# 2022–23 NorthPort Batang Pier season

The 2022–23 NorthPort Batang Pier season was the 10th 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 | 6 | JM Calma | C | Philippines | San Sebastian |
| 3 | 30 | John Apacible | F | Philippines | UE |
| 4 | 40 | JJ Caspe | G | Philippines | Lyceum |
| 5 | 48 | Yves Sazon | G | Philippines | PCU |

## 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: 3–8 :
June: 2–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 9
Rain or Shine
W 94–81
Robert Bolick (22)
Jamie Malonzo (15)
Bolick, Sumang (6)
Ynares Center
1–0
2
June 11
Terrafirma
W 100–86
Robert Bolick (26)
Jamie Malonzo (16)
Robert Bolick (10)
Ynares Center
2–0
3
June 15
Magnolia
L 77–80
Arwind Santos (18)
Arwind Santos (12)
Roi Sumang (4)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
2–1
4
June 18
Blackwater
L 90–97
Robert Bolick (21)
Malonzo, Santos (13)
Roi Sumang (5)
Ynares Center
2–2
5
June 23
Meralco
L 87–97
Jamie Malonzo (21)
Jamie Malonzo (9)
Robert Bolick (7)
Ynares Center
2–3
6
June 29
TNT
L 112–117
Jamie Malonzo (27)
Jamie Malonzo (8)
Roi Sumang (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–4 :
July: 1–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
July 2
San Miguel
L 106–122
Arwind Santos (25)
Jamie Malonzo (9)
Jerrick Balanza (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–5
8
July 9
Converge
L 98–104
Kevin Ferrer (21)
Arwind Santos (12)
Roi Sumang (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–6
9
July 14
Phoenix Super LPG
W 95–92
Ferrer, Sumang (18)
Jamie Malonzo (8)
Bolick, Sumang (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–6
10
July 17
Barangay Ginebra
L 93–100
Robert Bolick (29)
Arwind Santos (9)
Roi Sumang (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–7
11
July 22
NLEX
L 95–109
JM Calma (21)
JM Calma (9)
Roi Sumang (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–8 :

## 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: 6–6 :
September: 2–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
September 21, 2022
Phoenix Super LPG
W 92–89
Robert Bolick (21)
Prince Ibeh (15)
Arvin Tolentino (7)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
1–0
2
September 24, 2022
Bay Area
L 104–105
Robert Bolick (33)
Prince Ibeh (11)
Robert Bolick (5)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
1–1
3
September 30, 2022
Meralco
W 101–95 (OT)
Robert Bolick (44)
Prince Ibeh (11)
Robert Bolick (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–1 :
October: 1–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
October 8, 2022
TNT
L 93–117
Arvin Tolentino (19)
Prince Ibeh (12)
Robert Bolick (7)
PhilSports Arena
2–2
5
October 12, 2022
Blackwater
W 87–83
Prince Ibeh (19)
Prince Ibeh (10)
Robert Bolick (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–2
6
October 16, 2022
Magnolia
L 91–109
Kevin Ferrer (19)
Prince Ibeh (13)
Balanza, Sumang, Tolentino (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–3
7
October 26, 2022
San Miguel
L 86–104
Prince Ibeh (16)
Prince Ibeh (16)
Robert Bolick (7)
Ynares Center
3–4 :
November: 3–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
November 4, 2022
Rain or Shine
L 75–76
Robert Bolick (18)
Ibeh, Navarro (11)
Bolick, Sumang (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–5
9
November 9, 2022
NLEX
W 107–94
Robert Bolick (33)
Prince Ibeh (17)
Bolick, Navarro (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–5
10
November 12, 2022
Terrafirma
W 91–85
Arvin Tolentino (31)
Prince Ibeh (17)
Robert Bolick (10)
Ynares Center
5–5
11
November 20, 2022
Converge
W 112–97
William Navarro (29)
William Navarro (17)
Robert Bolick (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
6–5
12
November 27, 2022
Barangay Ginebra
L 105–122
Arvin Tolentino (24)
Prince Ibeh (13)
Navarro, Sumang (5)
PhilSports Arena
6–6 :

### 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 | | | | | | |
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#### Game log

2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 0–2 :
Quarterfinals: 0–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
December 7, 2022
Barangay Ginebra
L 102–118
Arvin Tolentino (29)
Prince Ibeh (15)
Robert Bolick (6)
PhilSports Arena
0–1
2
December 10, 2022
Barangay Ginebra
L 93–99
Jeff Chan (20)
Prince Ibeh (12)
Jeff Chan (6)
PhilSports Arena
0–2 :

## 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: 3–8 :
January: 0–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
January 22
Converge
L 92–122
Marcus Weathers (37)
Marcus Weathers (12)
Chan, Salado, Weathers, Zamar (2)
PhilSports Arena
0–1
2
January 26
Meralco
L 102–107
Marcus Weathers (29)
Marcus Weathers (14)
Roi Sumang (6)
PhilSports Arena
0–2
3
January 28
NLEX
L 112–121
Marcus Weathers (30)
JM Calma (12)
Weathers, Zamar (4)
Ynares Center
0–3 :
February: 2–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
February 2
Phoenix Super LPG
L 97–108
Marcus Weathers (31)
Marcus Weathers (9)
Jeff Chan (4)
PhilSports Arena
0–4
5
February 10
Barangay Ginebra
L 100–115
Kevin Murphy (38)
Kevin Murphy (11)
Kevin Murphy (4)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
0–5
6
February 15
San Miguel
L 132–145
Kevin Murphy (39)
Kevin Murphy (13)
Robert Bolick (10)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
0–6
7
February 22
Terrafirma
W 115–100
Kevin Murphy (28)
Bolick, Calma, Murphy (9)
Jeff Chan (9)
PhilSports Arena
1–6
8
February 25
Blackwater
W 110–104
Kevin Murphy (47)
Kevin Murphy (16)
Robert Bolick (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–6 :
March: 1–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
9
March 2
Magnolia
L 109–129
Kevin Murphy (31)
Calma, Murphy (6)
Kevin Murphy (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–7
10
March 4
Rain or Shine
W 113–97
Kevin Murphy (39)
Kevin Murphy (13)
Robert Bolick (7)
PhilSports Arena
3–7
All-Star Break
11
March 15
TNT
L 110–134
Kevin Murphy (35)
Kevin Murphy (10)
Robert Bolick (6)
PhilSports Arena
3–8 :

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

| Player | Date signed | Contract amount | Contract length | Former team |
| Jerrick Balanza | May 14, 2022 | Not disclosed | 2 years | Re-signed |
| Arwind Santos | May 19, 2022 | Not disclosed | 1 year | Re-signed |
| Louie Vigil | May 19, 2022 | Not disclosed | 1 year | San Miguel Beermen |
| Roi Sumang | May 28, 2022 | Not disclosed | 1 year | Re-signed |
| Renzo Subido | May 28, 2022 | Not disclosed | 1 year | Re-signed |
| Jamie Malonzo | May 30, 2022 | Not disclosed | 1 year | Re-signed |
| Chris Javier | June 3, 2022 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | TNT Tropang Giga |
| William Navarro | October 24, 2022 | Not disclosed | 2 conferences | — |
| Paul Zamar | January 17, 2023 | Not disclosed | 1 year | Re-signed |
| Christian Balagasay | January 17, 2023 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Terrafirma Dyip |
| Robert Bolick | February 8, 2023 | Not disclosed | 1 conference | Re-signed |

### Trades
#### Pre-season

June :
| June 3, 2022 | To NorthPortMJ Ayaay | To Barangay Ginebra2023 NorthPort second-round pick |

#### Mid-season

September :
| September 20, 2022 | To NorthPortPrince Caperal Arvin Tolentino 2022 Barangay Ginebra first-round pick | To Barangay GinebraJamie Malonzo |
| September 20, 2022 | To NorthPortJeff Chan Kent Salado | To Barangay GinebraVon Pessumal | To San Miguel2024 NorthPort second-round pick 2025 NorthPort second-round pick |

#### Commissioner's Cup

January :
| January 4, 2023 | To NorthPortAllyn Bulanadi | To ConvergeJerrick Balanza |
| January 5, 2023 | To NorthPortPaul Zamar 2025 San Miguel second-round pick | To San MiguelAllyn Bulanadi |
| January 12, 2023 | To NorthPortJoshua Munzon | To TerrafirmaKevin Ferrer |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Commissioner's Cup | Prince Ibeh | September 21, 2022 (vs. Phoenix) | December 10, 2022 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 6–8 |
| Governors' Cup | Marcus Weathers | January 22, 2023 (vs. Converge) | February 2, 2023 (vs. Phoenix) | 0–4 |
| Governors' Cup | Kevin Murphy | February 10, 2023 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | March 15, 2023 (vs. TNT) | 3–4 |

## Awards

| Recipient | Honors | Date awarded |
| Robert Bolick | 2022–23 PBA Mythical Second Team | November 5, 2023 |
| Arvin Tolentino | 2022–23 PBA Mythical Second Team | November 5, 2023 |
| Roi Sumang | 2022–23 PBA Comeback Player of the Year | November 19, 2023 |