2015–16 San Miguel Beermen season

2015–16 San Miguel Beermen season
Head coach Leo Austria
Owner(s) San Miguel Brewery, Inc.
(a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record 92
(.818)
Place 2nd
Playoff finish Champions vs. Alaska 4–3
Commissioner's Cup results
Record 83
(.727)
Place 1st
Playoff finish Semifinalist (Lost to Rain or Shine, 1–3)
Governors' Cup results
Record 83
(.727)
Place 2nd
Playoff finish Semifinalist (Lost to Barangay Ginebra, 2–3)
San Miguel Beermen seasons
2014–15 2016–17

The 2015–16 San Miguel Beermen season was the 41st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

Draft picks

Main article: 2015 PBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
3 32 Michael Mabulac PF  Philippines Cagayan Rising Suns SSC-R
4 41 Andretti Stevens SG Erase Xfoliant Erasers Mapúa

Roster

San Miguel Beermen roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 1 Philippines Heruela, Brian 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1989–04–13 Cebu
G/F 3 United States Lutz, Chris 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1985–02–11 Marshall
F/C 4 Philippines Reyes, Jay-R 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1984–07–16 Philippines-Diliman
G 5 Philippines Cabagnot, Alex 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1982–12–08 Hawaiʻi-Hilo
G 6 United States Ross, Chris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1985–03–08 Marshall
G/F 13 United States Lassiter, Marcio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1987–05–16 Cal State Fullerton
C 15 Philippines Fajardo, June Mar 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 268 lb (122 kg) 1989–11–17 Cebu
G 18 Philippines Araña, Ryan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1983–03–23 De La Salle
G 20 Philippines David, Gary 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1978–07–13 Lyceum
F 27 Philippines Espinas, Gabby 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1982–01–03 Philippine Christian
F 28 Philippines Mabulac, Michael (R) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1991–10–31 José Rizal
F 29 Philippines Santos, Arwind (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1981–06–10 Far Eastern
F 33 Australia Semerad, David 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1991–04–25 San Beda
G/F 71 Philippines Tubid, Ronald 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1981–10–15 East
C 95 Philippines de Ocampo, Yancy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1980–03–11 St. Francis of Assisi
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (R) Rookie
  • Injured

Roster


Philippine Cup

Transactions

Trades

August 25, 2015 [1]
To Barako Bull
Jeric Fortuna
To San Miguel
Brian Heruela
September 24, 2015[2] To Barako Bull
Ronald Pascual (from San Miguel)
To Rain or Shine
2016 2nd round pick
(from Barako Bull)
To San Miguel
Ryan Araña (from Rain or Shine via Barako Bull)

Activation

November 10, 2015 [3]
Activated
Michael Mabulac (Rookie)
Relegated to Team's Injured/Reserved list
David Semerad

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Alaska Aces 9 2 .818[lower-alpha 1] Outright semifinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 9 2 .818[lower-alpha 1]
3 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 8 3 .727 1 Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 2
5 GlobalPort Batang Pier 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 2
6 TNT Tropang Texters 6 5 .545 3
7 NLEX Road Warriors 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Barako Bull Energy 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 4
9 Star Hotshots 4 7 .364 5
10 Blackwater Elite 3 8 .273 6
11 Mahindra Enforcer 2 9 .182 7 Eliminated
12 Meralco Bolts 1 10 .091 8
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Alaska wins tiebreaker against San Miguel via head-to-head record.
  2. 1 2 Ginebra wins tiebreaker against GlobalPort via head-to-head record.
  3. 1 2 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Barako Bull via head-to-head record.

Game log

2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 9–2
2015–16 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket

  Quarterfinals (1st phase)     Quarterfinals (2nd phase)
(One-game playoff)
    Semifinals
(Best-of-7)
    Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#3 twice to beat)                                  
  3  Rain or Shine 95  
  10  Blackwater 90  
            3  Rain or Shine 104    
    (#6 twice to beat)       6  TNT 89     3  Rain or Shine 2  
  6  TNT 90     2  San Miguel 4  
  7  NLEX 88  
    2  San Miguel 4
    (#4 twice to beat)     1  Alaska 3
  4  Barangay Ginebra 92*  
  9  Star 89       1  Alaska 4
            4  Barangay Ginebra 83     5  GlobalPort 1  
    (#5 twice to beat)     5  GlobalPort 84*    
  5  GlobalPort 94  
  8  Barako Bull 85    

*Game went into overtime

Game log

2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup playoff game log
Total: 8–5
2015–16 schedule

Commissioner's Cup

Transactions

Signings

Local player
Player Pos Signed Contract Amount Contract Length Former Team Ref
Philippines David, GaryGary David
SG
April 7 2 M 6 mos. Meralco [4]
Import
Name Country Number Debuted Last game Record
Tyler Wilkerson United States 32 February 20
(vs. Mahindra)
April 26
(vs. Rain or Shine)
9–6
Arizona Reid United States 32 May 1
(vs. Rain or Shine)
May 1
(vs. Rain or Shine)
0–1

Activation

March 1, 2016 [5]
Activated
Michael Mabulac
Relegated to Team's Injured/Reserved list
Ronald Tubid
April 1, 2016 [6]
Ronald Tubid Nelbert Omolon
April 8, 2016 [7]
Gary David Michael Mabulac

Free Agency

April 8, 2016 [8]
Dropped to the team's Unrestricted free agent list
Nelbert Omolon

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. 1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Meralco via head-to-head record.
  2. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Star via head-to-head record.
  4. 1 2 3 Blackwater wins tiebreaker against Phoenix and GlobalPort by greatest quotient. Blackwater with 1.04; Phoenix with 0.99; GlobalPort with 0.98.

Game log

2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 8–3
2015–16 schedule

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    

Game log

2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoff game log
Total: 2–4
2015–16 schedule

Governors' Cup

Transactions

Signings

Import
Name Country Number Debuted Last game Record
Arizona Reid United States 32 July 17
(vs. Phoenix)
August 19
(vs. GlobalPort)
4–2
Mike Singletary United States 7 August 31
(vs. Meralco)
September 10
(vs. Rain or Shine)
2–1
Elijah Millsap United States 7 September 18
(vs. Blackwater)
October 4
(vs. Barangay Ginebra)
4–3
Mahmoud Abdeen Jordan 0 September 3
(vs. TNT)
September 21
(vs. Blackwater)
2–1

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. 1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra via head-to-head record.
  2. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 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.

Game log

2016 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 8–3
2015–16 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-5)
    Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#1 twice to beat)                        
  1  TNT 136    
  8  Phoenix 124    
            1  TNT 1    
    (#4 twice to beat)       4  Meralco 3  
  4  Meralco 105  
  5  Mahindra 82    
    4  Meralco 2
    (#2 twice to beat)     3  Barangay Ginebra 4
  2  San Miguel 114    
  7  NLEX 110    
            2  San Miguel 2
    (#3 twice to beat)     3  Barangay Ginebra 3    
  3  Barangay Ginebra 109  
  6  Alaska 104    

Game log

2016 PBA Governors' Cup playoff game log
Total: 3–3
2015–16 schedule

Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FGM  Field-goal made  FGA  Field-goal attempts  FG%  Field-goal percentage
 3PM  3-point field-goal made  3PA  3-point field-goal attempts  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage
 FTM  Free-throw made  FTA  Free-throw attempts  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  TOT  Turnovers per game  PPG  Points per game

Philippine Cup

Player GP GS MPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3FG% FTM FTA FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TOT PPG
Brian Heruela 17 0 8.5 14 45 .311 3 12 .250 7 12 .583 1.28 1.17 0.67 0.00 0.72 2.11
Chris Lutz 24 15 18.8 51 97 .526 4 13 .308 5 12 .417 1.88 1.46 0.21 0.00 0.96 4.62
Jay-R Reyes 19 1 7.5 16 43 .372 2 5 .400 12 20 .600 2.26 0.16 0.16 0.26 0.63 2.42
Alex Cabagnot 24 22 31.8 115 301 .382 37 129 .287 63 86 .733 3.42 4.04 1.12 0.08 1.50 13.75
Chris Ross 24 8 24.3 50 146 .342 12 51 .235 34 46 .739 3.29 3.88 1.67 0.38 1.92 6.08
Marcio Lassiter 22 10 30.6 101 246 .411 46 121 .380 50 60 .833 4.45 2.05 1.00 0.50 2.32 13.55
June Mar Fajardo 20 17 34.8 185 319 .580 0 2 .000 122 183 .667 13.90 1.50 0.60 1.90 3.95 24.60
Ryan Araña 23 2 11.8 26 72 .361 4 16 .250 5 11 .455 2.39 1.04 0.17 0.04 1.09 2.65
Nelbert Omolon 7 0 5.29 4 10 .400 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 0.71 0.00 0.14 0.00 0.71 1.14
Gabby Espinas 23 2 15.8 58 110 .527 3 6 .500 38 60 .633 4.35 0.43 0.22 0.35 1.30 6.83
Michael Mabulac 2 0 2.3 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.50
Arwind Santos 24 24 35.6 126 356 .354 49 183 .268 35 43 .814 9.42 2.08 1.08 1.83 2.29 14.00
David Semerad 2 0 2.50 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.50 0.00
Ronald Tubid 24 15 23.9 65 174 .374 29 102 .284 34 44 .773 3.92 0.75 0.33 0.12 1.12 8.04
Yancy de Ocampo 20 4 12.5 32 73 .438 8 19 .421 25 30 .833 4.10 0.95 0.10 0.35 1.00 4.85

Commissioner's Cup

Player GP GS MPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3FG% FTM FTA FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TOT PPG
Brian Heruela 9 0 6.4 5 17 .294 1 8 .125 2 2 1.000 0.89 1.00 0.33 0.00 0.67 1.44
Chris Lutz 11 1 9.6 5 19 .263 0 0 .000 2 3 .667 0.45 0.82 0.09 0.09 0.64 1.09
Jay-R Reyes 9 3 8.7 5 18 .278 0 3 .000 2 4 .500 2.11 0.56 0.11 0.11 0.67 1.33
Alex Cabagnot 16 9 31.4 77 187 .412 33 94 .351 34 46 .739 3.88 3.94 0.56 0.19 1.94 13.81
Chris Ross 17 11 30.6 47 108 .435 7 34 .206 45 60 .750 4.12 6.35 2.29 0.18 2.24 8.59
Marcio Lassiter 17 16 36.1 84 205 .410 56 132 .424 27 36 .750 4.12 2.82 1.12 0.29 1.88 14.76
June Mar Fajardo 15 11 30.4 82 149 .550 0 0 .000 49 79 .620 9.20 0.87 0.33 0.73 2.13 14.20
Ryan Araña 13 1 10.0 12 26 .462 3 6 .500 4 6 .667 0.92 0.38 0.38 0.08 0.62 2.38
Gary David* 6 0 9.2 9 17 .529 5 8 .625 0 0 .000 0.83 0.17 0.00 0.00 0.83 3.83
Nelbert Omolon 1 0 6.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Gabby Espinas 16 1 14.8 30 53 .566 1 3 .333 20 24 .833 3.12 0.44 0.12 0.12 0.38 5.06
Michael Mabulac 3 0 1.0 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.33 1.33
Arwind Santos 15 3 27.3 56 148 .378 31 106 .292 15 23 .652 4.60 1.20 0.13 1.13 1.00 10.53
Arizona Reid 1 1 38.0 12 31 .387 0 6 .000 1 2 .500 17.00 5.00 1.00 0.00 5.00 25.00
Tyler Wilkerson 15 15 43.1 187 388 .482 48 136 .353 127 168 .756 14.27 2.67 1.40 2.07 4.33 36.60
David Semerad 10 8 9.6 6 18 .333 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 1.70 0.20 0.10 0.00 0.20 1.40
Ronald Tubid 11 3 9.0 6 26 .231 4 16 .250 6 8 .750 1.27 0.45 0.36 0.00 0.45 2.00
Yancy de Ocampo 11 0 9.6 5 24 .208 1 10 .100 5 8 .625 2.09 0.36 0.09 0.27 0.27 1.45

*Stats after being acquired by the Beermen in an in-season transaction.

Governors' Cup

Player GP GS MPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3FG% FTM FTA FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TOT PPG
Mahmoud Abdeen 3 0 13.7 4 17 .235 3 10 .300 0 2 .000 1.67 2.33 0.67 0.00 1.00 3.67
Brian Heruela 10 0 6.7 9 21 .429 5 10 .500 1 2 .500 1.00 0.70 0.10 0.10 0.40 2.40
Chris Lutz 0 0 0.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Jay-R Reyes 11 3 6.5 10 17 .588 3 5 .600 2 6 .333 1.36 0.09 0.00 0.09 0.09 2.27
Alex Cabagnot 16 15 34.9 86 200 .430 34 81 .420 43 56 .768 3.69 3.81 1.06 0.12 2.06 15.56
Chris Ross 16 7 24.1 32 84 .381 3 22 .136 12 19 .632 3.44 4.44 2.00 0.25 2.31 4.94
Elijah Millsap 7 7 38.1 59 159 .371 23 65 .354 32 50 .640 11.71 4.57 1.43 0.86 3.86 24.71
Mike Singletary 3 3 39.3 21 54 .389 2 14 .143 18 31 .581 13.00 3.67 1.00 1.00 3.67 20.67
Marcio Lassiter 17 14 34.5 66 154 .429 43 100 .430 8 11 .727 4.06 2.88 0.88 0.65 2.00 10.76
June Mar Fajardo 17 14 35.7 117 201 .582 0 1 .000 87 130 .669 12.88 1.47 0.41 1.35 3.24 18.88
Ryan Araña 12 0 9.0 10 27 .370 5 10 .500 3 7 .427 1.17 0.17 0.17 0.08 0.67 2.33
Gary David 11 1 11.6 20 49 .408 7 24 .292 6 10 .600 1.27 0.18 0.00 0.09 0.45 4.82
Gabby Espinas 8 0 7.5 6 11 .545 1 1 1.000 4 6 .667 1.25 0.38 0.38 0.00 0.62 2.12
Michael Mabulac 2 0 1.5 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00
Arwind Santos 13 11 32.1 63 147 .429 27 84 .321 24 26 .923 6.92 2.08 0.69 1.46 1.23 13.62
Arizona Reid 6 6 43.5 80 171 .468 17 57 .298 31 34 .912 11.17 4.50 1.67 0.33 3.50 34.67
David Semerad 8 0 5.3 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 1.62 0.12 0.12 0.00 0.25 0.25
Ronald Tubid 17 3 16.4 27 86 .314 21 59 .356 9 11 .818 2.82 0.53 0.29 0.12 0.65 4.94
Yancy de Ocampo 13 0 10.2 13 32 .406 3 13 .231 0 1 .000 2.77 0.62 0.15 0.31 0.77 2.23

References

  1. TnT nets Rosario in 3-team trade; SMB acquires Heruela, philstar.com, August 25, 2015
  2. Ryan Araña ends up at San Miguel in three-team deal; Barako gets Ronald Pascual, spin.ph, September 24, 2015.
  3. SMB activated Mabulac in lieu of Semerad, pba.inquirer.net, November 10, 2015
  4. Joble, Rey (April 7, 2016). "Gary David's manager says 'El Granada' joining San Miguel". Sports5. InterAksyon.com. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  5. SMB activated Mabulac in lieu of Tubid, pba.inquirer.net, March 1, 2016
  6. SMB activated Ronald Tubid in lieu of Omolon, pba.inquirer.net, April 1, 2016
  7. SMB signed and activate UFA Gary David in lieu of Mabulac, pba.inquirer.net, April 8, 2016
  8. SMB has dropped Nelbert Omolon to the team's UFAWR2S List, pba.inquirer.net, April 8, 2016
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