# 2023–24 San Miguel Beermen season

The 2023–24 San Miguel Beermen season was the 48th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Key dates

* September 17: The PBA season 48 draft was held at the Market! Market! in Taguig.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Place of birth | College |
| 3 | 35 | Troy Mallillin | F | Philippines | Ateneo |
| 4 | 46 | Jayson Apolonio | F | Philippines | Letran |
| 5 | 57 | Ichie Altamirano | G | Philippines | San Sebastian |
| 6 | 64 | John Gob | C/F | Philippines | UP Diliman |
| 7 | 69 | Jayvee dela Cruz | G | Philippines | UC |
| 8 | 73 | Jamel Ramos | G | USA | Reed HS |
| 9 | 76 | Kyt Jimenez | G | Saudi Arabia | Perpetual |

## Preseason
### PBA on Tour
#### Game log

2023 PBA on Tour game log Total: 3–8 :
May: 1–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 24
Phoenix Super LPG
L 101–106
Terrence Romeo (27)
Robbie Herndon (11)
Terrence Romeo (7)
Ynares Sports Arena
0–1
2
May 27
NorthPort
W 87–75
Jericho Cruz (22)
Rodney Brondial (21)
Jericho Cruz (4)
Caloocan Sports Complex
1–1 :
June: 1–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
June 4
Barangay Ginebra
W 90–78
Terrence Romeo (21)
Rodney Brondial (16)
CJ Perez (4)
Ynares Center
2–1
4
June 7
Rain or Shine
L 98–100
Allyn Bulanadi (31)
Rodney Brondial (18)
Allyn Bulanadi (5)
Ynares Sports Arena
2–2
5
June 10
Meralco
L 89–92
Jericho Cruz (19)
Rodney Brondial (9)
Moala Tautuaa (7)
Tiaong Convention Center
2–3
6
June 18
Converge
L 111–113 (OT)
Jericho Cruz (41)
Brondial, Tautuaa (14)
Moala Tautuaa (5)
Ynares Sports Arena
2–4
7
June 28
NLEX
L 94–102
Allyn Bulanadi (26)
Rodney Brondial (24)
Jayvee dela Cruz (5)
Ynares Sports Arena
2–5 :
July: 1–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
July 2
Blackwater
L 101–103
Allyn Bulanadi (26)
Rodney Brondial (12)
Apacible, Baclao, Cruz, Lee (4)
Filoil EcoOil Centre
2–6
9
July 7
TNT
W 111–74
Marvin Lee (22)
Rodney Brondial (13)
Allyn Bulanadi (4)
Ynares Sports Arena
3–6
10
July 9
Magnolia
L 65–94
Jericho Cruz (15)
Rodney Brondial (11)
Nonoy Baclao (5)
Ynares Sports Arena
3–7
11
July 16
Terrafirma
L 72–85
Brondial, Cruz (19)
Rodney Brondial (17)
Paolo Javelona (4)
Filoil EcoOil Centre
3–8 :

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 4 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 6 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 7 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 8 | TNT Tropang Giga | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 9 | NLEX Road Warriors | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 10 | Terrafirma Dyip | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
| 11 | Blackwater Bossing | 1 | 10 | .091 | 8 | |
| 12 | Converge FiberXers | 1 | 10 | .091 | 8 | |
* 1 2 3 4 Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.17, Barangay Ginebra 0.99, Phoenix Super LPG 0.98, Meralco 0.89
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Rain or Shine
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Converge

#### Game log

2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 8–3 :
November: 3–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
November 15
NLEX
L 113–117 (OT)
Terrence Romeo (28)
June Mar Fajardo (16)
Terrence Romeo (6)
Ynares Center
0–1
2
November 19
Meralco
W 93–83
Ivan Aska (27)
June Mar Fajardo (15)
Chris Ross (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1
3
November 25
Converge
W 105–96
Ivan Aska (27)
Aska, Perez (11)
CJ Perez (5)
Tiaong Convention Center
2–1
4
November 29
Rain or Shine
W 115–110
Ivan Aska (28)
Aska, Perez (12)
CJ Perez (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–1 :
December: 3–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
December 8
NorthPort
L 101–115
Ivan Aska (26)
Ivan Aska (8)
Chris Ross (6)
PhilSports Arena
3–2
6
December 10
Magnolia
L 90–94
Ivan Aska (29)
Aska, Lassiter (6)
Perez, Ross (6)
PhilSports Arena
3–3
7
December 15
Barangay Ginebra
W 95–82
Chris Ross (22)
Ivan Aska (8)
Chris Ross (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–3
8
December 17
TNT
W 98–93
Ivan Aska (25)
Ivan Aska (9)
Ivan Aska (4)
Ynares Center
5–3
9
December 25
Phoenix Super LPG
W 117–96
Bennie Boatwright (26)
Bennie Boatwright (16)
Terrence Romeo (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
6–3 :
January: 2–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
10
January 7
Terrafirma
W 132–110
Bennie Boatwright (51)
Bennie Boatwright (12)
Chris Ross (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
7–3
11
January 12
Blackwater
W 125–117
Bennie Boatwright (44)
Bennie Boatwright (12)
Fajardo, Romeo (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
8–3 :

### 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 | Magnolia | Magnolia | 109 | | | | | | |
| 8 | TNT | TNT | 94 | | | | | | |
| 8 | TNT | TNT | 94 | 1 | Magnolia | 3 | | | |
| (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | 1 | Magnolia | 3 | | | |
| (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | 4 | Phoenix Super LPG | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Phoenix Super LPG | 107 | 88 | 4 | Phoenix Super LPG | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 116*** | 84 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 116*** | 84 | | | | 1 | Magnolia | 2 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 1 | Magnolia | 2 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 2 | San Miguel | 4 |
| 2 | San Miguel | San Miguel | 127 | | | | 2 | San Miguel | 4 |
| 7 | Rain or Shine | Rain or Shine | 122 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Rain or Shine | Rain or Shine | 122 | 2 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | 2 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 106 | 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 0 | | | |
| 6 | NorthPort | NorthPort | 93 | | | | | | |
*Game went into overtime
* view
* talk

#### Game log

2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 8–2 :
Quarterfinals: 1–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
January 19
Rain or Shine
W 127–122
Bennie Boatwright (41)
June Mar Fajardo (13)
CJ Perez (7)
PhilSports Arena
1–0 :
Semifinals: 3–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
January 24
Barangay Ginebra
W 92–90
CJ Perez (26)
Bennie Boatwright (12)
Chris Ross (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
January 26
Barangay Ginebra
W 106–96
Bennie Boatwright (38)
June Mar Fajardo (14)
Chris Ross (5)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
2–0
3
January 28
Barangay Ginebra
W 94–91
Bennie Boatwright (26)
Bennie Boatwright (13)
CJ Perez (4)
SM Mall of Asia Arena 15,126
3–0 :
Finals: 4–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
February 2
Magnolia
W 103–95
Bennie Boatwright (28)
Bennie Boatwright (16)
Chris Ross (7)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
1–0
2
February 4
Magnolia
W 109–85
Bennie Boatwright (34)
June Mar Fajardo (14)
Boatwright, Ross (5)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
2–0
3
February 7
Magnolia
L 80–88
Bennie Boatwright (27)
Boatwright, Fajardo (13)
Ross, Teng 3
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–1
4
February 9
Magnolia
L 85–96
June Mar Fajardo (18)
Bennie Boatwright (14)
Jericho Cruz (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–2
5
February 11
Magnolia
W 108–98
Jericho Cruz (30)
June Mar Fajardo (15)
CJ Perez (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–2
6
February 14
Magnolia
W 104–102
CJ Perez (28)
Bennie Boatwright (13)
Bennie Boatwright (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–2 :

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Meralco Bolts | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | TNT Tropang Giga | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Terrafirma Dyip | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | |
| 10 | Blackwater Bossing | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | |
| 11 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 3 | 8 | .273 | 7 | |
| 12 | Converge FiberXers | 2 | 9 | .182 | 8 | |
* 1 2 3 4 5 Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.06, TNT 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.01, NLEX 0.99, Magnolia 0.90
* 1 2 Eighth seed playoff: Terrafirma 104–96 NorthPort

#### Game log

2024 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 10–1 :
March: 3–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
March 15
Rain or Shine
W 109–97
Jericho Cruz (20)
Rodney Brondial (11)
Terrence Romeo (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
March 17
TNT
W 91–89
June Mar Fajardo (15)
June Mar Fajardo (17)
Terrence Romeo (4)
Ynares Center
2–0
All-Star Break
3
March 31
Phoenix
W 116–102
CJ Perez (32)
June Mar Fajardo (12)
Marcio Lassiter (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–0 :
April: 6–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
April 5
Barangay Ginebra
W 95–92
CJ Perez (18)
June Mar Fajardo (10)
CJ Perez (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–0
5
April 10
Terrafirma
W 113–110
CJ Perez (25)
June Mar Fajardo (17)
June Mar Fajardo (6)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
5–0
6
April 19
Converge
W 112–103
CJ Perez (25)
June Mar Fajardo (17)
Chris Ross (4)
PhilSports Arena
6–0
7
April 21
NorthPort
W 120–100
CJ Perez (29)
Fajardo, Perez (9)
Terrence Romeo (7)
PhilSports Arena
7–0
8
April 26
Magnolia
W 98–91
CJ Perez (25)
Fajardo, Tautuaa (7)
June Mar Fajardo (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
8–0
9
April 28
NLEX
W 120–103
CJ Perez (30)
June Mar Fajardo (21)
Chris Ross (4)
PhilSports Arena
9–0 :
May: 1–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
10
May 1
Blackwater
W 124–109
CJ Perez (26)
June Mar Fajardo (16)
CJ Perez (5)
PhilSports Arena
10–0
11
May 4
Meralco
L 92–95
June Mar Fajardo (23)
June Mar Fajardo (19)
June Mar Fajardo (4)
Batangas City Sports Center
10–1 :

### Playoffs
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | 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 twice-to-beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | San Miguel | 95 | 110 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Terrafirma | 106 | 91 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Terrafirma | 106 | 91 | 1 | San Miguel | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | San Miguel | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 5 | Rain or Shine | 0 | | | |
| 4 | TNT | TNT | 1 | 5 | Rain or Shine | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Rain or Shine | Rain or Shine | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Rain or Shine | Rain or Shine | 2 | | | | 1 | San Miguel | 2 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 1 | San Miguel | 2 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 3 | Meralco | 4 |
| 2 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 99 | | | | 3 | Meralco | 4 |
| 7 | Magnolia | Magnolia | 77 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Magnolia | Magnolia | 77 | 2 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 3 | Meralco | 4 | | | |
| 3 | Meralco | Meralco | 2 | 3 | Meralco | 4 | | | |
| 6 | NLEX | NLEX | 0 | | | | | | |
* view
* talk

#### Game log

2024 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log Total: 7–5 :
Quarterfinals: 1–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
May 11
Terrafirma
L 95–106
June Mar Fajardo (21)
June Mar Fajardo (16)
Chris Ross (4)
Rizal Memorial Coliseum
0–1
2
May 15
Terrafirma
W 110–91
June Mar Fajardo (25)
June Mar Fajardo (22)
CJ Perez (8)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
1–1 :
Semifinals: 4–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
May 17
Rain or Shine
W 101–98
June Mar Fajardo (23)
Fajardo, Tautuaa (11)
June Mar Fajardo (5)
Mall of Asia Arena
1–0
2
May 19
Rain or Shine
W 106–89
June Mar Fajardo (22)
CJ Perez (11)
Terrence Romeo (5)
Mall of Asia Arena
2–0
3
May 22
Rain or Shine
W 117–107
CJ Perez (23)
CJ Perez (14)
CJ Perez (5)
Dasmariñas Arena
3–0
4
May 24
Rain or Shine
W 107–100
CJ Perez (26)
June Mar Fajardo (23)
June Mar Fajardo (6)
Mall of Asia Arena
4–0 :
Finals: 2–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
June 5
Meralco
L 86–93
June Mar Fajardo (23)
June Mar Fajardo (10)
Chris Ross (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
June 7
Meralco
W 95–94
CJ Perez (34)
June Mar Fajardo (13)
Chris Ross (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1
3
June 9
Meralco
L 89–93
Moala Tautuaa (19)
June Mar Fajardo (15)
Chris Ross (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–2
4
June 12
Meralco
W 111–101
June Mar Fajardo (28)
June Mar Fajardo (13)
Perez, Ross (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–2
5
June 14
Meralco
L 88–92
June Mar Fajardo (38)
June Mar Fajardo (18)
Moala Tautuaa (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–3
6
June 16
Meralco
L 78–80
June Mar Fajardo (21)
June Mar Fajardo (12)
June Mar Fajardo (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–4 :

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

| Player | Date signed | Contract amount | Contract length | Former team |
| Nonoy Baclao | July 17, 2023 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Meralco Bolts |
| Terrence Romeo | September 20, 2023 | Not disclosed | 2 years | Re-signed |
| Jeron Teng | October 18, 2023 | Not disclosed | 2 years | Converge FiberXers |

#### Subtractions

| Player | Number | Position | Reason | New team |
| Robbie Herndon | 11 | Small forward / Shooting guard | End of contract | NLEX Road Warriors |

### Trades
#### Commissioner's Cup

December :
| December 11, 2023 |
| December 11, 2023 | To San MiguelDon Trollano | To NLEXRobert Bolick Kent Salado | To NorthPortBen Adamos Allyn Bulanadi Jeepy Faundo Kris Rosales 2023 Blackwater second-round pick (from NLEX) 2025 San Miguel second-round pick |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Commissioner's Cup | Ivan Aska | November 15, 2023 (vs. NLEX) | December 17, 2023 (vs. TNT) | 5–3 |
| Commissioner's Cup | Bennie Boatwright | December 25, 2023 (vs. Phoenix Super LPG) | February 14, 2024 (vs. Magnolia) | 11–2 |

## Awards

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| CJ Perez | 2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup Best Player of the Conference | February 9, 2024 |
| CJ Perez | 2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals Most Valuable Player | February 14, 2024 |
| June Mar Fajardo | 2024 PBA Philippine Cup Best Player of the Conference | June 12, 2024 |
| June Mar Fajardo | 2023–24 PBA Most Valuable Player | August 18, 2024 |
| Honors |||
| CJ Perez | 2023–24 PBA Mythical First Team | August 18, 2024 |
| June Mar Fajardo | 2023–24 PBA Mythical First Team | August 18, 2024 |
| June Mar Fajardo | 2023–24 PBA All-Defensive Team | August 18, 2024 |