# 2022–23 Converge FiberXers season

The 2022–23 Converge FiberXers season was the first 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 | 3 | Jeo Ambohot | C/F | Philippines | Letran |
| 1 | 4 | Justin Arana | C | Philippines | Arellano |
| 2 | 15 | Kameron Vales | G | USA | Regina |
| 3 | 27 | Jollo Go | G | Philippines | De La Salle |

## 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: 5–6 :
June: 2–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 5
Rain or Shine
L 77–79
Jeron Teng (23)
Jeron Teng (13)
RK Ilagan (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 8,241
0–1
2
June 10
Magnolia
W 89–82 (OT)
Jeron Teng (19)
Justin Arana (12)
Maverick Ahanmisi (6)
Ynares Center
1–1
3
June 12
TNT
L 83–86
Mike Tolomia (17)
Justin Arana (8)
Ahanmisi, Teng (4)
Ynares Center
1–2
4
June 16
Meralco
L 74–90
Taylor Browne (14)
Jeo Ambohot (11)
Alec Stockton (5)
Ynares Center
1–3
5
June 22
Terrafirma
W 97–84
Michael DiGregorio (19)
Justin Arana (12)
Maverick Ahanmisi (8)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
2–3
6
June 26
San Miguel
L 92–111
Allyn Bulanadi (22)
Justin Arana (6)
Maverick Ahanmisi (7)
Ynares Center
2–4 :
July: 3–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
July 1
Barangay Ginebra
L 89–105
Allyn Bulanadi (16)
Adamos, Arana (8)
Alec Stockton (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–5
8
July 7
NLEX
W 112–108
David Murrell (21)
Tyrus Hill (7)
RK Ilagan (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–5
9
July 9
NorthPort
W 104–98
RK Ilagan (20)
Ahanmisi, Arana (10)
Maverick Ahanmisi (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–5
10
July 16
Phoenix Super LPG
L 66–89
Hill, Tratter (9)
Justin Arana (11)
Mike Tolomia (4)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
4–6
11
July 20
Blackwater
W 92–90
Maverick Ahanmisi (18)
Abu Tratter (10)
Maverick Ahanmisi (7)
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 | 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: 0–1 :
Quarterfinals: 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
July 27
TNT
L 95–116
Tyrus Hill (18)
Abu Tratter (11)
Ilagan, Murrell (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1 :

## 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: 8–4 :
September: 1–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
September 23, 2022
Terrafirma
W 124–110
Quincy Miller (38)
Quincy Miller (16)
Maverick Ahanmisi (7)
PhilSports Arena
1–0 :
October: 4–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
October 1, 2022
Magnolia
L 105–109
Quincy Miller (38)
Quincy Miller (16)
Maverick Ahanmisi (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1
3
October 7, 2022
Bay Area
L 100–106
Quincy Miller (38)
Quincy Miller (14)
Kevin Racal (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–2
4
October 15, 2022
Meralco
W 106–99
Quincy Miller (29)
Quincy Miller (16)
Alec Stockton (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–2
5
October 21, 2022
San Miguel
W 106–102
Quincy Miller (24)
Quincy Miller (16)
Aljun Melecio (7)
PhilSports Arena
3–2
6
October 28, 2022
TNT
W 130–117
Quincy Miller (38)
Quincy Miller (20)
RK Ilagan (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–2
7
October 30, 2022
Blackwater
W 77–71
Quincy Miller (22)
Quincy Miller (19)
Ahanmisi, Ilagan (3)
Ynares Center
5–2 :
November: 3–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
November 5, 2022
NLEX
W 108–84
Aljun Melecio (24)
Jeo Ambohot (12)
Ahanmisi, Melecio (6)
Ynares Center
6–2
9
November 9, 2022
Phoenix Super LPG
W 132–127
Quincy Miller (46)
Quincy Miller (18)
Quincy Miller (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
7–2
10
November 13, 2022
Rain or Shine
W 102–101
Jeron Teng (20)
Quincy Miller (20)
RK Ilagan (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
8–2
11
November 20, 2022
NorthPort
L 97–112
Aljun Melecio (20)
Teng, Tratter (7)
Aljun Melecio (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
8–3
12
November 30, 2022
Barangay Ginebra
L 96–115
Justin Arana (23)
Quincy Miller (16)
Aljun Melecio (4)
PhilSports Arena
8–4 :

### 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 | 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
* talk

#### 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
San Miguel
L 96–114
Quincy Miller (41)
Quincy Miller (13)
Ilagan, Melecio (4)
PhilSports Arena
0–1
2
December 10, 2022
San Miguel
L 107–120
Jeron Teng (25)
Jeron Teng (10)
Alec Stockton (5)
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: 6–5 :
January: 3–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
January 22
NorthPort
W 122–92
Maverick Ahanmisi (29)
Rusbatch, Teng (9)
Maverick Ahanmisi (9)
PhilSports Arena
1–0
2
January 26
Terrafirma
W 130–115
Jamaal Franklin (42)
Jamaal Franklin (11)
Jamaal Franklin (8)
PhilSports Arena
2–0
3
January 29
Magnolia
W 111–109
Jamaal Franklin (26)
Jamaal Franklin (13)
Jamaal Franklin (7)
Ynares Center
3–0 :
February: 3–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
February 2
Rain or Shine
W 112–98
Jamaal Franklin (25)
Jamaal Franklin (13)
Jamaal Franklin (15)
PhilSports Arena
4–0
5
February 8
TNT
L 122–128
Jamaal Franklin (47)
Jamaal Franklin (14)
Jamaal Franklin (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–1
6
February 11
San Miguel
W 107–103
Jamaal Franklin (37)
Eboña, Franklin (9)
Jamaal Franklin (7)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
5–1
7
February 18
NLEX
L 112–116
Jamaal Franklin (53)
Jamaal Franklin (11)
Jamaal Franklin (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–2
8
February 23
Blackwater
W 98–90
Maverick Ahanmisi (31)
Jamaal Franklin (15)
Jamaal Franklin (5)
PhilSports Arena
6–2
9
February 26
Phoenix Super LPG
L 103–106
Jamaal Franklin (30)
Jamaal Franklin (12)
Jamaal Franklin (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
6–3 :
March: 0–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
10
March 3
Meralco
L 129–132 (OT)
Jamaal Franklin (57)
Jamaal Franklin (14)
Jamaal Franklin (11)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
6–4
11
March 5
Barangay Ginebra
L 101–120
Maverick Ahanmisi (24)
Maverick Ahanmisi (8)
Jamaal Franklin (5)
PhilSports Arena
6–5 :

### 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
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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 19
San Miguel
L 105–121
Tom Vodanovich (39)
Tom Vodanovich (10)
Ahanmisi, Stockton (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1 :

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

| Player | Date signed | Contract amount | Contract length | Former team |
| Allyn Bulanadi | April 27, 2022 | Not disclosed | 2 years | Alaska Aces |
| Kevin Racal | April 27, 2022 | Not disclosed | 1 year | Alaska Aces |
| Alec Stockton | May 2, 2022 | Not disclosed | 2 years | Alaska Aces |
| RK Ilagan | May 2, 2022 | Not disclosed | 1 year | Alaska Aces |
| Michael DiGregorio | May 12, 2022 | Not disclosed | 2 years | Alaska Aces |
| Mike Tolomia | May 12, 2022 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Alaska Aces |
| Robbie Herndon | June 6, 2022 | Not disclosed | 1 year | Alaska Aces |
| Maverick Ahanmisi | June 6, 2022 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Alaska Aces |
| Abu Tratter | June 15, 2022 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Alaska Aces |
| David Murrell | September 20, 2022 | Not disclosed | 2 years | Re-signed |
| Bradwyn Guinto | January 27, 2023 | Not disclosed | 2 conferences | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters |
| Danny Ildefonso | March 2, 2023 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Retired (last played for the Meralco Bolts in 2015) |

### Trades
#### Pre-season

May :
| May 17, 2022 | To ConvergeTyrus Hill David Murrell | To NLEX2023 Converge first-round pick |
| May 21, 2022 | To ConvergeKurt Lojera | To BlackwaterYousef Taha |

#### Philippine Cup

June :
| June 6, 2022 | To Converge2023 San Miguel second-round pick 2024 San Miguel second-round pick | To San MiguelRobbie Herndon |

#### Mid-season

September :
| September 9, 2022 | To ConvergeAljun Melecio Kris Porter | To PhoenixBen Adamos Kurt Lojera |

#### Commissioner's Cup

January :
| January 3, 2023 | To ConvergeBarkley Eboña 2022 TNT first-round pick | To BlackwaterMichael DiGregorio Tyrus Hill RK Ilagan |
| January 4, 2023 | To ConvergeJerrick Balanza | To NorthPortAllyn Bulanadi |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Commissioner's Cup | Quincy Miller | September 23, 2022 (vs. Terrafirma) | December 10, 2022 (vs. San Miguel) | 8–5 |
| Governors' Cup | Ethan Rusbatch | January 22, 2023 (vs. NorthPort) | January 22, 2023 (vs. NorthPort) | 1–0 |
| Governors' Cup | Jamaal Franklin | January 26, 2023 (vs. Terrafirma) | March 5, 2023 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 5–5 |
| Governors' Cup | Tom Vodanovich | March 19, 2023 (vs. San Miguel) | March 19, 2023 (vs. San Miguel) | 0–1 |

## Awards

| Recipient | Honors | Date awarded |
| Maverick Ahanmisi | 2022–23 PBA Most Improved Player | November 5, 2023 |
| Justin Arana | 2022–23 PBA Rookie of the Year | November 5, 2023 |
| Justin Arana | 2022–23 All-Rookie Team | November 19, 2023 |