2020 San Miguel Beermen season

The 2020 San Miguel Beermen season was the 45th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2020 San Miguel Beermen season
Head coach	Leo Austria
Owner(s)	San Miguel Brewery, Inc. (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	7–4 (63.6%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Meralco with twice-to-win advantage)
San Miguel Beermen seasons
← 2019 2021  →

Draft picks

Main article: 2019 PBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club
3	35	Travis Thompson	SG	United States	Alaska Anchorage
4	42	Daniel de Guzman	PF	Philippines	NEUST
5	45	Von Tambeling	PG	Philippines	Philippine Christian

Roster

2020 San Miguel Beermen roster

Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F/C 2 Mamaril, Billy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1980–06–25 Bakersfield G/F 3 Pessumal, Von 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1993–02–12 Ateneo G 4 Alolino, Gelo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1994–01–04 National-U G 5 Cabagnot, Alex 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1982–12–08 Hawaiʻi–Hilo G 6 Ross, Chris 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1985–03–09 Marshall G 7 Romeo, Terrence  5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 1992–03–16 Far Eastern G 12 Zamar, Paul 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1987–10–20 UE G/F 13 Lassiter, Marcio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1987–05–16 Cal State Fullerton C 15 Fajardo, June Mar  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 268 lb (122 kg) 1989–11–17 Cebu G/F 18 Vigil, Louie (IN) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1991–09–26 UST F 20 de Guzman, Daniel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1992–03–07 NEUST G 21 Comboy, Wendell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1997–07–21 Far Eastern G/F 22 Ganuelas-Rosser, Matt (IN) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1990–06–13 Cal Poly Pomona G/F 27 Gamalinda, Riego 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 1986–05–25 San Beda F 29 Santos, Arwind (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1981–06–10 Far Eastern F/C 33 Tautuaa, Moala 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1989–04–30 Chadron State F/C 88 Escoto, Russel 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1992–12–04 Far Eastern	Head coach Leo Austria Assistant coach(es) Peter Martin (1st assistant) Ato Agustin Jorge Gallent Team manager Gee Abanilla Daniel Henares (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

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	—
3	TNT Tropang Giga	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 2]	1
4	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 2]	1
5	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 2]	1	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 2]	1
7	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 2]	1
8	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	5	.545	2
9	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455	3
10	Blackwater Elite	2	9	.182	6
11	NorthPort Batang Pier	1	10	.091[lower-alpha 3]	7
12	Terrafirma Dyip	1	10	.091[lower-alpha 3]	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^[1]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 Phoenix
2. Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.074, San Miguel 1.023, Meralco 0.992, Alaska 0.959, Magnolia 0.955
3. Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Terrafirma

Game log

2020 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 7–4
March: 1–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 March 8 Magnolia W 94–78 Moala Tautuaa (20) Arwind Santos (15) Ross, Romeo (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0
October: 3–2 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 October 13 Rain or Shine L 83–87 Marcio Lassiter (20) Moala Tautuaa (11) Tautuaa, Ross (5) AUF Sports Arena & Cultural Center 1–1 3 October 16 TNT L 88–107 Alex Cabagnot (15) Arwind Santos (10) Gelo Alolino (3) AUF Sports Arena & Cultural Center 1–2 4 October 19 Terrafirma W 105–98 Moala Tautuaa (25) Arwind Santos (14) Marcio Lassiter (7) AUF Sports Arena & Cultural Center 2–2 5 October 24 Alaska W 92–88 Alex Cabagnot (19) Arwind Santos (10) Ross, Tautuaa (6) AUF Sports Arena & Cultural Center 3–2 6 October 28 Meralco W 89–82 Moala Tautuaa (23) Arwind Santos (11) Chris Ross (4) AUF Sports Arena & Cultural Center 4–2
November: 3–2 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 7 November 3 Blackwater W 90–88 OT Moala Tautuaa (26) Moala Tautuaa (26) Alex Cabagnot (8) AUF Sports Arena & Cultural Center 5–2 8 November 5 Phoenix Super LPG L 103–110 Moala Tautuaa (21) Arwind Santos (8) Alex Cabagnot (8) AUF Sports Arena & Cultural Center 5–3 9 November 6 NLEX L 90–124 Paul Zamar (23) Arwind Santos (5) 4 players (3) AUF Sports Arena & Cultural Center 5–4 10 November 8 Ginebra W 81–66 Moala Tautuaa (20) Chris Ross (14) Chris Ross (4) AUF Sports Arena & Cultural Center 6–4 11 November 10 Northport W 120–99 Arwind Santos (23) Arwind Santos (11) Marcio Lassiter (7) AUF Sports Arena & Cultural Center 7–4

Transactions

Trades

Preseason

January
January 9, 2020[2]	To San Miguel Russel Escoto	To NorthPort Kelly Nabong

Free agency

Addition

Country	Player	Number	Position	Contract	Date signed	Former Team
	Gelo Alolino[3]		Guard	1 year	—	Blackwater
	Riego Gamalinda		Guard/forward	1 year	—	Magnolia

Subtraction

Country	Player	Number	Position	Reason	New Team
	Ronald Tubid	71	Guard/forward	Contract not extended.[4]	—
	Yancy De Ocampo	95	Center	Retired[5]	—

Rookie Signings

Country	Player	Number	Position	Contract	Date signed	School/club team
	Wendelino Comboy III[3]	--	Point guard			Far Eastern

References

1. "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". 2012-12-10. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
2. "SMB sends Kelly Nabong back to NorthPort in trade for Russel Escoto". Spin.ph. 2020-01-09. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
3. "SMB signs Wendell Comboy, Gelo Alolino to one-year contracts". Spin.ph. 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
4. "Ronald Tubid now a free agent after finally parting ways with San Miguel". Spin.ph. 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
5. "Yancy de Ocampo firm on retirement despite SMB need to fill Fajardo void". Spin.ph. 2020-02-07. Retrieved 2020-02-07.