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2017–18 Phoenix Fuel Masters season

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Basketball team season

2017–18 Phoenix Fuel Masters season
Head coach	Louie Alas
Owner	Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	5–6 (45.5%)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	4–7 (36.4%)
Place	10th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record	8–3 (72.7%)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost toMeralco with twice-to-beat advantage)
Phoenix Fuel Masters seasons
← 2016–17 2019 →

The2017–18 Phoenix Fuel Masters season was the 3rd season of the franchise in thePhilippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

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2017

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October 29: The2017 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	4	Jason Perkins	Forward	United States	Caida Tile Masters	De La Salle
1	8	Sidney Onwubere	Forward	Philippines	Racal Tile Masters	Emilio Aguinaldo
2	9	Jayson Grimaldo	Forward	Philippines	Victoria Sports Stallions Racal Tile Masters	MLQU
2	11	Wilson Baltazar	Guard/forward	Philippines	Bread Story Smashing Bakers	Lyceum
3	4	Roldan Sara	Guard	Philippines	Team Batangas Racal Tile Masters	San Beda
4	4	John Carlo Casiño	Guard	Philippines	Cafe France Bakers CEU Scorpions	Centro Escolar

Roster

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2017–18 Phoenix Fuel Masters roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	1	Mike Gamboa (R)	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1989–02–26	UP Diliman
G	2	LA Revilla (C)	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	146 lb (66 kg)	1989–11–30	De La Salle
F	3	Jason Perkins (R)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1992–09–20	De La Salle
F	7	JC Intal	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1983–11–18	Ateneo
F	8	Joseph Eriobu	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1992–02–12	Mapúa
C	9	Justin Chua	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	1989–07–13	Ateneo
G	14	Gelo Alolino	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1994–01–04	National-U
F/C	18	Doug Kramer	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1983–07–10	Ateneo
F	20	Jaypee Mendoza	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	1990–11–09	San Beda
F	24	Rey Guevarra	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1986–11–24	Letran
F	28	Willy Wilson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1980–01–30	De La Salle
G	31	RJ Jazul	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1986–04–11	Letran
G/F	35	Matthew Wright	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1992–02–07	St. Bonaventure
F	88	Calvin Abueva	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	1988–02–04	San Sebastian

Head coach

Louie Alas

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Paolo Bugia

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

Philippine Cup

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Eliminations

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Standings

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Pos	Team v t e	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]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
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	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
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-headgoal average (quotient), if tied for 8th,one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4)coin toss^[2]
Notes:

^^a ^bHead-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
^^a ^b ^cHead-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95
^^a ^b ^c ^dHead-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.14, Phoenix 1.00, TNT 0.97, Blackwater 0.89; 8th seed playoff: TNT 118–97 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 17	San Miguel	L 96–104	Jeff Chan (18)	Doug Kramer (10)	Chan,Wright (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum 5,600	0–1
2	December 27	Kia	W 125–102	three players (15)	Kramer,Perkins (9)	Jason Perkins (6)	Ynares Center	1–1

January: 2–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	January 7	NLEX	W 102–95	Matthew Wright (19)	Doug Kramer (11)	Matthew Wright (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum 9,000	2–1
4	January 17	Rain or Shine	L 99–120	Perkins,Wright (17)	Matthew Wright (7)	LA Revilla (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–2
5	January 20	Magnolia	L 91–97	Gelo Alolino (19)	four players (6)	LA Revilla (5)	Cuneta Astrodome	2–3
6	January 26	Barangay Ginebra	W 87–82	three players (19)	LA Revilla (11)	Chan,Revilla (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–3
7	January 31	Alaska	L 75–93	Matthew Wright (16)	Matthew Wright (11)	Revilla,Wright (5)	Mall of Asia Arena	3–4

February: 1–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
8	February 7	TNT	W 74–72	Matthew Wright (16)	Jason Perkins (10)	Jeff Chan (6)	Mall of Asia Arena	4–4
9	February 14	Meralco	L 90–92	Willy Wilson (24)	Wilson,Wright (8)	Jeff Chan (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–5
10	February 21	Blackwater	L 78–83	Jason Perkins (17)	Doug Kramer (13)	Jeff Chan (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–6

March: 1–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
11	March 2	GlobalPort	W 104–100	Matthew Wright (32)	Jason Perkins (10)	RJ Jazul (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–6

Playoffs

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Bracket

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

(#1twice-to-beat)

1	San Miguel	106

8	TNT	93
			1	San Miguel	4
(Best-of-3)
			4	Barangay Ginebra	1
4	Barangay Ginebra	2

5	Rain or Shine	0
						1	San Miguel	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
						2	Magnolia	1
2	Magnolia	86

7	GlobalPort	79
			2	Magnolia	4
(Best-of-3)
			6	NLEX	2
3	Alaska	0

6	NLEX	2

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Game log

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2018 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–1

8th seed playoff: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	March 4	TNT	L 97–118	Matthew Wright (18)	Kramer,Perkins (11)	Matthew Wright (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1

Commissioner's Cup

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Eliminations

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Standings

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Pos	Team v t e	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	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
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	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
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

^^a ^bHead-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT
^^a ^b ^cHead-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92
^^a ^bHead-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

Game log

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2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 4–7

April: 1–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	April 25	Blackwater	W 107–102	James White (31)	James White (14)	Matthew Wright (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0
2	April 28	TNT	L 98–106	James White (32)	James White (11)	Matthew Wright (7)	Ynares Center	1–1

May: 2–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	May 6	Magnolia	W 89–87	White,Wright (19)	James White (17)	Matthew Wright (8)	Mall of Asia Arena	2–1
4	May 11	NLEX	L 115–120 (OT)	Matthew Wright (31)	Kramer,Perkins (12)	Jeff Chan (8)	Alonte Sports Arena	2–2
5	May 20	Barangay Ginebra	W 103–98 (2OT)	Eugene Phelps (25)	Eugene Phelps (14)	Eugene Phelps (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–2
All-Star Break
6	May 30	San Miguel	L 94–106	Eugene Phelps (33)	Eugene Phelps (17)	Jeff Chan (9)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–3

June: 1–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	June 8	Meralco	L 100–103 (OT)	Eugene Phelps (31)	Eugene Phelps (26)	Matthew Wright (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–4
8	June 10	Columbian	L 107–115	Eugene Phelps (34)	Eugene Phelps (22)	LA Revilla (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–5
9	June 16	Rain or Shine	L 106–108	Chan,Phelps (26)	Eugene Phelps (14)	Eugene Phelps (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–6
10	June 20	GlobalPort	W 135–108	Eugene Phelps (37)	Eugene Phelps (23)	Eugene Phelps (10)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–6

July: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
11	July 6	Alaska	L 91–114	Eugene Phelps (23)	Eugene Phelps (10)	Phelps,Revilla (5)	Cuneta Astrodome	4–7

Governors' Cup

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Eliminations

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Standings

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Pos	Team v t e	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-headgoal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4)coin toss^[2]
Notes:

^^a ^b ^cHead-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982
^^a ^bHead-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 NLEX

Game log

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2018 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 8–3

August: 3–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	August 22	Columbian	W 113–107	Eugene Phelps (50)	Eugene Phelps (17)	Matthew Wright (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0
2	August 26	NorthPort	W 132–91	Eugene Phelps (30)	Eugene Phelps (15)	LA Revilla (11)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–0
3	August 29	Alaska	L 97–108	Eugene Phelps (27)	Eugene Phelps (24)	Matthew Wright (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–1
4	August 31	TNT	W 112–82	Jason Perkins (22)	Calvin Abueva (13)	Revilla,Wright (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–1

September: 2–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	September 19	Meralco	W 96–86	Eugene Phelps (24)	Eugene Phelps (19)	Matthew Wright (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–1
6	September 23	Magnolia	W 95–82	Eugene Phelps (36)	Eugene Phelps (20)	Calvin Abueva (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–1
7	September 29	Barangay Ginebra	L 99–101	Matthew Wright (27)	Eugene Phelps (13)	LA Revilla (5)	Xavier University Gym	5–2

October: 2–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
8	October 10	NLEX	W 123–97	Eugene Phelps (51)	Eugene Phelps (20)	Matthew Wright (7)	Cuneta Astrodome	6–2
9	October 12	San Miguel	L 100–117	Eugene Phelps (37)	Eugene Phelps (26)	Eugene Phelps (6)	Mall of Asia Arena	6–3
10	October 24	Rain or Shine	W 103–97	Abueva,Phelps (18)	Eugene Phelps (20)	Eugene Phelps (7)	Cuneta Astrodome	7–3

November: 1–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
11	November 4	Blackwater	W 97–91	Calvin Abueva (25)	Eugene Phelps (19)	LA Revilla (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	8–3

Playoffs

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Bracket

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Quarterfinals (Top 4twice-to-beat)				Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)



1	Barangay Ginebra		111

8	NLEX		75
				1	Barangay Ginebra	1

				4	Magnolia	3
4	Magnolia		103

5	Blackwater		99
							4	Magnolia	4

							3	Alaska	2
2	Phoenix	74	103

7	Meralco	90	108*
				7	Meralco	1

				3	Alaska	3
3	Alaska		96

6	San Miguel		85

*Game went intoovertime.

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Game log

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2018 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–2

Quarterfinals: 0–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	November 7	Meralco	L 74–90	Eugene Phelps (27)	Eugene Phelps (17)	Jazul,Revilla (3)	Cuneta Astrodome	0–1
2	November 9	Meralco	L 103–108 (OT)	Jason Perkins (24)	Eugene Phelps (23)	Eugene Phelps (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–2

Transactions

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Free agent signings

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Player	Contract length	Date signed	Former team
Rey Guevarra	One-conference	December 15, 2017^[3]	Kia Picanto

Trades

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Preseason

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November
November 6, 2017^[4]	ToPhoenix 2018 second round pick(fromTNT)	ToNLEX Michael Miranda
November 9, 2017^[5]	ToPhoenix Justin Chua JonJon Gabriel	ToTNT Sidney Onwubere 2019 second round pick
November 15, 2017^[6]	ToPhoenix LA Revilla	ToKia Jason Grimaldo 2018 second round pick(fromTNT)
December 15, 2017^[7]	ToPhoenix Jaypee Mendoza	ToAlaska 2019 second round pick

Commissioner's Cup

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June
June 18, 2018^[8]	ToPhoenix 2018 first round pick	ToGinebra Jeff Chan

Governor's Cup

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August
August 7, 2018^[9]	ToPhoenix Calvin Abueva	ToAlaska Karl Dehesa 2019 first round pick
December 13, 2018^[10]	ToPhoenix Alex Mallari Dave Marcelo	ToNLEX 2018 first round pick (#4) 2019 second round pick

Recruited imports

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Conference	Name	Number	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	James White	33	April 25 (vs. Blackwater)	May 11 (vs. NLEX)	2–2
Commissioner's Cup	Eugene Phelps	14	May 20 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	November 9 (vs. Meralco)	10–10
Governors' Cup	Eugene Phelps	14	May 20 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	November 9 (vs. Meralco)	10–10