# 2010–11 Petron Blaze Boosters season

The 2010–11 Petron Blaze Boosters season was the 36th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as the San Miguel Beermen for the duration of the Philippine and Commissioner's Cups.

## Key dates

* August 29, 2010: The 2010 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.
* March 2011: San Miguel Corporation (SMC) announced that the franchise shall be playing under the name Petron Blaze Boosters, beginning the 2011 PBA Governors Cup. SMC had acquired majority control of Petron Corporation in December 2010.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Height | Position | Nationality | College |
| no draft picks |||||||

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 11 | 3 | .786 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 11 | 3 | .786 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 10 | 4 | .714 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Alaska Aces | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Air21 Express | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 9 | .357 | 6 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Powerade Tigers | 3 | 11 | .214 | 8 | |
| 10 | Barako Bull Energy Boosters | 3 | 11 | .214 | 8 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–1 Talk 'N Text (San Miguel +9)
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: B-Meg +23, Meralco −11, Alaska −12
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Powerade

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 8 | 1 | .889 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Smart Gilas (G) | 7 | 2 | .778 | 1 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Air21 Express | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Alaska Aces | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 7 | B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | |
| 8 | Meralco Bolts | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5 | |
| 9 | Powerade Tigers | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6 | |
| 10 | San Miguel Beermen | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Barangay Ginebra +12, Air21 −4, Alaska −8
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 B-Meg
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Powerade 1–0 San Miguel

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 6 | 2 | .750 | — | Semifinal round |
| 2 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1 | Semifinal round |
| 3 | Alaska Aces | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1 | Semifinal round |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1 | Semifinal round |
| 5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2 | Semifinal round |
| 6 | B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2 | Semifinal round |
| 7 | Powerade Tigers | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2 | |
| 8 | Meralco Bolts | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3 | |
| 9 | Air21 Express | 0 | 8 | .000 | 6 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Petron +10, Alaska +5, Barangay Ginebra −15
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Rain or Shine +11, B-Meg 0, Powerade −11

### Semifinals
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 9 | 4 | .692 | — | Finals |
| 2 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 8 | 5 | .615 | 1 | Finals |
| 3 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 5 | .615 | 1 | |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 8 | 5 | .615 | 1 | |
| 5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3 | |
| 6 | B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4 | |
| Pos | Teamvte | W | L |
| 1 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Alaska Aces | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados | 1 | 4 |

### Finals
## Transactions
### Pre-season
#### Trades

| September 3, 2010 | To San MiguelPaul Artadi (from B-Meg Derby Ace) | To Air212014 1st round pick (from B-Meg Derby Ace) | To B-Meg Derby AceJonas Villanueva (from San Miguel) 2013 2nd round pick(from Air21) |

### Philippine Cup
#### Free agents
##### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former team |
| Vaughn Canta | October 2010 | undrafted rookie |

#### Trades

| December 14, 2010 | To San MiguelSunday Salvacion | To Barako BullLordy Tugade Vaughn Canta |

### Commissioner's Cup
#### Conditional dispersal draft

| Player | Signed | Former team |
| Lordy Tugade | February 9, 2011 | Barako Bull* |

#### Trades

| March 2, 2011 | To San MiguelNonoy Baclao Rabeh Al-Hussaini Rey Guevarra | To Air21Danny Seigle Dondon Hontiveros Dorian Peña Paul Artadi |

### Imports recruited

| Team | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Commissioner's Cup | Ira Brown | February 25 (vs. Air21) | March 4 (vs. Meralco) | 1-1 |
| Commissioner's Cup | David Young | March 9 (vs. Alaska) | April 6 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 1–6 |
| Governors Cup | Mike Taylor | June 12 (vs. Meralco) | June 12 (vs. Meralco) | 0–1 |
| Governors Cup | Jeremy Wise | June 17 (vs. Air21) | July 15 (vs. Powerade) | 4-2 |
| Governors Cup | Anthony Grundy | July 24 (vs. Alaska) | August 21 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 6-5 |