2015–16 Meralco Bolts season

Head coach

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
2014–15	2016–17

The 2015–16 Meralco Bolts season is the 6th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

August 23: The 2015 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Main article: 2015 PBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	4	Chris Newsome	SF	United States	Hapee Fresh Fighters	ADMU
1	7	Baser Amer	PG	Philippines	Hapee Fresh Fighters	San Beda
3	29	Joseph Sedurifa	SG	Philippines	Café France Bakers	CEU

Roster

Meralco Bolts roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	POB	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
5.5 !F/C	0	PHI !	Faundo, Bryan	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1984–02–18	Letran
1.5 !G	1	PHI !	Atkins, Simon (IN)	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988–07–19	De La Salle
1.5 !G	3	USA !	Alapag, Jimmy (C)	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	1977–12–30	Cal State San Bernardino
4.0 !F	7	USA !	Hodge, Clif	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1988–02–03	Reedley
1.5 !G	9	PHI !	Amer, Baser (R)	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1992–09–29	San Beda
1.5 !G	10	PHI !	Uyloan, Jonathan	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1983–11–26	Golden West
1.5 !G	11	USA !	Newsome, Chris (R)	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1990–06–25	Ateneo
1.5 !G	13	PHI !	Buenafe, Ryan	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1990–02–01	Ateneo
2.5 !G/F	15	PHI !	Sedurifa, Joseph (R / IN)	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1990–09–04	Centro Escolar
1.5 !G	17	PHI !	Caram, Anjo	7000170180000000000♠5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	159 lb (72 kg)	1991–01–14	San Beda
5.5 !F/C	18	PHI !	Chua, Justin	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1989–07–13	Ateneo
6.0 !C	19	PHI !	Al-Hussaini, Rabeh	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1988–08–11	Ateneo
2.5 !G/F	20	USA !	Dillinger, Jared	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1984–01–06	Hawaiʻi
5.5 !F/C	21	PHI !	Hugnatan, Reynel	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1978–11–03	Manila
4.0 !F	22	PHI !	Ferriols, John (IN)	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1974–09–09	USJ-R
4.0 !F	23	USA !	Nabong, Kelly	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	1988–11–17	SRJC
2.5 !G/F	24	PHI !	Guevarra, Rey	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1986–11–24	Letran
4.0 !F	25	PHI !	Bono, Ken (IN)	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	280 lb (127 kg)	1984–07–19	Adamson

Head coach

Norman Black

Assistant coach(es)

Ronnie Magsanoc (1st Assistant)
Luigi Trillo
Patrick Fran
Xavier Nunag
Gene Afable
Jamike Jarin

Team manager

Paolo Trillo

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	Alaska Aces	9	2	.818^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Outright semifinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Outright semifinals
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	Eliminated
12	Meralco Bolts	1	10	.091	8	Eliminated

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1 2 Alaska wins tiebreaker against San Miguel via head-to-head record.
1 2 Ginebra wins tiebreaker against GlobalPort via head-to-head record.
1 2 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Barako Bull via head-to-head record.

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
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]}	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
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	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Mahindra Enforcer	4	7	.364	4	Eliminated
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:

1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Meralco via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 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.
1 2 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Star via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 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
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	Eliminated
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:

1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 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.
1 2 3 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
Commissioner's Cup	Arinze Onuaku^[4]	February 10 (vs. Star)	May 4 (vs. Alaska)	11–6
Governors' Cup	Allen Durham^[5]	July 15 (vs. Phoenix)	October 19 (vs. Ginebra)	13–10
Governors' Cup	Mohammad Jamshidi*^[6]	July 15 (vs. Phoenix)	August 10 (vs. Rain or Shine)	3–2

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 Richard Dy, Fox Sports, June 7, 2016
↑ Meralco taps Iran’s Jamshidi as Asian import for Govs’ Cup, interaktv.com, June 9, 2016

Meralco Bolts

Founded in 2010 Owned by the Manila Electric Company

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Administration	Owner: Manuel V. Pangilinan Board Governor: Al Panlilio

Coaches	Gregorio Black

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