2023–24 Meralco Bolts season

2023–24 Meralco Bolts season
2023–24 Meralco Bolts season
Head coach	Luigi Trillo
Owner(s)	Manila Electric Company ; (an MVP group subsidiary)
Commissioner's Cup results
Place	TBD
Philippine Cup results
Place	TBD
Meralco Bolts seasons

The 2023–24 Meralco Bolts season is the 13th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

September 17: The PBA Season 48 draft was held at the Market! Market! in Taguig.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Place of birth	College
1	8	Brandon Bates	C	Australia	De La Salle
3	32	Jolo Mendoza	G	Philippines	Ateneo
4	43	Zach Huang	F	Philippines	UST
5	54	Jessie Sumoda	C	Philippines	San Sebastian
6	62	Shean Jackson	G	USA	Cheyenne HS

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	1	Black, Aaron	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1996–12–03	Ateneo
G	4	Dario, Diego	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	145 lb (66 kg)	1997–01–06	UP Diliman
G	5	Jackson, Shean (R)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)		Cheyenne HS (NV)
G	6	Banchero, Chris	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1989–01–24	Seattle Pacific
F	7	Hodge, Cliff	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1988–02–03	Reedley
G/F	11	Newsome, Chris	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1990–07–25	Ateneo
G	17	Caram, Anjo	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	159 lb (72 kg)	1991–01–14	San Beda
G/F	19	Quinto, Bong	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)		1994–12–15	Letran
C	20	Almazan, Raymond (C)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	1989–08–02	Letran
G/F	22	Maliksi, Allein	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1987–09–18	UST
G/F	23	Pasaol, Alvin	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1995–05–06	UE
F	24	Jose, Raymar	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1992–08–06	Far Eastern
G/F	27	Rios, Jansen	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1991–10–28	Adamson
F/C	29	Torres, Norbert	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1990–01–12	De La Salle
F/C	32	Pascual, Kyle	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1990–04–13	San Beda
C	33	Bates, Brandon (R)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	231 lb (105 kg)		De La Salle

Head coach

Luigi Trillo

Assistant coach(es)

Gene Afable (1st assistant)
Reynel Hugnatan
Sandro Soriano
Nenad Vučinić (active consultant)
Norman Black (consultant)

Team manager

Paolo Trillo

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

Preseason

PBA on Tour

Game log

2023 PBA on Tour game log
Total: 7–4

May: 1–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 24	NorthPort	W 97–89	Allein Maliksi (21)	Raymar Jose (12)	Alvin Pasaol (7)	Ynares Sports Arena	1–0
2	May 28	Phoenix Super LPG	L 93–100	Anjo Caram (24)	Jose, Torres (9)	Bong Quinto (11)	Ynares Sports Arena	1–1

June: 3–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	June 4	Converge	W 96–88	Allein Maliksi (16)	Raymond Almazan (14)	Bong Quinto (5)	Ynares Center	2–1
4	June 10	San Miguel	W 92–89	Allein Maliksi (21)	Raymond Almazan (14)	Anjo Caram (7)	Tiaong Convention Center	3–1
5	June 18	Terrafirma	L 102–107	Allein Maliksi (33)	Cliff Hodge (15)	Bong Quinto (10)	Ynares Sports Arena	3–2
6	June 28	TNT	W 108–90	Allein Maliksi (28)	Cliff Hodge (13)	Bong Quinto (7)	Ynares Sports Arena	4–2

July: 3–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	July 2	Magnolia	L 101–121	Diego Dario (22)	Bong Quinto (9)	Allein Maliksi (7)	Filoil EcoOil Centre	4–3
8	July 5	Barangay Ginebra	W 106–93	Allein Maliksi (23)	Raymond Almazan (12)	Cliff Hodge (6)	Quadricentennial Pavilion	5–3
9	July 12	NLEX	W 96–83	Alvin Pasaol (25)	Raymond Almazan (8)	Aaron Black (9)	Ynares Sports Arena	6–3
10	July 14	Blackwater	L 82–89	Almazan, Quinto (18)	Raymond Almazan (14)	Diego Dario (4)	Ynares Sports Arena	6–4
11	July 28	Rain or Shine	W 103–95	Raymar Jose (22)	Raymar Jose (18)	Aaron Black (10)	Ynares Sports Arena	7–4

MassKara Festival exhibition

Game log

2023 PBA MassKara Festival exhibition game log
Total: 0–1

October: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 19	Rain or Shine	L 81–94	Diego Dario (20)	Raymar Jose (11)	Black, Dario, Pasaol (3)	La Salle Coliseum	0–1

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Magnolia Hotshots	5	0	1.000	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	5	1	.833	0.5
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	4	1	.800	1
4	Meralco Bolts	4	1	.800	1
5	San Miguel Beermen	3	1	.750	1.5	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	NorthPort Batang Pier	3	2	.600	2
7	TNT Tropang Giga	2	3	.400	3
8	Terrafirma Dyip	2	4	.333	3.5
9	NLEX Road Warriors	2	4	.333	3.5
10	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	1	5	.167	4.5
11	Blackwater Bossing	1	5	.167	4.5
12	Converge FiberXers	0	5	.000	5

Updated to match(es) played on December 3, 2023. 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^[2]

Game log

2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 4–1

November: 3–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 8	Rain or Shine	W 107–102	Suleiman Braimoh (34)	Suleiman Braimoh (14)	Aaron Black (4)	PhilSports Arena	1–0
2	November 11	Blackwater	W 91–84	Suleiman Braimoh (40)	Suleiman Braimoh (16)	Chris Newsome (6)	Ynares Center	2–0
3	November 19	San Miguel	L 83–93	Chris Newsome (22)	Suleiman Braimoh (12)	Chris Newsome (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–1
4	November 26	TNT	W 109–95	Suleiman Braimoh (37)	Raymond Almazan (11)	Chris Newsome (5)	PhilSports Arena	3–1

December: 1–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	December 3	NLEX	W 97–94	Suleiman Braimoh (38)	Almazan, Braimoh (8)	Braimoh, Quinto (4)	PhilSports Arena	4–1
6	December 10	NorthPort					PhilSports Arena
7	December 17	Converge					Ynares Center
8	December 22	Barangay Ginebra					Smart Araneta Coliseum

January: 0–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Location Attendance
9	January 6	Magnolia	University of San Agustin Gym
10	January 10	Phoenix Super LPG	Smart Araneta Coliseum
11	January 12	Terrafirma	Smart Araneta Coliseum

East Asia Super League

Group stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	New Taipei Kings	2	2	0	187	164	+23	Semifinals
2	Ryukyu Golden Kings	3	2	1	238	222	+16	Semifinals
3	Seoul SK Knights	3	1	2	233	239	−6
4	Meralco Bolts	2	0	2	153	186	−33

Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2023. Source: EASL

Game log

15 November 2023	Ryukyu Golden Kings	89–61	Meralco Bolts	Okinawa
19:00 (JST)	Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 31–13, 21–13, 20–14
	Pts: Imamura 19 Rebs: Durham 9 Asts: Durham 6	Boxscore	Pts: Newsome 11 Rebs: Ibeh 9 Asts: Caram 4	Arena: Okinawa Arena Attendance: 6,120

29 November 2023	New Taipei Kings	97–92	Meralco Bolts	New Taipei City
19:00 (TST)	Scoring by quarter: 25–30, 20–18, 20–18, 32–26
	Pts: Je. Lin 25 Rebs: Anigwe 14 Asts: Je. Lin 7	Boxscore	Pts: Lofton 35 Rebs: Ibeh, Newsome 6 Asts: Newsome 4	Arena: Xinzhuang Gymnasium

13 December 2023	Meralco Bolts	vs.	Ryukyu Golden Kings	Macau, China
19:00 (PST)
		Boxscore		Arena: Studio City Event Center

27 December 2023	Meralco Bolts	vs.	Seoul SK Knights	Pasig
19:00 (PST)
		Boxscore		Arena: PhilSports Arena

3 January 2024	Meralco Bolts	vs.	New Taipei Kings	Pasig
19:00 (PST)
		Boxscore		Arena: PhilSports Arena

7 February 2024	Seoul SK Knights	vs.	Meralco Bolts	Seoul
19:00 (KST)
		Boxscore		Arena: Jamsil Students' Gymnasium

Transactions

Free agency

Subtractions

Player	Number	Position	Reason	New team
Nonoy Baclao^[3]	50, 97	Center / Power forward	End of contract	San Miguel Beermen

Trades

Pre-season

May
May 18, 2023^[4]	To Meralco Norbert Torres	To Rain or Shine Mac Belo

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Suleiman Braimoh	November 8, 2023 (vs. Rain or Shine)	December 3, 2023 (vs. NLEX)	4–1

References

↑ , PBA.ph, September 17, 2023
↑ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
↑ Ramos, Gerry. "Noy Baclao finds a new home at SMB after signing at end of PBA On Tour". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
↑ "Meralco trades Mac Belo to Rain or Shine for Norbert Torres". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 22, 2023.

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[1] , PBA.ph, September 17, 2023

[2] "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.

[3] Ramos, Gerry. "Noy Baclao finds a new home at SMB after signing at end of PBA On Tour". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 22, 2023.

[4] "Meralco trades Mac Belo to Rain or Shine for Norbert Torres". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 22, 2023.

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