2016–17 Alaska Aces season

2016–17 Alaska Aces (PBA) season
2016–17 Alaska Aces (PBA) season
Head coach	Alex Compton
Owner(s)	Alaska Milk Corporation
Philippine Cup results
Record	7–4 ; (.636)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (Lost to Barangay Ginebra with twice-to-beat advantage)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	4–7 ; (.364)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record	3–8 ; (.273)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Alaska Aces (PBA) seasons
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Alaska Aces season was the 31st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates[]

2016[]

October 30: The 2016 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks[]

Special draft[]

Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
Carl Bryan Cruz	F	Philippines	Cafe France Bakers	FEU

Regular draft[]

Alaska passed in the regular draft. They originally owned one second round and two third round picks.

Roster[]

Alaska Aces roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	0	Enciso, Simon	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1991–02–12	Notre Dame de Namur
G	2	Banchero, Chris	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1989–01–24	Seattle Pacific
F	4	Manuel, Vic	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	1987–06–18	PSBA
C	7	Thoss, Sonny	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1981–12–07	James Cook
F	8	Abueva, Calvin	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	1988–02–04	San Sebastian
F/C	9	Baclao, Nonoy	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1987–06–15	Ateneo
F/C	10	Magat, Marion	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1989–10–22	National-U
F	11	Pascual, Jake	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1988–11–11	San Beda
G	17	Exciminiano, Chris	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988–11–17	Far Eastern
F	18		6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	1990–11–09	San Beda
F	21	Cruz, Carl Bryan (R)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	1991–08–21	Far Eastern
G	23		5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1990–04–14	John Brown
G/F	25	Hontiveros, Dondon	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1977–06–01	Cebu
F	35	dela Cruz, Tony (C)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	1978–08–24	UC Irvine
G	42	Casio, JVee	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1986–09–01	De La Salle
G/F	61	Racal, Kevin	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1991–05–16	Letran

Head coach

Alex Compton

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

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Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie
(3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team

Injured

Roster

^a also serves as Alaska's board governor.

Philippine Cup[]

Eliminations[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636^[a]	3	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Star Hotshots	7	4	.636^[a]	3	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	TNT KaTropa	6	5	.545^[b]	4
5	GlobalPort Batang Pier	6	5	.545^[b]	4
6	Phoenix Fuel Masters	6	5	.545^[b]	4
7	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^[b]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455^[c]	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455^[c]	5
10	Mahindra Floodbuster	3	8	.273^[d]	7
11	Meralco Bolts	3	8	.273^[d]	7
12	NLEX Road Warriors	2	9	.182	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Star
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.09, GlobalPort 1.00, Phoenix 0.96, Barangay Ginebra 0.94.
^ ^a ^b Eighth seed playoff: Rain or Shine 103–80 Blackwater
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Mahindra 1–0 Meralco

Game log[]

2017 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 7–4

November: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 25	NLEX	L 97��99 (OT)	Carl Bryan Cruz (20)	Carl Bryan Cruz (14)	RJ Jazul (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1

December : 3–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	December 3	San Miguel	L 88–93	JVee Casio (20)	Carl Bryan Cruz (7)	Chris Banchero (9)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–2
3	December 7	GlobalPort	W 95–84	Calvin Abueva (22)	Calvin Abueva (11)	Chris Banchero (8)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–2
4	December 14	Meralco	W 81–79	Vic Manuel (22)	Vic Manuel (10)	Abueva, Banchero (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–2
5	December 18	Barangay Ginebra	W 101–86	RJ Jazul (16)	Jake Pascual (8)	Banchero, (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–2
6	December 23	TNT	L 100–109	Calvin Abueva (18)	Calvin Abueva (12)	Calvin Abueva (4)	PhilSports Arena	3–3

January : 3–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	January 11	Star	W 97–90 (OT)	Vic Manuel (25)	Calvin Abueva (9)	Chris Banchero (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–3
8	January 15	Blackwater	L 100–103	Abueva, Casio (23)	Calvin Abueva (14)	Casio, Jazul (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–4
9	January 22	Mahindra	W 107–91	Vic Manuel (20)	Calvin Abueva (10)	JVee Casio (6)	PhilSports Arena	5–4
10	January 27	Phoenix	W 106–85	Vic Manuel (21)	Vic Manuel (7)	Casio, Jazul (6)	Cuneta Astrodome	6–4

February : 1–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
11	February 1	Rain or Shine	W 94–89	JVee Casio (25)	Vic Manuel (12)	five players (2)	Cuneta Astrodome	7–4

2016–17 schedule

Playoffs[]

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals				Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
1	San Miguel	98
8	Rain or Shine	91
				1	San Miguel	4
	(Best-of-3)			4	TNT	3
4	TNT	2
5	GlobalPort	0
							1	San Miguel	4
	(#2 twice-to-beat)						7	Barangay Ginebra	1
2	Alaska	81	97
7	Barangay Ginebra	85	108
				7	Barangay Ginebra	4
	(Best-of-3)			3	Star	3
3	Star	2
6	Phoenix	0

Game log[]

2017 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–2

Quarterfinals: 0–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	February 5	Barangay Ginebra	L 81–85	Calvin Abueva (20)	Calvin Abueva (10)	JVee Casio (5)	Ynares Center	0–1
2	February 7	Barangay Ginebra	L 97–108	Calvin Abueva (29)	Calvin Abueva (13)	JVee Casio (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–2

2016–17 schedule

Commissioner's Cup[]

Eliminations[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Star Hotshots	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727	1
5	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636	2
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455	4
7	Phoenix Fuel Masters	4	7	.364^[b]	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364^[b]	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Alaska Aces	4	7	.364^[b]	5
10	Mahindra Floodbuster	3	8	.273	6
11	Blackwater Elite	2	9	.182^[c]	7
12	NLEX Road Warriors	2	9	.182^[c]	7

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.117, San Miguel 0.990, Star 0.903
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.127, Alaska 1.116, GlobalPort 0.791; eighth seed playoff: GlobalPort 107–106 Alaska
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 NLEX

Game log[]

2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 4–7

March: 3–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	March 18	GlobalPort	W 107–79	Cory Jefferson (28)	Cory Jefferson (14)	Simon Enciso (6)	Cuneta Astrodome	1–0
2	March 22	Blackwater	W 109–95	Cory Jefferson (28)	Cory Jefferson (15)	Simon Enciso (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–0
3	March 29	Mahindra	W 98–92	Cory Jefferson (30)	Cory Jefferson (11)	Simon Enciso (5)	Mall of Asia Arena	3–0

April : 1–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	April 2	Rain or Shine	W 105–102	Cory Jefferson (41)	Cory Jefferson (13)	JVee Casio (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–0
5	April 8	Meralco	L 91–99	Cory Jefferson (32)	Cory Jefferson (13)	Simon Enciso (3)	Mall of Asia Arena	4–1
6	April 21	Phoenix	L 86–94	Cory Jefferson (31)	Cory Jefferson (13)	Simon Enciso (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–2
All-Star Break

May : 0–5

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	May 7	Barangay Ginebra	L 102–103	Cory Jefferson (25)	Cory Jefferson (18)	Simon Enciso (10)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–3
8	May 20	TNT	L 110–119	Cory Jefferson (29)	Abueva, Jefferson (7)	Chris Banchero (5)		4–4
9	May 24	NLEX	L 92–100	Cory Jefferson (36)	Cory Jefferson (20)	Banchero, Enciso (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4��5
10	May 27	San Miguel	L 97–109	Cory Jefferson (23)	Cory Jefferson (13)	Chris Banchero (8)	Ynares Center	4–6
11	May 31	Star	L 98–102 (OT)	Calvin Abueva (22)	Cory Jefferson (13)	Chris Banchero (7)	Cuneta Astrodome	4–7

2016–17 schedule

Playoffs[]

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals			Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
1	Barangay Ginebra	96
8	GlobalPort	85
			1	Barangay Ginebra	1
	(Best-of-3)		4	TNT	3
4	TNT	2
5	Meralco	1
						4	TNT	2
	(#2 twice-to-beat)					2	San Miguel	4
2	San Miguel	115
7	Phoenix	96
			2	San Miguel	3
	(Best-of-3)		3	Star	1
3	Star	2
6	Rain or Shine	0

Game log[]

2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–1

8th seed playoff: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	June 4	GlobalPort	L 106–107	Cory Jefferson (32)	Cory Jefferson (16)	Chris Exciminiano (4)	Mall of Asia Arena	0–1

2016–17 schedule

Governors' Cup[]

Eliminations[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Meralco Bolts	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727^[a]	1
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	3	.727^[a]	1
4	Star Hotshots	7	4	.636^[b]	2
5	NLEX Road Warriors	7	4	.636^[b]	2	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636^[b]	2
7	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636^[b]	2
8	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455	4
9	Alaska Aces	3	8	.273^[c]	6
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	3	8	.273^[c]	6
11	Phoenix Fuel Masters	2	9	.182	7
12	Kia Picanto	0	11	.000	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Talk 'N Text 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head to-head quotient: Star 1.04, NLEX 1.01, San Miguel 0.99, Rain or Shine 0.96
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 GlobalPort

Game log[]

2017 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 3–8

July: 0–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	July 19	NLEX	L 104–112	LaDontae Henton (27)	Calvin Abueva (14)	Chris Banchero (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1
2	July 22	Phoenix	L 93–95	LaDontae Henton (30)	LaDontae Henton (10)	Abueva, Enciso (5)	Mall of Asia Arena	0–2
3	July 28	Star	L 92–101	LaDontae Henton (34)	Chris Banchero (7)	Chris Banchero (6)	Ynares Center	0–3

August : 0–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	August 4	TNT	L 106–107	LaDontae Henton (42)	LaDontae Henton (22)	four players (2)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–4
5	August 23	Blackwater	L 106–111 (2OT)	LaDontae Henton (31)	LaDontae Henton (10)	Casio, (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–5
6	August 26	Barangay Ginebra	L 80–94	Calvin Abueva (22)	Calvin Abueva (13)	JVee Casio (4)	Hoops Dome	0–6

September: 3–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	September 2	San Miguel	W 90–79	LaDontae Henton (36)	LaDontae Henton (15)	JVee Casio (7)	Angeles University Foundation Sports Arena	1–6
8	September 8	GlobalPort	W 101–88	LaDontae Henton (36)	LaDontae Henton (21)	Casio, Enciso (5)	Mall of Asia Arena	2–6
9	September 10	Kia	W 102–94	Calvin Abueva (26)	Calvin Abueva (15)	Casio, Henton (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–6
10	September 15	Meralco	L 78–106	LaDontae Henton (23)	Calvin Abueva (11)	five players (2)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–7
11	September 20	Rain or Shine	L 82–112	LaDontae Henton (20)	LaDontae Henton (7)	Baclao, Enciso (4)	Ynares Center	3–8

2016–17 schedule

Transactions[]

Trades[]

Recruited imports[]

Conference	Name	Country	Number	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Cory Jefferson		34	March 18 (vs. GlobalPort)	June 4 (vs. GlobalPort)	4–8
Governors' Cup	LaDontae Henton		19	July 19 (vs. NLEX)	September 20 (vs. Rain or Shine)	3–8

Awards[]

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Vic Manuel	Philippine Cup Player of the Week	December 19, 2016	^[1]
Sonny Thoss	Commissioner's Cup Player of the Week	April 3, 2017	^[2]

References[]

^ "Player of the Week: Vic Manuel provides muscle to Aces' surge". Inquirer.net. December 19, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
^ "PBA Player Of The Week: Who Else But Sonny Thoss". pba.ph. April 3, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2017.

[table_hth_ALA0.42921790314336-1] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Star

[table_hth_BGSM0.42921790314336-2] Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.09, GlobalPort 1.00, Phoenix 0.96, Barangay Ginebra 0.94.

[table_hth_BWE0.42921790314336-3] Eighth seed playoff: Rain or Shine 103–80 Blackwater

[table_hth_MAH0.42921790314336-4] Head-to-head record: Mahindra 1–0 Meralco

[table_hth_BGSM0.9512696210068-5] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.117, San Miguel 0.990, Star 0.903

[table_hth_ALA0.9512696210068-6] Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.127, Alaska 1.116, GlobalPort 0.791; eighth seed playoff: GlobalPort 107–106 Alaska

[table_hth_BWE0.9512696210068-7] Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 NLEX

[table_hth_TNT0.97101369452244-8] Head-to-head record: Talk 'N Text 1–0 Barangay Ginebra

[table_hth_SH0.97101369452244-9] Head to-head quotient: Star 1.04, NLEX 1.01, San Miguel 0.99, Rain or Shine 0.96

[table_hth_ALA0.97101369452244-10] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 GlobalPort

[11] "Player of the Week: Vic Manuel provides muscle to Aces' surge". Inquirer.net. December 19, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2017.

[12] "PBA Player Of The Week: Who Else But Sonny Thoss". pba.ph. April 3, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2017.

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