# 2011–12 Meralco Bolts season

The 2011–12 Meralco Bolts season was the second season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Key dates

* August 28: The 2011 PBA Draft took place in Robinson's Place Ermita, Manila.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Height | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 7 | Jason Ballesteros | 6'6 | C | Philippines | San Sebastian |
| 2 | 17 | Gilbert Bulawan | 6'5 | F | Philippines | San Sebastian |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | B-Meg Llamados | 10 | 4 | .714 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 10 | 4 | .714 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Meralco Bolts | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Barako Bull Energy Cola | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Powerade Tigers | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Alaska Aces | 3 | 11 | .214 | 7 | |
| 10 | Shopinas.com Clickers | 0 | 14 | .000 | 10 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: B-Meg 1–1 Talk 'N Text (B-Meg +8)
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Petron +8, Barangay Ginebra +1, Rain or Shine −9
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–1 Powerade (Barako Bull +35)

### 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 | B-Meg | 88 | 123 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Powerade | 97 | 131* | | | | | | |
| 8 | Powerade | 97 | 131* | 8 | Powerade | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 8 | Powerade | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 5 | Rain or Shine | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 0 | 5 | Rain or Shine | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Rain or Shine | Rain or Shine | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Rain or Shine | Rain or Shine | 2 | | | | 8 | Powerade | 1 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 8 | Powerade | 1 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 2 | Talk 'N Text | 4 |
| 2 | Talk 'N Text | Talk 'N Text | 81 | | | | 2 | Talk 'N Text | 4 |
| 7 | Barako Bull | Barako Bull | 79 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Barako Bull | Barako Bull | 79 | 2 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 3 | Petron Blaze | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Petron Blaze | Petron Blaze | 2 | 3 | Petron Blaze | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Meralco | Meralco | 0 | | | | | | |
*Game went into overtime
* view
* talk

### Quarterfinals
#### Petron Blaze-Meralco series

* December 16
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* December 21
Petron Blaze Boosters 80, Meralco Bolts 64 :
* Petron wins series 2–0 ||
* Ynares Center, Antipolo

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 7 | 2 | .778 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | B-Meg Llamados | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Alaska Aces | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Barako Bull Energy Cola | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Meralco Bolts | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 7 | Powerade Tigers | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3 | |
| 8 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4 | |
| 9 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4 | |
| 10 | Air21 Express | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4 | |
* 1 2 Second seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 93–84 B-Meg
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Barako Bull 1.04, Meralco 1.01, Powerade 0.95; sixth seed playoff: Meralco 102–98 Powerade
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.12, Petron 1.11, Air21 0.80

#### Seeding playoffs

* March 30
* 6th seed
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals (best-of-3) | Quarterfinals (best-of-3) | Quarterfinals (best-of-3) | 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 | Talk 'N Text | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Alaska | 1 | 5 | Barako Bull | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Barako Bull | 2 | | | | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 3 |
| | | | | | | 3 | B-Meg | 4 |
| | | | 2 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | | | |
| 3 | B-Meg | 2 | 3 | B-Meg | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Meralco | 1 | | | | | | |
* view
* talk

### Quarterfinals
#### B-Meg–Meralco series

* April 1
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 4
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 8
B-Meg Llamados 86, Meralco Bolts 76 :
* B-Meg wins series, 2–1 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8 | 1 | .889 | — | Semifinal round |
| 2 | B-Meg Llamados | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2 | Semifinal round |
| 3 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Semifinal round |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Semifinal round |
| 5 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Semifinal round |
| 6 | Meralco Bolts | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | Semifinal round |
| 7 | Powerade Tigers | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | |
| 8 | Barako Bull Energy Cola | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | |
| 9 | Alaska Aces | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6 | |
| 10 | Air21 Express | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Talk 'N Text +18, Barangay Ginebra 0, Petron −18
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Meralco +11, Barako Bull +8, Powerade −18; sixth seed playoffs: Powerade 99–95 Barako Bull, Meralco 94–86 Powerade
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Air21

#### 6th-seed playoffs

* July 3
* KO game
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* July 4
* 6th seed
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### Semifinals
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 10 | 4 | .714 | — | Advance to finals |
| 2 | B-Meg Llamados | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1 | Guaranteed finals berth playoff |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1 | Qualify to finals berth playoff |
| 4 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2 | |
| 5 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4 | |
| 6 | Meralco Bolts | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4 | |
| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | Qualification |
| 1 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 4 | 1 | Qualify to finals berth playoff |
| 2 | B-Meg Llamados | 3 | 2 | |
| 3 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 3 | 2 | |
| 4 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 2 | 3 | |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 2 | 3 | |
| 6 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 1 | 4 | |

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

| August 28, 2011 | To MeralcoMark Yee (from Talk 'N Text) 2011 1st round pick (Jason Ballesteros) (from Talk 'N Text) Mark Macapagal (from Powerade) | To Talk 'N TextBam Gamalinda (from Meralco) Shawn Weinstein (from Meralco) | To PoweradeChris Timberlake (from Meralco) Rogemar Menor (from Meralco) 2011 2nd round pick (John Marc Agustin) (from Talk 'N Text) |
| August 28, 2011 | To Meralco2011 2nd round pick (Gilbert Bulawan) | To Alaska2014 2nd round pick |

#### Commissioner's Cup

| January 27, 2012 | To MeralcoMark Canlas Dennis Daa | To Air21Nelbert Omolon Mark Isip |

#### Governors Cup

| May 11, 2012 | To MeralcoJay-R Reyes | To AlaskaGabby Espinas |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Commissioner's Cup | Jarrid Famous | February 10 (vs. B-Meg) | February 17 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 1–2 |
| Commissioner's Cup | Earl Barron | February 26 (vs. Powerade) | April 8 (vs. B-Meg) | 5–5 |
| Governors Cup | Chamberlain Oguchi | May 23 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | June 6 (vs. B-Meg) | 1–3 |
| Governors Cup | Mario West | June 10 (vs. Alaska) | July 15 (vs. Petron Blaze) | 5-5 |