2013–14 Meralco Bolts season

2013-14 Meralco Bolts season
Head coach Ryan Gregorio
Owner(s) Manila Electric Company
(a MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record 5–9
(.357)
Place 9th
Playoff finish Did not qualify (Def. by Alaska on the do-or-die game for the eight seed)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record 5–4
(.556)
Place 4th (tied with Rain or Shine)
Playoff finish Quarterfinals (Def. by Rain or Shine 2-1)
Governors' Cup results
Record 3–6
(.333)
Place 9th
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Meralco Bolts seasons
2012–13 2014–15

The 2013–14 Meralco Bolts season is the 4th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

Draft picks

Main article: 2013 PBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
3 6 Anjo Carram PG  Philippines Fruitas Shakers San Beda
4 5 Mike Parala PF  Philippines Café France Bakers Mapua
5 4 Mark Lopez PG  Philippines Café France Bakers UP Diliman
6 2 Ron Guevarra PG  Philippines None St. Francis
7 1 Mark Bringas PF  Philippines Cagayan Rising Suns FEU

Roster

Meralco Bolts roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
SF 3 Philippines Omolon, Nelbert style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1980-06-30 PCU
SG 4 Philippines Wilson, John style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987-01-18 JRU
PG 5 Canada Mandani, A. J. style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1987-01-01 MS&T
PF 7 United States Hodge, Cliff style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1988-02-03 Reedley
F/C 10 Philippines Ildefonso, Danny style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1976-12-09 NU
PG 11 United States Cortez, Mike style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1980-11-10 De La Salle
F/C 15 Philippines Sena, James style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1988-08-31 JRU
PG 16 Philippines Artadi, Paul style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1981-05-05 UE
PG 17 Philippines Caram, Anjo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1991-01-14 San Beda
G/F 20 United States Dillinger, Jared (C) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1984-01-06 USAF
PF 21 Philippines Hugnatan, Reynel style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1978-11-03 UM
SG 24 Philippines Guevarra, Rey style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1985-11-24 Letran
PF 25 Philippines Al-Hussaini, Rabeh style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1988-08-11 Ateneo
F/C 27 Philippines Bringas, Mark style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1988-04-27 FEU
SG 28 Philippines David, Gary style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1978-07-13 Lyceum
SF 80 Philippines Salvacion, Sunday style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1978-12-17 CSB
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Butch Antonio


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

{{2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=MER}}

Game log

2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup game log
2013–14 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-7)		     Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#1 twice to beat)                        
  1  Barangay Ginebra 97  108  
  8  Alaska 104  95  
            1  Barangay Ginebra 3    
    (Best-of-3)       5  San Mig Coffee 4  
  4  Talk 'N Text 1  
  5  San Mig Coffee 2    
    5  San Mig Coffee 4
    (#2 twice-to-beat)     2  Rain or Shine 2
  2  Rain or Shine 106    
  7  GlobalPort 96    
            2  Rain or Shine 4
    (Best-of-3)     3  Petron Blaze 1    
  3  Petron Blaze 2  
  6  Barako Bull 0    

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

  y  – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals,   x  – clinched best-of-3 quarterfinals,   w  – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals,   e  – eliminated

2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup
# Team W L PCT GB Tie
1 y–Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 9 0 1.000 –
2 y–San Miguel Beermen 7 2 .778 2
3 x–Alaska Aces 6 3 .667 3
4 x–Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 4 .556 4 1.22
5 x–Meralco Bolts 5 4 .556 4 0.82
6 x–San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 4 5 .444 5
7 w–Air21 Express 3 6 .333 6 1.02
8 w–Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 3 6 .333 6 0.98
9 e–Barako Bull Energy 2 7 .222 7
10 e–GlobalPort Batang Pier 1 8 .111 8

Playoffs

Bracket

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-5)		     Finals
(Best-of-5)
    (#1 twice to beat)                        
  1  Talk 'N Text 97    
  8  Barangay Ginebra 84    
            1  Talk 'N Text 3    
    (Best-of-3)       4  Rain or Shine 0  
  4  Rain or Shine 2  
  5  Meralco 1    
    1  Talk 'N Text 1
    (#2 twice-to-beat)     6  San Mig Coffee 3
  2  San Miguel 79 95  
  7  Air21 92 101**  
            7  Air21 2
    (Best-of-3)     6  San Mig Coffee 3    
  3  Alaska 1  
  6  San Mig Coffee 2    

**double overtime

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

  y  – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals,   x  – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals,   e  – eliminated

2014 PBA Governors' Cup
# Team W L PCT GB Tie
1 y- Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 7 2 .778 –
2 y- Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 6 3 .667 1
3 y- Alaska Aces 5 4 .556 2 1.08
4 y- San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 5 4 .556 2 1.02
5 x- San Miguel Beermen 5 4 .556 2 0.99
6 x- Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 5 4 .556 2 0.97
7 x- Air21 Express 5 4 .556 2 0.94
8 x- Barako Bull Energy 3 6 .333 4 1.01
9 e- Meralco Bolts 3 6 .333 4 0.99
10 e- GlobalPort Batang Pier 1 8 .125 6

Transactions

Overview

Players added

Via trade

 Players lost

Via trade

Via free agency

Waived

  • Allan Mangahas

Trades

Pre-season

October 22, 2013[1] To Meralco
Kerby Raymundo		 To Barangay Ginebra
Jay-R Reyes

Recruited imports

Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record
Commissioner's Cup Brian Butch March 7 (vs. San Miguel) March 26 (vs. Rain or Shine) 3–3
Darnell Jackson April 2 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) April 26 (vs. Rain or Shine) 3–3
Governors' Cup Terrence Williams May 18 (vs. Barako Bull) May 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) 0–3
Mario West May 27 (vs. San Mig Super Coffee) June 14 (vs. GlobalPort) 3–3

References

  1. ↑ Ginebra sends Kerby Raymundo to Meralco for JR Reyes in one-on-one trade, Snow Badua, spin.ph, October 22, 2013