# 2017–18 NorthPort Batang Pier season

The 2017–18 NorthPort Batang Pier season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Prior to the Governor's Cup, the team was known as the GlobalPort Batang Pier.

## Key dates
### 2017

* October 29: The 2017 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
| 1 | 6 | Robbie Herndon | G | United States | Marinerong Pilipino Skippers | San Francisco State |
| 2 | 24 | Andreas Cahilig | F | Sweden | Cignal HD Hawkeyes | Earist |
| 3 | 29 | Zachary Nicholls | G | Canada | Victoria Sports Stallions | Arellano |
| 4 | 5 | Gian Abrigo | G | Philippines | Tanduay Light Rhum Masters Racal Tile Masters | Adamson |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Alaska Aces | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | TNT KaTropa | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | |
| 10 | Blackwater Elite | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | |
| 11 | Meralco Bolts | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | |
| 12 | Kia Picanto | 1 | 10 | .091 | 7 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95
* 1 2 3 4 Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.14, Phoenix 1.00, TNT 0.97, Blackwater 0.89; #8 seed playoff: TNT defeated Phoenix

#### Game log

2018 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 5–6 :
December: 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 25
NLEX
L 104–115
Stanley Pringle (33)
Kelly Nabong (14)
Stanley Pringle (4)
Philippine Arena 22,531
0–1 :
January: 3–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
January 7
Barangay Ginebra
L 97–104
Sean Anthony (29)
Kelly Nabong (11)
Stanley Pringle (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 9,000
0–2
3
January 12
Rain or Shine
W 78–70
Stanley Pringle (29)
Anthony, Nabong (13)
Sean Anthony (12)
Mall of Asia Arena
1–2
4
January 19
Blackwater
W 101–76
Sean Anthony (22)
Stanley Pringle (11)
three players (5)
Cuneta Astrodome
2–2
5
January 24
San Miguel
L 93–107
Stanley Pringle (23)
Anthony, Guinto (7)
Ryan Araña (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–3
6
January 28
Meralco
W 107–88
Jonathan Grey (24)
Kelly Nabong (17)
Stanley Pringle (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–3 :
February: 2–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
February 4
Alaska
L 98–105 (OT)
Stanley Pringle (28)
Sean Anthony (14)
Stanley Pringle (6)
Ynares Center
3–4
8
February 14
TNT
W 99–84
Nico Elorde (17)
Guinto, Pringle (10)
Nico Elorde (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–4
9
February 16
Magnolia
L 81–96
Kelly Nabong (21)
Anthony, Nabong (11)
Nico Elorde (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–5
10
February 21
Kia
W 108–91
Anthony, Nabong (21)
Kelly Nabong (13)
Nico Elorde (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–5 :
March: 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
11
March 2
Phoenix
L 100–104
Terrence Romeo (20)
Yousef Taha (13)
Stanley Pringle (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–6 :

### 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 | 106 | | | | | | |
| 8 | TNT | 93 | | | | | | |
| 8 | TNT | 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) | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Rain or Shine | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Rain or Shine | 0 | | | | 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 | Magnolia | 1 |
| 2 | Magnolia | 86 | | | | 2 | Magnolia | 1 |
| 7 | GlobalPort | 79 | | | | | | |
| 7 | GlobalPort | 79 | 2 | Magnolia | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | Magnolia | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 6 | NLEX | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Alaska | 0 | 6 | NLEX | 2 | | | |
| 6 | NLEX | 2 | | | | | | |
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#### Game log

2018 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log Total: 0–1 :
Quarterfinals: 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
March 6
Magnolia
L 79–86
Stanley Pringle (31)
Pringle, Taha (10)
Terrence Romeo (6)
Mall of Asia Arena
0–1 :

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | TNT KaTropa | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Columbian Dyip | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 10 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 11 | NLEX Road Warriors | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Elite | 1 | 10 | .091 | 8 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

#### Game log

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 5–6 :
April: 1–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
April 22
TNT
L 114–128
Sean Anthony (34)
Malcolm White (12)
Stanley Pringle (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
April 27
Meralco
W 86–85
Malcolm White (27)
Malcolm White (17)
four players (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1 :
May: 2–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
May 2
Blackwater
W 117–106
Sean Anthony (29)
Sean Anthony (13)
Sean Anthony (8)
Ynares Center
2–1
4
May 12
Magnolia
L 87–92
Sean Anthony (20)
Malcolm White (14)
Nico Elorde (5)
Angeles University Foundation Sports Arena
2–2
5
May 16
NLEX
W 116–94
Sean Anthony (21)
Malcolm White (14)
Stanley Pringle (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–2
6
May 20
Rain or Shine
L 90–96
Malcolm White (21)
Sean Anthony (14)
Nico Elorde (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–3
All-Star Break :
June: 2–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
June 2
Alaska
L 103–109
Malcolm White (27)
Anthony, White (8)
Elorde, Pringle (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–4
8
June 13
San Miguel
W 98–94
Malcolm White (25)
Malcolm White (10)
Stanley Pringle (8)
Mall of Asia Arena
4–4
9
June 20
Phoenix
L 108–135
Malcolm White (24)
Anthony, Pringle (7)
Nabong, Pringle (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–5
10
June 22
Columbian
W 133–115
Stanley Pringle (50)
Sean Anthony (17)
Anthony, Pringle (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–5 :
July: 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
11
July 6
Barangay Ginebra
L 98–116
Malcolm White (19)
Malcolm White (9)
Stanley Pringle (7)
Cuneta Astrodome
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 | Rain or Shine | 113 | 103 | | | | | | |
| 8 | GlobalPort | 114 | 97 | | | | | | |
| 8 | GlobalPort | 114 | 97 | 1 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 5 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Meralco | Meralco | 0 | 5 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | | | | 5 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 5 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 6 | San Miguel | 2 |
| 2 | Alaska | Alaska | 89 | | | | 6 | San Miguel | 2 |
| 7 | Magnolia | Magnolia | 78 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Magnolia | Magnolia | 78 | 2 | Alaska | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | Alaska | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 6 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| 3 | TNT | TNT | 0 | 6 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| 6 | San Miguel | San Miguel | 2 | | | | | | |
* view
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#### Game log

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 1–1 :
Quarterfinals: 1–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
July 10
Rain or Shine
W 114–113
Malcolm White (28)
Malcolm White (16)
Stanley Pringle (9)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
July 12
Rain or Shine
L 97–103
Stanley Pringle (23)
Malcolm White (10)
Stanley Pringle (8)
Mall of Asia Arena
1–1 :

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 2 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 3 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 4 | Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 5 | Blackwater Elite | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 6 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 7 | Meralco Bolts | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 8 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 9 | TNT KaTropa | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 10 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 11 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
| 12 | Columbian Dyip | 1 | 10 | .091 | 8 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 NLEX

#### Game log

2018 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 2–9 :
August: 0–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
August 19
NLEX
L 107–123
Rashad Woods (42)
Tautuaa, Woods (12)
Rashad Woods (8)
Ynares Center
0–1
2
August 26
Phoenix
L 107–123
Rashad Woods (42)
Espinas, Tautuaa (8)
Nico Elorde (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–2 :
September: 0–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
September 1
Magnolia
L 87–104
Rashad Woods (25)
Joseph Gabayni (9)
Moala Tautuaa (6)
Ynares Center
0–3
4
September 5
Barangay Ginebra
L 98–104
Stanley Pringle (34)
Rashad Woods (11)
Stanley Pringle (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–4
5
September 19
Blackwater
L 111–113
Rashad Woods (31)
Rashad Woods (17)
Sean Anthony (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–5
6
September 30
TNT
L 102–104
Rashad Woods (19)
Moala Tautuaa (14)
Stanley Pringle (9)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–6 :
October: 2–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
October 6
Columbian
W 118–101
Pringle, Tautuaa (26)
Tautuaa, Woods (10)
Stanley Pringle (7)
Ynares Center
1–6
8
October 12
Meralco
W 99–94
Sean Anthony (26)
Pringle, Tautuaa (8)
Anthony, Pringle (3)
Mall of Asia Arena
2–6
9
October 17
Rain or Shine
L 98–120
Rashad Woods (30)
Sean Anthony (15)
Stanley Pringle (12)
Cuneta Astrodome
2–7
10
October 24
San Miguel
L 107–114
Sean Anthony (24)
Rashad Woods (15)
Stanley Pringle (5)
Cuneta Astrodome
2–8
11
October 28
Alaska
L 85–95
Rashad Woods (33)
Rashad Woods (13)
Nico Elorde (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–9 :

## Transactions
### Trades
#### Preseason

October :
| October 29, 2017 | To GlobalPortDraft rights to Lervin Flores Draft rights to Joseph Gabayni Draft rights to Julian Sargent | To MagnoliaDraft rights to Robert Herndon Draft rights to Gian Abrigo |

#### Philippine Cup

April :
| April 3, 2018 | To GlobalPortMo Tautuaa 2020 1st Round Pick 2021 2nd Round Pick | To TNTTerrence Romeo Yousef Taha |

#### Commissioner's Cup

June :
| June 19, 2018 | To GlobalPortPaolo Taha | To GinebraJulian Sargent |
| June 21, 2018 | To GlobalPortGabby Espinas 2020 second round draft pick | To San MiguelKelly Nabong |

### Rookie Signings

| Player | Number | Position | Date signed | Contract | School/club team |
| Lervin Flores | 26 | Forward/center | November 14 | 2 years | |
| Julian Sargent | | Guard | November 14 | 2 years | DLSU |
| Joseph Gabayni | 28 | Forward/center | November 14 | 1 year | |

### Free agency
#### Addition

| Player | Number | Position | Contract | Date signed | Former Team |
| Nico Elorde | 9 | PG | 1 year | — | Kia Picanto |
| Yousef Taha | 0 | C | 2 years | November 29, 2017 | — |
| Kelly Nabong | 23 | F/C | 2 years | — | Meralco Bolts |

#### Subtraction

| Player | Number | Position | Reason left | New Team |
| Mike Cortez | 11 | Guard | Waived | Blackwater Elite |
| Billy Mamaril | 2 | Center | Waived | San Miguel Beermen |
| Rico Maierhofer | 1 | Forward | Waived | Tanduay Alab Pilipinas |

### Recruited imports

| Conference | Name | Country | Number | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Commissioner's Cup | Malcolm White | | 5 | April 22 (vs. TNT) | July 12 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 6–7 |
| Governors' Cup | Rashad Woods | | 4 | August 19 (vs. NLEX) | October 28 (vs. Alaska) | 2–9 |

## Awards

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
| Stanley Pringle | Commissioner's Cup Player of the Week | June 19, 2018 | |