2017–18 Alaska Aces season

The 2017–18 Alaska Aces season was the 32nd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2017–18 Alaska Aces season
Head coach	Alex Compton
General Manager	Dickie Bachmann
Owner(s)	Alaska Milk Corporation
Philippine Cup results
Record	7–4 (63.6%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to NLEX, 0–2)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	8–3 (72.7%)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Semifinalist (lost to San Miguel, 1–3)
Governors' Cup results
Record	8–3 (72.7%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Runner-up (lost to Magnolia, 2–4)
Alaska Aces seasons
← 2016–17 2019 →

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		Flying V Thunder	La Salle
2	6	Davon Potts	G		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 Enciso, Simon 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1991–02–12 Notre Dame de Namur G 4 Banchero, Chris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1989–01–24 Seattle Pacific C 7 Thoss, Sonny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1981–12–07 James Cook F/C 9 Baclao, Nonoy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987–06–15 Ateneo F/C 10 Magat, Marion 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1989–10–22 National-U F 11 Pascual, Jake 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988–11–11 San Beda G/F 12 Teng, Jeron (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1994–03–21 De La Salle G/F 13 Pascual, Ronald (IN) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1988–06–23 San Sebastian G 17 Exciminiano, Chris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–11–17 Far Eastern F 21 Cruz, Carl Bryan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1991–08–21 Far Eastern G 23 Galliguez, Abel 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1990–04–14 John Brown G 26 Potts, Davon (R) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 166 lb (75 kg) 1992–12–27 San Beda F/C 32 Andrada, Yutien 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1990–11–18 De La Salle G 42 Casio, JVee (C) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1986–09–01 De La Salle G/F 61 Racal, Kevin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991–05–16 Letran F 87 Manuel, Vic 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 1987–06–18 PSBA	Head coach Alex Compton Assistant coach(es) Jeffrey Cariaso (1st Assistant) Eric Altamirano Franco Atienza Tony dela Cruz Monch Gavieres Danny Ildefonso Sean Chambers (Consultant) Team manager 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 Roster

• ^a also serves as Alaska's board governor.

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	—
3	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545[lower-alpha 2]	2
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	5	.545[lower-alpha 2]	2
6	NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545[lower-alpha 2]	2
7	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 3]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	TNT KaTropa	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 3]	3
9	Phoenix Fuel Masters	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 3]	3
10	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 3]	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. Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
2. Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95
3. 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

	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

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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 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[lower-alpha 1]	1
3	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636	2
5	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545[lower-alpha 2]	3
6	San Miguel Beermen	6	5	.545[lower-alpha 2]	3
7	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	6	5	.545[lower-alpha 2]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4
9	Columbian Dyip	4	7	.364[lower-alpha 3]	5
10	Phoenix Fuel Masters	4	7	.364[lower-alpha 3]	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. Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT
2. Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92
3. 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

	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

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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 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[lower-alpha 1]	1
3	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	1
4	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	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[lower-alpha 2]	4
8	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 2]	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. Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982
2. 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

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals (best-of-5)					Finals (best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
	1	Barangay Ginebra		111
	8	NLEX		75
							1	Barangay Ginebra	1
	(#4 twice-to-beat)
							4	Magnolia	3
	4	Magnolia		103
	5	Blackwater		99
												4	Magnolia	4
	(#2 twice-to-beat)
												3	Alaska	2
	2	Phoenix	74	103
	7	Meralco	90	108*
							7	Meralco	1
	(#3 twice-to-beat)
							3	Alaska	3
	3	Alaska		96
	6	San Miguel		85

*Game went into overtime.

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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		30	April 27 (vs. Rain or Shine)	June 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	7–3
	Diamon Simpson		34	July 6 (vs. Phoenix)	July 22 (vs. San Miguel)	3–3
Governors' Cup	Mike Harris		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. "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".