# 2016–17 Meralco Bolts season

The 2016–17 Meralco Bolts season was the seventh season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Key dates
### 2016

* October 30: The 2016 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

## Draft picks
### Special draft

| Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
| Ed Daquioag | G | Philippines | Phoenix Accelerators | UST |

### Regular draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
| 2 | 7 | Jonathan Grey | G/F | Philippines | Racal Tile Masters | DLS-Benilde |
| 3 | 13 | Jessie Saitanan | C | Philippines | Bread Story Smashing Bakers | Mapua |
| 4 | 21 | Ryusei Koga | G | Philippines | Hapee Fresh Fighters | San Beda |

## Philippine Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Alaska Aces | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Star Hotshots | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | TNT KaTropa | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Blackwater Elite | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | |
| 10 | Mahindra Floodbuster | 3 | 8 | .273 | 7 | |
| 11 | Meralco Bolts | 3 | 8 | .273 | 7 | |
| 12 | NLEX Road Warriors | 2 | 9 | .182 | 8 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Star
* 1 2 3 4 Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.09, GlobalPort 1.00, Phoenix 0.96, Barangay Ginebra 0.94.
* 1 2 Eighth seed playoff: Rain or Shine 103–80 Blackwater
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Mahindra 1–0 Meralco

#### Game log

2017 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 3–8 :
November: 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
November 27
Blackwater
L 84–86
Cliff Hodge (14)
Kelly Nabong (10)
Cliff Hodge (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1 :
December: 2–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
December 3
NLEX
W 106–93
Chris Newsome (28)
Chris Newsome (10)
Chris Newsome (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1
3
December 9
TNT
W 98–87
Ed Daquioag (23)
Chris Newsome (10)
Chris Newsome (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–1
4
December 14
Alaska
L 79–81
Chris Newsome (23)
Hodge, Newsome (8)
Chris Newsome (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–2
5
December 21
Phoenix
L 90–94
Jonathan Grey (24)
Cliff Hodge (11)
Chris Newsome (8)
Filoil Flying V Centre
2–3
6
December 28
San Miguel
L 86–101
Chris Newsome (16)
Cliff Hodge (15)
Hodge, Newsome (5)
Cuneta Astrodome
2–4 :
January: 1–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
January 6
GlobalPort
L 89–97
Reynel Hugnatan (23)
Chris Newsome (10)
Daquioag, Hodge, Newsome (3)
Mall of Asia Arena
2–5
8
January 11
Mahindra
L 92–105
Reynel Hugnatan (28)
Bryan Faundo (7)
Chris Newsome (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–6
9
January 14
Barangay Ginebra
L 72–83
Reynel Hugnatan (18)
Chris Newsome (9)
Chris Newsome (4)
University of San Agustin Gym
2–7
10
January 20
Rain or Shine
W 82–72
Chris Newsome (19)
Cliff Hodge (16)
Chris Newsome (6)
Cuneta Astrodome
3–7
11
January 28
Star
L 73–120
Chris Newsome (13)
Cliff Hodge (7)
Chris Newsome (4)
Ynares Center
3–8 :
2016–17 schedule :

## Commissioner's Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Star Hotshots | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | TNT KaTropa | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Alaska Aces | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 10 | Mahindra Floodbuster | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 11 | Blackwater Elite | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
| 12 | NLEX Road Warriors | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.117, San Miguel 0.990, Star 0.903
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.127, Alaska 1.116, GlobalPort 0.791; eighth seed playoff: GlobalPort 107–106 Alaska
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 NLEX

#### Game log

2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 7–4 :
March: 4–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
March 17
Mahindra
W 94–86
Baser Amer (19)
Alex Stepheson (21)
Chris Newsome (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
March 19
NLEX
W 91–84
Jared Dillinger (20)
Alex Stepheson (24)
Baser Amer (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–0
3
March 24
TNT
W 94–89
Alex Stepheson (20)
Alex Stepheson (27)
Chris Newsome (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–0
4
March 29
Rain or Shine
W 89–83
Alex Stepheson (21)
Alex Stepheson (15)
Baser Amer (6)
Mall of Asia Arena
4–0 :
April: 2–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
April 2
San Miguel
L 92–99
Dillinger, Stepheson (21)
Alex Stepheson (26)
Baser Amer (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–1
6
April 8
Alaska
W 99–91
Baser Amer (19)
Alex Stepheson (26)
Baser Amer (5)
Mall of Asia Arena
5–1
7
April 16
Blackwater
W 102–91
Jared Dillinger (21)
Alex Stepheson (15)
Alex Stepheson (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
6–1
All-Star Break :
May: 1–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
May 3
Phoenix
W 81–66
Baser Amer (20)
Alex Stepheson (20)
Amer, Hodge, Stepheson (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
7–1
9
May 10
GlobalPort
L 86–94
Alex Stepheson (19)
Alex Stepheson (27)
Baser Amer (7)
Mall of Asia Arena
7–2
10
May 24
Star
L 90–108
Chris Newsome (25)
Alex Stepheson (9)
Chris Newsome (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
7–3
11
May 28
Barangay Ginebra
L 89–90
Baser Amer (21)
Alex Stepheson (20)
Amer, Newsome (4)
Ynares Center
7–4 :
2016–17 schedule :

### Playoffs
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) |
| (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | Barangay Ginebra | 96 | | | | | | |
| 8 | GlobalPort | 85 | | | | | | |
| 8 | GlobalPort | 85 | 1 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 4 | TNT | 3 | | | |
| 4 | TNT | 2 | 4 | TNT | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 1 | | | | 4 | TNT | 2 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 4 | TNT | 2 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 2 | San Miguel | 4 |
| 2 | San Miguel | 115 | | | | 2 | San Miguel | 4 |
| 7 | Phoenix | 96 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Phoenix | 96 | 2 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 3 | Star | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Star | 2 | 3 | Star | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Rain or Shine | 0 | | | | | | |
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#### Game log

2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 1–2 :
Quarterfinals: 1–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
June 5
TNT
L 84–102
Chris Newsome (21)
Alex Stepheson (16)
Newsome, Stepheson (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
June 7
TNT
W 103–100 (OT)
Baser Amer (32)
Alex Stepheson (13)
Jared Dillinger (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1
3
June 9
TNT
L 96–104 (OT)
Baser Amer (25)
Hodge, Stepheson (12)
Chris Newsome (9)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–2 :
2016–17 schedule :

## Governors' Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Meralco Bolts | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | TNT KaTropa | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 4 | Star Hotshots | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 5 | NLEX Road Warriors | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 7 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Blackwater Elite | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Alaska Aces | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 11 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
| 12 | Kia Picanto | 0 | 11 | .000 | 9 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Talk 'N Text 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
* 1 2 3 4 Head to-head quotient: Star 1.04, NLEX 1.01, San Miguel 0.99, Rain or Shine 0.96
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 GlobalPort

#### Game log

2017 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 9–2 :
July: 3–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
July 19
Blackwater
W 107–78
Baser Amer (20)
Allen Durham (21)
Baser Amer (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
July 23
Barangay Ginebra
W 93–78
Allen Durham (30)
Allen Durham (24)
Allen Durham (9)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–0
3
July 29
Rain or Shine
W 89–73
Allen Durham (23)
Allen Durham (23)
Allen Durham (8)
Ynares Center
3–0 :
August: 2–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
August 6
Kia
W 112–97
Allen Durham (25)
Allen Durham (11)
Allen Durham (13)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–0
5
August 13
NLEX
L 94–100
Allen Durham (26)
Allen Durham (14)
Dillinger, Newsome (4)
Mall of Asia Arena
4–1
6
August 18
Phoenix
W 107–104
Allen Durham (33)
Allen Durham (16)
Allen Durham (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–1 :
September: 4–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
September 6
TNT
L 107–113
Allen Durham (39)
Allen Durham (24)
Chris Newsome (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–2
8
September 9
Star
W 96–90
Allen Durham (29)
Allen Durham (27)
Durham, Newsome (7)
Sta. Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex
6–2
9
September 15
Alaska
W 106–78
Allen Durham (26)
Allen Durham (18)
Allen Durham (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
7–2
10
September 22
GlobalPort
W 100–93
Chris Newsome (28)
Allen Durham (22)
Allen Durham (10)
Mall of Asia Arena
8–2
11
September 24
San Miguel
W 104–101
Allen Durham (35)
Cliff Hodge (15)
Allen Durham (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
9–2 :
2016–17 schedule :

### Playoffs
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) |
| (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | Meralco | 91 | 104 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Blackwater | 92 | 96 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Blackwater | 92 | 96 | 1 | Meralco | 3 | | | |
| (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | 1 | Meralco | 3 | | | |
| (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | 4 | Star | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Star | Star | 89 | 4 | Star | 0 | | | |
| 5 | NLEX | NLEX | 77 | | | | | | |
| 5 | NLEX | NLEX | 77 | | | | 1 | Meralco | 3 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 1 | Meralco | 3 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 |
| 2 | TNT | 102 | 118 | | | | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 |
| 7 | Rain or Shine | 106 | 114 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Rain or Shine | 106 | 114 | 2 | TNT | 1 | | | |
| (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | 2 | TNT | 1 | | | |
| (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 104 | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| 6 | San Miguel | San Miguel | 84 | | | | | | |
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#### Game log

2017 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log Total: 7–5 :
Quarterfinals: 1–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
September 26
Blackwater
L 91–92
Chris Newsome (19)
Allen Durham (21)
Allen Durham (7)
Mall of Asia Arena
0–1
2
September 28
Blackwater
W 104–96
Baser Amer (31)
Allen Durham (20)
Allen Durham (9)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1 :
Semifinals: 3–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 1
Star
W 72–66
Allen Durham (23)
Allen Durham (23)
Jared Dillinger (5)
Alonte Sports Arena
1–0
2
October 3
Star
W 98–74
three players (18)
Allen Durham (25)
Baser Amer (8)
Sta. Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex
2–0
3
October 5
Star
W 91–88 (OT)
Allen Durham (24)
Allen Durham (19)
Allen Durham (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–0 :
Finals: 3–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 13
Barangay Ginebra
L 87–102
Allen Durham (27)
Allen Durham (14)
Allen Durham (8)
Quezon Convention Center
0–1
2
October 15
Barangay Ginebra
L 76–86
Allen Durham (25)
Allen Durham (22)
Allen Durham (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 16,159
0–2
3
October 18
Barangay Ginebra
W 94–81
Allen Durham (38)
Allen Durham (20)
Chris Newsome (12)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–2
4
October 20
Barangay Ginebra
W 85–83
Allen Durham (28)
Allen Durham (18)
Jared Dillinger (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 16,164
2–2
5
October 22
Barangay Ginebra
L 74–85
Allen Durham (27)
Allen Durham (19)
Amer, Durham (5)
Philippine Arena 36,445
2–3
6
October 25
Barangay Ginebra
W 98–91
Allen Durham (28)
Allen Durham (19)
Chris Newsome (11)
Philippine Arena 53,642
3–3
7
October 27
Barangay Ginebra
L 96–101
Allen Durham (26)
Allen Durham (24)
Allen Durham (9)
Philippine Arena 54,086
3–4 :
2016–17 schedule :

## Transactions
### Trades
#### Commissioner's Cup

March 2017 :
| March 28 | Three-team trade | Three-team trade |
| March 28 | To Meralco2018 Second Round pick (from Blackwater) | To Blackwater2017 Second Round pick (from NLEX) |
| To NLEXRabeh Al-Hussaini (from Meralco) ||
| May 2017 ||||
| May 6 | Four-team trade | Four-team trade |
| May 6 | To Meralco Garvo Lanete (from NLEX) | To GlobalPort Sean Anthony (from NLEX) Bradwyn Guinto (from NLEX) Jonathan Grey (from Meralco) |
| May 6 | To NLEX Larry Fonacier (from TNT) J.R. Quiñahan (from GlobalPort) 2017 Second Round pick (from Meralco, originally from Mahindra) 2019 Second Round pick (from GlobalPort) | To TNT Anthony Semerad (from GlobalPort) 2017 First Round Pick (from GlobalPort, originally from TNT) |

#### Governors' Cup

August :
| August 7 | To Meralco Mike Tolomia | To Rain or Shine Ed Daquioag |
| September ||||
| September 11, 2017 |
| Three-team trade |||
| September 11, 2017 | To Meralco Ranidel De Ocampo (from TNT) | To TNT Norbert Torres (from Phoenix) Justin Chua (from Meralco) 2017 1st round pick (from Phoenix via San Miguel) |
| To Phoenix 2017 1st round pick (from Meralco) 2019 2nd round pick (from TNT via San Miguel) ||

### Recruited imports

| Conference | Name | Country | Number | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Commissioner's Cup | Alex Stepheson | | 33 | March 17 (vs. Mahindra) | June 9 (vs. TNT) | 8–6 |
| Governors' Cup | Allen Durham | | 5 | July 21 (vs. Blackwater) | October 27 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 16–7 |

## Awards

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Baser Amer | Commissioner's Cup Player of the Week | May 8, 2017 |
| Chris Newsome | Governors' Cup Player of the Week | September 25, 2017 |
| Jared Dillinger | Governors' Cup Player of the Week | October 3, 2017 |
| Jared Dillinger | Governors' Cup Player of the Week | October 9, 2017 |
| Allen Durham | Governors' Cup Best Import of the Conference | October 15, 2017 |
| Honors ||||
| Cliff Hodge | Second Mythical Team | October 20, 2017 |