2013–14 Meralco Bolts season

2013–14 Meralco Bolts season
2013–14 Meralco Bolts season
Head coach	Ryan Gregorio
General Manager	Butch Antonio
Owner(s)	Manila Electric Company ; (an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	5–9 ; (35.7%)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify (Def. by Alaska on the do-or-die game for the eight seed)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	5–4 ; (55.6%)
Place	4th (tied with Rain or Shine)
Playoff finish	Quarterfinals (Def. by Rain or Shine 2–1)
Governors' Cup results
Record	3–6 ; (33.3%)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Meralco Bolts seasons
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 Meralco Bolts season was the fourth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

November 3: The 2013 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
3	6	Anjo Caram	PG	Philippines	Fruitas Shakers	San Beda
4	5	Mike Parala	PF	Philippines	Café France Bakers	Mapua
5	4	Mark Lopez	PG	Philippines	Café France Bakers	UP Diliman
6	2	Ron Guevarra	PG	Philippines	None	St. Francis
7	1	Mark Bringas	PF	Philippines	Cagayan Rising Suns	FEU

Roster

2013–14 Meralco Bolts roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
SF	3	Omolon, Nelbert	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1980-06-30	Philippine Christian
SG	4	Wilson, John	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1987-01-18	José Rizal
PG	5	Mandani, A. J.	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1987-01-01	Missouri S&T
PF	7	Hodge, Cliff	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1988-02-03	Reedley
F/C	10	Ildefonso, Danny	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1976-12-09	National-U
PG	11	Cortez, Mike	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1980-11-10	De La Salle
F/C	15	Sena, James	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1988-08-31	José Rizal
PG	16	Artadi, Paul	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	1981-05-05	UE
PG	17	Caram, Anjo	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	1991-01-14	San Beda
G/F	20	Dillinger, Jared (C)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1984-01-06	Air Force
PF	21	Hugnatan, Reynel	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1978-11-03	Manila
SG	24	Guevarra, Rey	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1985-11-24	Letran
PF	25	Al-Hussaini, Rabeh	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1988-08-11	Ateneo
F/C	27	Bringas, Mark	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1988-04-27	Far Eastern
SG	28	David, Gary	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1978-07-13	Lyceum
SF	80	Salvacion, Sunday	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1978-12-17	St. Benilde

Head coach

Ryan Gregorio (UP Diliman)

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Butch Antonio

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

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	11	3	.786^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	11	3	.786^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Petron Blaze Boosters	10	4	.714	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	6	.571	3
5	San Mig Super Coffee Mixers	7	7	.500	4
6	Barako Bull Energy	5	9	.357^[b]	6
7	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	9	.357^[b]	6	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Alaska Aces	5	9	.357^[b]	6	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Meralco Bolts	5	9	.357^[b]	6
10	Air21 Express	3	11	.214	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 Rain or Shine
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head-to-head quotient: Barako Bull 1.06, GlobalPort 1.01, Alaska 0.99, Meralco 0.95; eighth seed playoff: Alaska 94–91 Meralco

Game log

2013 PBA Philippine Cup game log

November

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 17	Talk 'N Text	80–89	David (26)	Dillinger (9)	Cortez (7)	Cebu Coliseum	0–1	Boxscore
2	November 22	Rain or Shine	89–94	David (24)	Hodge (10)	Cortez (6)	Cuneta Astrodome	0–2	Boxscore
3	November 27	Air21	112–79	Wilson (26)	Al-Hussaini (10)	Cortez (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–2	Boxscore

December

Game	Date	Opponent	Location Attendance
4	December 3	Ginebra	Mall of Asia Arena
5	December 6	GlobalPort	Smart Araneta Coliseum
6	December 11	San Mig Coffee	Smart Araneta Coliseum
7	December 14	Petron Blaze	Dipolog
8	December 18	Alaska	Mall of Asia Arena
9	December 22	Barako Bull	Mall of Asia Arena
10	December 28	Ginebra	Mall of Asia Arena

January

Game	Date	Opponent	Location Attendance
11	January 4	Air21	Mall of Asia Arena
12	January 10	Alaska	Smart Araneta Coliseum
13	January 15	Rain or Shine	Smart Araneta Coliseum
14	January 18	Petron Blaze	Smart Araneta Coliseum

2013–14 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket


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

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Barangay Ginebra	97	108

8	Alaska	104	95
				1	Barangay Ginebra	3
(best-of-3)
				5	San Mig Coffee	4
4	Talk 'N Text		1

5	San Mig Coffee		2
							5	San Mig Coffee	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							2	Rain or Shine	2
2	Rain or Shine		106

7	GlobalPort		96
				2	Rain or Shine	4
(best-of-3)
				3	Petron Blaze	1
3	Petron Blaze		2

6	Barako Bull		0

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	9	0	1.000	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	7	2	.778	2	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Alaska Aces	6	3	.667	3	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	4	.556^[a]	4
5	Meralco Bolts	5	4	.556^[a]	4
6	San Mig Super Coffee Mixers	4	5	.444	5
7	Air21 Express	3	6	.333^[b]	6	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	3	6	.333^[b]	6	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Barako Bull Energy	2	7	.222	7
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	1	8	.111	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Meralco
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Air21 1–0 Barangay Ginebra

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-5)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Talk 'N Text		97

8	Barangay Ginebra		84
				1	Talk 'N Text	3
(best-of-3)
				4	Rain or Shine	0
4	Rain or Shine		2

5	Meralco		1
							1	Talk 'N Text	1
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							6	San Mig Coffee	3
2	San Miguel	79	95

7	Air21	92	101**
				7	Air21	2
(best-of-3)
				6	San Mig Coffee	3
3	Alaska		1

6	San Mig Coffee		2

**double overtime

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	7	2	.778	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	3	.667	1
3	Alaska Aces	5	4	.556^[a]	2
4	San Mig Super Coffee Mixers	5	4	.556^[a]	2
5	Petron Blaze Boosters	5	4	.556^[a]	2	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	4	.556^[a]	2
7	Air21 Express	5	4	.556^[a]	2
8	Barako Bull Energy	3	6	.333^[b]	4
9	Meralco Bolts	3	6	.333^[b]	4
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	1	8	.111	6

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.08, San Mig 1.02, San Miguel 0.99, Barangay Ginebra 0.97, Air21 0.94
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 95–94 Meralco

Transactions

Overview

Players added

Via trade

Players lost

Via trade

Via free agency

Josh Vanlandingham

Waived

Allan Mangahas

Trades

Pre-season

October 22, 2013^[1]

To Meralco

Kerby Raymundo

To Barangay Ginebra

Jay-R Reyes

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Brian Butch	March 7 (vs. San Miguel)	March 26 (vs. Rain or Shine)	3–3
Commissioner's Cup	Darnell Jackson	April 2 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	April 26 (vs. Rain or Shine)	3–3
Governors' Cup	Terrence Williams	May 18 (vs. Barako Bull)	May 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	0–3
Governors' Cup	Mario West	May 27 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee)	June 14 (vs. GlobalPort)	3–3

References

^ Ginebra sends Kerby Raymundo to Meralco for JR Reyes in one-on-one trade, Snow Badua, spin.ph, October 22, 2013

[table_hth_BGSM0.28871066742051-1] Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 Rain or Shine

[table_hth_BAR0.28871066742051-2] Head-to-head quotient: Barako Bull 1.06, GlobalPort 1.01, Alaska 0.99, Meralco 0.95; eighth seed playoff: Alaska 94–91 Meralco

[table_hth_MER0.92155411230473-3] Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Meralco

[table_hth_A210.92155411230473-4] Head-to-head record: Air21 1–0 Barangay Ginebra

[table_hth_A210.36993034014941-5] Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.08, San Mig 1.02, San Miguel 0.99, Barangay Ginebra 0.97, Air21 0.94

[table_hth_BAR0.36993034014941-6] Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 95–94 Meralco

[7] Ginebra sends Kerby Raymundo to Meralco for JR Reyes in one-on-one trade, Snow Badua, spin.ph, October 22, 2013

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