2015–16 Phoenix Fuel Masters season

2015–16 Phoenix Fuel Masters season
Head coach	Koy Banal
Owner(s)	Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc.
Commissioner's Cup results Record 3–8 (.273) Place 11th Playoff finish Did not qualify Governors' Cup results Record 0–0   Place Quarterfinalists (lost to TNT in one game) Playoff finish Phoenix Fuel Masters seasons 2016-17

The 2015–16 Phoenix Fuel Masters season is the 1st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key Dates

• January 28: The PBA Board of Governors unanimously approved the sale of Barako Bull to Phoenix Petroleum in a special meeting Wednesday at the league’s headquarters in Libis, Quezon City.^[1]

Roster

Phoenix Fuel Masters roster
Players	Coaches
S 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 1 Buenafe, Ronjay 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1983–05–27 Emilio Aguinaldo G 2 Urbiztondo, Josh 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–02–27 Fresno Pacific G/F 3 Baguio, Cyrus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1980–08–19 UST F/C 6 Torres, Norbert 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1990–01–12 De La Salle G/F 7 Intal, JC 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–11–18 Ateneo G 8 Wilson, John 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1987–01–18 José Rizal G 9 Cruz, Mark 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 120 lb (54 kg) 1992–07–27 Letran G/F 10 Hayes, Marvin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986–05–13 F/C 12 Caperal, Prince (IN) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1993–06–12 Arellano F 16 Borboran, Mark 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1984–11–20 East G 26 Lañete, Chico 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1979–08–01 Lyceum F 28 Wilson, Willy (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1980–01–30 De La Salle F/C 34 Miranda, Michael 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–12–12 San Sebastian C 88 Pennisi, Mick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1975–03–13 Eastern Michigan	Head coach Ariel Vanguardia Assistant coach(es) Justino Pinat (1st Assistant) Nic Belasco Caesar Polhen Team manager Paolo Bugia Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

Commissioner's Cup

Transactions

Trades

May 4, 2016 [2]	To Phoenix Simon Enciso Mark Borboran	To NLEX Emman Monfort Marnel Baracael 2018 second round pick

May 11, 2016[3]	To Phoenix Mark Cruz (from Star) Norbert Torres (from Star) Jonathan Uyloan (from Star via GlobalPort)	To Star RR Garcia (from Phoenix) Rodney Brondial(from Phoenix) Keith Jensen (from GlobalPort)	To GlobalPort Yousef Taha (from Star) Ronald Pascual (from Star)

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Meralco Bolts	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	—
3	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 2]	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 2]	1
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 2]	1
6	Tropang TNT	6	5	.545	2
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 3]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Star Hotshots	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 3]	3
9	Mahindra Enforcer	4	7	.364	4	Eliminated
10	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273[lower-alpha 4]	5
11	Phoenix Fuel Masters	3	8	.273[lower-alpha 4]	5
12	GlobalPort Batang Pier	3	8	.273[lower-alpha 4]	5

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Meralco via head-to-head record.
2. Alaska wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra and Rain or Shine via best head-to-head record. Alaska is 2–0; Barangay Ginebra is 1–1; Rain or Shine is 0–2.
3. NLEX wins tiebreaker against Star via head-to-head record.
4. Blackwater wins tiebreaker against Phoenix and GlobalPort by greatest quotient. Blackwater with 1.04; Phoenix with 0.99; GlobalPort with 0.98.

Governors' Cup

Transactions

Trades

July 13, 2016 [4]	To Phoenix Cyrus Baguio	To Alaska 2017 2nd Round Pick 2018 second round pick

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[lower-alpha 1]	2
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	2
4	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545[lower-alpha 2]	4
5	Mahindra Enforcer	6	5	.545[lower-alpha 2]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Alaska Aces	6	5	.545[lower-alpha 2]	4
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 3]	5
8	Phoenix Fuel Masters	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 3]	5
9	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 3]	5	Eliminated
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:

1. San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra via head-to-head record.
2. Meralco wins tiebreaker against Mahindra and Alaska via best head-to-head record. Meralco is 2–0; Mahindra is 1–1; Alaska is 0–2. Meralco then won the seeding playoff for 4th seed against Mahindra.
3. NLEX wins tiebreaker against Rain or Shine and Phoenix by highest quotient. NLEX is 1.04; Rain or Shine is 1.03; Phoenix is 0.93. Phoenix then won the seeding playoff for 8th seed against Rain or Shine.

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Kenny Adeleke[5]	February 17 (vs. NLEX)	February 21 (vs. Meralco)	1–1
	Kevinn Pinkney[6]	February 27 (vs. TNT)	April 10 (vs. San Miguel)	2−7
Governors' Cup	Marcus Simmons[7]	July 15 (vs. Meralco)	July 23 (vs. Rain or Shine)	0–3
	Eugene Phelps[8]	July 31 (vs. GlobalPort)	September 24 (vs. TNT)	6–4
	Lee Gwan-hee*[9]	July 15 (vs. Meralco)	September 24 (vs. TNT)	6–7

References

1. PBA Board OKs sale of Barako Bull, pba.inquirer.net, January 28, 2016.
2. , interaksyon.com, May 05, 2016
3. , spin.ph, May 12, 2016.
4. , pba.ph, July 16, 2016
5. Phoenix taps Nigerian import, Marasigan Chavez, The Daily Tribune, February 5, 2016
6. Kenny Adeleke out, veteran Kevinn Pinkney in as Phoenix makes import change, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, February 26, 2016
7. TNT's Mario Little, Marcus Simmons of Phoenix complete 12-import cast for PBA Governors Cup Snow Badua, spin.ph, June 26, 2016
8. Phoenix Fuel Masters tap new import Eugene Phelps to replace Marcus Simmons Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, July 29, 2016
9. Phoenix opts to tap Korean Basketball League veteran as Asian import in PBA Governors Cup, Reuben Terrado, spin.ph, June 19, 2016