2017–18 TNT KaTropa season

2017–18 TNT KaTropa season
2017–18 TNT KaTropa season
Head coach	Nash Racela (replaced on September 21); Bong Ravena
Consultant	Mark Dickel
Owner(s)	Smart Communications; (an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	5–6 ; (45.5%)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to San Miguel with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	8–3 ; (72.7%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to San Miguel, 0–2)
Governors' Cup results
Record	4–7 ; (36.4%)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
TNT KaTropa seasons
	← 2016–17 2019 →

The 2017–18 TNT KaTropa season was the 28th 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.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	10	Mark Tallo	G	Philippines	Racal Tile Masters	SWU
1	11	Jonjon Gabriel	C	Philippines	Marinerong Pilipino Skippers	Colegio de San Lorenzo
2	10	Monbert Arong	G	Philippines	Cignal HD Hawkeyes	FEU
3	9	Dave Moralde	G	Philippines	Marinerong Pilipino Skippers JAM Liner	UP

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
F/C	2	Golla, Frank	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	290 lb (132 kg)	1990–01–17	Ateneo
F	4	Carey, Harvey (C)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1979–03–18	Sonoma State
G	7	Romeo, Terrence	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	1992–03–16	Far Eastern
G	8	Garcia, RR	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1990–01–12	Far Eastern
G/F	9	Hernandez, Levi	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1990–03–09	Arellano
G	10	Reyes, Ryan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1983–08–10	Cal State Fullerton
F	14	Semerad, Anthony	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1991–04–25	San Beda
G/F	16	Pogoy, Roger	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1992–06–16	Far Eastern
G	17	Castro, Jayson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1986–06–30	Philippine Christian
F/C	18	Rosario, Troy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	1992–01–20	National-U
G/F	19	Trollano, Don	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1992–01–07	Adamson
F/C	21	Williams, Kelly	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1982–02–07	Oakland
G	25	Tamsi, Alfrancis	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	158 lb (72 kg)	1992–03–25	Far Eastern
F/C	26	Paredes, Philip	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1992–01–12	De La Salle
G	39	Cruz, Jericho	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1990–10–11	Adamson
F	41	Saitanan, Jessie	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1992–10–07	Mapúa
C	99	Taha, Yousef	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	231 lb (105 kg)	1988–07–08	Mapúa

Head coach

Bong Ravena

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Virgil Villavicencio
Magnum Membrere (Assistant)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(CI) Commissioner's Cup Import
(GI) Governors' Cup Import
(EI) EASL Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	8	3	.727^[a]	—	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^[b]	2
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	5	.545^[b]	2
6	NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545^[b]	2
7	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	TNT KaTropa	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Phoenix Fuel Masters	5	6	.455^[c]	3
10	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455^[c]	3
11	Meralco Bolts	4	7	.364	4
12	Kia Picanto	1	10	.091	7

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head to head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	December 22	Rain or Shine	L 79–82	Jayson Castro (18)	Troy Rosario (13)	Jayson Castro (10)	Cuneta Astrodome	0–1
2	December 29	Alaska	W 106–98	Troy Rosario (21)	three players (9)	Roger Pogoy (8)	Cuneta Astrodome	1–1

January : 3–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	January 13	San Miguel	L 76–88	Troy Rosario (15)	Troy Rosario (13)	Jayson Castro (8)	University of San Agustin Gym	1–2
4	January 17	Blackwater	W 92–83	Roger Pogoy (24)	Moala Tautuaa (15)	three players (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–2
5	January 21	Meralco	W 99–81	Troy Rosario (22)	Troy Rosario (10)	RR Garcia (8)	Ynares Center	3–2
6	January 27	Magnolia	L 83–91	Moala Tautuaa (16)	Troy Rosario (12)	three players (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–3
7	January 31	Kia	W 90–85	Kelly Williams (23)	Roger Pogoy (11)	Castro, Reyes (4)	Mall of Asia Arena	4–3

February : 1–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
8	February 7	Phoenix	L 72–74	Anthony Semerad (12)	Troy Rosario (8)	Jayson Castro (5)	Mall of Asia Arena	4–4
9	February 11	Barangay Ginebra	L 78–93	Castro, Williams (17)	Kelly Williams (15)	Jayson Castro (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–5
10	February 14	Meralco	L 84–99	Jayson Castro (24)	Tautuaa, Williams (12)	Jayson Castro (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–6
11	February 28	NLEX	W 101–75	Cruz, Williams (17)	Kelly Williams (16)	four players (4)	Mall of Asia Arena	5–6

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals			Semifinals (best-of-7)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	San Miguel	106

8	TNT	93
			1	San Miguel	4
(best-of-3)
			4	Barangay Ginebra	1
4	Barangay Ginebra	2

5	Rain or Shine	0
						1	San Miguel	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
						2	Magnolia	1
2	Magnolia	86

7	GlobalPort	79
			2	Magnolia	4
(best-of-3)
			6	NLEX	2
3	Alaska	0

6	NLEX	2

Game log

2018 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Total: 1–1

8th seed playoff: 1–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	March 4	Phoenix	W 118–97	Troy Rosario (18)	Jayson Castro (8)	Jayson Castro (9)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0

Quarterfinals: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	March 6	San Miguel	L 93–106	Castro, Troy Rosario (19)	Troy Rosario (7)	Jayson Castro (8)	Mall of Asia Arena	0–1

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727^[a]	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636	2
5	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^[b]	3
6	San Miguel Beermen	6	5	.545^[b]	3
7	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	6	5	.545^[b]	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^[c]	5
10	Phoenix Fuel Masters	4	7	.364^[c]	5
11	NLEX Road Warriors	2	9	.182	7
12	Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	8

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head to head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

Game log

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 8–3

April: 2–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	April 22	GlobalPort	W 128–114	Jayson Castro (21)	Jeremy Tyler (12)	Jayson Castro (10)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0
2	April 28	Phoenix	W 106–98	Terrence Romeo (21)	Jeremy Tyler (15)	Jayson Castro (7)	Ynares Center	2–0

May : 2–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	May 6	Barangay Ginebra	W 96–92	Jayson Castro (27)	Jeremy Tyler (15)	Castro, Cruz (5)	Mall of Asia Arena	3–0
4	May 13	Alaska	L 100–110	Jayson Castro (18)	Rosario, Tyler (11)	Terrence Romeo (8)	Ynares Center	3–1
5	May 18	Blackwater	W 120–101	Ryan Reyes (18)	Troy Rosario (11)	Cruz, Garcia (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–1
All-Star Break

June : 3–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
6	June 1	Columbian	W 123–95	Troy Rosario (21)	Terrence Romeo (7)	Jericho Cruz (7)	Mall of Asia Arena	5–1
7	June 3	NLEX	W 117–106	Joshua Smith (24)	Joshua Smith (13)	Terrence Romeo (8)	Mall of Asia Arena	6–1
8	June 13	Magnolia	L 89–111	Terrence Romeo (17)	Joshua Smith (13)	Terrence Romeo (7)	Mall of Asia Arena	6–2
9	June 16	San Miguel	L 94–100	Joshua Smith (26)	Joshua Smith (18)	Jayson Castro (6)	Mall of Asia Arena	6–3
10	June 22	Meralco	W 91–85	Troy Rosario (30)	Troy Rosario (12)	Jayson Castro (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	7–3

July : 1–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
11	July 7	Rain or Shine	W 100–85	Joshua Smith (25)	Joshua Smith (13)	Terrence Romeo (12)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	8–3

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Rain or Shine	113	103

8	GlobalPort	114	97
				1	Rain or Shine	1
(best-of-3)
				5	Barangay Ginebra	3
4	Meralco		0

5	Barangay Ginebra		2
							5	Barangay Ginebra	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							6	San Miguel	2
2	Alaska		89

7	Magnolia		78
				2	Alaska	1
(best-of-3)
				6	San Miguel	3
3	TNT		0

6	San Miguel		2

Game log

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–2

Quarterfinals: 0–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	July 9	San Miguel	L 110–121	Pogoy, Smith (17)	Castro, Smith (8)	Jayson Castro (9)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1
2	July 11	San Miguel	L 102–106	Terrence Romeo (28)	Joshua Smith (18)	Jayson Castro (9)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–2

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]	1
3	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^[a]	1
4	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	8	3	.727^[a]	1
5	Blackwater Elite	7	4	.636	2	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	San Miguel Beermen	6	5	.545	3
7	Meralco Bolts	5	6	.455^[b]	4
8	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^[b]	4
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

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 NLEX

Game log

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

August: 1–4

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	August 17	NLEX	L 90–103	Terrence Romeo (27)	Mike Glover (15)	Jayson Castro (5)	Ynares Center	0–1
2	August 19	Meralco	W 92–90	Terrence Romeo (23)	Kelly Williams (9)	Terrence Romeo (10)	Ynares Center	1–1
3	August 24	Blackwater	L 98–104 (OT)	Terrence Romeo (24)	Stacy Davis (16)	Castro, Romeo (3)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–2
4	August 26	Alaska	L 96–125	Stacy Davis (26)	Stacy Davis (12)	Stacy Davis (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–3
5	August 31	Phoenix	L 82–112	Alfrancis Tamsi (14)	Stacy Davis (11)	RR Garcia (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–4

September: 3–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
6	September 2	Columbian	W 118–114 (OT)	Jayson Castro (25)	Roger Pogoy (12)	Jayson Castro (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–4
7	September 22	Rain or Shine	W 110–104	Marqus Blakely (26)	Marqus Blakely (14)	Marqus Blakely (8)	City of Passi Arena	3–4
8	September 30	NorthPort	W 104–102	Terrence Romeo (26)	Marqus Blakely (11)	Terrence Romeo (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–4

October: 0–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
9	October 20	San Miguel	L 96–107	Marqus Blakely (26)	Marqus Blakely (18)	Marqus Blakely (8)	Calasiao Sports Complex	4–5
10	October 26	Magnolia	L 103–116	Terrence Romeo (23)	Marqus Blakely (18)	Marqus Blakely (11)	Ynares Center	4–6

November: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
11	November 4	Barangay Ginebra	L 93–112	Marqus Blakely (23)	Marqus Blakely (15)	Jayson Castro (12)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–7

Transactions

Trades

Pre season

November
November 28, 2017^[3]	To TNT Sidney Onwubere	To Phoenix Justin Chua Jon Jon Gabriel

All-Filipino Cup

February
February 15, 2018^[4]	To TNT Jericho Cruz	To Rain or Shine Kris Rosales Sidney Onwubere 2018 PBA First Round Draft Pick
March
March 26, 2018^[5]	To TNT Don Trollano	To Rain or Shine Norbert Torres
April
April 3, 2018^[6]	To TNT Terrence Romeo Yousef Taha	To GlobalPort Mo Tautuaa 2020 1st Round Pick 2021 2nd Round Pick

Recruited imports

Conference	Name	Number	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Jeremy Tyler	1	April 22 (vs. GlobalPort)	May 13 (vs. Alaska)	3–1
Commissioner's Cup	Joshua Smith	34	May 30 (vs. Columbian)	July 11 (vs. San Miguel)	4–4
Governors' Cup	Mike Glover	1	August 17 (vs. NLEX)	August 17 (vs. NLEX)	0–1
	Stacy Davis	13	August 24 (vs. Blackwater)	August 31 (vs. Columbian)	1–3
	Marqus Blakely	23	September 22 (vs. Rain or Shine)	November 4 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	2–3

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Roger Pogoy	Philippine Cup Player of the Week	January 22, 2018	^[7]
Jericho Cruz	Philippine Cup Player of the Week	March 5, 2018	^[8]
Jayson Castro	Commissioner's Cup Player of the Week	May 10, 2018	^[9]

References

^ San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".
^ TNT-Phoenix trade, pba.ph, November 28, 2017.
^ Leongson, Randolph (February 15, 2018). "PBA greenlights Jericho Cruz trade to TNT". sports.Inquirer.Net.
^ Leongson, Randolph (March 26, 2018). "TNT acquires Don Trollano for Norbert Torres in trade with Rain or Shine". Inquirer.Net. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
^ "GlobalPort sends Romeo to TNT KaTropa". ABS-CBN News. April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
^ "Roger Pogoy thrives off the bench". PBA.ph. January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
^ "Jericho Cruz shows why TNT KaTropa traded for him". PBA.ph. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
^ "Jayson Castro is week's best". PBA.ph. May 10, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.

[table_hth_MAG0.14187126427045-2] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia

[table_hth_BGSM0.14187126427045-3] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95

[table_hth_GP0.14187126427045-4] Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.14, Phoenix 1.00, TNT 0.97, Blackwater 0.89; #8 seed playoff: TNT defeated Phoenix

[table_hth_ALA0.52821386257569-6] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT

[table_hth_BGSM0.52821386257569-7] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92

[table_hth_COL0.52821386257569-8] Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

[table_hth_ALA0.10246901405159-9] Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982

[table_hth_MER0.10246901405159-10] Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 NLEX

[1] San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017

[PBAquotient-5] "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".

[11] TNT-Phoenix trade, pba.ph, November 28, 2017.

[12] Leongson, Randolph (February 15, 2018). "PBA greenlights Jericho Cruz trade to TNT". sports.Inquirer.Net.

[13] Leongson, Randolph (March 26, 2018). "TNT acquires Don Trollano for Norbert Torres in trade with Rain or Shine". Inquirer.Net. Retrieved April 6, 2018.

[14] "GlobalPort sends Romeo to TNT KaTropa". ABS-CBN News. April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.

[15] "Roger Pogoy thrives off the bench". PBA.ph. January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.

[16] "Jericho Cruz shows why TNT KaTropa traded for him". PBA.ph. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

[17] "Jayson Castro is week's best". PBA.ph. May 10, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.

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