The 2024–25 Phoenix Fuel Masters season is the 9th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

Draft picks

Main article: PBA season 49 draft
Round Pick Player Position Place of birth College
1 4 Kai Ballungay C/F  USA Ateneo
3 28 CJ Payawal F  USA UE
4 38 Chino Mosqueda G  Philippines NU
5 45 Patrick Feliciano G  Philippines Diliman

Roster

Phoenix Fuel Masters roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
C 1 Philippines Muyang, Larry 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1995–06–04 Letran
F 2 United States Manganti, Sean 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 1994–04–18 Adamson
F 3 United States Perkins, Jason 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1992–09–20 De La Salle
C 4 Philippines Soyud, Raul 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 222 lb (101 kg) 1991–01–14 Philippines
F 5 Philippines Ular, Ato 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 1995–05–04 Letran
G 8 Philippines Garcia, RR 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1990–01–12 Far Eastern
G 9 Philippines Alejandro, Jjay 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1995–04–13 National-U
F/C 10 United States Ballungay, Kai (R) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 2001–11–16 Ateneo
F/C 12 Canada Daves, Matthew 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Ateneo
G 13 Philippines Jazul, RJ (C) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986–04–11 Letran
F 15 Philippines Camacho, Simon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Adamson
G 18 Philippines Salado, Kent 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 1994–11–10 Arellano
G 19 Philippines Tio, Tyler 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1998–04–05 Ateneo
F 20 New Zealand Tuffin, Kenneth 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 1997–05–05 Far Eastern
F 22 United States Verano, Raffy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Ateneo
G 25 Philippines Rivero, Ricci 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 146 lb (66 kg) 1998–05–25 Philippines
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager


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 Injured

Roster


Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Group B Standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 7 3 .700 — Quarterfinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 6 4 .600[a] 1
3 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 4 .600[a] 1
4 NLEX Road Warriors 5 5 .500[b] 2
5 Blackwater Bossing 5 5 .500[b] 2
6 Phoenix Fuel Masters 1 9 .100 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); 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–1 Barangay Ginebra (San Miguel 1.23, Barangay Ginebra 0.82)
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–1 Blackwater (NLEX 1.03, Blackwater 0.97)

Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 1–9
August: 0–3
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 August 21 San Miguel L 107–111 Jason Perkins (18) Jayveous McKinnis (15) Rivero, Tio (3) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–1
2 August 25 NLEX L 95–100 RR Garcia (18) Jayveous McKinnis (14) Jason Perkins (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–2
3 August 30 Rain or Shine L 99–116 Alejandro, Jazul (12) Javee Mocon (9) Tyler Tio (7) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 0–3
September: 1–6
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
4 September 3 Blackwater L 111–123 Brandone Francis (45) Javee Mocon (12) Brandone Francis (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–4
5 September 6 Barangay Ginebra L 101–110 Brandone Francis (33) Javee Mocon (9) Francis, Mocon, Tio (4) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 0–5
6 September 10 Rain or Shine L 107–122 Brandone Francis (31) Jason Perkins (10) Jason Perkins (3) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 0–6
7 September 13 San Miguel L 127–139 Brandone Francis (48) Jason Perkins (7) Tyler Tio (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–7
8 September 15 Blackwater W 119–114 Brandone Francis (23) Brandone Francis (10) Brandone Francis (9) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–7
9 September 18 Barangay Ginebra L 96–112 Manganti, Perkins (18) Ballungay, Francis (6) Tyler Tio (8) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–8
10 September 20 NLEX L 79–104 Sean Manganti (13) Jason Perkins (7) Ricci Rivero (3) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–9

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

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

Game log

2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 3–9
November: 0–2
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 November 27, 2024 Eastern L 87–102 Donovan Smith (33) Donovan Smith (11) Perkins, Rivero (4) PhilSports Arena 0–1
2 November 29, 2024 Meralco L 109–111 Donovan Smith (33) Donovan Smith (9) Tyler Tio (8) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 0–2
December: 1–3
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
3 December 3, 2024 San Miguel L 104–107 Donovan Smith (37) Donovan Smith (15) Tyler Tio (6) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 0–3
4 December 13, 2024 Barangay Ginebra L 72–94 Donovan Smith (20) Donovan Smith (15) Ricci Rivero (4) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 0–4
5 December 17, 2024 NorthPort W 115–109 Donovan Smith (32) Donovan Smith (14) Tyler Tio (9) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–4
6 December 19, 2024 Converge L 105–116 Donovan Smith (30) Donovan Smith (18) Tyler Tio (5) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–5
January: 2–4
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
7 January 7, 2025 Terrafirma W 122–108 Donovan Smith (37) Kenneth Tuffin (9) Jazul, Rivero (5) PhilSports Arena 2–5
8 January 11, 2025 Rain or Shine W 93–91 Donovan Smith (22) RR Garcia (11) Tyler Tio (4) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 3–5
9 January 16, 2025 Magnolia L 104–110 Donovan Smith (40) Donovan Smith (6) Tyler Tio (5) PhilSports Arena 3–6
10 January 19, 2025 NLEX L 94–108 Donovan Smith (36) Donovan Smith (14) Donovan Smith (3) Ynares Center 3–7
11 January 21, 2025 Blackwater L 92–100 Donovan Smith (32) Donovan Smith (9) Donovan Smith (5) Ynares Center 3–8
12 January 24, 2025 TNT L 70–106 Tyler Tio (14) Donovan Smith (15) RJ Jazul (4) Ynares Center 3–9

Transactions

Trades

Governors' Cup

September
September 11, 2024[4] To Phoenix
Ato Ular
2026 NLEX second-round pick 		To NLEX
Javee Mocon


Recruited imports

Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record Ref.
Governors' Cup Jayveous McKinnis August 21, 2024 (vs. San Miguel) August 25, 2024 (vs. NLEX) 0–2 [5]
Brandone Francis September 3, 2024 (vs. Blackwater) September 20, 2024 (vs. NLEX) 1–6 [6]
Commissioner's Cup Donovan Smith November 27, 2024 (vs. NLEX) January 24, 2025 (vs. TNT) 3–9 [7]

References

  1. ^ "Baltazar is the Chosen One -- the top pick of Draft Class 2024". PBA.ph. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  2. ^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
  3. ^ "All about the PBA quotient". INQUIRER.net. December 10, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  4. ^ Ramos, Gerry (September 11, 2024). "Phoenix trades Javee Mocon to NLEX for Ato Ular, 2nd round-pick". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  5. ^ Sayson, Homer D. (July 12, 2024). "Phoenix taps McKinnis; TNT plan to bring back RHJ faces hitch". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  6. ^ Ramos, Gerry (September 2, 2024). "Phoenix taps Brandone Francis as replacement import for Govs Cup". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  7. ^ Sayson, Homer D. (October 21, 2024). "Phoenix bringing in Donovan Smith for PBA Commissioner's Cup". Spin.ph. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Phoenix_Fuel_Masters_season
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