2019 San Miguel Beermen season

2019 San Miguel Beermen season
2019 San Miguel Beermen season
Head coach	Leo Austria
Owner(s)	San Miguel Brewery, Inc. ; (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	7–4 ; (63.6%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Champions (Defeated Magnolia, 4–3)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	5–6 ; (45.5%)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	Champions (Defeated TNT, 4–2)
Governors' Cup results
Record	6–5 ; (54.5%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Barangay Ginebra with twice-to-win disadvantage)
San Miguel Beermen seasons
	← 2017–18 2020 →

The 2019 San Miguel Beermen season was the 44th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

Roster

2019 San Miguel Beermen roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
F/C	2	Mamaril, Billy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1980–06–25	Bakersfield
G/F	3	Pessumal, Von	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1993–02–12	Ateneo
G	5	Cabagnot, Alex	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1982–12–08	Hawaiʻi–Hilo
G	6	Ross, Chris	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1985–03–09	Marshall
G	7	Romeo, Terrence	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	1992–03–16	Far Eastern
G	12	Zamar, Paul	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	1987–10–20	UE
G/F	13	Lassiter, Marcio	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1987–05–16	Cal State Fullerton
C	15	Fajardo, June Mar	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	268 lb (122 kg)	1989–11–17	Cebu
G/F	18	Vigil, Louie	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)		1991–09–26	UST
G/F	22	Ganuelas-Rosser, Matt	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	186 lb (84 kg)	1990–06–13	Cal Poly Pomona
G	26	Lanete, Chico	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1979–08–01	Lyceum
F	29	Santos, Arwind (C / S)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1981–06–10	Far Eastern
F/C	30	Nabong, Kelly (S)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	1988–11–17	SRJC
F/C	33	Tautuaa, Moala	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1989–04–30	Chadron State
G/F	71	Tubid, Ronald (S)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1981–10–15	UE
C	95	de Ocampo, Yancy	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1980–03–11	Saint Francis of Assisi

Head coach

Leo Austria

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Gee Abanilla
Daniel Henares (assistant)

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

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636^[a]	2	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	TNT KaTropa	7	4	.636^[a]	2
5	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636^[a]	2
6	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	6	5	.545	3
7	NorthPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Alaska Aces	4	7	.364^[b]	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	NLEX Road Warriors	4	7	.364^[b]	5
10	Columbian Dyip	4	7	.364^[b]	5
11	Meralco Bolts	3	8	.273	6
12	Blackwater Elite	2	9	.182	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^[1]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.02, TNT 1.00, San Miguel 0.98
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.19, Alaska 1.01, Columbian 0.84; 8th-seed playoff: Alaska defeated NLEX

Game log

2019 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 7–4

January: 2–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	January 18	Columbian	L 118–124	Arwind Santos (34)	June Mar Fajardo (13)	Alex Cabagnot (12)	Cuneta Astrodome	0–1
2	January 20	Barangay Ginebra	W 99–91	Christian Standhardinger (26)	June Mar Fajardo (11)	Chris Ross (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–1
3	January 25	Meralco	W 105–93	Marcio Lassiter (25)	June Mar Fajardo (11)	Chris Ross (8)	Ynares Center	2–1
4	January 27	TNT	L 93–104	Christian Standhardinger (24)	Christian Standhardinger (10)	Chris Ross (15)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–2

February: 2–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	February 1	Rain or Shine	L 98–108	Marcio Lassiter (27)	June Mar Fajardo (14)	Chris Ross (11)	Ynares Center	2–3
6	February 6	Blackwater	W 93–79	June Mar Fajardo (20)	June Mar Fajardo (21)	Chris Ross (6)	Mall of Asia Arena	3–3
7	February 10	Magnolia	W 113–92	Arwind Santos (29)	June Mar Fajardo (8)	Cabagnot, Lassiter (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–3

March: 3–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
8	March 8	NLEX	W 121–111	June Mar Fajardo (27)	June Mar Fajardo (13)	Chris Ross (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–3
9	March 10	NorthPort	W 113–107	June Mar Fajardo (40)	June Mar Fajardo (19)	Chris Ross (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	6–3
10	March 16	Phoenix Pulse	L 93–96	June Mar Fajardo (29)	June Mar Fajardo (12)	Chris Ross (4)	Panabo Multi-Purpose Tourism, Cultural, and Sports Center	6–4
11	March 24	Alaska	W 114–96	Alex Cabagnot (31)	June Mar Fajardo (10)	Chris Ross (14)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	7–4

Playoffs

Bracket


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

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Phoenix	91

8	Alaska	76
			1	Phoenix	1
(best-of-3)
			5	San Miguel	4
4	TNT	1

5	San Miguel	2
						5	San Miguel	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
						6	Magnolia	3
2	Rain or Shine	91

7	NorthPort	85
			2	Rain or Shine	3
(best-of-3)
			6	Magnolia	4
3	Barangay Ginebra	1

6	Magnolia	2

Game log

2019 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Total: 11–5

Quarterfinals: 2–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 6	TNT	W 80–78	Fajardo, Lassiter, Romeo (15)	Fajardo, Standhardinger (10)	Chris Ross (6)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–0
2	April 8	TNT	L 88–93	June Mar Fajardo (26)	June Mar Fajardo (19)	Chris Ross (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–1
3	April 10	TNT	W 96–86	June Mar Fajardo (32)	June Mar Fajardo (14)	Marcio Lassiter (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum 11,147	2–1

Semifinals: 4–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 13	Phoenix Pulse	W 100–88	Alex Cabagnot (26)	Christian Standhardinger (16)	Alex Cabagnot (7)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–0
2	April 15	Phoenix Pulse	W 92–82	Marcio Lassiter (24)	June Mar Fajardo (18)	June Mar Fajardo (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–0
3	April 21	Phoenix Pulse	L 90–92	June Mar Fajardo (22)	June Mar Fajardo (19)	Alex Cabagnot (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–1
4	April 23	Phoenix Pulse	W 114–91	Alex Cabagnot (18)	Arwind Santos (8)	Ganuelas-Rosser, Ross (7)	Cuneta Astrodome	3–1
5	April 25	Phoenix Pulse	W 105–94	Chris Ross (24)	June Mar Fajardo (16)	Alex Cabagnot (7)	Cuneta Astrodome	4–1

Finals: 4–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 1	Magnolia	L 94–99	June Mar Fajardo (35)	June Mar Fajardo (21)	Ross, Santos (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1
2	May 3	Magnolia	W 108–101	Cabagnot, Fajardo (16)	June Mar Fajardo (14)	Alex Cabagnot (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–1
3	May 5	Magnolia	L 82–86	Arwind Santos (19)	June Mar Fajardo (14)	Chris Ross (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–2
3	May 5	Magnolia	L 82–86	Arwind Santos (19)	June Mar Fajardo (14)	Chris Ross (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–2
4	May 8	Magnolia	W 114–98	June Mar Fajardo (31)	Fajardo, Standhardinger (14)	Arwind Santos (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–2
5	May 10	Magnolia	L 86–88	June Mar Fajardo (21)	June Mar Fajardo (22)	Fajardo, Ross (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–3
6	May 12	Magnolia	W 98–86	June Mar Fajardo (23)	June Mar Fajardo (18)	Romeo, Ross (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–3
7	May 15	Magnolia	W 72–71	Alex Cabagnot (18)	June Mar Fajardo (31)	Cabagnot, Lassiter, Romeo (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–3

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	TNT KaTropa	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	NorthPort Batang Pier	9	2	.818	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Blackwater Elite	7	4	.636^[a]	3	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636^[a]	3
5	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	5	6	.455^[b]	5
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455^[b]	5
7	San Miguel Beermen	5	6	.455^[b]	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Alaska Aces	4	7	.364^[c]	6	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Meralco Bolts	4	7	.364^[c]	6
10	Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters	4	7	.364^[c]	6
11	Columbian Dyip	3	8	.273^[d]	7
12	NLEX Road Warriors	3	8	.273^[d]	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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Magnolia 1.19, Rain or Shine 1.01, San Miguel 0.83
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.012, Meralco 1.011, Phoenix 0.977; 8th-seed playoff: Alaska defeated Meralco
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 NLEX

Game log

2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 5–6

June: 2–5

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	June 5	NorthPort	L 88–121	Charles Rhodes (27)	Charles Rhodes (12)	Alex Cabagnot (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1
2	June 8	TNT	L 97–110	Von Pessumal (24)	June Mar Fajardo (13)	Chris Ross (8)	Ynares Center	0–2
3	June 14	Blackwater	W 127–106	Charles Rhodes (32)	Charles Rhodes (19)	Cabagnot, Ross (6)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–2
4	June 16	Barangay Ginebra	L 107–110 (OT)	Charles Rhodes (34)	June Mar Fajardo (19)	Chris Ross (11)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–3
5	June 21	Alaska	W 119–107	Alex Cabagnot (31)	Charles Rhodes (11)	Marcio Lassiter (7)	Cuneta Astrodome	2–3
6	June 26	Magnolia	L 82–118	Charles Rhodes (20)	Charles Rhodes (15)	Cabagnot, Lassiter (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–4
7	June 30	Columbian	L 132–134 (OT)	Charles Rhodes (26)	Charles Rhodes (16)	Chris Ross (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–5

July : 3–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
8	July 5	NLEX	W 109–105	Chris McCullough (47)	Chris McCullough (10)	Marcio Lassiter (6)	Mall of Asia Arena	3–5
9	July 10	Phoenix	W 128–108	Chris McCullough (37)	June Mar Fajardo (14)	Chris Ross (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–5
10	July 13	Rain or Shine	W 89–87	Chris McCullough (24)	Chris McCullough (17)	Chris McCullough (4)	Xavier University Gym	5–5
11	July 17	Meralco	L 91–95	Fajardo, McCullough (27)	Chris McCullough (16)	Chris Ross (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–6

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	TNT	72	104

8	Alaska	108	93
				1	TNT	3
(best-of-3)
				4	Barangay Ginebra	1
4	Barangay Ginebra		2

5	Magnolia		0
							1	TNT	2
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							7	San Miguel	4
2	NorthPort	84	88

7	San Miguel	98	90
				7	San Miguel	3
(best-of-3)
				6	Rain or Shine	1
3	Blackwater		1

6	Rain or Shine		2

Game log

2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log
Total: 9–3

Quarterfinals: 2–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	July 21	NorthPort	W 98–84	Chris McCullough (24)	June Mar Fajardo (19)	Lassiter, McCullough (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0
2	July 24	NorthPort	W 90–88	Chris McCullough (31)	Chris McCullough (11)	Chris Ross (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–0

Semifinals: 3–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	July 27	Rain or Shine	W 111–105	Chris McCullough (32)	Chris McCullough (14)	Alex Cabagnot (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0
2	July 29	Rain or Shine	W 117–105	Chris Ross (34)	June Mar Fajardo (15)	Chris Ross (8)	Mall of Asia Arena	2–0
3	July 31	Rain or Shine	L 104–112	Chris McCullough (51)	Chris McCullough (14)	Chris Ross (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–1
4	August 2	Rain or Shine	W 98–95	Chris McCullough (35)	Chris McCullough (18)	Chris Ross (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–1

Finals: 4–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	August 4	TNT	L 96–109	Chris McCullough (33)	Chris McCullough (15)	Chris Ross (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1
2	August 7	TNT	W 127–125 (2OT)	Chris McCullough (32)	Chris McCullough (22)	Cabagnot, McCullough (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–1
3	August 9	TNT	L 105–115	Fajardo, McCullough (27)	Fajardo, McCullough (13)	Romeo, Ross (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–2
4	August 11	TNT	W 106–101	Chris McCullough (27)	Chris McCullough (22)	Chris Ross (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–2
5	August 14	TNT	W 99–94	Chris McCullough (35)	Chris McCullough (22)	Terrence Romeo (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–2
6	August 16	TNT	W 102–90	Chris McCullough (35)	Fajardo, McCullough (13)	Romeo, Ross (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–2

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NLEX Road Warriors	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	Meralco Bolts	8	3	.727^[a]	—
3	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727^[a]	—
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636	1
5	San Miguel Beermen	6	5	.545^[b]	2	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	6	5	.545^[b]	2
7	Alaska Aces	5	6	.455^[c]	3
8	NorthPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455^[c]	3
9	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	4	7	.364^[d]	4
10	Kia Picanto	4	7	.364^[d]	4
11	Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters	3	8	.273	5
12	Blackwater Elite	2	9	.182	6

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^[3]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.090, Meralco 0.959, TNT 0.958
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 NorthPort
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Columbian

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	NLEX	90	123

8	NorthPort	115	126***
				8	NorthPort	1
(#4 twice-to-beat)
				4	Barangay Ginebra	3
4	Barangay Ginebra		100

5	San Miguel		97
							4	Barangay Ginebra	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							2	Meralco	1
2	Meralco		94

7	Alaska		84
				2	Meralco	3
(#3 twice-to-beat)
				3	TNT	2
3	TNT		98

6	Magnolia		97

*Game went into overtime

Transactions

Trades

Preseason

December
December 19, 2018^[4]^[5]	To San Miguel Terrence Romeo	To TNT Brian Heruela David Semerad 2021 first round pick
	To San Miguel Paul Zamar	To Blackwater Elite 2021 & 2022 second round picks
	To San Miguel Ronald Tubid	To Columbian Dyip Keith Agovida

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
June Mar Fajardo	Philippine Cup Player of the Week	March 11, 2019	^[6]

References

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^ Corp, ABS-CBN. "APPROVED: Beermen get Terrence Romeo, Paul Zamar, and Ronald Tubid in separate deals". ABS-CBN SPORTS. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
^ "SMB trades for Terrence Romeo, Tubid, Zamar get PBA approval". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
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[table_hth_BGSM0.40662868107046-1] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.02, TNT 1.00, San Miguel 0.98

[table_hth_ALA0.40662868107046-2] Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.19, Alaska 1.01, Columbian 0.84; 8th-seed playoff: Alaska defeated NLEX

[table_hth_BGSM0.054368880602703-4] Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Barangay Ginebra

[table_hth_MAG0.054368880602703-5] Head-to-head quotient: Magnolia 1.19, Rain or Shine 1.01, San Miguel 0.83

[table_hth_ALA0.054368880602703-6] Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.012, Meralco 1.011, Phoenix 0.977; 8th-seed playoff: Alaska defeated Meralco

[table_hth_COL0.054368880602703-7] Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 NLEX

[table_hth_MER0.55966906834378-9] Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.090, Meralco 0.959, TNT 0.958

[table_hth_MAG0.55966906834378-10] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia

[table_hth_ALA0.55966906834378-11] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 NorthPort

[table_hth_COL0.55966906834378-12] Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Columbian

[3] "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".

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[13] "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". 2012-12-10. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

[14] Corp, ABS-CBN. "APPROVED: Beermen get Terrence Romeo, Paul Zamar, and Ronald Tubid in separate deals". ABS-CBN SPORTS. Retrieved 2018-12-19.

[15] "SMB trades for Terrence Romeo, Tubid, Zamar get PBA approval". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2018-12-19.

[16] "Monster effort earns June Mar Fajardo weekly citation". PBA.ph. March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2019.

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