2011–12 Meralco Bolts season

The 2011–12 Meralco Bolts season was the second season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2011–12 Meralco Bolts season
Head coach	Ryan Gregorio
General Manager	Virgil Villavicencio
Owner(s)	Manila Electric Company (an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	8–6 (57.1%)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (eliminated by Petron Blaze, 0–2)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	4–5 (44.4%)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (eliminated by B-Meg, 1–2)
Governors Cup results
Record	6–8 (42.9%)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Semifinalist
Meralco Bolts seasons
← 2010–11 2012–13  →

Key dates

• August 28: The 2011 PBA Draft took place in Robinson's Place Ermita, Manila.

Draft picks

Main article: 2011 PBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	Nationality	College
1	7	Jason Ballesteros	6'6	C	Philippines	San Sebastian
2	17	Gilbert Bulawan	6'5	F	Philippines	San Sebastian

Roster

2011–12 Meralco Bolts roster

Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From PG 2 Timberlake, Chris 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 184 lb (83 kg) North Florida PG 3 Mercado, Solomon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Biola F/C 4 Reyes, Jay-R 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) UP Diliman C 5 Taulava, Asi (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) BYU–Hawaii PG 6 Ross, Chris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Marshall F 7 Canlas, Mark (IN) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) UST G/F 8 Yee, Mark 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) San Sebastian (Cavite) PG 11 Artadi, Paul 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 155 lb (70 kg) UE SG 14 Cardona, Mark 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) De La Salle F/C 15 Bulawan, Gilbert (R) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) San Sebastian F 16 Borboran, Mark 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) UE F/C 18 Ballesteros, Jason (R) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) San Sebastian F 21 Hugnatan, Reynel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Manila F/C 22 Daa, Dennis 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Centro Escolar Las Piñas G/F 80 Macapagal, Mark 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) San Sebastian	Head coach Ryan Gregorio (UP Diliman) Assistant coach(es) Boyet Fernandez (CSA–Bacolod) Ronnie Magsanoc (UP Diliman) Patrick Fran (UST) Xavier Nunag (UP Diliman) 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	B-Meg Llamados	10	4	.714[lower-alpha 1]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	10	4	.714[lower-alpha 1]	—
3	Petron Blaze Boosters	9	5	.643[lower-alpha 2]	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	9	5	.643[lower-alpha 2]	1
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	5	.643[lower-alpha 2]	1
6	Meralco Bolts	8	6	.571	2
7	Barako Bull Energy Cola	6	8	.429[lower-alpha 3]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Powerade Tigers	6	8	.429[lower-alpha 3]	4
9	Alaska Aces	3	11	.214	7
10	Shopinas.com Clickers	0	14	.000	10

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: B-Meg 1–1 Talk 'N Text (B-Meg +8)
2. Head-to-head differential: Petron +8, Barangay Ginebra +1, Rain or Shine −9
3. Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–1 Powerade (Barako Bull +35)

Bracket

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals (best-of-7)					Finals (best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
	1	B-Meg	88	123
	8	Powerade	97	131*
							8	Powerade	4
	(best-of-3)
							5	Rain or Shine	3
	4	Barangay Ginebra		0
	5	Rain or Shine		2
												8	Powerade	1
	(#2 twice-to-beat)
												2	Talk 'N Text	4
	2	Talk 'N Text		81
	7	Barako Bull		79
							2	Talk 'N Text	4
	(best-of-3)
							3	Petron Blaze	3
	3	Petron Blaze		2
	6	Meralco		0

*Game went into overtime

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Quarterfinals

Petron Blaze-Meralco series

December 16

Petron Blaze Boosters 91, Meralco Bolts 84

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

December 21

Petron Blaze Boosters 80, Meralco Bolts 64

Petron wins series 2–0

Ynares Center, Antipolo

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	7	2	.778	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Barangay Ginebra Kings	6	3	.667[lower-alpha 1]	1
3	B-Meg Llamados	6	3	.667[lower-alpha 1]	1	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Alaska Aces	5	4	.556	2
5	Barako Bull Energy Cola	4	5	.444[lower-alpha 2]	3
6	Meralco Bolts	4	5	.444[lower-alpha 2]	3
7	Powerade Tigers	4	5	.444[lower-alpha 2]	3
8	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	3	6	.333[lower-alpha 3]	4
9	Petron Blaze Boosters	3	6	.333[lower-alpha 3]	4
10	Air21 Express	3	6	.333[lower-alpha 3]	4

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Second seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 93–84 B-Meg
2. Head-to-head quotient: Barako Bull 1.04, Meralco 1.01, Powerade 0.95; sixth seed playoff: Meralco 102–98 Powerade
3. Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.12, Petron 1.11, Air21 0.80

Seeding playoffs

March 30

6th seed

Meralco Bolts 102, Powerade Tigers 98

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

Bracket

	Quarterfinals (best-of-3)					Semifinals (best-of-5)					Finals (best-of-7)
						1	Talk 'N Text	3
	4	Alaska	1			5	Barako Bull	2
	5	Barako Bull	2								1	Talk 'N Text	3
											3	B-Meg	4
						2	Barangay Ginebra	1
	3	B-Meg	2			3	B-Meg	3
	6	Meralco	1

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Quarterfinals

B-Meg–Meralco series

April 1

B-Meg Llamados 81, Meralco Bolts 103

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

April 4

B-Meg Llamados 95, Meralco Bolts 85

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

April 8

B-Meg Llamados 86, Meralco Bolts 76

B-Meg wins series, 2–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Governors Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	1	.889	—	Semifinal round
2	B-Meg Llamados	6	3	.667	2
3	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	5	4	.556[lower-alpha 1]	3
4	Barangay Ginebra Kings	5	4	.556[lower-alpha 1]	3
5	Petron Blaze Boosters	5	4	.556[lower-alpha 1]	3
6	Meralco Bolts	4	5	.444[lower-alpha 2]	4
7	Powerade Tigers	4	5	.444[lower-alpha 2]	4
8	Barako Bull Energy Cola	4	5	.444[lower-alpha 2]	4
9	Alaska Aces	2	7	.222[lower-alpha 3]	6
10	Air21 Express	2	7	.222[lower-alpha 3]	6

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Head-to-head differential: Talk 'N Text +18, Barangay Ginebra 0, Petron −18
2. Head-to-head differential: Meralco +11, Barako Bull +8, Powerade −18; sixth seed playoffs: Powerade 99–95 Barako Bull, Meralco 94–86 Powerade
3. Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Air21

6th-seed playoffs

July 3

KO game

Barako Bull Energy 95, Powerade Tigers 99

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

July 4

6th seed

Meralco Bolts 94, Powerade Tigers 86

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Semifinals

Standings

Cumulative standings: Pos Team v t e W L PCT GB Qualification 1 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 10 4 .714 — Advance to finals[lower-alpha 1] 2 B-Meg Llamados 9 5 .643[lower-alpha 2] 1 Guaranteed finals berth playoff 3 Barangay Ginebra Kings 9 5 .643[lower-alpha 2] 1 Qualify to finals berth playoff 4 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 8 6 .571 2 5 Petron Blaze Boosters 6 8 .429[lower-alpha 3] 4 6 Meralco Bolts 6 8 .429[lower-alpha 3] 4 Source: PBA.ph Notes: If a team outside the top two teams wins four semifinal round games, then it and the second-placed team will playoff for the last finals berth; otherwise, the top 2 teams qualify outright. Head-to-head record: B-Meg 2–0 Barangay Ginebra Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–1, Petron; Petron +12, Meralco −12

Semifinal round standings Pos Team v t e W L Qualification 1 Barangay Ginebra Kings 4 1 Qualify to finals berth playoff[lower-alpha 1] 2 B-Meg Llamados 3 2 3 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 3 2 4 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 2 3 5 Meralco Bolts 2 3 6 Petron Blaze Boosters 1 4 Source: PBA.ph Notes: Finals berth playoff: B-Meg 74–72 Barangay Ginebra

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

August 28, 2011[1]	To Meralco Mark Yee (from Talk 'N Text) 2011 1st round pick (Jason Ballesteros) (from Talk 'N Text) Mark Macapagal (from Powerade)	To Talk 'N Text Bam Gamalinda (from Meralco) Shawn Weinstein (from Meralco)	To Powerade Chris Timberlake (from Meralco) Rogemar Menor (from Meralco) 2011 2nd round pick (John Marc Agustin) (from Talk 'N Text)

August 28, 2011[2]	To Meralco 2011 2nd round pick (Gilbert Bulawan)	To Alaska 2014 2nd round pick

Commissioner's Cup

January 27, 2012	To Meralco Mark Canlas Dennis Daa	To Air21 Nelbert Omolon Mark Isip

Governors Cup

May 11, 2012	To Meralco Jay-R Reyes	To Alaska Gabby Espinas

Additions Player Signed Former team Paul Artadi February 1, 2012 Barako Bull Energy Mark Canlas January 27, 2012(via trade) Air21 Express Dennis Daa January 27, 2012(via trade) Air21 Express Jay-R Reyes May 11, 2012(via trade) Alaska Aces

Subtractions Player Signed Former team Nelbert Omolon January 27, 2012(via trade) traded to Air21 Express Mark Isip January 27, 2012(via trade) traded to Air21 Express Gabby Espinas May 11, 2012(via trade) traded to Alaska Aces

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Jarrid Famous	February 10 (vs. B-Meg)	February 17 (vs. Talk 'N Text)	1–2
	Earl Barron	February 26 (vs. Powerade)	April 8 (vs. B-Meg)	5–5
Governors Cup	Chamberlain Oguchi	May 23 (vs. Talk 'N Text)	June 6 (vs. B-Meg)	1–3
	Mario West	June 10 (vs. Alaska)	July 15 (vs. Petron Blaze)	5-5

References

1. Meralco, Powerade, Talk ‘N Text complete first D-Day deal Archived 2011-08-30 at the Wayback Machine, Reynaldo Belen, interaksyon.com, August 28, 2011
2. CASIO, LEE HEADLINE TOP ROOKIE PICKS Archived 2011-09-14 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.ph, August 28, 2011