# 2022–23 Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots season

The 2022–23 Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots season was the 34th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Key dates

* May 15: The PBA Season 47 draft was held at the Robinsons Place Manila in Manila.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Place of birth | College |
| 1 | 12 | Keith Zaldivar | C | Philippines | Adamson |
| 2 | 24 | Carlo de Chavez | F | USA | Bloomfield |
| 3 | 36 | Orlan Wamar | G | Philippines | CEU |
| 4 | 44 | Garciano Puerto | G | Philippines | UC |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | TNT Tropang Giga | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Converge FiberXers | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Blackwater Bossing | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 10 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 11 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 12 | Terrafirma Dyip | 0 | 11 | .000 | 9 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient:TNT 1.12, Magnolia 0.99, Barangay Ginebra 0.90
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Converge 1–0 Blackwater
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Phoenix

#### Game log

2022 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 8–3 :
June: 3–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 5
TNT
L 72–78
Ian Sangalang (18)
Calvin Abueva (12)
Jio Jalalon (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 8,241
0–1
2
June 10
Converge
L 82–89 (OT)
Ian Sangalang (22)
Calvin Abueva (13)
Jio Jalalon (9)
Ynares Center
0–2
3
June 15
NorthPort
W 80–77
Calvin Abueva (23)
Calvin Abueva (12)
Jio Jalalon (6)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
1–2
4
June 17
San Miguel
L 81–87
Mark Barroca (25)
Barroca, Laput (8)
Mark Barroca (7)
Ynares Center
1–3
5
June 19
Barangay Ginebra
W 89–84
Ian Sangalang (24)
Ian Sangalang (9)
Mark Barroca (8)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
2–3
6
June 24
Phoenix Super LPG
W 95–77
Mark Barroca (21)
Ian Sangalang (10)
Jio Jalalon (8)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
3–3 :
July: 5–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
July 2
NLEX
W 87–73
Mark Barroca (18)
Ian Sangalang (9)
Jio Jalalon (9)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–3
8
July 8
Terrafirma
W 104–83
Ian Sangalang (20)
Laput, Sangalang (7)
Jio Jalalon (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–3
9
July 15
Meralco
W 97–88 (OT)
Paul Lee (21)
Ian Sangalang (15)
Jio Jalalon (8)
Ynares Center
6–3
10
July 20
Rain or Shine
W 118–87
Jerrick Ahanmisi (19)
Jio Jalalon (11)
Jio Jalalon (12)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
7–3
11
July 22
Blackwater
W 75–66
Paul Lee (22)
Calvin Abueva (10)
Mark Barroca (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
8–3 :

### 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 | San Miguel | 123 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Blackwater | 93 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Blackwater | 93 | 1 | San Miguel | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | San Miguel | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 5 | Meralco | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | 5 | Meralco | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 2 | | | | 1 | San Miguel | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 1 | San Miguel | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 2 | TNT | 3 |
| 2 | TNT | 116 | | | | 2 | TNT | 3 |
| 7 | Converge | 95 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Converge | 95 | 2 | TNT | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | TNT | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 3 | Magnolia | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Magnolia | 2 | 3 | Magnolia | 2 | | | |
| 6 | NLEX | 1 | | | | | | |
* view
* talk

#### Game log

2022 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log Total: 4–5 :
Quarterfinals: 2–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
July 24
NLEX
W 98–89
Mark Barroca (24)
Calvin Abueva (8)
Jalalon, Lee (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
July 29
NLEX
L 77–90
Calvin Abueva (20)
Calvin Abueva (7)
Barroca, Jalalon (5)
Filoil EcoOil Centre
1–1
3
July 31
NLEX
W 112–106 (OT)
Ian Sangalang (24)
Ian Sangalang (11)
Abueva, Jalalon (6)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
2–1 :
Semifinals: 2–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
August 3
TNT
L 96–108
Calvin Abueva (18)
Aris Dionisio (13)
Jio Jalalon (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
August 5
TNT
W 92–88
Mark Barroca (22)
Abueva, Sangalang (8)
Calvin Abueva (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1
3
August 7
TNT
L 92–93
Calvin Abueva (18)
Ian Sangalang (9)
Jio Jalalon (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–2
4
August 10
TNT
L 84–102
Ian Sangalang (19)
Dela Rosa, Dionisio, Jalalon (6)
Calvin Abueva (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–3
5
August 12
TNT
W 105–97
Mark Barroca (25)
Calvin Abueva (10)
Calvin Abueva (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–3
6
August 14
TNT
L 74–87
Abueva, Sangalang (16)
Ian Sangalang (12)
Mark Barroca (9)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 9,439
2–4 :

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Bay Area Dragons (G) | 10 | 2 | .833 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 10 | 2 | .833 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 3 | .750 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Converge FiberXers | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5 | |
| 10 | Meralco Bolts | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6 | |
| 11 | TNT Tropang Giga | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Bossing | 3 | 9 | .250 | 7 | |
| 13 | Terrafirma Dyip | 1 | 11 | .083 | 9 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Bay Area 1–0 Magnolia
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Phoenix
* 1 2 Eighth seed playoff: Rain or Shine 110–100 NLEX
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 TNT

#### Game log

2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 10–2 :
September: 1–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
September 28, 2022
Terrafirma
W 100–92
Nick Rakocevic (45)
Nick Rakocevic (25)
Mark Barroca (8)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
1–0 :
October: 4–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
October 1, 2022
Converge
W 109–105
Nick Rakocevic (21)
Nick Rakocevic (24)
Jio Jalalon (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–0
3
October 5, 2022
TNT
W 94–92
Calvin Abueva (25)
Nick Rakocevic (15)
Mark Barroca (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–0
4
October 12, 2022
NLEX
W 111–97
Nick Rakocevic (36)
Nick Rakocevic (15)
Jio Jalalon (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–0
5
October 16, 2022
NorthPort
W 109–91
Nick Rakocevic (26)
Nick Rakocevic (14)
Mark Barroca (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–0
6
October 23, 2022
Barangay Ginebra
L 97–103
Paul Lee (22)
Nick Rakocevic (17)
Nick Rakocevic (6)
SM Mall of Asia Arena 12,087
5–1 :
November: 4–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
November 6, 2022
Blackwater
W 91–69
Rakocevic, Sangalang (17)
Nick Rakocevic (15)
Jio Jalalon (9)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 10,149
6–1
8
November 12, 2022
Phoenix Super LPG
W 90–80
Nick Rakocevic (18)
Nick Rakocevic (18)
Jio Jalalon (9)
Ynares Center
7–1
9
November 16, 2022
San Miguel
W 85–80
Nick Rakocevic (26)
Nick Rakocevic (28)
Mark Barroca (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
8–1
10
November 19, 2022
Bay Area
L 89–95
Nick Rakocevic (26)
Nick Rakocevic (19)
Mark Barroca (8)
PhilSports Arena
8–2
11
November 27, 2022
Meralco
W 108–96
Paul Lee (27)
Nick Rakocevic (20)
Mark Barroca (6)
PhilSports Arena
9–2 :
December: 1–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
12
December 2, 2022
Rain or Shine
W 106–90
Nick Rakocevic (21)
Nick Rakocevic (13)
Jio Jalalon (12)
PhilSports Arena
10–2 :

### 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 | Bay Area | 126 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Rain or Shine | 96 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Rain or Shine | 96 | 1 | Bay Area | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | Bay Area | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 5 | San Miguel | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Converge | 0 | 5 | San Miguel | 1 | | | |
| 5 | San Miguel | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | San Miguel | 2 | | | | 1 | Bay Area | 3 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 1 | Bay Area | 3 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 |
| 2 | Magnolia | 102 | | | | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 |
| 7 | Phoenix Super LPG | 95 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Phoenix Super LPG | 95 | 2 | Magnolia | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | Magnolia | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| 6 | NorthPort | 0 | | | | | | |
* view
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#### Game log

2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 2–3 :
Quarterfinals: 1–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
December 9, 2022
Phoenix Super LPG
W 102–95
Calvin Abueva (19)
Nick Rakocevic (13)
Mark Barroca (5)
PhilSports Arena
1–0 :
Semifinals: 1–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
December 14, 2022
Barangay Ginebra
L 84–87
Paul Lee (21)
Calvin Abueva (12)
Mark Barroca (9)
PhilSports Arena
0–1
2
December 16, 2022
Barangay Ginebra
W 96–95
Paul Lee (24)
Nick Rakocevic (20)
Jio Jalalon (5)
PhilSports Arena
1–1
3
December 18, 2022
Barangay Ginebra
L 80–103
Jio Jalalon (16)
Nick Rakocevic (12)
Barroca, Jalalon (6)
PhilSports Arena
1–2
4
December 21, 2022
Barangay Ginebra
L 84–99
Calvin Abueva (14)
Nick Rakocevic (13)
Jio Jalalon (9)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
1–3 :

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | TNT Tropang Giga | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 4 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 5 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 6 | NLEX Road Warriors | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 7 | Converge FiberXers | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 8 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 9 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 3 | 8 | .273 | 7 | |
| 10 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 2 | 9 | .182 | 8 | |
| 11 | Terrafirma Dyip | 2 | 9 | .182 | 8 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Bossing | 1 | 10 | .091 | 9 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.099, Magnolia 1.0741, NLEX 0.86

#### Game log

2023 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 7–4 :
January: 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
January 29
Converge
L 109–111
Erik McCree (38)
Erik McCree (16)
Jio Jalalon (5)
Ynares Center
0–1 :
February: 4–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
February 3
TNT
L 85–93
Paul Lee (24)
Erik McCree (16)
Calvin Abueva (5)
Ynares Center
0–2
3
February 5
San Miguel
L 98–100
Paul Lee (19)
Erik McCree (8)
Mark Barroca (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 10,080
0–3
4
February 10
Phoenix Super LPG
W 108–95
Antonio Hester (28)
Antonio Hester (12)
Hester, Jalalon (6)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
1–3
5
February 12
Barangay Ginebra
W 118–88
Antonio Hester (28)
Antonio Hester (18)
Antonio Hester (9)
SM Mall of Asia Arena 11,212
2–3
6
February 16
NLEX
W 119–103
Antonio Hester (37)
Antonio Hester (15)
Jio Jalalon (12)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–3
7
February 22
Rain or Shine
W 112–97
Barroca, Jalalon, Lee (19)
Antonio Hester (15)
Hester, Lee (5)
PhilSports Arena
4–3
8
February 26
Meralco
L 84–86
Antonio Hester (23)
Antonio Hester (15)
Abueva, Lee (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–4 :
March: 3–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
9
March 2
NorthPort
W 129–109
Antonio Hester (28)
Antonio Hester (14)
Mark Barroca (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–4
10
March 4
Terrafirma
W 121–115 (OT)
Antonio Hester (40)
Abueva, Hester (17)
Jio Jalalon (9)
PhilSports Arena
6–4
11
March 8
Blackwater
W 110–95
Calvin Abueva (27)
Antonio Hester (20)
Jio Jalalon (11)
Ynares Center
7–4 :

### 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 | TNT | 132 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Phoenix Super LPG | 105 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Phoenix Super LPG | 105 | 1 | TNT | 3 | | | |
| (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | 1 | TNT | 3 | | | |
| (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | 4 | Meralco | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Meralco | 113* | 4 | Meralco | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Magnolia | 107 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Magnolia | 107 | | | | 1 | TNT | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 1 | TNT | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 |
| 2 | San Miguel | 121 | | | | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 |
| 7 | Converge | 105 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Converge | 105 | 2 | San Miguel | 0 | | | |
| (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | 2 | San Miguel | 0 | | | |
| (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 127 | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| 6 | NLEX | 93 | | | | | | |
*Game went into overtime
* view
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#### Game log

2023 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log Total: 0–1 :
Quarterfinals: 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
March 22
Meralco
L 107–113 (OT)
Paul Lee (22)
Antonio Hester (19)
Calvin Abueva (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1 :

## Transactions
### Free agency
#### Signings

| Player | Date signed | Contract amount | Contract length | Former team |
| Loren Brill | May 29, 2022 | Not disclosed | 1 year | Re-signed |
| Ronnie De Leon | May 29, 2022 | Not disclosed | 1 year | Re-signed |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Commissioner's Cup | Nick Rakocevic | September 28, 2022 (vs. Terrafirma) | December 21, 2022 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 12–5 |
| Governors' Cup | Erik McCree | January 29, 2023 (vs. Converge) | February 5, 2023 (vs. San Miguel) | 0–3 |
| Governors' Cup | Antonio Hester | February 10, 2023 (vs. Phoenix) | March 22, 2023 (vs. Meralco) | 7–2 |

## Awards

| Recipient | Honors | Date awarded |
| Paul Lee | 2023 PBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player | March 12, 2023 |
| Calvin Abueva | 2022–23 PBA Mythical Second Team | November 5, 2023 |
| Jio Jalalon | 2022–23 PBA All-Defensive Team | November 5, 2023 |
| Jio Jalalon | 2022–23 PBA Defensive Player of the Year | November 19, 2023 |