# 2019 Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok season

The 2019 Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok season was the 31st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Key dates
### 2018

* December 16: The 2018 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | TNT KaTropa | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Alaska Aces | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | NLEX Road Warriors | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 10 | Columbian Dyip | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 11 | Meralco Bolts | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Elite | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.02, TNT 1.00, San Miguel 0.98
* 1 2 3 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: 6–5 :
February: 0–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
February 3
TNT
L 75–80 (OT)
Robbie Herndon (16)
Barroca, Sangalang (9)
Jio Jalalon (8)
Mall of Asia Arena
0–1
2
February 10
San Miguel
L 92–113
Ian Sangalang (19)
Rafi Reavis (6)
Mark Barroca (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–2
3
February 13
Rain or Shine
L 74–75
Barroca, Sangalang (16)
Ian Sangalang (18)
Jio Jalalon (5)
Mall of Asia Arena
0–3 :
March: 5–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
March 2
Meralco
W 92–86
Jio Jalalon (19)
Ian Sangalang (16)
Barroca, Jalalon (4)
Xavier University Gym
1–3
5
March 6
Phoenix
L 87–89
Barroca, Lee (16)
Rafi Reavis (8)
Jio Jalalon (9)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–4
6
March 9
Alaska
W 103–86
Ian Sangalang (24)
Ian Sangalang (14)
Ian Sangalang (6)
Ynares Center
2–4
7
March 13
Columbian
W 109–83
Ian Sangalang (16)
dela Rosa, Jalalon, Lee (7)
Barroca, Lee (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–4
8
March 17
Barangay Ginebra
L 93–97 (OT)
Mark Barroca (23)
Ian Sangalang (13)
Barroca, Sangalang (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–5
9
March 20
NorthPort
W 103–90
Paul Lee (24)
Rafi Reavis (10)
Barroca, Melton (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–5
10
March 22
Blackwater
W 97–87
Rome dela Rosa (17)
Brondial, Sangalang (10)
Barroca, Sangalang (5)
Ynares Center
5–5 :
April: 1–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
11
April 3
NLEX
W 102–74
Paul Lee (26)
Rodney Brondial (9)
Jio Jalalon (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
6–5 :

### Playoffs
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | 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 | Phoenix | 91 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alaska | 76 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alaska | 76 | 1 | Phoenix | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | Phoenix | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 5 | San Miguel | 4 | | | |
| 4 | TNT | 1 | 5 | San Miguel | 4 | | | |
| 5 | San Miguel | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | San Miguel | 2 | | | | 5 | San Miguel | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 5 | San Miguel | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 6 | Magnolia | 3 |
| 2 | Rain or Shine | 91 | | | | 6 | Magnolia | 3 |
| 7 | NorthPort | 85 | | | | | | |
| 7 | NorthPort | 85 | 2 | Rain or Shine | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | Rain or Shine | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 6 | Magnolia | 4 | | | |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | 6 | Magnolia | 4 | | | |
| 6 | Magnolia | 2 | | | | | | |
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#### Game log

2019 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log Total: 9–8 :
Quarterfinals: 2–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 6
Barangay Ginebra
L 75–86
Paul Lee (15)
Rodney Brondial (9)
Barroca, Lee, Sangalang (3)
Mall of Asia Arena
0–1
2
April 8
Barangay Ginebra
W 106–77
Ian Sangalang (21)
Ian Sangalang (9)
Jio Jalalon (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1
3
April 10
Barangay Ginebra
W 85–72
Paul Lee (25)
Ian Sangalang (10)
Jio Jalalon (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 11,147
2–1 :
Semifinals: 4–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 12
Rain or Shine
L 77–84
Paul Lee (15)
Rafi Reavis (10)
Paul Lee (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
April 14
Rain or Shine
L 80–93
Herndon, Sangalang (13)
Jio Jalalon (8)
Jio Jalalon (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–2
3
April 16
Rain or Shine
W 85–74
Lee, Sangalang (16)
Reavis, Sangalang (11)
Mark Barroca (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–2
4
April 22
Rain or Shine
W 94–91
Ian Sangalang (19)
Rafi Reavis (11)
Jio Jalalon (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–2
5
April 24
Rain or Shine
W 82–74
Barroca, Jalalon (14)
Rafi Reavis (12)
Barroca, Jalalon (3)
Cuneta Astrodome
3–2
6
April 26
Rain or Shine
L 81–91
Ian Sangalang (19)
Reavis, Sangalang (8)
Jio Jalalon (8)
Ynares Center
3–3
7
April 28
Rain or Shine
W 63–60 (OT)
Lee, Sangalang (11)
Rafi Reavis (20)
Jio Jalalon (4)
Mall of Asia Arena
4–3 :
Finals: 3–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
May 1
San Miguel
W 99–94
Paul Lee (18)
Ian Sangalang (12)
Paul Lee (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
May 3
San Miguel
L 101–108
Ian Sangalang (18)
Paul Lee (10)
Jio Jalalon (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1
3
May 5
San Miguel
W 86–82
Mark Barroca (22)
Reavis, Sangalang (15)
Jio Jalalon (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–1
4
May 8
San Miguel
L 98–114
Barroca, Jalalon (22)
Ian Sangalang (11)
Jio Jalalon (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–2
5
May 10
San Miguel
W 88–86
Mark Barroca (22)
Ian Sangalang (14)
Jio Jalalon (9)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–2
6
May 12
San Miguel
L 86–98
Jio Jalalon (17)
Paul Lee (7)
Jio Jalalon (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–3
7
May 15
San Miguel
L 71–72
Ian Sangalang (18)
Rafi Reavis (8)
Jalalon, Lee (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–4 :

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

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | San Miguel Beermen | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Alaska Aces | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Meralco Bolts | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | |
| 10 | Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | |
| 11 | Columbian Dyip | 3 | 8 | .273 | 7 | |
| 12 | NLEX Road Warriors | 3 | 8 | .273 | 7 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Magnolia 1.19, Rain or Shine 1.01, San Miguel 0.83
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.012, Meralco 1.011, Phoenix 0.977; 8th-seed playoff: Alaska defeated Meralco
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 NLEX

#### Game log

2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 5–6 :
June: 5–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 5
Alaska
L 80–103
Ian Sangalang (17)
Ian Sangalang (9)
Rome dela Rosa (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
June 12
NorthPort
L 99–102
Ian Sangalang (21)
James Farr (14)
Paul Lee (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–2
3
June 14
NLEX
W 98–88
James Farr (24)
James Farr (21)
Paul Lee (6)
Mall of Asia Arena
1–2
4
June 16
Columbian
W 110–103
Farr, Sangalang (22)
Jio Jalalon (12)
Jio Jalalon (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–2
5
June 22
Phoenix
W 99–96
Paul Lee (27)
James Farr (18)
Paul Lee (7)
Cuneta Astrodome
3–2
6
June 26
San Miguel
W 118–82
James Farr (19)
James Farr (18)
Jio Jalalon (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–2
7
June 29
Meralco
W 99–88
Mark Barroca (21)
James Farr (17)
Mark Barroca (7)
Mayor Vitaliano D. Agan Coliseum
5–2 :
July: 0–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
July 5
Blackwater
L 99–104 (OT)
Paul Lee (25)
James Farr (20)
Paul Lee (8)
Mall of Asia Arena
5–3
9
July 7
Barangay Ginebra
L 81–102
James Farr (34)
James Farr (21)
Paul Lee (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–4
10
July 10
Rain or Shine
L 82–86
Ian Sangalang (24)
James Farr (23)
Mark Barroca (9)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–5
11
July 17
TNT
L 83–98
Paul Lee (23)
James Farr (14)
Christmas, Jalalon, Melton (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–6 :

### 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 | TNT | 72 | 104 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alaska | 108 | 93 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alaska | 108 | 93 | 1 | TNT | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | TNT | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Magnolia | Magnolia | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Magnolia | Magnolia | 0 | | | | 1 | TNT | 2 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 1 | TNT | 2 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 7 | San Miguel | 4 |
| 2 | NorthPort | 84 | 88 | | | | 7 | San Miguel | 4 |
| 7 | San Miguel | 98 | 90 | | | | | | |
| 7 | San Miguel | 98 | 90 | 7 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 7 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 6 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Blackwater | Blackwater | 1 | 6 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Rain or Shine | Rain or Shine | 2 | | | | | | |
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#### Game log

2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 0–2 :
Quarterfinals: 0–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
July 20
Barangay Ginebra
L 79–85
Paul Lee (24)
Rakeem Christmas (14)
Jio Jalalon (4)
Mall of Asia Arena
0–1
2
July 23
Barangay Ginebra
L 80–106
Mark Barroca (17)
Jio Jalalon (10)
Jio Jalalon (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–2 :

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | NLEX Road Warriors | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 2 | Meralco Bolts | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 3 | TNT KaTropa | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 5 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 6 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 7 | Alaska Aces | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 8 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | |
| 10 | Kia Picanto | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | |
| 11 | Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Elite | 2 | 9 | .182 | 6 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.090, Meralco 0.959, TNT 0.958
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 NorthPort
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Columbian

#### 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 | NLEX | 90 | 123 | | | | | | |
| 8 | NorthPort | 115 | 126*** | | | | | | |
| 8 | NorthPort | 115 | 126*** | 8 | NorthPort | 1 | | | |
| (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | 8 | NorthPort | 1 | | | |
| (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 100 | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| 5 | San Miguel | San Miguel | 97 | | | | | | |
| 5 | San Miguel | San Miguel | 97 | | | | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 2 | Meralco | 1 |
| 2 | Meralco | Meralco | 94 | | | | 2 | Meralco | 1 |
| 7 | Alaska | Alaska | 84 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Alaska | Alaska | 84 | 2 | Meralco | 3 | | | |
| (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | 2 | Meralco | 3 | | | |
| (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | 3 | TNT | 2 | | | |
| 3 | TNT | TNT | 98 | 3 | TNT | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Magnolia | Magnolia | 97 | | | | | | |
*Game went into overtime
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## Awards

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
| Ian Sangalang | Philippine Cup Player of the Week | March 26, 2019 | |