The 2022–23 NLEX Road Warriors season is the eighth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
2022–23 NLEX Road Warriors season | |
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Head coach | Yeng Guiao (Philippine Cup) Frankie Lim |
Owner(s) | Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (an MVP group subsidiary) |
Philippine Cup results | |
Record | 6–5 (54.5%) |
Place | 6th |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinalist (lost to Magnolia, 1–2) |
Commissioner's Cup results | |
Record | 5–7 (41.7%) |
Place | 9th |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Governors' Cup results | |
Record | 7–4 (63.6%) |
Place | 6th |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinalist (lost to Barangay Ginebra with twice-to-win disadvantage) |
NLEX Road Warriors seasons | |
Key dates
edit- May 15: The PBA Season 47 draft was held at the Robinsons Place Manila in Manila.[1]
Draft picks
editRound | Pick | Player | Position | Place of birth | College |
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1 | 7 | Tyrus Hill | F | De La Salle | |
2 | 21 | Chester Saldua | F | PCU | |
3 | 31 | Levi dela Cruz | G | Arellano |
Roster
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Philippine Cup
editEliminations
editStandings
editPos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | TNT Tropang Giga | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
3 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
5 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | |
6 | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | |
7 | Converge FiberXers | 5 | 6 | .455[b] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Blackwater Bossing | 5 | 6 | .455[b] | 4 | |
9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
10 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 3 | 8 | .273[c] | 6 | |
11 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 3 | 8 | .273[c] | 6 | |
12 | Terrafirma Dyip | 0 | 11 | .000 | 9 |
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:
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:
Game log
edit2022 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 6–5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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June: 4–2
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July: 2–3
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Playoffs
editBracket
editQuarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | |||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | |||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 123 | |||||||||||
8 | Blackwater | 93 | |||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | |||||||||||
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5 | Meralco | 3 | |||||||||||
4 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | |||||||||||
5 | Meralco | 2 | |||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | |||||||||||
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2 | TNT | 3 | |||||||||||
2 | TNT | 116 | |||||||||||
7 | Converge | 95 | |||||||||||
2 | TNT | 4 | |||||||||||
(best-of-3) | |||||||||||||
3 | Magnolia | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | Magnolia | 2 | |||||||||||
6 | NLEX | 1 | |||||||||||
Game log
edit2022 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log Total: 1–2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals: 1–2
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Commissioner's Cup
editEliminations
editStandings
editPos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Bay Area Dragons (G) | 10 | 2 | .833[a] | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 10 | 2 | .833[a] | — | |
3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 3 | .750 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | Converge FiberXers | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2 | |
5 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3 | |
6 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 6 | 6 | .500[b] | 4 | |
7 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 6 | 6 | .500[b] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 7 | .417[c] | 5 | |
9 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 7 | .417[c] | 5 | |
10 | Meralco Bolts | 4 | 8 | .333[d] | 6 | |
11 | TNT Tropang Giga | 4 | 8 | .333[d] | 6 | |
12 | Blackwater Bossing | 3 | 9 | .250 | 7 | |
13 | Terrafirma Dyip | 1 | 11 | .083 | 9 |
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:
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:
Game log
edit2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 5–7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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September: 2–0
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October: 1–3
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November: 2–4
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Playoffs
editBracket
editQuarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | |||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | |||||||||||||
1 | Bay Area | 126 | |||||||||||
8 | Rain or Shine | 96 | |||||||||||
1 | Bay Area | 3 | |||||||||||
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5 | San Miguel | 1 | |||||||||||
4 | Converge | 0 | |||||||||||
5 | San Miguel | 2 | |||||||||||
1 | Bay Area | 3 | |||||||||||
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3 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | |||||||||||
2 | Magnolia | 102 | |||||||||||
7 | Phoenix Super LPG | 95 | |||||||||||
2 | Magnolia | 1 | |||||||||||
(best-of-3) | |||||||||||||
3 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | |||||||||||
3 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | |||||||||||
6 | NorthPort | 0 | |||||||||||
Game log
edit2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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8th seed playoff: 0–1
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Governors' Cup
editEliminations
editStandings
editPos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | TNT Tropang Giga | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
2 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818 | 1 | |
3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2 | |
4 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 4 | .636[a] | 3 | |
5 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 7 | 4 | .636[a] | 3 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
6 | NLEX Road Warriors | 7 | 4 | .636[a] | 3 | |
7 | Converge FiberXers | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | |
8 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | |
9 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 3 | 8 | .273 | 7 | |
10 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 2 | 9 | .182 | 8 | |
11 | Terrafirma Dyip | 2 | 9 | .182 | 8 | |
12 | Blackwater Bossing | 1 | 10 | .091 | 9 |
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[4]
Notes:
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[4]
Notes:
Game log
edit2023 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 7–4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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January: 2–0
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February: 4–3
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March: 1–1
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Playoffs
editBracket
editQuarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | |||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | |||||||||||||
1 | TNT | 132 | |||||||||||
8 | Phoenix Super LPG | 105 | |||||||||||
1 | TNT | 3 | |||||||||||
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4 | Meralco | 1 | |||||||||||
4 | Meralco | 113* | |||||||||||
5 | Magnolia | 107 | |||||||||||
1 | TNT | 4 | |||||||||||
(#2 twice-to-beat) | |||||||||||||
3 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | |||||||||||
2 | San Miguel | 121 | |||||||||||
7 | Converge | 105 | |||||||||||
2 | San Miguel | 0 | |||||||||||
(#3 twice-to-beat) | |||||||||||||
3 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | |||||||||||
3 | Barangay Ginebra | 127 | |||||||||||
6 | NLEX | 93 | |||||||||||
*Game went into overtime
Game log
edit2023 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log Total: 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals: 0–1
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Transactions
editFree agency
editSignings
editPlayer | Date signed | Contract amount | Contract length | Former team |
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Reden Celda | October 6, 2022[5] | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines (MPBL) |
Don Trollano | December 26, 2022[6] | 2 years | Re-signed | |
Michael Miranda | 1 year | |||
Hesed Gabo | January 16, 2023[7] | 1 year | Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards (MPBL) | |
Clint Doliguez | Not disclosed | Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays (PBA 3x3) | ||
Jake Pascual | March 1, 2023[8] | 2 years | Re-signed |
Trades
editPre-season
editMay | |||
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May 17, 2022[9] | To NLEX 2023 Converge first-round pick |
To Converge David Murrell Tyrus Hill |
Mid-season
editSeptember | |||
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September 19, 2022[10] | To NLEX Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser 2022 NorthPort second-round pick (from Blackwater) 2025 Blackwater second-round pick |
To Blackwater Gab Banal Troy Rosario |
To TNT Calvin Oftana Raul Soyud |
January | |||
January 18, 2023[11] | To NLEX Sean Anthony Jake Pascual |
To Phoenix Jjay Alejandro Raul Soyud 2022 NLEX second-round pick 2026 TNT second-round pick |
To TNT Justin Chua Paul Varilla |
Recruited imports
editTournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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Commissioner's Cup | Earl Clark | September 23, 2022 (vs. Rain or Shine) | December 4, 2022 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 5–8 |
Governors' Cup | Jonathon Simmons | January 25, 2023 (vs. Blackwater) | February 2, 2023 (vs. Phoenix) | 4–0 |
Wayne Selden Jr. | February 8, 2023 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | March 15, 2023 (vs. San Miguel) | 3–4 |
Awards
editRecipient | Honors | Date awarded |
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Kevin Alas | 2022–23 PBA Sportsmanship Award | November 5, 2023[12] |
Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser | 2022–23 PBA All-Rookie Team | November 19, 2023[13] |
References
edit- ^ [1], PBA.ph, June 1, 2022
- ^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
- ^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
- ^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
- ^ Terrado, Reuben (October 6, 2022). "Reden Celda picked up from free agent market by NLEX". Spin.ph. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (December 26, 2022). "Surprise BPC candidate Don Trollano signs contract extension with NLEX". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ Li, Matthew (January 16, 2023). "Hesed Gabo signs one-year deal with NLEX". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (March 1, 2023). "NLEX signs Jake Pascual to two-year deal before unrestricted free agency". Spin.ph. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry. "NLEX sending Dave Murrell, Tyrus Hill to Converge for draft pick". Spin.ph. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry. "Rosario now a Bossing, Oftana goes to TNT as PBA approves trade". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry. "Jake Pascual, Frankie Lim reunite at NLEX as PBA approves three-team trade". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
- ^ "Fajardo leads list of winners in PBA Leo Awards". PBA.ph. November 5, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
- ^ "Cone clinches another Coach of the Year, Jolas named Executive of the Year". PBA.ph. November 19, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2024.