2019_Blackwater_Elite_season

2019 Blackwater Elite season

Basketball team season

The 2019 Blackwater Elite season was the fifth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

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2019 Blackwater Elite season
Head coach	Bong Ramos Aries Dimaunahan (starting April 4, 2019) Nash Racela (starting November 27, 2019)
Owner(s)	Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	2–9 (18.2%)
Place	12th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	7–4 (63.6%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Rain or Shine, 1–2)
Governors' Cup results
Record	2–9 (18.2%)
Place	12th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Blackwater Elite seasons
← 2017–18 2020 →

Draft picks

Main article: 2018 PBA draft

Roster

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Blackwater Elite roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	0	Cortez, Mike (C)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1980–10–11	De La Salle
G	1	Tolomia, Mike	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1993–01–06	Far Eastern
G	4	Alolino, Gelo	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1994–01–04	National-U
G	5	Dario, Diego	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	145 lb (66 kg)	1997–01–06	UP Diliman
G	6	Sumang, Roi	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	1990–12–12	UE
G/F	7	Trollano, Don	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1992–01–07	Adamson
F	9	Canaleta, KG	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1982–02–12	UE
F	12	Belo, Mac	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1993–02–12	Far Eastern
G	13	Heruela, Brian	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1989–04–13	Cebu
F/C	15	Sena, James	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1988–08–31	José Rizal
G	18	Desiderio, Paul	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	1997–02–02	UP Diliman
C	19	Al-Hussaini, Rabeh	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1988–08–11	Ateneo
F	21	Cruz, Carl Bryan	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1991–08–21	Far Eastern
F/C	28	Javier, Chris	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1992–12–06	UE
G/F	35	Salem, Matt	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)		1993–05–12	National-U
F	88	Eriobu, Joseph (IN)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1992–02–12	Mapúa
F	–	Semerad, Anthony	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1991–04–25	San Beda

Head coach

Nash Racela

Assistant coach(es)

Rommel Adducul (1st assistant)
Aries Dimaunahan
Bogs Adornado
Patrick Aquino
Junjie Ablan
Tylon Darjuan
Gilbert Lao

Team manager

Joel Co
Jacob Muñez (assistant)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie
(3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team

Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

More information Pos, W ...

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	TNT KaTropa	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2
5	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2
6	Magnolia Hotshots	6	5	.545	3
7	NorthPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Alaska Aces	4	7	.364^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	NLEX Road Warriors	4	7	.364^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5
10	Columbian Dyip	4	7	.364^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5
11	Meralco Bolts	3	8	.273	6
12	Blackwater Elite	2	9	.182	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^[1]
Notes:

Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.02, TNT 1.00, San Miguel 0.98
Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.19, Alaska 1.01, Columbian 0.84; 8th-seed playoff: Alaska defeated NLEX

Game log

More information 2019 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 2–9, Game ...

2019 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 2–9

January: 1–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	January 16	NorthPort	L 91–117	Abu Tratter (18)	Abu Tratter (9)	Belo, Sumang (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1
2	January 19	Meralco	L 94–99	Allein Maliksi (17)	Raymar Jose (10)	Roi Sumang (9)	Ynares Center	0–2
3	January 30	Rain or Shine	W 111–99	Michael DiGregorio (27)	Chris Javier (13)	Roi Sumang (8)	Cuneta Astrodome	1–2

February : 0–4

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	February 1	Phoenix	L 95–114	Abu Tratter (24)	Mac Belo (9)	Belo, Dario (4)	Ynares Center	1–3
5	February 6	San Miguel	L 79–93	Roi Sumang (17)	Maliksi, Tratter (12)	Roi Sumang (6)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–4
6	February 9	Barangay Ginebra	L 67–85	DiGregorio, Eriobu (14)	Eriobu, Javier (8)	Alolino, Belo, Desiderio, Sumang (3)	Davao del Sur Coliseum	1–5
7	February 13	Alaska	L 101–103	Allein Maliksi (25)	Jose, Maliksi (5)	Roi Sumang (5)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–6

March : 1–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
8	March 1	Columbian	W 106–100	Allein Maliksi (29)	Mac Belo (9)	Maliksi, Sumang (5)	Mall of Asia Arena	2–6
9	March 9	TNT	L 89–127	Michael DiGregorio (20)	Rabeh Al-Hussaini (6)	Maliksi, Sumang (4)	Ynares Center	2–7
10	March 17	NLEX	L 101–122	Allein Maliksi (20)	Abu Tratter (12)	Diego Dario (9)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–8
11	March 22	Magnolia	L 87–97	Belo, Maliksi (16)	Abu Tratter (9)	Banal, Dario (4)	Ynares Center	2–9

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

More information Pos, W ...

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	TNT KaTropa	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	NorthPort Batang Pier	9	2	.818	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Blackwater Elite	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3
5	Magnolia Hotshots	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5
7	San Miguel Beermen	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Alaska Aces	4	7	.364^{[lower-alpha 3]}	6	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Meralco Bolts	4	7	.364^{[lower-alpha 3]}	6
10	Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters	4	7	.364^{[lower-alpha 3]}	6
11	Columbian Dyip	3	8	.273^{[lower-alpha 4]}	7
12	NLEX Road Warriors	3	8	.273^{[lower-alpha 4]}	7

Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
Head-to-head quotient: Magnolia 1.19, Rain or Shine 1.01, San Miguel 0.83
Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.012, Meralco 1.011, Phoenix 0.977; 8th-seed playoff: Alaska defeated Meralco
Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 NLEX

Game log

More information 2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 7–4, Game ...

2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 7–4

May: 3–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 19	Meralco	W 94–91 (OT)	DiGregorio, Stepheson (21)	Alex Stepheson (31)	Roi Sumang (3)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–0
2	May 24	Barangay Ginebra	W 108–107 (OT)	Parks, Stepheson (28)	Alex Stepheson (25)	Roi Sumang (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–0
3	May 26	Columbian	W 118–110	Alex Stepheson (26)	Alex Stepheson (21)	Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–0
4	May 31	Phoenix	L 98–103	Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (25)	Alex Stepheson (18)	Mac Belo (4)	Mall of Asia Arena	3–1

June : 2–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	June 2	Rain or Shine	W 98–92	Allein Maliksi (19)	Alex Stepheson (20)	Roi Sumang (7)	Ynares Center	4–1
6	June 8	NLEX	W 132–106	Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (29)	Alex Stepheson (17)	Parks, Stepheson (5)	Ynares Center	5–1
7	June 14	San Miguel	L 106–127	Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (23)	Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (13)	Roi Sumang (5)	Mall of Asia Arena	5–2
8	June 22	NorthPort	L 99–127	Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (25)	Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (11)	Michael DiGregorio (10)	Cuneta Astrodome	5–3

July : 2–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
9	July 5	Magnolia	W 104–99 (OT)	Roi Sumang (19)	Staphon Blair (14)	Roi Sumang (6)	Mall of Asia Arena	6–3
10	July 7	TNT	L 97–115	Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (21)	Staphon Blair (16)	Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	6–4
11	July 14	Alaska	W 112–104	Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (25)	Blair, Parks (10)	Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	7–4

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	TNT	72	104

8	Alaska	108	93
				1	TNT	3
(Best-of-3)
				4	Barangay Ginebra	1
4	Barangay Ginebra		2

5	Magnolia		0
							1	TNT	2
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							7	San Miguel	4
2	NorthPort	84	88

7	San Miguel	98	90
				7	San Miguel	3
(Best-of-3)
				6	Rain or Shine	1
3	Blackwater		1

6	Rain or Shine		2

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Game log

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2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log
Total: 1–2

Quarterfinals: 1–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	July 20	Rain or Shine	L 80–83	Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (20)	Greg Smith (19)	Roi Sumang (7)	Mall of Asia Arena	0–1
2	July 23	Rain or Shine	W 100–96	Greg Smith (31)	Greg Smith (18)	Allein Maliksi (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–1
3	July 25	Rain or Shine	L 83–85	Belo, Parks (16)	Greg Smith (18)	Roi Sumang (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–2

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

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Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NLEX Road Warriors	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	Meralco Bolts	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—
3	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636	1
5	San Miguel Beermen	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	Magnolia Hotshots	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2
7	Alaska Aces	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3
8	NorthPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3
9	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	4	7	.364^{[lower-alpha 4]}	4
10	Columbian Dyip	4	7	.364^{[lower-alpha 4]}	4
11	Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters	3	8	.273	5
12	Blackwater Elite	2	9	.182	6

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:

Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.090, Meralco 0.959, TNT 0.958
Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 NorthPort
Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Columbian

Transactions

Free agency

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Player	Date signed	Contract amount	Contract length	Former team
Gelo Alolino	January 8, 2019^[4]	Not disclosed	1 year	Phoenix
Matt Salem	January 13, 2019^[5]	Not disclosed	1 year	Barangay Ginebra

Trades

Preseason

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December
December 19, 2018^[6]^[7]	To Blackwater Elite 2021 & 2022 second round picks	To San Miguel Paul Zamar

December 28, 2018^[8]

To Blackwater

Abu Tratter (from NLEX)
Paul Desiderio (from NLEX)
Alfrancis Tamsi (from TNT)
2022 second round pick (from TNT)

To NLEX

John Paul Erram (from Blackwater)
Philip Paredes (from TNT)

To TNT

Michael Miranda (from NLEX)
2022 second round pick (from San Miguel via Blackwater)

More information January ...

January
January 7, 2019^[9]	To Blackwater Elite John Pinto	To Phoenix Fuel Masters Joseph Eriobu

Governors' Cup

More information September ...

September
September 6, 2019^[10]	To Blackwater Elite Carl Bryan Cruz	To Meralco Bolts Abu Tratter

More information October ...

October
October 19, 2019^[11]	To Blackwater Elite Brian Heruela	To TNT KaTropa Mike DiGregorio

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November
November 3, 2019^[12]	To Blackwater Elite Don Trollano Anthony Semerad Season 47 draft pick	To TNT KaTropa Bobby Ray Parks Jr.

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December
December 19, 2019^[13]	To Blackwater Elite Mike Tolomia Niño Canaleta 2020 2nd round pick Season 48 2nd round pick	To Meralco Bolts Allein Maliksi Raymar Jose

References

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"ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".
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"ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".
[3]
"ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
[4]
Leongson, Randolph B. (January 8, 2019). "Gelo Alolino joins Blackwater after being released by Phoenix". Spin.ph. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
[5]
"Matt Salem explains why he declined Ginebra offer to join Blackwater". Spin.ph. January 12, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
[6]
Corp, ABS-CBN. "APPROVED: Beermen get Terrence Romeo, Paul Zamar, and Ronald Tubid in separate deals". ABS-CBN SPORTS. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
[7]
"SMB trades for Terrence Romeo, Tubid, Zamar get PBA approval". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
[8]
Dioquino, Delfin. "It's official: NLEX gets Erram in 3-team trade involving Desiderio, Tratter". Rappler. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
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Li, Matthew (January 7, 2019). "Phoenix sends Joseph Eriobu to Blackwater for John Pinto, releases Gelo Alolino". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
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Morales, Luisa (September 6, 2019). "Alaska ships Cruz to Blackwater for Tratter". Philstar.com. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
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Dioquino, Delfin (October 19, 2019). "TNT gets Digregorio, trades Heruela to Blackwater". RAPPLER. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
[12]
Ramos, Gerry (November 3, 2019). "Ray Parks now with TNT as PBA approves trade for Trollano, Semerad, draft pick". Spin.ph. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
[13]
Lozada, Bong (October 25, 2019). "Maliksi to Meralco trade approved; Blackwater gets Tolomia, Canaleta". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved August 31, 2022.

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