2015–16 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season

The 2015–16 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season was the 37th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2015–16 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season
Head coachTim Cone
Owner(s)Ginebra San Miguel, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record7–4
(63.6%)
Place4th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(lost to GlobalPort in single-elimination Phase 2)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record7–4
(63.6%)
Place4th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(lost to Rain or Shine, 0–2)
Governors' Cup results
Record8–3
(72.7%)
Place3rd
Playoff finishChampions
(def. Meralco, 4–2)
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel seasons

Key dates

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2015

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

Draft picks

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Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
1 5 Scottie Thompson SG   Philippines Hapee Fresh Fighters Perpetual Help
2 16 Aljon Mariano SF Tanduay Light Rhum Masters UST
3 28 Dennice Villamor Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants NU

Roster

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2015–16 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 0   Bonifacio, Franklin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990–03–01 Las Positas
G 3   Mercado, Sol 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1984–05–06 Biola
G 5   Tenorio, LA 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 151 lb (68 kg) 1984–07–09 Ateneo
G 6   Thompson, Scottie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1993–07–12 UPHSD
F/C 10   Marcelo, Dave 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 223 lb (101 kg) 1989–02–22 San Beda
G 13   Helterbrand, Jayjay 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1976–10–14 Kentucky
F 14   Salva, Nico 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1990–03–08 Ateneo
F 19   Villamor, Dennice 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1990–07–01 National-U
C 20   Slaughter, Greg   7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 258 lb (117 kg) 1988–05–19 Ateneo
F/C 25   Aguilar, Japeth 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1987–01–25 Western Kentucky
F 27   Cruz, Jervy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1986–09–09 UST
F 31   Mariano, Aljon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1992–08–03 UST
F 34   Ellis, Chris 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–12–05 Mary Hardin–Baylor
F 38   Devance, Joe 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1982–02–19 UTEP
G 47   Caguioa, Mark (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1979–11–19 Glendale CC (CA)
F 12   Jeffers, Othyus (CI) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1985–08–05 Robert Morris (IL)
F 11   Harris, Paul (GI) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1986–10–15 Syracuse
F 32   Brownlee, Justin (GI) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1988–04–23 St. John's
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

Roster


  • a Chua also serves as Barangay Ginebra's board governor.

Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Greg Slaughter Dave Marcelo
PF Japeth Aguilar Joe Devance Jervy Cruz Dennice Villamor
SF Chris Ellis Aljon Mariano Nico Salva
SG Scottie Thompson Mark Caguioa Franklin Bonifacio
PG LA Tenorio Sol Mercado Jayjay Helterbrand

Philippine Cup

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Eliminations

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Standings

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Game log

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2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup game log
October
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 October 25 Star Hotshots 86–78 Slaughter (28) Slaughter (16) Thompson (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–1
2 October 31 Barako Bull Energy 82–79 Slaughter (27) Slaughter (26) Slaughter(4) Mall of Asia Arena 0–2
November
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
3 November 7 Alaska Aces 93–92 Slaughter (27) Slaughter (19) RJ Jazul (10) Al Wasl, Dubai 1–2
4 November 15 San Miguel Beermen 100–82 Arwind Santos (24) Junemar Fajardo (14) Chris Ross (8) Philsports Arena 1–3
2015–16 schedule

Bracket

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Quarterfinals (1st phase)Quarterfinals (2nd phase)
(single elimination)
Semifinals
(best-of-7)
Finals
(best-of-7)
(#3 twice to beat)
3Rain or Shine95
2San Miguel4
10Blackwater90
3Rain or Shine1043Rain or Shine2
(#6 twice to beat)
6TNT89
6TNT90
2San Miguel4
7NLEX88
1Alaska3
(#4 twice to beat)
4Barangay Ginebra92*
1Alaska4
9Star89
4Barangay Ginebra835GlobalPort1
(#5 twice to beat)
5GlobalPort84*
5GlobalPort94
8Barako Bull85

*Game went into overtime

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 San Miguel Beermen 8 3 .727[a] Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Meralco Bolts 8 3 .727[a]
3 Alaska Aces 7 4 .636[b] 1 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 4 .636[b] 1
5 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 7 4 .636[b] 1
6 Tropang TNT 6 5 .545 2
7 NLEX Road Warriors 5 6 .455[c] 3 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Star Hotshots 5 6 .455[c] 3
9 Mahindra Enforcer 4 7 .364 4
10 Blackwater Elite 3 8 .273[d] 5
11 Phoenix Fuel Masters 3 8 .273[d] 5
12 GlobalPort Batang Pier 3 8 .273[d] 5
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Meralco
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.18, Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 0.84
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Star
  4. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Blackwater 1.04, Phoenix 0.99, GlobalPort 0.98

Playoffs

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Bracket

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QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-5)
Finals
(best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1San Miguel99103
8Star10899
1San Miguel1
(best-of-3)
5Rain or Shine3
4Barangay Ginebra0
5Rain or Shine2
5Rain or Shine4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
3Alaska2
2Meralco104
7NLEX97
2Meralco2
(best-of-3)
3Alaska3
3Alaska2
6TNT1

Governors' Cup

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Eliminations

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Standings

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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[a] 2
3 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 8 3 .727[a] 2
4 Meralco Bolts 6 5 .545[b] 4
5 Mahindra Enforcer 6 5 .545[b] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 Alaska Aces 6 5 .545[b] 4
7 NLEX Road Warriors 5 6 .455[c] 5
8 Phoenix Fuel Masters 5 6 .455[c] 5
9 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 6 .455[c] 5
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. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra
  3. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.04, Rain or Shine 1.03, Phoenix 0.93; eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 105–94 Rain or Shine

Bracket

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Game log

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2016 PBA Governors' Cup game log
July
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 July 16 GlobalPort 93–81 Aguilar (22) Harris (10) Devance (6) Mall of Asia Arena 1–0
2 July 24 Alaska 100–109(OT) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–1
3 July 27 NLEX 85–72 Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–1
4 July 30 Meralco 107–93 Lucena City 3–1
August
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
5 August 10 Blackwater 107–95 Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–1
6 August 14 San Miguel 105–111(2OT) Mall of Asia Arena 4–2
7 August 21 Rain Or Shine 101–87 Smart Araneta Coliseum 5–2
8 August 28 Star 116–103 Smart Araneta Coliseum 6–2
September
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
9 September 9 Mahindra 93–86 Smart Araneta Coliseum 7–2
10 September 14 Phoenix 97–86 Ynares Center 8–2
11 September 18 TNT 92–104 Laguna 8–3
2015–16 schedule

Playoffs

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Bracket

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QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-5)
Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#1 twice to beat)
1TNT136
8Phoenix124
1TNT1
(#4 twice to beat)
4Meralco3
4Meralco105
5Mahindra82
4Meralco2
(#2 twice to beat)
3Barangay Ginebra4
2San Miguel114
7NLEX110
2San Miguel2
(#3 twice to beat)
3Barangay Ginebra3
3Barangay Ginebra109
6Alaska104

Transactions

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Trades

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Pre-season

August 25, 2015 [1]
To Barako Bull
Jens Knuttel
Emman Monfort
Josh Urbiztondo
To Barangay Ginebra
Nico Salva
2016 1st round pick
September 28, 2015 [2]
To Barako Bull Energy
Mac Baracael
Prince Caperal
To Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Joe Devance (via Barako Bull)
To GlobalPort
Dorian Peña
To Star Hotshots
Jake Pascual
Ronald Pascual
Philippine Cup
November 16, 2015[3] To Barako Bull
Rodney Brondial
2018 2nd round pick
To Barangay Ginebra
Jervey Cruz

Recruited imports

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Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record
Commissioner's Cup   Othyus Jeffers[4] February 12 (vs. NLEX) April 19 (vs. Rain or Shine) 7–6
Governors' Cup   Paul Harris July 16 (vs. GlobalPort) July 16 (vs. GlobalPort) 1–0
  Justin Brownlee[5] July 24 (vs. Alaska) October 19 (vs. Meralco) 15–7

References

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  1. ^ TnT nets Rosario in 3-team trade; SMB acquires Heruela, philstar.com, August 25, 2015
  2. ^ Joe Devance reunited with Tim Cone as Ginebra, Barako Bull, Star, GlobalPort figure in four-team deal Archived 2015-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, September 28, 2015
  3. ^ Giongco, Mark. "Ginebra sends Brondial, 2nd round pick to Barako for Cruz". Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  4. ^ Tim Cone bares Ginebra bringing in former TNT import Othyus Jeffers for Commissioner's Cup, spin.ph, January 4, 2016
  5. ^ Ginebra taps Justin Brownlee as replacement import for injured Paul Harris, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, July 18, 2016