2010–11 Petron Blaze Boosters season

2010–11 Petron Blaze Boosters season
Head coach	Ato Agustin
General Manager	Hector Calma
Owner(s)	San Miguel Corporation
Philippine Cup results
Record	11–3 (78.6%)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Runner-up (lost to Talk 'N Text, 2–4)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	2–7 (22.2%)
Place	10th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record	8–5 (61.5%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Champions (defeated Talk 'N Text, 4–3)
Petron Blaze Boosters seasons

The 2010–11 Petron Blaze Boosters season was the 36th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as the San Miguel Beermen for the duration of the Philippine and Commissioner's Cups.

Key dates

• August 29, 2010: The 2010 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.
• March 2011: San Miguel Corporation (SMC) announced that the franchise shall be playing under the name Petron Blaze Boosters, beginning the 2011 PBA Governors Cup.^[1] SMC had acquired majority control of Petron Corporation in December 2010.^[2]

Draft picks

Main article: 2010 PBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	Nationality	College
no draft picks

Roster

2010–11 Petron Blaze Boosters roster

Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 1 Hubalde, Paolo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) UE G 2 Miranda, Dennis 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Far Eastern G/F 3 Tugade, Lordy  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) National-U PG 5 Cabagnot, Alex 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Hawaiʻi–Hilo G/F 6 Guevarra, Rey (R) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Letran F 7 Baclao, Nonoy (R) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Ateneo F/C 10 Ildefonso, Danny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) National-U C 11 Al-Hussaini, Rabeh (R) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Ateneo SG 18 Yeo, Joseph  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) De La Salle F 23 Washington, Jay  6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Eckerd SG 24 Duncil, Jojo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 172 lb (78 kg) UST F 29 Santos, Arwind 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Far Eastern	Head coach Ato Agustin (Lyceum) Assistant coach(es) Gee Abanilla (De La Salle) Pido Jarencio (UST) Freddie Abuda (Cebu) Biboy Ravanes (Cebu) Olsen Racela (Ateneo) Bobby Parks (Memphis) 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

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	11	3	.786[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	11	3	.786[a]	—
3	Barangay Ginebra Kings	10	4	.714	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados	7	7	.500[b]	4
5	Meralco Bolts	7	7	.500[b]	4
6	Alaska Aces	7	7	.500[b]	4
7	Air21 Express	6	8	.429	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	9	.357	6
9	Powerade Tigers	3	11	.214[c]	8
10	Barako Bull Energy Boosters	3	11	.214[c]	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–1 Talk 'N Text (San Miguel +9)
2. Head-to-head differential: B-Meg +23, Meralco −11, Alaska −12
3. Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Powerade

Finals

Main article: 2010–11 PBA Philippine Cup finals

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	1	.889	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Smart Gilas (G)	7	2	.778	1
3	Barangay Ginebra Kings	5	4	.556[a]	3	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Air21 Express	5	4	.556[a]	3
5	Alaska Aces	5	4	.556[a]	3
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	4	5	.444[b]	4
7	B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados	4	5	.444[b]	4
8	Meralco Bolts	3	6	.333	5
9	Powerade Tigers	2	7	.222[c]	6
10	San Miguel Beermen	2	7	.222[c]	6

Source: PBA.ph
(G) Guests
Notes:

1. Head-to-head differential: Barangay Ginebra +12, Air21 −4, Alaska −8
2. Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 B-Meg
3. Head-to-head record: Powerade 1–0 San Miguel

Governors Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	6	2	.750	—	Semifinal round
2	Petron Blaze Boosters	5	3	.625[a]	1
3	Alaska Aces	5	3	.625[a]	1
4	Barangay Ginebra Kings	5	3	.625[a]	1
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	4	4	.500[b]	2
6	B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados	4	4	.500[b]	2
7	Powerade Tigers	4	4	.500[b]	2
8	Meralco Bolts	3	5	.375	3
9	Air21 Express	0	8	.000	6

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Head-to-head differential: Petron +10, Alaska +5, Barangay Ginebra −15
2. Head-to-head differential: Rain or Shine +11, B-Meg 0, Powerade −11

Semifinals

Standings

Cumulative standings: Pos Team v t e W L PCT GB Qualification 1 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 9 4 .692 — Finals 2 Petron Blaze Boosters 8 5 .615[a] 1 3 Alaska Aces 8 5 .615[a] 1 4 Barangay Ginebra Kings 8 5 .615[a] 1 5 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 6 7 .462 3 6 B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados 5 8 .385 4 Source: PBA.ph Notes: Head-to-head differential: Petron +13, Alaska +6, Barangay Ginebra −19

Semifinal round standings: Pos Team v t e W L 1 Petron Blaze Boosters 3[a] 2 2 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 3[a] 2 3 Barangay Ginebra Kings 3[a] 2 4 Alaska Aces 3[a] 2 5 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 2 3 6 B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados 1 4 Source: PBA.ph Notes: Head-to-head differential: Petron +30, Talk 'N Text +15, Barangay Ginebra −16, Alaska −29

Finals

Main article: 2011 PBA Governors Cup finals

Transactions

Pre-season

Trades

September 3, 2010[3]

To San Miguel Paul Artadi (from B-Meg Derby Ace)

To Air21 2014 1st round pick (from B-Meg Derby Ace)

To B-Meg Derby Ace Jonas Villanueva (from San Miguel) 2013 2nd round pick(from Air21)

Philippine Cup

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Vaughn Canta	October 2010	undrafted rookie

Trades

December 14, 2010[4]

To San Miguel Sunday Salvacion

To Barako Bull Lordy Tugade Vaughn Canta

Commissioner's Cup

Conditional dispersal draft

Player	Signed	Former team
Lordy Tugade	February 9, 2011[5][6]	Barako Bull*

Trades

March 2, 2011[7][8]

To San Miguel Nonoy Baclao Rabeh Al-Hussaini Rey Guevarra

To Air21 Danny Seigle Dondon Hontiveros Dorian Peña Paul Artadi

Imports recruited

Team	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Ira Brown	February 25 (vs. Air21)	March 4 (vs. Meralco)	1-1
	David Young	March 9 (vs. Alaska)	April 6 (vs. Rain or Shine)	1–6
Governors Cup	Mike Taylor	June 12 (vs. Meralco)	June 12 (vs. Meralco)	0–1
	Jeremy Wise	June 17 (vs. Air21)	July 15 (vs. Powerade)	4-2
	Anthony Grundy	July 24 (vs. Alaska)	August 21 (vs. Talk 'N Text)	6-5

References

1. "From SMB to Petron: Beermen to carry new name in 3rd conference". GMA News Online.
2. "UPDATE 1-Manila's San Miguel acquires majority of Petron".
3. SMB, B-MEG SWAP COURT GENERALS; MAMARIL BACK WITH THE KINGS, PBA.ph, September 3, 2010.
4. PBA commish Salud approves Marlou trade to Barako, Sunday to SMB, by Rey Joble, December 14, 2010
5. Dispersal Draft: SMB picks Tugade, B-Meg Derby Ace taps Escobal, GMA News Online, February 7, 2011
6. DISPERSAL DRAFT Tugade, Escobal get new lease on PBA life Archived 2011-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, by June Navarro, Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 9, 2011
7. Trade approved: SMB gets wish of securing Air21's top rookies, Rey Joble, GMA News Online, March 2, 2011
8. NEW 4-FOR-3 SMB-AIR21 DEAL APPROVED, PBA.ph, March 2, 2011