The 2017–18 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season was the 39th 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 Franchising, franchise teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia ...

(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 draf ...

took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila. *October 30: Jayjay Helterbrand officially announced his retirement after playing 17 seasons in the PBA, all of them with the

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The most popular team in the league, it is owned by Ginebra San Miguel, Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. (formerly, La Tondeña Distiller ...

franchise.EXCLUSIVE: Former MVP Helterbrand retires after 17-year PBA career
, Paolo del Rosario,

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, October 30, 2017

Draft picks

Roster

* Chua also serves as Barangay Ginebra's board governor.

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

, -bgcolor=ccffcc , 1 , December 25 ,

Magnolia ''Magnolia'' is a large genus of about 210 to 340The number of species in the genus ''Magnolia'' depends on the taxonomic view that one takes up. Recent molecular and morphological research shows that former genera ''Talauma'', ''Dugandiodendr ...

W 89–78
,

Greg Slaughter Gregory William Slaughter (born May 19, 1988) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player who last played for the Manila SV Batang Sampaloc of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He was selected first overall by the Bar ...

(24) ,

(12) ,

LA Tenorio Lewis Alfred Vasquez Tenorio (born July 9, 1984) is a Filipino professional basketball player and an assistant coach for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He is also the head coach of the Gilas You ...

(8) ,

Philippine Arena The Philippine Arena is a multipurpose indoor arena located within the Ciudad de Victoria tourism enterprise zone in the towns of Bocaue and Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines. It is located about north of Manila. With a maximum seating capac ...

22,531 , 1–0 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 2 , January 7 , GlobalPort
W 104–97
, Japeth Aguilar (21) ,

Cruz Cruz is mostly a surname but is also used as a first name. It is of Iberian Peninsula, Iberian origin, first found in Castile (historical region), Castile, Spain, and later spread throughout the territories of the former Spanish Empire, Spanish ...

, Thompson (11) , Scottie Thompson (8) ,

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 "the Big Dome" ...

9,000 , 2–0 , -bgcolor=ffcccc , 3 , January 12 , Blackwater
L 77–94
,

(20) , Slaughter, Thompson (10) ,

(6) ,

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 and ...

, 2–1 , -bgcolor=ffcccc , 4 , January 21 ,

Alaska Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...

L 83–97
, Aljon Mariano (15) , Aljon Mariano (9) , Scottie Thompson (5) ,

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, 2–2 , -bgcolor=ffcccc , 5 , January 26 , Phoenix
L 82–87
, Scottie Thompson (22) , Scottie Thompson (13) ,

(5) ,

, 2–3 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 6 , January 28 , San Miguel
W 100–96
, J. Aguilar, Tenorio (23) , Scottie Thompson (10) , Scottie Thompson (8) ,

, 3–3 , -bgcolor=ffcccc , 7 , February 3 ,

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

L 78–81
, Japeth Aguilar (21) ,

(12) , Scottie Thompson (7) ,

Cuneta Astrodome Cuneta Astrodome, also known as Pasay Astrodome or simply the Astrodome, is an indoor arena located in Pasay, Philippines. The arena has hosted Philippine Basketball Association games from 1993 to 1999 and again from 2001 onwards, and also cur ...

, 3–4 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 8 , February 7 , Kia
W 103–77
,

(14) , Scottie Thompson (14) , Scottie Thompson (7) ,

, 4–4 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 9 , February 11 ,

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W 93–78
,

(27) ,

(14) ,

(11) ,

, 5–4 , -bgcolor=ffcccc , 10 , February 18 ,

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L 82–84
, Japeth Aguilar (20) , Scottie Thompson (13) , Scottie Thompson (5) ,

, 5–5 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 11 , March 2 , Rain or Shine
W 100–92 (3OT)
, Japeth Aguilar (30) , Aguilar, Thompson (17) ,

Joe Devance Joe Calvin Devance Jr. (born February 19, 1982) is a Filipino-American former professional basketball player. He won 12 championships over the course of his career with the Alaska Aces, the Magnolia franchise and the Barangay Ginebra San Migue ...

(7) ,

, 6–5

Playoffs

Bracket

Game log

, -bgcolor=ccffcc , 1 , March 5 , Rain or Shine
W 88–80
,

(18) , Scottie Thompson (15) , Scottie Thompson (7) ,

, 1–0 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 2 , March 7 , Rain or Shine
W 99–91
, Japeth Aguilar (27) , Japeth Aguilar (12) , Mercado, Thompson (6) ,

, 2–0 , -bgcolor=ffcccc , 1 , March 9 , San Miguel
L 90–102
, J. Aguilar, Mercado, Thompson (17) , Aljon Mariano (9) ,

Kevin Ferrer Kevin Manuel Ferrer (born March 26, 1993) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Terrafirma Dyip of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). High school career Ferrer played for the Tiger Cubs from 2009 up to 2010. In his r ...

(5) ,

, 0–1 , -bgcolor=ffcccc , 2 , March 11 , San Miguel
L 102–104 (OT)
, Japeth Aguilar (26) , Scottie Thompson (9) ,

(7) ,

, 0–2 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 3 , March 13 , San Miguel
W 95–87
, Japeth Aguilar (25) , Japeth Aguilar (12) , Scottie Thompson (6) ,

, 1–2 , -bgcolor=ffcccc , 4 , March 15 , San Miguel
L 81–102
, Japeth Aguilar (31) , Japeth Aguilar (13) , Devance, Ferrer (5) ,

, 1–3 , -bgcolor=ffcccc , 5 , March 17 , San Miguel
L 94–100
, Japeth Aguilar (34) , Scottie Thompson (16) , Scottie Thompson (16) ,

, 1–4

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

, -bgcolor=ffcccc , 1 , April 29 , Rain or Shine
L 89–108
, Japeth Aguilar (28) , Japeth Aguilar (12) ,

Charles García Charles Wayne García Jr. (born October 13, 1988) is an American-born Belizean professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Seattle University after first spending two seasons at Riverside City College. Early life García was ...

(8) ,

, 0–1 , -bgcolor=ffcccc , 2 , May 6 ,

L 92–96
, Aguilar, Devance (19) , Aguilar, García (9) , Scottie Thompson (4) ,

, 0–2 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 3 , May 11 , Blackwater
W 105–91
,

(21) , Aguilar, García (8) , Scottie Thompson (6) ,

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, 1–2 , -bgcolor=ffcccc , 4 , May 20 , Phoenix
L 98–103 (2OT)
, Japeth Aguilar (25) ,

(18) ,

(8) ,

, 1–3 , - align="center" , colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff", All-Star Break , -bgcolor=ffcccc , 5 , June 1 ,

L 82–93
, Justin Brownlee (20) , Justin Brownlee (16) , Justin Brownlee (12) ,

, 1–4 , -bgcolor=ffcccc , 6 , June 3 , San Miguel
L 97–104 (OT)
, Justin Brownlee (18) , Scottie Thompson (15) , Brownlee, Thompson (7) ,

, 1–5 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 7 , June 9 ,

W 93–85
, Justin Brownlee (23) , Justin Brownlee (22) , Justin Brownlee (7) , Ibalong Centrum for Recreation , 2–5 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 8 , June 17 ,

W 104–84
, Justin Brownlee (35) ,

(14) ,

(5) ,

, 3–5 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 9 , June 20 , Columbian
W 134–107
, Justin Brownlee (24) , Scottie Thompson (12) , Tenorio, Thompson (10) ,

, 4–5 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 10 , June 24 ,

W 105–86
, Justin Brownlee (28) , Justin Brownlee (9) , Brownlee, Thompson (8) ,

, 5–5 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 11 , July 6 , GlobalPort
W 116–98
, Justin Brownlee (36) , Justin Brownlee (11) , Scottie Thompson (11) ,

, 6–5

Playoffs

Bracket

Game log

, -bgcolor=ccffcc , 1 , July 9 ,

W 88–81
, Justin Brownlee (25) , Japeth Aguilar (10) , Justin Brownlee (6) ,

, 1–0 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 2 , July 11 ,

W 104–90
, Justin Brownlee (36) ,

(10) , Justin Brownlee (9) ,

, 2–0 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 1 , July 15 , Rain or Shine
W 102–89
, Justin Brownlee (35) , Justin Brownlee (14) , Justin Brownlee (9) ,

, 1–0 , -bgcolor=ffcccc , 2 , July 19 , Rain or Shine
L 100–109
, Justin Brownlee (29) , Justin Brownlee (12) , Mercado, Slaughter, Tenorio (4) ,

, 1–1 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 3 , July 21 , Rain or Shine
W 75–72
, Justin Brownlee (44) , Justin Brownlee (15) , Scottie Thompson (8) ,

, 2–1 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 4 , July 23 , Rain or Shine
W 96–94
, Devance, Slaughter (19) , Justin Brownlee (17) , Justin Brownlee (8) ,

, 3–1 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 1 , July 27 , San Miguel
W 127–99
, Justin Brownlee (42) , Brownlee, Slaughter (7) , Justin Brownlee (9) ,

11,883 , 1–0 , -bgcolor=ffcccc , 2 , July 29 , San Miguel
L 109–134
, Justin Brownlee (29) , Scottie Thompson (7) ,

(7) ,

15,042 , 1–1 , -bgcolor=ffcccc , 3 , August 1 , San Miguel
L 94–132
, Justin Brownlee (32) , Justin Brownlee (11) , Mercado, Thompson (4) ,

, 1–2 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 4 , August 3 , San Miguel
W 130–100
, Justin Brownlee (37) , Justin Brownlee (11) , Scottie Thompson (8) ,

12,288 , 2–2 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 5 , August 5 , San Miguel
W 87–83
, Scottie Thompson (20) ,

(13) ,

(6) ,

16,958 , 3–2 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 6 , August 8 , San Miguel
W 93–77
, Justin Brownlee (31) , Justin Brownlee (19) , Justin Brownlee (7) ,

20,490 , 4–2

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

, -bgcolor=ccffcc , 1 , August 31 , Columbian
W 96–84
, Justin Brownlee (34) , Justin Brownlee (20) ,

(9) ,

, 1–0 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 2 , September 2 ,

W 109–101
, Justin Brownlee (45) , Justin Brownlee (11) , Brownlee, Thompson (9) ,

, 2–0 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 3 , September 5 , NorthPort
W 104–98
, Justin Brownlee (27) , Scottie Thompson (14) , Justin Brownlee (8) ,

, 3–0 , -bgcolor=ffcccc , 4 , September 21 , Blackwater
L 118–124 (OT)
, Justin Brownlee (41) , Scottie Thompson (11) , Scottie Thompson (7) ,

, 3–1 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 5 , September 23 , San Miguel
W 110–102
, Justin Brownlee (29) , Justin Brownlee (19) , Brownlee, Devance (7) ,

, 4–1 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 6 , September 29 , Phoenix
W 101–99
, Justin Brownlee (34) , Justin Brownlee (15) , Brownlee, Thompson (6) , Xavier University Gym , 5–1 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 7 , October 5 ,

W 106–92
, Justin Brownlee (26) , Justin Brownlee (12) , Justin Brownlee (6) ,

, 6–1 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 8 , October 7 ,

W 111–105
, Aguilar, Brownlee (31) , Scottie Thompson (11) , Scottie Thompson (12) , Sta. Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex , 7–1 , -bgcolor=ffcccc , 9 , October 13 , Rain or Shine
L 97–104
, Justin Brownlee (23) , Justin Brownlee (16) , Justin Brownlee (9) ,

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, 7–2 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 10 , October 18 ,

W 93–86
, Justin Brownlee (29) , Justin Brownlee (12) , Justin Brownlee (7) ,

, 8–2 , -bgcolor=ccffcc , 11 , November 4 ,

W 112–93
, Justin Brownlee (31) , Justin Brownlee (16) , Justin Brownlee (11) ,

, 9–2