2017–18 Alaska Aces season

2017–18 Alaska Aces season
Head coachAlex Compton
General ManagerDickie Bachmann
Owner(s)Alaska Milk Corporation
Philippine Cup results
Record7–4
(63.6%)
Place3rd
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist (lost to NLEX, 0–2)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record8–3
(72.7%)
Place2nd
Playoff finishSemifinalist (lost to San Miguel, 1–3)
Governors' Cup results
Record8–3
(72.7%)
Place3rd
Playoff finishRunner-up (lost to Magnolia, 2–4)
Alaska Aces seasons
← 2016–17
2019 →

The 2017–18 Alaska Aces season was the 32nd 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

Main article: 2017 PBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
1 5 Jeron Teng F/G Philippines Flying V Thunder La Salle
2 6 Davon Potts G United States Cignal HD Hawkeyes San Beda


Roster

2017–18 Alaska Aces roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 0 United States Enciso, Simon 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1991–02–12 Notre Dame de Namur
G 4 United States Banchero, Chris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1989–01–24 Seattle Pacific
C 7 Papua New Guinea Thoss, Sonny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1981–12–07 James Cook
F/C 9 Philippines Baclao, Nonoy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987–06–15 Ateneo
F/C 10 Philippines Magat, Marion 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1989–10–22 National-U
F 11 Philippines Pascual, Jake 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988–11–11 San Beda
G/F 12 Philippines Teng, Jeron (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1994–03–21 De La Salle
G/F 13 Philippines Pascual, Ronald (IN) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1988–06–23 San Sebastian
G 17 Philippines Exciminiano, Chris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–11–17 Far Eastern
F 21 Philippines Cruz, Carl Bryan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1991–08–21 Far Eastern
G 23 United States Galliguez, Abel 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1990–04–14 John Brown
G 26 United States Potts, Davon (R) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 166 lb (75 kg) 1992–12–27 San Beda
F/C 32 Philippines Andrada, Yutien 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1990–11–18 De La Salle
G 42 Philippines Casio, JVee (C) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1986–09–01 De La Salle
G/F 61 Philippines Racal, Kevin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991–05–16 Letran
F 87 Philippines Manuel, Vic 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 1987–06–18 PSBA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Philippines Richard Bachmann[a]


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 Injured

Roster

  • a also serves as Alaska's board governor.

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team
 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] —
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
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:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95
  3. ^ 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: 7–4
December: 0–2
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 December 20 Magnolia L 95–108 Abueva, Manuel (20) Calvin Abueva (15) Chris Banchero (8) Filoil Flying V Centre 0–1
2 December 29 TNT L 98–106 Jeron Teng (28) Jeron Teng (10) Jeron Teng (5) Cuneta Astrodome 0–2
January : 5–0
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
3 January 10 Meralco W 103–98 Abueva, Manuel (19) Abueva, J. Pascual (9) JVee Casio (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–2
4 January 14 Kia W 102–65 Jeron Teng (23) J. Pascual (11) Banchero, Potts (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–2
5 January 21 Barangay Ginebra W 97–83 Vic Manuel (18) Calvin Abueva (9) Banchero, Enciso (6) Ynares Center 3–2
6 January 27 Blackwater W 88–84 Banchero, Manuel (16) Banchero, Cruz (7) Simon Enciso (3) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–2
7 January 31 Phoenix W 93–75 Chris Banchero (22) Calvin Abueva (14) Kevin Racal (6) Mall of Asia Arena 5–2
February : 2–2
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
8 February 4 GlobalPort W 105–98 (OT) Vic Manuel (21) Calvin Abueva (12) JVee Casio (5) Ynares Center 6–2
9 February 11 NLEX L 89–96 three players (12) Carl Bryan Cruz (8) Enciso, Exciminiano (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 6–3
10 February 17 San Miguel L 96–109 JVee Casio (20) Carl Bryan Cruz (12) JVee Casio (6) Batangas City Coliseum 6–4
11 February 23 Rain or Shine W 99–95 JVee Casio (22) Casio, Thoss (10) JVee Casio (10) Smart Araneta Coliseum 7–4

Playoffs

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-7)		Finals
(best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1San Miguel106
8TNT93
1San Miguel4
(best-of-3)
4Barangay Ginebra1
4Barangay Ginebra2
5Rain or Shine0
1San Miguel4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
2Magnolia1
2Magnolia86
7GlobalPort79
2Magnolia4
(best-of-3)
6NLEX2
3Alaska0
6NLEX2
This box:

Game log

2018 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–2
Quarterfinals: 0–2
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 March 5 NLEX L 99–105 Chris Banchero (20) Calvin Abueva (13) Abueva, Casio, Thoss (3) Mall of Asia Arena 0–1
2 March 7 NLEX L 83–87 Calvin Abueva (17) Calvin Abueva (16) JVee Casio (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–2

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

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

Game log

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 8–3
April: 1–1
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 April 27 Rain or Shine L 103–109 (OT) Antonio Campbell (40) Antonio Campbell (20) Jvee Casio (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–1
2 April 29 Blackwater W 93–74 Vic Manuel (27) Antonio Campbell (19) Simon Enciso (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–1
May : 3–0
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
3 May 4 Columbian W 134–103 Vic Manuel (26) Antonio Campbell (13) Chris Banchero (13) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–1
4 May 13 TNT W 110–100 Vic Manuel (29) Antonio Campbell (20) Chris Banchero (8) Ynares Center 3–1
5 May 19 San Miguel W 105–103 Vic Manuel (23) Antonio Campbell (13) Chris Banchero (9) Lamberto Macias Sports and Cultural Center 4–1
All-Star Break
June : 3–2
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
6 June 2 GlobalPort W 109–103 Vic Manuel (22) Antonio Campbell (18) Chris Banchero (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 5–1
7 June 10 Magnolia W 103–99 Vic Manuel (35) Antonio Campbell (15) Chris Banchero (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 6–1
8 June 15 NLEX W 120–111 Antonio Campbell (28) Vic Manuel (11) Chris Banchero (7) Mall of Asia Arena 7–1
9 June 17 Meralco L 74–89 Antonio Campbell (25) Antonio Campbell (14) Chris Banchero (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 7–2
10 June 24 Barangay Ginebra L 86–105 Vic Manuel (20) Campbell, Magat (8) Chris Banchero (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 7–3
July : 1–0
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
11 July 6 Phoenix W 114–91 Vic Manuel (28) Diamon Simpson (19) Banchero, Enciso (7) Cuneta Astrodome 8–3

Playoffs

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-5)		finals
(best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1Rain or Shine113103
8GlobalPort11497
1Rain or Shine1
(best-of-3)
5Barangay Ginebra3
4Meralco0
5Barangay Ginebra2
5Barangay Ginebra4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
6San Miguel2
2Alaska89
7Magnolia78
2Alaska1
(best-of-3)
6San Miguel3
3TNT0
6San Miguel2
This box:

Game log

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log
Total: 2–3
Quarterfinals: 1–0
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 July 10 Magnolia W 89–78 Vic Manuel (22) Diamon Simpson (15) Enciso, Simpson (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0
Semifinals: 1–3
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 July 14 San Miguel L 79–92 Diamon Simpson (31) Diamon Simpson (24) JVee Casio (5) Mall of Asia Arena 0–1
2 July 16 San Miguel L 94–105 Enciso, Simpson (19) Diamon Simpson (15) Simon Enciso (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–2
3 July 20 San Miguel W 125–104 Vic Manuel (24) Diamon Simpson (13) Simon Enciso (8) Ynares Center 1–2
4 July 22 San Miguel L 99–104 Diamon Simpson (24) Diamon Simpson (21) Simon Enciso (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–3

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

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

Game log

2018 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 8–3
August: 3–0
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 August 24 Meralco W 80–72 Mike Harris (23) Mike Harris (15) Chris Banchero (5) Mall of Asia Arena 1–0
2 August 26 TNT W 125–96 Simon Enciso (30) Mike Harris (24) Chris Banchero (14) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–0
3 August 29 Phoenix W 108–97 Mike Harris (23) Mike Harris (11) Chris Banchero (9) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–0
September: 0–1
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
4 September 2 Barangay Ginebra L 101–109 Vic Manuel (28) Mike Harris (19) Chris Banchero (10) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–1
October: 5–2
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
5 October 3 Rain or Shine W 106–89 Mike Harris (39) Mike Harris (25) Chris Banchero (13) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–1
6 October 6 San Miguel W 127–119 Mike Harris (36) Mike Harris (23) Chris Banchero (12) Ynares Center 5–1
7 October 14 Magnolia L 73–83 Mike Harris (24) Mike Harris (25) Chris Banchero (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 5–2
8 October 17 Columbian W 104–94 Mike Harris (44) Mike Harris (27) Chris Banchero (11) Cuneta Astrodome 6–2
9 October 21 Blackwater W 116–109 Mike Harris (38) Mike Harris (19) JVee Casio (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 7–2
10 October 26 NLEX L 110–116 (OT) Mike Harris (35) Mike Harris (26) Chris Banchero (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 7–3
11 October 26 NorthPort W 95–85 Mike Harris (27) Mike Harris (25) Banchero, Harris (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 8–3

Playoffs

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-5)		Finals
(best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1Barangay Ginebra111
8NLEX75
1Barangay Ginebra1
(#4 twice-to-beat)
4Magnolia3
4Magnolia103
5Blackwater99
4Magnolia4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
3Alaska2
2Phoenix74103
7Meralco90108*
7Meralco1
(#3 twice-to-beat)
3Alaska3
3Alaska96
6San Miguel85

*Game went into overtime.

This box:

Game log

2018 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log
Total: 4–1
Quarterfinals: 1–0
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 November 7 San Miguel W 96–85 Mike Harris (25) Mike Harris (17) Baclao, Casio, Enciso, Teng (3) Cuneta Astrodome 1–0
Semifinals: 3–1
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 November 11 Meralco L 92–97 Mike Harris (37) Mike Harris (18) Chris Banchero (4) Ynares Center 0–1
2 November 13 Meralco W 100–95 Mike Harris (37) Mike Harris (19) Chris Banchero (8) Mall of Asia Arena 1–1
3 November 15 Meralco W 104–102 Mike Harris (31) Mike Harris (24) Mike Harris (7) Cuneta Astrodome 2–1
4 November 17 Meralco W 99–92 Mike Harris (27) Mike Harris (14) Banchero, Enciso, Harris, Teng (3) Cuneta Astrodome 3–1
Finals: 2–4
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 December 5 Magnolia Mall of Asia Arena –
2 December 7 Magnolia Smart Araneta Coliseum –
3 December 9 Magnolia Ynares Center –
4 December 12 Magnolia Smart Araneta Coliseum –
5* December 14 Magnolia Smart Araneta Coliseum –
6* December 16 Magnolia –
7* December 19 Magnolia –

Transactions

Trades

Pre season

December
December 15, 2017[3] To Alaska
2019 2nd round pick 		To Phoenix
Jaypee Mendoza

Governor's Cup

August
August 7, 2018 [4] To Alaska
Karl Dehesa
2019 first round draft pick 		To Phoenix
Calvin Abueva

Recruited imports

Conference Name Country Number Debuted Last game Record
Commissioner's Cup Antonio Campbell United States 30 April 27
(vs. Rain or Shine)		 June 24
(vs. Barangay Ginebra)		 7–3
Diamon Simpson United States 34 July 6
(vs. Phoenix)		 July 22
(vs. San Miguel)		 3–3
Governors' Cup Mike Harris United States 52 August 24
(vs. Meralco)		 12–4

Awards

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Vic Manuel Philippine Cup Player of the Week February 5, 2018 [5]
JVee Casio February 27, 2018 [6]
Vic Manuel Commissioner's Cup Player of the Week May 14, 2018 [7]
June 12, 2018 [8]
Simon Enciso Governors' Cup Player of the Week August 27, 2018 [9]
Chris Banchero October 22, 2018 [10]
Mike Harris Governors' Cup Best Import of the Conference December 12, 2018 [11]

References

  1. ^ San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017
  2. ^ a b c "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".
  3. ^ Alaska-Phoenix trade, pba.ph, December 15, 2017.
  4. ^ "Alaska sends Abueva to Phoenix for Dehesha and 2019 first round pick". PBA.ph. 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
  5. ^ "Vic Manuel earns Player of the Week citation". PBA.ph. February 5, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  6. ^ "Casio sparkles in absence of other key Aces". PBA.ph. February 27, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  7. ^ "A fit and healthy Vic Manuel keeps Alaska soaring". PBA.ph. May 14, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  8. ^ "A fitting birthday gift for Vic Manuel". PBA.ph. June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  9. ^ "Simon Enciso steps up at the right time".
  10. ^ "Chris Banchero stands tall for Alaska as playoff race intensifies".
  11. ^ "PBA: Alaska's Mike Harris wins Best Import".