The 2017–18 TNT KaTropa season was the 28th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
2017–18 TNT KaTropa season | |
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Head coach | Nash Racela (replaced on September 21) Bong Ravena |
Consultant | Mark Dickel |
General Manager | Virgil Villavicencio Magnum Membrere (assistant) |
Owner(s) | Smart Communications (an MVP group subsidiary) |
Philippine Cup results | |
Record | 5–6 (45.5%) |
Place | 8th |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinalist (lost to San Miguel with twice-to-win disadvantage) |
Commissioner's Cup results | |
Record | 8–3 (72.7%) |
Place | 3rd |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinalist (lost to San Miguel, 0–2) |
Governors' Cup results | |
Record | 4–7 (36.4%) |
Place | 9th |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
TNT KaTropa seasons | |
Key dates
edit2017
edit- October 29: The 2017 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.[1]
Draft picks
editRound | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
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1 | 10 | Mark Tallo | G | Philippines | Racal Tile Masters | SWU |
1 | 11 | Jonjon Gabriel | C | Philippines | Marinerong Pilipino Skippers | Colegio de San Lorenzo |
2 | 10 | Monbert Arong | G | Philippines | Cignal HD Hawkeyes | FEU |
3 | 9 | Dave Moralde | G | Philippines | Marinerong Pilipino Skippers JAM Liner |
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Roster
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Philippine Cup
editEliminations
editStandings
editPos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | |
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 | |
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-head goal average (quotient), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
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]
Notes:
Game log
edit2018 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 5–6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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December: 1–1
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January: 3–2
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February: 1–3
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Playoffs
editBracket
editQuarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | |||||||||||
(#1 twice-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 | |||||||||||
Game log
edit2018 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log Total: 1–1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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8th seed playoff: 1–0
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Quarterfinals: 0–1
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Commissioner's Cup
editEliminations
editStandings
editPos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
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 | |
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 |
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); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
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); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
Game log
edit2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 8–3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April: 2–0
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May: 2–1
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June: 3–2
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July: 1–0
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Playoffs
editBracket
editQuarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
1 | Rain or Shine | 113 | 103 | |||||||||||
8 | GlobalPort | 114 | 97 | |||||||||||
1 | Rain or Shine | 1 | ||||||||||||
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5 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Meralco | 0 | ||||||||||||
5 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | ||||||||||||
5 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | ||||||||||||
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6 | San Miguel | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | Alaska | 89 | ||||||||||||
7 | Magnolia | 78 | ||||||||||||
2 | Alaska | 1 | ||||||||||||
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6 | San Miguel | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | TNT | 0 | ||||||||||||
6 | San Miguel | 2 | ||||||||||||
Game log
edit2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 0–2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals: 0–2
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Governors' Cup
editEliminations
editStandings
editPos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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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-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
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); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
Game log
edit2018 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 4–7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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August: 1–4
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September: 3–0
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October: 0–2
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November: 0–1
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Transactions
editTrades
editPre season
editNovember | |||
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November 28, 2017[3] | To TNT Sidney Onwubere |
To Phoenix Justin Chua Jon Jon Gabriel |
Philippine Cup
editFebruary | |||
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February 15, 2018[4] | To TNT Jericho Cruz |
To Rain or Shine Kris Rosales Sidney Onwubere 2018 PBA First Round Draft Pick | |
March | |||
March 26, 2018[5] | To TNT Don Trollano |
To Rain or Shine Norbert Torres | |
April | |||
April 3, 2018[6] | To TNT Terrence Romeo Yousef Taha |
To GlobalPort Mo Tautuaa 2020 1st Round Pick 2021 2nd Round Pick |
Recruited imports
editConference | Name | Country | Number | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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Commissioner's Cup | Jeremy Tyler | 1 | April 22 (vs. GlobalPort) |
May 13 (vs. Alaska) |
3–1 | |
Joshua Smith | 34 | May 30 (vs. Columbian) |
July 11 (vs. San Miguel) |
4–4 | ||
Governors' Cup | Mike Glover | 1 | August 17 (vs. NLEX) |
August 17 (vs. NLEX) |
0–1 | |
Stacy Davis | 13 | August 24 (vs. Blackwater) |
August 31 (vs. Columbian) |
1–3 | ||
Marqus Blakely | 23 | September 22 (vs. Rain or Shine) |
November 4 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) |
2–3 |
Awards
editRecipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Roger Pogoy | Philippine Cup Player of the Week | January 22, 2018 | [7] |
Jericho Cruz | March 5, 2018 | [8] | |
Jayson Castro | Commissioner's Cup Player of the Week | May 10, 2018 | [9] |
References
edit- ^ San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017
- ^ a b c "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".
- ^ TNT-Phoenix trade, pba.ph, November 28, 2017.
- ^ Leongson, Randolph (February 15, 2018). "PBA greenlights Jericho Cruz trade to TNT". sports.Inquirer.Net.
- ^ Leongson, Randolph (March 26, 2018). "TNT acquires Don Trollano for Norbert Torres in trade with Rain or Shine". Inquirer.Net. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ "GlobalPort sends Romeo to TNT KaTropa". ABS-CBN News. April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ "Roger Pogoy thrives off the bench". PBA.ph. January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ "Jericho Cruz shows why TNT KaTropa traded for him". PBA.ph. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "Jayson Castro is week's best". PBA.ph. May 10, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.