2017–18 Blackwater Elite season
# 2017–18 Blackwater Elite season

The 2017–18 Blackwater Elite season was the fourth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Key dates

### 2017

* October 29: The 2017 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Raymar Jose | F | Philippines | Cignal HD Hawkeyes | FEU |
| 2 | 3 | Emil Palma | G | Philippines | Tanduay Light Rhum Masters | UE |
| 3 | 3 | Ebrahim Enguio Lopez | SG | Indonesia | Marinerong Pilipino Skippers | UE |
| 4 | 3 | Kyle Neypes | F | Philippines | BDO – NU JAM Liner Racal Tile Masters | NU |
| 5 | 3 | Jhon Sumido | G | Philippines | Cobra Iron MenCebuana Lhuillier GemsMP Hotel Warriors | UE |

## Philippine Cup

### Eliminations

**Standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Magnolia Hotshots | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Alaska Aces | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | TNT KaTropa | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | |
| 10 | Blackwater Elite | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | |
| 11 | Meralco Bolts | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | |
| 12 | Kia Picanto | 1 | 10 | .091 | 7 | |

* 1 2 Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95
* 1 2 3 4 Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.14, Phoenix 1.00, TNT 0.97, Blackwater 0.89; #8 seed playoff: TNT defeated Phoenix

**Game log**

2018 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 5–6 :

December: 1–1

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

December 22

Meralco

L 98–103

Jose, Maliksi (16)

John Paul Erram (10)

Roi Sumang (3)

Cuneta Astrodome

0–1

2

December 29

Rain or Shine

W 92–87

Mac Belo (25)

John Paul Erram (14)

John Pinto (7)

Cuneta Astrodome

1–1 :

January

: 1–3

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

3

January 12

Barangay Ginebra

W 94–77

Belo, Erram (22)

John Paul Erram (11)

Mike Cortez (4)

Mall of Asia Arena

2–1

4

January 17

TNT

L 83–92

John Paul Erram (20)

Mac Belo (13)

Belo, Cortez, DiGregorio (3)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

2–2

5

January 19

GlobalPort

L 76–101

Mac Belo (17)

Raymar Jose (12)

Raymar Jose (5)

Cuneta Astrodome

2–3

6

January 27

Alaska

L 84–88

Belo, DiGregorio (15)

John Paul Erram (21)

Roi Sumang (5)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

2–4 :

February

: 3–2

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

7

February 2

Magnolia

L 72–78

Mac Belo (25)

John Paul Erram (13)

John Paul Erram (3)

Mall of Asia Arena

2–5

8

February 9

San Miguel

W 106–96

Michael DiGregorio (26)

John Paul Erram (18)

Allein Maliksi (8)

Cuneta Astrodome

3–5

9

February 16

Kia

W 95–76

Michael DiGregorio (21)

John Paul Erram (14)

John Pinto (8)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

4–5

10

February 18

NLEX

L 90–93

Michael DiGregorio (16)

John Paul Erram (17)

Belo, Cruz, Erram, Pinto (3)

Philippine Arena

4–6

11

February 21

Phoenix

W 83–78

Belo, DiGregorio, Jose (14)

John Paul Erram (19)

DiGregorio, Erram, Pinto (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

5–6 :

## Commissioner's Cup

### Eliminations

**Standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | TNT KaTropa | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Magnolia Hotshots | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Columbian Dyip | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 10 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 11 | NLEX Road Warriors | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Elite | 1 | 10 | .091 | 8 | |

* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

**Game log**

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 1–10 :

April: 0–3

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

April 22

Columbian

L 98–126

Jarrid Famous (35)

Jarrid Famous (22)

Roi Sumang (5)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

0–1

2

April 25

Phoenix

L 102–107

Roi Sumang (20)

Jarrid Famous (16)

Roi Sumang (5)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

0–2

3

April 29

Alaska

L 74–93

Jarrid Famous (27)

Jarrid Famous (21)

Erram, Pinto, Sumang (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

0–3 :

May

: 0–4

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

4

May 2

GlobalPort

L 106–117

Jarrid Famous (41)

Jarrid Famous (22)

Mac Belo (7)

Ynares Center

0–4

5

May 11

Barangay Ginebra

L 91–105

Jarrid Famous (25)

Jarrid Famous (17)

Roi Sumang (7)

Alonte Sports Arena

0–5

6

May 18

TNT

L 101–120

John Paul Erram (16)

Jarrid Famous (12)

Mike Cortez (7)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

0–6

All-Star Break

7

May 30

NLEX

L 89–93

Michael DiGregorio (25)

Henry Walker (15)

Allein Maliksi (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

0–7 :

June

: 1–3

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

8

June 6

Magnolia

W 86–84

John Paul Erram (19)

John Paul Erram (15)

John Pinto (5)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

1–7

9

June 8

Rain or Shine

L 94–104

Allein Maliksi (23)

Maliksi, Sena (7)

Pinto, Zamar (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

1–8

10

June 15

Meralco

L 75–102

Henry Walker (14)

Henry Walker (13)

Henry Walker (6)

Mall of Asia Arena

1–9 :

July

: 0–1

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

11

July 4

San Miguel

L 106–115

Henry Walker (26)

Henry Walker (12)

John Pinto (8)

Mall of Asia Arena

1–10 :

## Governors' Cup

### Eliminations

**Standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 2 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 3 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 4 | Magnolia Hotshots | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 5 | Blackwater Elite | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 6 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 7 | Meralco Bolts | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 8 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 9 | TNT KaTropa | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 10 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 11 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
| 12 | Columbian Dyip | 1 | 10 | .091 | 8 | |

* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 NLEX

**Game log**

2018 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 7–4 :

August: 1–0

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

August 24

TNT

W 104–98 (OT)

Allein Maliksi (28)

Henry Walker (14)

John Pinto (4)

Mall of Asia Arena

1–0 :

September: 3–1

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

2

September 5

San Miguel

W 103–100

Henry Walker (35)

Henry Walker (17)

John Pinto (7)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

2–0

3

September 19

NorthPort

W 113–111

Henry Walker (24)

Henry Walker (15)

John Pinto (13)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

3–0

4

September 21

Barangay Ginebra

W 124–118 (OT)

Henry Walker (39)

John Paul Erram (11)

Henry Walker (9)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

4–0

5

September 26

NLEX

L 106–124

Roi Sumang (24)

Henry Walker (13)

Henry Walker (7)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

4–1 :

October: 3–2

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

6

October 5

Meralco

W 94–91

Henry Walker (24)

Henry Walker (14)

Pinto, Sumang, Walker (3)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

5–1

7

October 7

Rain or Shine

W 99–93

Michael DiGregorio (17)

Henry Walker (14)

Henry Walker (12)

Sta. Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex

6–1

8

October 10

Magnolia

L 99–133

Henry Walker (27)

Henry Walker (18)

John Pinto (7)

Cuneta Astrodome

6–2

9

October 21

Alaska

L 109–116

Henry Walker (29)

Henry Walker (11)

Henry Walker (11)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

6–3

10

October 27

Columbian

W 120–99

Henry Walker (26)

Henry Walker (11)

John Pinto (5)

Alonte Sports Arena

7–3 :

November: 0–1

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

11

November 4

Phoenix

L 91–97

Henry Walker (21)

John Paul Erram (14)

John Pinto (10)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

7–4 :

### 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 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 111 | | | | | | |
| 8 | NLEX | NLEX | 75 | | | | | | |
| 8 | NLEX | NLEX | 75 | 1 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | | | |
| (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | 1 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | | | |
| (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | 4 | Magnolia | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Magnolia | Magnolia | 103 | 4 | Magnolia | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Blackwater | Blackwater | 99 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Blackwater | Blackwater | 99 | | | | 4 | Magnolia | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 4 | Magnolia | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 3 | Alaska | 2 |
| 2 | Phoenix | 74 | 103 | | | | 3 | Alaska | 2 |
| 7 | Meralco | 90 | 108* | | | | | | |
| 7 | Meralco | 90 | 108* | 7 | Meralco | 1 | | | |
| (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | 7 | Meralco | 1 | | | |
| (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | 3 | Alaska | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Alaska | Alaska | 96 | 3 | Alaska | 3 | | | |
| 6 | San Miguel | San Miguel | 85 | | | | | | |

*Game went into overtime.

* view
* talk

**Game log**

2018 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log Total: 0–1 :

Quarterfinals: 0–1

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries

1

November 6

Magnolia

L 99–103

Henry Walker (18)

John Paul Erram (19)

Pinto, Walker (5)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

0–1 :

## Transactions

### Free agents

| Player | Contract length | Date signed | Former team |
| - | - | - | - |
| Mike Cortez | One-conference | December 4, 2017 | GlobalPort Batang Pier |
| Paul Zamar | Not disclosed | May 2, 2018 | Mono Vampire (ABL) |

### Trades

May :

| May 18, 2018 | To BlackwaterRabeh Al-Hussaini | To ConvergeDave Marcelo |
| - | - | - |

### Recruited imports

| Conference | Name | Number | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Commissioner's Cup | Jarrid Famous | 24 | April 22 (vs. Columbian) | May 18 (vs. TNT) | 0–6 |
| Commissioner's Cup | Henry Walker | 88 | May 30 (vs. NLEX) | November 6 (vs. Magnolia) | 8–9 |
| Governors' Cup | Henry Walker | 5 | May 30 (vs. NLEX) | November 6 (vs. Magnolia) | 8–9 |

## Awards

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - |
| Paul Zamar | Governors' Cup Player of the Week | October 10, 2018 | |
