2015–16 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season

2015–16 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season
2015–16 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season
Head coach	Tim Cone
Owner(s)	Ginebra San Miguel, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	7–4 ; (63.6%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist ; (lost to GlobalPort in single-elimination Phase 2)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	7–4 ; (63.6%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist ; (lost to Rain or Shine, 0–2)
Governors' Cup results
Record	8–3 ; (72.7%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Champions; (def. Meralco, 4–2)
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel seasons

The 2015–16 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season was the 37th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2015

August 23: The 2015 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	5	Scottie Thompson	SG	Philippines	Hapee Fresh Fighters	Perpetual Help
2	16	Aljon Mariano	SF		Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	UST
3	28	Dennice Villamor	SF		Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants	NU

Roster

2015–16 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	0	Franklin Bonifacio	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1990–03–01	Las Positas
G	3	Sol Mercado	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1984–05–06	Biola
G	5	LA Tenorio	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	151 lb (68 kg)	1984–07–09	Ateneo
G	6	Scottie Thompson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1993–07–12	UPHSD
F/C	10	Dave Marcelo	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	1989–02–22	San Beda
G	13	Jayjay Helterbrand	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1976–10–14	Kentucky
F	14	Nico Salva	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	1990–03–08	Ateneo
F	19	Dennice Villamor	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1990–07–01	National-U
C	20	Greg Slaughter	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	258 lb (117 kg)	1988–05–19	Ateneo
F/C	25	Japeth Aguilar	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1987–01–25	Western Kentucky
F	27	Jervy Cruz	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1986–09–09	UST
F	31	Aljon Mariano	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1992–08–03	UST
F	34	Chris Ellis	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988–12–05	Mary Hardin–Baylor
F	38	Joe Devance	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1982–02–19	UTEP
G	47	Mark Caguioa (C)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1979–11–19	Glendale CC (CA)
F	12	Othyus Jeffers (CI)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1985–08–05	Robert Morris (IL)
F	11	Paul Harris (GI)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1986–10–15	Syracuse
F	32	Justin Brownlee (GI)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1988–04–23	St. John's

Head coach

Tim Cone

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Alfrancis Chua^[a]
Raymond Rodriguez (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

Roster

^a Chua also serves as Barangay Ginebra's board governor.

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Greg Slaughter	Dave Marcelo
PF	Japeth Aguilar	Joe Devance	Jervy Cruz	Dennice Villamor
SF	Chris Ellis	Aljon Mariano	Nico Salva
SG	Scottie Thompson	Mark Caguioa	Franklin Bonifacio
PG	LA Tenorio	Sol Mercado	Jayjay Helterbrand

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup game log

October

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 25	Star Hotshots	86–78	Slaughter (28)	Slaughter (16)	Thompson (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1
2	October 31	Barako Bull Energy	82–79	Slaughter (27)	Slaughter (26)	Slaughter(4)	Mall of Asia Arena	0–2

November

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	November 7	Alaska Aces	93–92	Slaughter (27)	Slaughter (19)	RJ Jazul (10)	Al Wasl, Dubai	1–2
4	November 15	San Miguel Beermen	100–82	Arwind Santos (24)	Junemar Fajardo (14)	Chris Ross (8)	Philsports Arena	1–3

2015–16 schedule

Bracket


Quarterfinals (1st phase) (Higher seeds twice-to-beat)			Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (Single elimination)			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)



3	Rain or Shine	95
						2	San Miguel	4
10	Blackwater	90
			3	Rain or Shine	104	3	Rain or Shine	2

			6	TNT	89
6	TNT	90
									2	San Miguel	4
7	NLEX	88
									1	Alaska	3


4	Barangay Ginebra	92*
						1	Alaska	4
9	Star	89
			4	Barangay Ginebra	83	5	GlobalPort	1

			5	GlobalPort	84*
5	GlobalPort	94

8	Barako Bull	85

*Game went into overtime

Commissioner's 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	Meralco Bolts	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636^[b]	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636^[b]	1
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636^[b]	1
6	Tropang TNT	6	5	.545	2
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Star Hotshots	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Mahindra Enforcer	4	7	.364	4
10	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273^[d]	5
11	Phoenix Fuel Masters	3	8	.273^[d]	5
12	GlobalPort Batang Pier	3	8	.273^[d]	5

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Meralco
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.18, Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 0.84
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Star
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Blackwater 1.04, Phoenix 0.99, GlobalPort 0.98

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	San Miguel	99	103

8	Star	108	99
				1	San Miguel	1
(Best-of-3)
				5	Rain or Shine	3
4	Barangay Ginebra		0

5	Rain or Shine		2
							5	Rain or Shine	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							3	Alaska	2
2	Meralco		104

7	NLEX		97
				2	Meralco	2
(Best-of-3)
				3	Alaska	3
3	Alaska		2

6	TNT		1

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	TNT KaTropa	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^[a]	2
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	3	.727^[a]	2
4	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545^[b]	4
5	Mahindra Enforcer	6	5	.545^[b]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Alaska Aces	6	5	.545^[b]	4
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^[c]	5
8	Phoenix Fuel Masters	5	6	.455^[c]	5
9	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455^[c]	5
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364	6
11	Star Hotshots	2	9	.182	8
12	Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.04, Rain or Shine 1.03, Phoenix 0.93; eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 105–94 Rain or Shine

Bracket

Game log

2016 PBA Governors' Cup game log

July

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	July 16	GlobalPort	93–81	Aguilar (22)	Harris (10)	Devance (6)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–0
2	July 24	Alaska	100–109(OT)				Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–1
3	July 27	NLEX	85–72				Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–1
4	July 30	Meralco	107–93				Lucena City	3–1

August

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location Attendance	Record
5	August 10	Blackwater	107–95	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–1
6	August 14	San Miguel	105–111(2OT)	Mall of Asia Arena	4–2
7	August 21	Rain Or Shine	101–87	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–2
8	August 28	Star	116–103	Smart Araneta Coliseum	6–2

September

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location Attendance	Record
9	September 9	Mahindra	93–86	Smart Araneta Coliseum	7–2
10	September 14	Phoenix	97–86	Ynares Center	8–2
11	September 18	TNT	92–104	Laguna	8–3

2015–16 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals (Top 4 twice-to-beat)			Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)



1	TNT	136

8	Phoenix	124
			1	TNT	1

			4	Meralco	3
4	Meralco	105

5	Mahindra	82
						4	Meralco	2

						3	Barangay Ginebra	4
2	San Miguel	114

7	NLEX	110
			2	San Miguel	2

			3	Barangay Ginebra	3
3	Barangay Ginebra	109

6	Alaska	104

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

August 25, 2015 ^[1]

To Barako Bull

Jens Knuttel
Emman Monfort
Josh Urbiztondo

To Barangay Ginebra

Nico Salva
2016 1st round pick

September 28, 2015 ^[2]	To Barako Bull Energy Mac Baracael Prince Caperal	To Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Joe Devance (via Barako Bull)
	To GlobalPort Dorian Peña	To Star Hotshots Jake Pascual Ronald Pascual

Philippine Cup

November 16, 2015^[3]

To Barako Bull

Rodney Brondial
2018 2nd round pick

To Barangay Ginebra

Jervey Cruz

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Othyus Jeffers^[4]	February 12 (vs. NLEX)	April 19 (vs. Rain or Shine)	7–6
Governors' Cup	Paul Harris	July 16 (vs. GlobalPort)	July 16 (vs. GlobalPort)	1–0
Governors' Cup	Justin Brownlee^[5]	July 24 (vs. Alaska)	October 19 (vs. Meralco)	15–7

References

^ TnT nets Rosario in 3-team trade; SMB acquires Heruela, philstar.com, August 25, 2015
^ Joe Devance reunited with Tim Cone as Ginebra, Barako Bull, Star, GlobalPort figure in four-team deal Archived 2015-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, September 28, 2015
^ Giongco, Mark. "Ginebra sends Brondial, 2nd round pick to Barako for Cruz". Retrieved November 16, 2015.
^ Tim Cone bares Ginebra bringing in former TNT import Othyus Jeffers for Commissioner's Cup, spin.ph, January 4, 2016
^ Ginebra taps Justin Brownlee as replacement import for injured Paul Harris, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, July 18, 2016

[table_hth_SMB0.52358542826194-1] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Meralco

[table_hth_ALA0.52358542826194-2] Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.18, Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 0.84

[table_hth_NLEX0.52358542826194-3] Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Star

[table_hth_BWE0.52358542826194-4] Head-to-head quotient: Blackwater 1.04, Phoenix 0.99, GlobalPort 0.98

[table_hth_BGSM0.44349218273698-5] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Barangay Ginebra

[table_hth_ALA0.44349218273698-6] Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra

[table_hth_NLEX0.44349218273698-7] Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.04, Rain or Shine 1.03, Phoenix 0.93; eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 105–94 Rain or Shine

[8] TnT nets Rosario in 3-team trade; SMB acquires Heruela, philstar.com, August 25, 2015

[9] Joe Devance reunited with Tim Cone as Ginebra, Barako Bull, Star, GlobalPort figure in four-team deal Archived 2015-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, September 28, 2015

[10] Giongco, Mark. "Ginebra sends Brondial, 2nd round pick to Barako for Cruz". Retrieved November 16, 2015.

[11] Tim Cone bares Ginebra bringing in former TNT import Othyus Jeffers for Commissioner's Cup, spin.ph, January 4, 2016

[12] Ginebra taps Justin Brownlee as replacement import for injured Paul Harris, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, July 18, 2016

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Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 2016 PBA Governors' Cup Champions
0 Franklin Bonifacio 3 Sol Mercado 5 LA Tenorio (Finals MVP) 6 Scottie Thompson 10 Dave Marcelo 13 Jayjay Helterbrand 14 Nico Salva 19 Dennice Villamor 20 Greg Slaughter 25 Japeth Aguilar 27 Jervy Cruz 31 Aljon Mariano 32 Justin Brownlee (Import) 34 Chris Ellis 38 Joe Devance 47 Mark Caguioa
Head coach: Tim Cone
Assistant coaches: Richard del Rosario (1st assistant) Freddie Abuda Olsen Racela
Managers: Alfrancis Chua Raymond Rodriguez (assistant)