 2017). "Mike Cortez returns to Blackwater as a free agent on one-conference contract". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  4. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (2018-05-02). "After ABL stint, Paul Zamar joins Blackwater". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  5. ^ Giongco, Mark (May 18, 2018). "NLEX trades Al-Hussaini for Blackwater's Marcelo". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  6. ^ "Paul Zamar shows 'em what he's got".
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