The 2017–18 Meralco Bolts season was the eighth season of the franchise in the

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...

(PBA).

Key dates

2017

*October 29: The

2017 PBA draft The 2017 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event that allowed teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. It was held at the Midtown Atrium, Robinsons Place Manila on October 29, 2017. The league determined the drafting ...

took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.San Miguel nets Standhardinger
PBA.ph, October 29, 2017

Draft picks

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

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KG Canaleta Rommel Niño T. "KG" Canaleta (born February 12, 1982) is a Filipino professional basketball coach. He is currently the assistant coach for the Taichung Suns of the T1 League. He is also a former basketball player who played majority of his care ...

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Jason Ballesteros Jason Ballesteros (born October 7, 1985) is a Filipino professional basketball player for Koponang Lakan ng Bulacan of the Pilipinas Super League. He was drafted seventh by the Meralco Bolts in the 2011 PBA draft. He has also played for Smart ...

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Baser Amer Baser C. Amer (born September 29, 1992) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Blackwater Bossing of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He plays both the point guard and shooting guard positions. He earned the moniker, T ...

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Cuneta Astrodome The Cuneta Astrodome is an indoor arena that is located in Pasay, Philippines. Since the 1993 PBA season, it was better known as the home of the Philippine Basketball Association. when it left the PhilSports Arena (that was then known as ULTRA), ...

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Mike Tolomia Cris Michael Solis Tolomia (born January 6, 1993) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Converge FiberXers of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He won a UAAP championship with the FEU Tamaraws. College career Seas ...

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Chris Newsome Christopher Elijah Duque Newsome (born July 25, 1990) is a Filipino American professional basketball player for the Meralco Bolts of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Early life and high school career Newsome was born in San Jose, Ca ...

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Ynares Center The Ynares Center is an indoor sporting arena located along the Circumferential Road in Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines. The facility, which has a seating capacity of 7,400, is managed by the Provincial Government of Rizal. Aside from hosting bask ...

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Smart Araneta Coliseum The Araneta Coliseum, also currently known by naming rights sponsorship as Smart Araneta Coliseum, is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena that is part of the Araneta City in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines. Nicknamed as "the Big Do ...

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L 81–99
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, 2–3 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 6 , January 28 , GlobalPort
L 88–107
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Cliff Hodge Clifford Marion "Cliff" Hodge (born February 3, 1988) is a Filipino-American basketball player for the Meralco Bolts of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was selected 4th overall by the Meralco Bolts in the 2012 PBA draft. Profess ...

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, 2–4 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 7 , February 2 , Rain or Shine
L 84–90
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Mall of Asia Arena The SM Mall of Asia Arena, also known as the Mall of Asia Arena or the MoA Arena, is an indoor arena within the SM Mall of Asia complex, in Bay City, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. It has a seating capacity of 15,000 for sporting events, an ...

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NLEX The North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), signed as E1 of the Philippine expressway network, partially as N160 of the Philippine highway network, and R-8 of the Metro Manila arterial road network, is a limited-access toll expressway that connects M ...

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Garvo Lanete Garvo A. Lanete (born February 13, 1989) is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He previously played in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) for three teams. College career Lanete studied and played with San Beda Red Lion ...

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W 84–82
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Philippine Arena The Philippine Arena is the world's largest indoor arena. It is a multipurpose indoor arena with a maximum seating capacity of 55,000 at Ciudad de Victoria, a 140-hectare tourism enterprise zone in Bocaue and Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippin ...

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Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

, - style="background:#bfb;" , 1 , April 25 , Columbian
W 116–103
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, 1–0 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 2 , April 27 , GlobalPort
L 85–86
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W 106–90
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, 2–1 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 4 , May 9 , San Miguel
W 93–85
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L 79–81
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, 3–2 , - align="center" , colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff", All-Star Break , - style="background:#bfb;" , 6 , June 1 , Barangay Ginebra
W 93–82
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Anjo Caram Antonio Jose Hechanova Caram (born January 14, 1991) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Meralco Bolts of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was drafted in the third round (26th overall) in the 2013 PBA draft by th ...

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, 4–2 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 7 , June 8 ,

W 103–100 (OT)
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, 5–2 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 8 , June 15 , Blackwater
W 102–75
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W 89–74
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L 85–91
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, 7–3 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 11 , June 24 , Rain or Shine
L 99–106 (OT)
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Playoffs

Bracket

Game log

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L 81–88
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, 0–1 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 2 , July 11 , Barangay Ginebra
L 90–104
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Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

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W 109–106
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Allen Durham Allen Isiah Jeremiah Durham (born July 9, 1988), nicknamed Hulk, is an American professional basketball player for Ryukyu Golden Kings of the Japanese B.League. Allen owns the Grand Rapids Danger of the North American Basketball League and runs ...

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L 90–92
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L 72–80
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L 86–96
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L 91–94
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, 1–4 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 6 , October 7 , Barangay Ginebra
L 105–111
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L 94–99
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W 108–105
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, 3–6 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 10 , October 21 , Rain or Shine
W 91–82
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, 4–6 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 11 , November 3 , San Miguel
W 111–81
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Playoffs

Bracket

Game log

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W 90–74
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, 1–0 , - style="background:#bfb;" , 2 , November 9 ,

W 108–103 (OT)
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W 97–92
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L 95–100
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L 102–104
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L 92–99
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FIBA Asia Champions Cup

The Bolts were chosen as the Philippine representative to the

2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup The 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup was the 27th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament, which was originally scheduled to be hosted by China, took place in Thailand from 27 ...

Preliminary round

Group B

Final round

Transactions

Trades

Pre season

Free Agency

Addition

Recruited imports

Awards

References

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