2024–25 Meralco Bolts season

2024–25 Meralco Bolts season
2024–25 Meralco Bolts season
Head coach	Luigi Trillo
General Manager	Paolo Trillo
Owner(s)	Manila Electric Company ; (an MVP group subsidiary)
Governors' Cup results
Record	7–3 ; (70%)
Place	2nd in Group A
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Barangay Ginebra, 0–3)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	7–5 ; (58.3%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	TBD
Philippine Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD
Playoff finish	TBD
Meralco Bolts seasons
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 Meralco Bolts season is the 14th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

July 14: The PBA season 49 draft was held at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Place of birth	College
1	11	CJ Cansino	G	Philippines	UP
2	23	Kurt Reyson	G	Philippines	Letran
3	35	JP Maguliano	F	Philippines	EAC
4	43	Jordan Bartlett	G	USA	De La Salle

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	1	Black, Aaron	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1996–12–03	Ateneo
G	4	Dario, Diego (IN)	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	145 lb (66 kg)	1997–01–06	Philippines
G	6	Banchero, Chris	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1989–01–24	Seattle Pacific
F	7	Hodge, Cliff	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1988–02–03	Hawaii Pacific
G	8	Reyson, Kurt (R)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)			Letran
F	9	Kennedy, D. J. (EI)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1989–11–05	St. John's
G	10	Mendoza, Jolo	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)		1998–01–31	Ateneo
G/F	11	Newsome, Chris (C)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1990–07–25	Ateneo
G	17	Caram, Anjo	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	159 lb (72 kg)	1991–01–14	San Beda
F	19	Quinto, Bong	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)		1994–12–15	Letran
C	20	Almazan, Raymond	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	1989–08–02	Letran
F	22	Maliksi, Allein (IN)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1987–09–18	UST
F	23	Pasaol, Alvin	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1995–05–06	UE
F	24	Jose, Raymar	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1992–08–06	Far Eastern
C	25	Mitchell, Akil (CI / EI)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	234 lb (106 kg)	1992–06–26	Virginia
F	27	Rios, Jansen	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1991–10–28	Adamson
F/C	29	Torres, Norbert	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1990–01–12	De La Salle
F/C	32	Pascual, Kyle	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1990–04–13	San Beda
C	33	Bates, Brandon	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	231 lb (105 kg)		De La Salle
C	34	Kouame, Ange	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1997–12–15	Ateneo
G	71	Cansino, CJ (R)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)		1999–10–27	Philippines

Head coach

Luigi Trillo

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Paolo Trillo

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

Roster

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Group A Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	TNT Tropang Giga	8	2	.800	—	Quarterfinals
2	Meralco Bolts	7	3	.700	1
3	Converge FiberXers	6	4	.600	2
4	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	5	5	.500	3
5	NorthPort Batang Pier	3	7	.300	5
6	Terrafirma Dyip	1	9	.100	7

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record, if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss^[2]

Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 7–3

August: 2–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	August 18	Magnolia	W 99–94	Allen Durham (20)	Allen Durham (16)	Cliff Hodge (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0
2	August 22	TNT	L 73–93	Chris Banchero (18)	Allen Durham (10)	Banchero, Quinto (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–1
3	August 28	Terrafirma	W 107–91	Allen Durham (23)	Allen Durham (12)	Cliff Hodge (7)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	2–1

September: 5–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	September 1	NorthPort	W 109–99	Allen Durham (34)	Allen Durham (16)	Allen Durham (9)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	3–1
5	September 4	Converge	W 116–88	Allen Durham (27)	Allen Durham (14)	Allen Durham (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–1
6	September 7	Magnolia	W 82–74	Chris Newsome (21)	Allen Durham (14)	Chris Banchero (6)	Panabo City Multi-Purpose Tourism Cultural and Sports Center	5–1
7	September 12	TNT	L 99–108	Allen Durham (26)	Allen Durham (11)	Allen Durham (6)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	5–2
8	September 14	NorthPort	W 114–104	Allen Durham (23)	Allen Durham (13)	Bong Quinto (6)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	6–2
9	September 18	Converge	L 97–105	Allen Durham (25)	Chris Newsome (11)	Bong Quinto (8)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	6–3
10	September 21	Terrafirma	W 124–82	Alvin Pasaol (21)	Hodge, Pasaol (8)	Jolo Mendoza (5)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	7–3

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals
(Best-of-5)

Semifinals
(Best-of-7)

Finals
(Best-of-7)

A1

TNT

3

B4

NLEX

1

A1

TNT

4

B1

Rain or Shine

1

B1

Rain or Shine

3

A4

Magnolia

2

A1

TNT

4

B3

Barangay Ginebra

2

B2

San Miguel

3

A3

Converge

2

B2

San Miguel

2

B3

Barangay Ginebra

4

A2

Meralco

0

B3

Barangay Ginebra

3

Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–3

Quarterfinals: 0–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	September 26	Barangay Ginebra	L 92–99	Cliff Hodge (23)	Allen Durham (13)	Chris Newsome (6)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	0–1
2	September 28	Barangay Ginebra	L 103–104	Allen Durham (39)	Allen Durham (14)	Banchero, Hodge (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–2
3	September 30	Barangay Ginebra	L 106–113	Allen Durham (38)	Allen Durham (13)	Chris Banchero (8)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	0–3

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NorthPort Batang Pier	9	3	.750	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	TNT Tropang Giga	8	4	.667^[a]	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Converge FiberXers	8	4	.667^[a]	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	4	.667^[a]	1
5	Meralco Bolts	7	5	.583^[b]	2
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	5	.583^[b]	2
7	Eastern (G)	7	5	.583^[b]	2	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	6	6	.500^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	NLEX Road Warriors	6	6	.500^[c]	3
10	San Miguel Beermen	5	7	.417	4
11	Blackwater Bossing	3	9	.250^[d]	6
12	Phoenix Fuel Masters	3	9	.250^[d]	6
13	Terrafirma Dyip	1	11	.083	8

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss^[3]
(G) Guests
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.04, Converge 1.03, Barangay Ginebra 0.94
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.08, Rain or Shine 1.04, Eastern 0.88
^ ^a ^b Eighth seed playoff: Magnolia 112–81 NLEX
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Phoenix

Game log

2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 7–5

November: 1–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 29, 2024	Phoenix	W 111–109	Akil Mitchell (27)	Akil Mitchell (13)	Chris Newsome (6)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	1–0

December: 2–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	December 1, 2024	Rain or Shine	W 121–111	Chris Newsome (25)	Raymond Almazan (16)	Black, Quinto (4)	Ynares Center	2–0
3	December 6, 2024	Terrafirma	W 96–91	D. J. Kennedy (32)	Raymond Almazan (12)	Chris Newsome (8)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	3–0
4	December 12, 2024	Blackwater	L 98–114	Chris Newsome (22)	Cliff Hodge (10)	Aaron Black (6)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	3–1
5	December 25, 2024	Converge	L 94–110	Akil Mitchell (29)	Akil Mitchell (18)	Bong Quinto (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum 12,198	3–2

January: 4–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
6	January 5, 2025	Eastern	W 88–83	Akil Mitchell (31)	Akil Mitchell (14)	Akil Mitchell (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–2
7	January 7, 2025	TNT	L 99–101	Akil Mitchell (24)	Akil Mitchell (18)	Chris Newsome (8)	PhilSports Arena	4–3
8	January 10, 2025	NLEX	W 105–91	Akil Mitchell (24)	Akil Mitchell (12)	Mitchell, Quinto (6)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	5–3
9	January 14, 2025	NorthPort	W 111–94	Akil Mitchell (30)	Akil Mitchell (13)	Chris Banchero (6)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	6–3
10	January 18, 2025	San Miguel	W 100–93	Akil Mitchell (26)	Akil Mitchell (16)	Bong Quinto (8)	Candon City Arena	7–3
11	January 29, 2025	Barangay Ginebra	L 87–91	CJ Cansino (15)	Raymond Almazan (13)	Banchero, Black, Hodge (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	7–4
12	January 31, 2025	Magnolia	L 92–129	Raymond Almazan (23)	Brandon Bates (5)	Chris Banchero (8)	PhilSports Arena	7–5

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals
(Best-of-7)

Finals
(Best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1

NorthPort

8

Magnolia

(best-of-3)

4

Barangay Ginebra

5

Meralco

(#2 twice-to-beat)

2

TNT

7

Eastern

(best-of-3)

3

Converge

6

Rain or Shine

Game log

2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log
Total:

Quarterfinals

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	February 5, 2025	Barangay Ginebra					Smart Araneta Coliseum
2	February 7, 2025	Barangay Ginebra					Ninoy Aquino Stadium

East Asia Super League

Group stage

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Ryukyu Golden Kings (A)	6	5	1	498	493	+5	.833	Advance to semifinals
2	New Taipei Kings	5	3	2	488	436	+52	.600	Advance to semifinals
3	Macau Black Bears (E)	6	3	3	582	579	+3	.500
4	Meralco Bolts	5	2	3	391	403	−12	.400
5	Busan KCC Egis (E)	6	1	5	496	544	−48	.167

Updated to match(es) played on 22 January 2025. Source: EASL
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

Game log

2 October 2024	Meralco Bolts	97–85	Macau Black Bears	Pasay
20:10 (PST)	Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 19–22, 30–25, 24–21
	Pts: Newsome 18 Rebs: Durham 11 Asts: Kennedy 7	Boxscore	Pts: Artino, Cylla 23 Rebs: Artino 14 Asts: Chong-qui 4	Arena: Mall of Asia Arena

16 October 2024	Ryukyu Golden Kings	77–74	Meralco Bolts	Okinawa
19:40 (JST)	Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 28–17, 15–22, 11–17
	Pts: Cooley, Law 18 Rebs: Law 12 Asts: Kishimoto, Law 5	Boxscore	Pts: Kennedy 30 Rebs: Kennedy 12 Asts: Durham 5	Arena: Okinawa Arena Attendance: 7,347

13 November 2024	Meralco Bolts	81–80	Busan KCC Egis	Pasig
20:10 (PST)	Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 22–27, 21–15, 18–12
	Pts: Mitchell 33 Rebs: Mitchell 22 Asts: Kennedy 5	Boxscore	Pts: Burton 26 Rebs: Williams 13 Asts: Burton 5	Arena: PhilSports Arena

18 December 2024	Busan KCC Egis	72–68	Meralco Bolts	Busan
19:10 (KST)	Scoring by quarter: 13–12, 18–19, 20–19, 21–18
	Pts: Heo 31 Rebs: Burton 14 Asts: Burton 5	Boxscore	Pts: Kennedy 23 Rebs: Mitchell 18 Asts: Newsome 4	Arena: Busan Sajik Gymnasium Attendance: 1,644

22 January 2025	Meralco Bolts	71–89	Ryukyu Golden Kings	Pasig
20:10 (PST)	Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 19–27, 15–25, 15–14
	Pts: Hodge, Kouame 13 Rebs: Hodge 7 Asts: Quinto 6	Boxscore	Pts: Law 20 Rebs: Law, Kirk 8 Asts: Law 5	Arena: PhilSports Arena

12 February 2025	New Taipei Kings	vs.	Meralco Bolts	Taipei
19:10 (TST)	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: University of Taipei, Tian-Mu Campus Gymnasium

Transactions

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record	Ref.
Governors' Cup	Allen Durham	August 18, 2024 (vs. Magnolia)	September 30, 2024 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	7–6	^[4]
Commissioner's Cup	Akil Mitchell	November 29, 2024 (vs. Phoenix)		6–2	^[5]
Commissioner's Cup	D. J. Kennedy	December 6, 2024 (vs. Terrafirma)		1–0	^[6]

References

^ "Baltazar is the Chosen One -- the top pick of Draft Class 2024". PBA.ph. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
^ "All about the PBA quotient". INQUIRER.net. December 10, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
^ Terrado, Reuben (July 17, 2024). "Meralco welcomes back Allen Durham for season-opening Govs' Cup". spin.ph. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ "Meralco Bolts bring in well-travelled Akil Mitchell as import". spin.ph. November 11, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
^ Ramos, Gerry (December 5, 2024). "DJ Kennedy steps in as Meralco import for injured Akil Mitchell". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 5, 2024.

[table_hth_BGSM0.25565690000339-3] Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.04, Converge 1.03, Barangay Ginebra 0.94

[table_hth_EAST0.25565690000339-4] Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.08, Rain or Shine 1.04, Eastern 0.88

[table_hth_MAG0.25565690000339-5] Eighth seed playoff: Magnolia 112–81 NLEX

[table_hth_BWB0.25565690000339-6] Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Phoenix

[1] "Baltazar is the Chosen One -- the top pick of Draft Class 2024". PBA.ph. Retrieved July 15, 2024.

[pbaquotient-2] "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.

[7] "All about the PBA quotient". INQUIRER.net. December 10, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2025.

[8] Terrado, Reuben (July 17, 2024). "Meralco welcomes back Allen Durham for season-opening Govs' Cup". spin.ph. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[9] "Meralco Bolts bring in well-travelled Akil Mitchell as import". spin.ph. November 11, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.

[10] Ramos, Gerry (December 5, 2024). "DJ Kennedy steps in as Meralco import for injured Akil Mitchell". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 5, 2024.

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2024–25 Meralco Bolts season

Key dates

Draft picks

Roster

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Group A Standings

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

Game log

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

Game log

East Asia Super League

Group stage

Standings

Game log

Transactions

Recruited imports

References

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