2015–16 NLEX Road Warriors season

Head coach

Owner(s)

Metro Pacific Investments Corporation
(an MVP group subsidiary)

Philippine Cup results
Record	5–6 (.455)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (Lost to TNT in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage in Phase 1)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	5–6 (.455)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (Lost to Meralco in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Governors' Cup results
Record	5–6 (.455)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (Lost to San Miguel in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage)
NLEX Road Warriors seasons
2014–15	2016–17

The 2015–16 NLEX Road Warriors season is the 2nd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

August 23: The 2015 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Main article: 2015 PBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	6	Garvo Lanete	SG	Philippines	Hapee Fresh Fighters	San Beda
1	10	Glenn Khobuntin	SF		Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants	NU
3	25	Jansen Rios	SF		LiverMarin Guardians	Adamson
4	36	Jerramy King	SG	United States	AMA Titans (D-League)	Cal State Long Beach
5	45	Alfred Batino	C	Philippines	Café France Bakers	CEU
6	50	Edgar Tanuan, Jr.	SF		none	FEU
7	53	Arvin Vitug	PG		EA Regen Meds	SSC-R

Roster

NLEX Road Warriors roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	POB	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
1.5 !G	1	PHI !	Monfort, Emman	7000170180000000000♠5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	132 lb (60 kg)	1989–07–02	Ateneo
1.5 !G	3	PHI !	Cardona, Mark (IN)	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1981–11–13	De La Salle
1.5 !G	6	PHI !	Alas, Kevin	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1991–11–13	Letran
2.5 !G/F	9	PHI !	Arboleda, Harold	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1990–09–05	UPHSD
4.0 !F	10	CAN !	Anthony, Sean	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1986–01–26	McGill
1.5 !G	11	PHI !	Villanueva, Jonas	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1983–03–31	Far Eastern
4.0 !F	12	PHI !	Camson, Eric	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	1990–05–12	Adamson
1.5 !G	13	PHI !	Lanete, Garvo	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1989–02–13	San Beda
5.5 !F/C	14	PHI !	Villanueva, Enrico	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1980–06–23	Ateneo
5.5 !F/C	16	PHI !	Soyud, Raul	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1991–01–14	UP
2.5 !G/F	23	CAN !	Forrester, James	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1989–09–03	Arellano
4.0 !F	24	PHI !	Khobuntin, Glenn	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1991–09–07	National-U
5.5 !F/C	42	USA !	Reyes, Robert	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1983–03–16	Flagler
4.0 !F	45	PHI !	Baracael, Marnel	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1985–04–14	Far Eastern
6.0 !C	88	TON !	Taulava, Asi (C)	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1973–03–02	Brigham Young–Hawaii
4.0 !F	–	PHI !	Apinan, Jeckster	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	1987–01–09	José Rizal

Head coach

Boyet Fernandez

Assistant coach(es)

Adonis Tierra (1st Assistant)
Jojo Lastimosa
Alex Arespacochaga
Raymond Celis
Claiford Arao
Gino Manuel
Jaime Serrano

Team manager

Ronald Dulatre

Legend

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

Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	9	2	.818^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Outright semifinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Outright semifinals
3	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2
5	GlobalPort Batang Pier	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2
6	TNT Tropang Texters	6	5	.545	3
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	4
9	Star Hotshots	4	7	.364	5
10	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	6
11	Mahindra Enforcer	2	9	.182	7	Eliminated
12	Meralco Bolts	1	10	.091	8	Eliminated

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1 2 Alaska wins tiebreaker against San Miguel via head-to-head record.
1 2 Ginebra wins tiebreaker against GlobalPort via head-to-head record.
1 2 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Barako Bull via head-to-head record.

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals (1st phase)			Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (One-game playoff)			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#3 twice to beat)
3	Rain or Shine	95
10	Blackwater	90
			3	Rain or Shine	104
	(#6 twice to beat)		6	TNT	89	3	Rain or Shine	2
6	TNT	90				2	San Miguel	4
7	NLEX	88
									2	San Miguel	4
	(#4 twice to beat)								1	Alaska	3
4	Barangay Ginebra	92*
9	Star	89				1	Alaska	4
			4	Barangay Ginebra	83	5	GlobalPort	1
	(#5 twice to beat)		5	GlobalPort	84*
5	GlobalPort	94
8	Barako Bull	85

*Game went into overtime

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Meralco Bolts	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1
6	Tropang TNT	6	5	.545	2
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Star Hotshots	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Mahindra Enforcer	4	7	.364	4	Eliminated
10	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273^{[lower-alpha 4]}	5
11	Phoenix Fuel Masters	3	8	.273^{[lower-alpha 4]}	5
12	GlobalPort Batang Pier	3	8	.273^{[lower-alpha 4]}	5

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Meralco via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 Alaska wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra and Rain or Shine via best head-to-head record. Alaska is 2–0; Barangay Ginebra is 1–1; Rain or Shine is 0–2.
1 2 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Star via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 Blackwater wins tiebreaker against Phoenix and GlobalPort by greatest quotient. Blackwater with 1.04; Phoenix with 0.99; GlobalPort with 0.98.

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals				Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice to beat)
1	San Miguel	99	103
8	Star	108	99
				1	San Miguel	1
	(Best-of-3)			5	Rain or Shine	3
4	Barangay Ginebra	0
5	Rain or Shine	2
							5	Rain or Shine	4
	(#2 twice-to-beat)						3	Alaska	2
2	Meralco	104
7	NLEX	97
				2	Meralco	2
	(Best-of-3)			3	Alaska	3
3	Alaska	2
6	TNT	1

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	TNT KaTropa	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2
4	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4
5	Mahindra Enforcer	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Alaska Aces	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5
8	Phoenix Fuel Masters	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5
9	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5	Eliminated
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364	6
11	Star Hotshots	2	9	.182	8
12	Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 Meralco wins tiebreaker against Mahindra and Alaska via best head-to-head record. Meralco is 2–0; Mahindra is 1–1; Alaska is 0–2. Meralco then won the seeding playoff for 4th seed against Mahindra.
1 2 3 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Rain or Shine and Phoenix by highest quotient. NLEX is 1.04; Rain or Shine is 1.03; Phoenix is 0.93. Phoenix then won the seeding playoff for 8th seed against Rain or Shine.

Bracket

Quarterfinals			Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice to beat)
1	TNT	136
8	Phoenix	124
			1	TNT	1
	(#4 twice to beat)		4	Meralco	3
4	Meralco	105
5	Mahindra	82
						4	Meralco	2
	(#2 twice to beat)					3	Barangay Ginebra	4
2	San Miguel	114
7	NLEX	110
			2	San Miguel	2
	(#3 twice to beat)		3	Barangay Ginebra	3
3	Barangay Ginebra	109
6	Alaska	104

Transactions

Trades

Off-season

August 25, 2015^[1]

To Mahindra

Niño Canaleta and
Aldrech Ramos (from NLEX)
Robert Reyes (from Talk 'n Text)

To NLEX

Kevin Alas
(from Talk 'n Text via Mahindra)

To Talk 'N Text

Troy Rosario

August 27, 2015^[2]

To NLEX

Rights to Simon Enciso

To Rain or Shine

2018 second round pick

October 7, 2015^[3]

To Mahindra

Juneric Baloria
2016 and 2017 second round picks
(from NLEX)

To Meralco

2016 and 2017 second round picks
(from Mahindra)

To NLEX

Sean Anthony
(from Meralco via Mahindra)

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Al Thornton^[4]	February 12 (vs. Ginebra)	April 18 (vs. Meralco)	5–7
Governors' Cup	Henry Walker	July 16 (vs. Blackwater)	September 23 (vs. San Miguel)	5–7
Governors' Cup	Rodrigue Akl*^[5]	July 16 (vs. Blackwater)	September 23 (vs. San Miguel)	5–7

References

↑ TnT nets Rosario in 3-team trade; SMB acquires Heruela, philstar.ph, August 25, 2015.
↑ Rain or Shine trades second-rounder Simon Enciso to NLEX for future pick, interaksyon.com, August 27, 2015
↑ NLEX gets Sean Anthony in three-team deal inquirer.net, October 7, 2015
↑ NLEX set to bring NBA veteran Al Thornton back as import for Commissioner's Cup, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, December 27, 2015
↑ NLEX Road Warriors ink Rodrigue Akl, ex Sagesse

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