2019 NLEX Road Warriors season

The 2019 NLEX Road Warriors season was the 5th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2019 NLEX Road Warriors season
Head coachYeng Guiao
Owner(s)Metro Pacific Investments Corporation
(an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record4–7
(.364)
Place9th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record3–8
(.273)
Place12th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record8–3
(.727)
Place1st
Playoff finishQuarterfinals
(Lost to Batang Pier 0–2)
NLEX Road Warriors seasons

Draft picks
Main article: 2018 PBA draft

Roster
NLEX Road Warriors roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
G 1 Monfort, Emman (IN) 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 132 lb (60 kg) 1989–07–02 Ateneo
F/C 2 Miranda, Michael 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–12–12 San Sebastian
G/F 5 Rios, Jansen 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1991–10–28 Adamson
G 6 Alas, Kevin 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991–11–13 Letran
C 7 Erram, John Paul 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1989–07–07 Ateneo
G/F 8 Baguio, Cyrus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1980–08–19 UST
G 9 Paniamogan, Philip 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1991–05–30 José Rizal
G/F 10 Varilla, Paul 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) –10–08 UE
G/F 12 Fonacier, Larry 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1982–05–13 Ateneo
G 13 Lao, Kyles 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 1995–06–10 Philippines-Diliman
G 15 Ravena, Kiefer 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1993–10–27 Ateneo
F/C 16 Soyud, Raul 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1991–01–14 Philippines
F 17 Ighalo, Kenneth 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1989–01–11 Mapúa
F/C 37 Quiñahan, J. R. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1984–05–08 Visayas
G 39 Cruz, Jericho 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990–10–11 Adamson
G/F 77 Galanza, Bong 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1992–12–21 UE
C 88 Taulava, Asi (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1973–03–02 BYU–Hawaii
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Ronald Dulatre
  • Raymond Celis (Assistant)


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

Roster

Philippine Cup

Standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters 9 2 .818 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 8 3 .727 1
3 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 1] 2 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 TNT KaTropa 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 1] 2
5 San Miguel Beermen 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 1] 2
6 Magnolia Hotshots 6 5 .545 3
7 NorthPort Batang Pier 5 6 .455 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Alaska Aces 4 7 .364[lower-alpha 2] 5
9 NLEX Road Warriors 4 7 .364[lower-alpha 2] 5
10 Columbian Dyip 4 7 .364[lower-alpha 2] 5
11 Meralco Bolts 3 8 .273 6
12 Blackwater Elite 2 9 .182 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), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[1]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.02, TNT 1.00, San Miguel 0.98
  2. Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.19, Alaska 1.01, Columbian 0.84; 8th-seed playoff: Alaska defeated NLEX

Game log
2019 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 4–7
January: 1–3
February : 1–1
March : 2–2
April : 0–1

Bracket
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-7)		     Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#1 twice-to-beat)                        
  1 Phoenix 91    
  8 Alaska 76    
            1 Phoenix 1    
    (Best-of-3)       5 San Miguel 4  
  4 TNT 1  
  5 San Miguel 2    
    5 San Miguel 4
    (#2 twice-to-beat)     6 Magnolia 3
  2 Rain or Shine 91    
  7 NorthPort 85    
            2 Rain or Shine 3
    (Best-of-3)     6 Magnolia 4    
  3 Barangay Ginebra 1  
  6 Magnolia 2    

Game log
2019 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–1
8th seed playoff: 0–1

Commissioner's Cup

Standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 TNT KaTropa 10 1 .909 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 NorthPort Batang Pier 9 2 .818 1
3 Blackwater Elite 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 1] 3 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 1] 3
5 Magnolia Hotshots 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 2] 5
6 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 2] 5
7 San Miguel Beermen 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 2] 5 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Alaska Aces 4 7 .364[lower-alpha 3] 6
9 Meralco Bolts 4 7 .364[lower-alpha 3] 6
10 Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters 4 7 .364[lower-alpha 3] 6
11 Columbian Dyip 3 8 .273[lower-alpha 4] 7
12 NLEX Road Warriors 3 8 .273[lower-alpha 4] 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), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
  2. Head-to-head quotient: Magnolia 1.19, Rain or Shine 1.01, San Miguel 0.83
  3. Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.012, Meralco 1.011, Phoenix 0.977; 8th-seed playoff: Alaska defeated Meralco
  4. Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 NLEX

Game log
2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 3–8
May: 0–3
June : 2–4
July : 1–1

Governors' Cup

Standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 NLEX Road Warriors 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] — Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2 Meralco Bolts 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] —
3 TNT KaTropa 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] —
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 4 .636 1
5 San Miguel Beermen 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 2 Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6 Magnolia Hotshots 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 2
7 Alaska Aces 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 3
8 NorthPort Batang Pier 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 3
9 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 4 7 .364[lower-alpha 4] 4
10 Columbian Dyip 4 7 .364[lower-alpha 4] 4
11 Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters 3 8 .273 5
12 Blackwater Elite 2 9 .182 6
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]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.090, Meralco 0.959, TNT 0.958
  2. Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
  3. Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 NorthPort
  4. Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Columbian

Bracket
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-5)		     Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#1 twice-to-beat)                        
  1 NLEX 90 123  
  8 NorthPort 115 126***  
            8 NorthPort 1    
    (#4 twice-to-beat)       4 Barangay Ginebra 3  
  4 Barangay Ginebra 100  
  5 San Miguel 97    
    4 Barangay Ginebra 4
    (#2 twice-to-beat)     2 Meralco 1
  2 Meralco 94    
  7 Alaska 84    
            2 Meralco 3
    (#3 twice-to-beat)     3 TNT 2    
  3 TNT 98  
  6 Magnolia 97    

*Game went into overtime

Transactions

Preseason
December
December 28, 2018[4] To NLEX
John Paul Erram (from Blackwater)
Philip Paredes (from TNT)		 To Blackwater
Abu Tratter (from NLEX)
Paul Desiderio (from NLEX)
Alfrancis Tamsi (from TNT)
2022 second round pick (from TNT)		 To TNT
Michael Miranda (from NLEX)
2022 second round pick (from San Miguel via Blackwater)

Awards
Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
John Paul Erram Philippine Cup Player of the Week February 4, 2019 [5]
Bong Galanza March 18, 2019 [6]

References
  1. "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".
  2. "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".
  3. "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". 2012-12-10. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  4. Dioquino, Delfin. "It's official: NLEX gets Erram in 3-team trade involving Desiderio, Tratter". Rappler. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
  5. "Poy Erram lets his game do the talking". PBA.ph. February 4, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  6. "Bong Galanza making the most of his second chance in the PBA". PBA.ph. March 18, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
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