2019 NLEX Road Warriors season
# 2019 NLEX Road Warriors season

The 2019 NLEX Road Warriors season was the fifth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Philippine Cup

### Eliminations

**Standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | TNT KaTropa | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Magnolia Hotshots | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Alaska Aces | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | NLEX Road Warriors | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 10 | Columbian Dyip | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 11 | Meralco Bolts | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Elite | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |

* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.02, TNT 1.00, San Miguel 0.98
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.19, Alaska 1.01, Columbian 0.84; 8th-seed playoff: Alaska defeated NLEX

**Game log**

2019 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 4–7 :

January: 1–3

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

January 18

Rain or Shine

L 87–96

J. R. Quiñahan (19)

Philip Paniamogan (8)

J. R. Quiñahan (5)

Cuneta Astrodome

0–1

2

January 20

NorthPort

L 90–95

John Paul Erram (19)

Marion Magat (8)

Kevin Alas (7)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

0–2

3

January 23

TNT

L 80–85

Erram, Galanza (19)

J. R. Quiñahan (9)

Alas, Tallo (7)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

0–3

4

January 27

Columbian

W 107–97

John Paul Erram (23)

Marion Magat (13)

Mark Tallo (8)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

1–3 :

February

: 1–1

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

5

February 2

Meralco

W 87–83

J. R. Quiñahan (16)

Erram, Magat (8)

John Paul Erram (7)

Ynares Center

2–3

6

February 8

Phoenix

L 82–83

J. R. Quiñahan (14)

John Paul Erram (15)

Philip Paniamogan (8)

Mall of Asia Arena

2–4 :

March

: 2–2

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

7

March 8

San Miguel

L 111–121

J. R. Quiñahan (17)

J. R. Quiñahan (10)

Juami Tiongson (13)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

2–5

8

March 13

Alaska

W 91–70

Galanza, Quiñahan (14)

John Paul Erram (12)

Paniamogan, Tiongson (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

3–5

9

March 17

Blackwater

W 122–101

Philip Paniamogan (25)

John Paul Erram (10)

Juami Tiongson (11)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

4–5

10

March 24

Barangay Ginebra

L 96–105

John Paul Erram (16)

John Paul Erram (8)

J. R. Quiñahan (6)

Angeles University Foundation Sports Arena

4–6 :

April

: 0–1

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

11

April 3

Magnolia

L 74–102

Bong Galanza (10)

John Paul Erram (12)

Philip Paniamogan (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

4–7 :

### 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 | Phoenix | 91 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alaska | 76 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alaska | 76 | 1 | Phoenix | 1 | | | |
| (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | 1 | Phoenix | 1 | | | |
| (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | 5 | San Miguel | 4 | | | |
| 4 | TNT | 1 | 5 | San Miguel | 4 | | | |
| 5 | San Miguel | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | San Miguel | 2 | | | | 5 | San Miguel | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 5 | San Miguel | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 6 | Magnolia | 3 |
| 2 | Rain or Shine | 91 | | | | 6 | Magnolia | 3 |
| 7 | NorthPort | 85 | | | | | | |
| 7 | NorthPort | 85 | 2 | Rain or Shine | 3 | | | |
| (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | 2 | Rain or Shine | 3 | | | |
| (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | 6 | Magnolia | 4 | | | |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | 6 | Magnolia | 4 | | | |
| 6 | Magnolia | 2 | | | | | | |

* view
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**Game log**

2019 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log Total: 0–1 :

8th seed playoff: 0–1

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries

1

April 5

Alaska

L 80–88

Kenneth Ighalo (16)

John Paul Erram (19)

John Paul Erram (4)

Mall of Asia Arena

0–1 :

## Commissioner's Cup

### Eliminations

**Standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | TNT KaTropa | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 9 | 2 | .818 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Blackwater Elite | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Magnolia Hotshots | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | San Miguel Beermen | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Alaska Aces | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Meralco Bolts | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | |
| 10 | Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | |
| 11 | Columbian Dyip | 3 | 8 | .273 | 7 | |
| 12 | NLEX Road Warriors | 3 | 8 | .273 | 7 | |

* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Magnolia 1.19, Rain or Shine 1.01, San Miguel 0.83
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.012, Meralco 1.011, Phoenix 0.977; 8th-seed playoff: Alaska defeated Meralco
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 NLEX

**Game log**

2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 3–8 :

May: 0–3

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

May 22

TNT

L 87–102

Curtis Washington (18)

Curtis Washington (16)

Larry Fonacier (5)

Ynares Center

0–1

2

May 25

NorthPort

L 79–83

Kenneth Ighalo (18)

Marion Magat (10)

Lao, Paniamogan (3)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

0–2

3

May 29

Alaska

L 87–100

Tony Mitchell (34)

John Paul Erram (12)

Juami Tiongson (9)

Mall of Asia Arena

0–3 :

June

: 2–4

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

4

June 1

Columbian

L 105–120

Tony Mitchell (32)

Tony Mitchell (16)

Juami Tiongson (8)

Mall of Asia Arena

0–4

5

June 8

Blackwater

L 106–132

Tony Mitchell (27)

Tony Mitchell (11)

J. R. Quiñahan (6)

Ynares Center

0–5

6

June 14

Magnolia

L 88–98

Tony Mitchell (22)

Tony Mitchell (13)

Jericho Cruz (8)

Mall of Asia Arena

0–6

7

June 19

Meralco

W 100–91

Tony Mitchell (32)

Tony Mitchell (20)

Jericho Cruz (6)

Mall of Asia Arena

1–6

8

June 23

Barangay Ginebra

L 85–100

John Paul Erram (20)

John Paul Erram (14)

Galanza, Cruz (5)

Batangas City Coliseum

1–7

9

June 28

Rain or Shine

W 100–97

Olu Ashaolu (26)

Olu Ashaolu (13)

Ashaolu, Cruz (6)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

2–7 :

July

: 1–1

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

10

July 5

San Miguel

L 105–109

Olu Ashaolu (31)

Olu Ashaolu (15)

Juami Tiongson (6)

Mall of Asia Arena

2–8

11

July 12

Phoenix

W 87–85

Olu Ashaolu (17)

Olu Ashaolu (17)

Olu Ashaolu (5)

Cuneta Astrodome

3–8 :

## Governors' Cup

### Eliminations

**Standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | NLEX Road Warriors | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 2 | Meralco Bolts | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 3 | TNT KaTropa | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 5 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 6 | Magnolia Hotshots | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 7 | Alaska Aces | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 8 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | |
| 10 | Columbian Dyip | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | |
| 11 | Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Elite | 2 | 9 | .182 | 6 | |

* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.090, Meralco 0.959, TNT 0.958
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 NorthPort
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Columbian

**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 | NLEX | 90 | 123 | | | | | | |
| 8 | NorthPort | 115 | 126*** | | | | | | |
| 8 | NorthPort | 115 | 126*** | 8 | NorthPort | 1 | | | |
| (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | 8 | NorthPort | 1 | | | |
| (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 100 | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| 5 | San Miguel | San Miguel | 97 | | | | | | |
| 5 | San Miguel | San Miguel | 97 | | | | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 2 | Meralco | 1 |
| 2 | Meralco | Meralco | 94 | | | | 2 | Meralco | 1 |
| 7 | Alaska | Alaska | 84 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Alaska | Alaska | 84 | 2 | Meralco | 3 | | | |
| (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | 2 | Meralco | 3 | | | |
| (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | 3 | TNT | 2 | | | |
| 3 | TNT | TNT | 98 | 3 | TNT | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Magnolia | Magnolia | 97 | | | | | | |

*Game went into overtime

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## Transactions

### Trades

**Preseason**

December :

| December 28, 2018 | To NLEXJohn Paul Erram (from Blackwater) Philip Paredes (from TNT) | To BlackwaterAbu Tratter (from NLEX) Paul Desiderio (from NLEX) Alfrancis Tamsi (from TNT) 2022 second round pick (from TNT) | To TNTMichael Miranda (from NLEX) 2022 second round pick (from San Miguel via Blackwater) |
| - | - | - | - |

## Awards

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - |
| John Paul Erram | Philippine Cup Player of the Week | February 4, 2019 | |
| Bong Galanza | Philippine Cup Player of the Week | March 18, 2019 | |
