2023–24 Phoenix Fuel Masters season

2023–24 Phoenix Fuel Masters season
2023–24 Phoenix Fuel Masters season
Head coach	Jamike Jarin
General Manager	Paolo Bugia
Owner(s)	Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc.
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	8–3 (72.7%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Semifinalist (lost to Magnolia, 1–3)
Philippine Cup results
Record	3–8 (27.3%)
Place	11th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Phoenix Fuel Masters seasons
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Phoenix Fuel Masters season is the eighth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Formerly known as Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters in the Commissioner's Cup, the team revert to their former name Phoenix Fuel Masters starting the Philippine Cup.

Key dates

September 17: The PBA Season 48 draft was held at the Market! Market! in Taguig.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Place of birth	College
1	6	Kenneth Tuffin	F	New Zealand	FEU
2	16	Raffy Verano	G/F	USA	Ateneo
2	17	Ricci Rivero	G	Philippines	UP
3	28	Matthew Daves	F	Canada	Ateneo
4	39	John Lloyd Clemente	G	Philippines	NU
5	50	Daniel Atienza	G	Philippines	CEU
6	59	Joe Gómez de Liaño	G	Philippines	UP
7	66	Theo Flores	G/F	Philippines	NU

Roster

2023–24 Phoenix Fuel Masters roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
C	1	Muyang, Larry	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1995–06–04	Letran
F	2	Manganti, Sean	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)		1994–04–18	Adamson
F	3	Perkins, Jason	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1992–09–20	De La Salle
C	4	Soyud, Raul	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	222 lb (101 kg)	1991–01–14	Philippines
F/C	6	Lalata, Chris	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	1995–01–09	Olivarez
F	7	Mocon, Javee	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	1995–04–07	San Beda
G	8	Garcia, RR	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1990–01–12	Far Eastern
G	9	Alejandro, Jjay	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1995–04–13	National-U
F/C	12	Daves, Matthew (R)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	235 lb (107 kg)		Ateneo
G	13	Jazul, RJ (C)	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1986–04–11	Letran
G	16	Salado, Kent	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)		1994–11–10	Arellano
G	19	Tio, Tyler	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1998–04–05	Ateneo
F	20	Tuffin, Kenneth (R)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)		1997–05–05	Far Eastern
F	22	Verano, Raffy (R)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)		Ateneo
F	24	Camacho, Simon	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)			Adamson
G	25	Rivero, Ricci (R)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	146 lb (66 kg)	1998–05–25	Philippines

Head coach

Jamike Jarin

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Paolo Bugia

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

Roster

Preseason

PBA on Tour

Game log

2023 PBA on Tour game log
Total: 3–8

May: 2–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 24	San Miguel	W 106–101	Simon Camacho (15)	Larry Muyang (12)	Jjay Alejandro (9)	Ynares Sports Arena	1–0
2	May 28	Meralco	W 100–93	Raul Soyud (25)	Raul Soyud (13)	Tyler Tio (6)	Ynares Sports Arena	2–0

June: 1–4

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	June 2	Rain or Shine	L 104–113	Raul Soyud (24)	Raul Soyud (13)	RJ Jazul (9)	Ynares Center	2–1
4	June 9	NLEX	L 95–112	Larry Muyang (21)	Larry Muyang (12)	Jjay Alejandro (7)	Ynares Sports Arena	2–2
5	June 14	Barangay Ginebra	L 89–95	RJ Jazul (18)	Javee Mocon (9)	RJ Jazul (6)	Ynares Sports Arena	2–3
6	June 23	Terrafirma	W 104–92	Reden Celda (19)	Lalata, Muyang (8)	Jjay Alejandro (8)	Ynares Sports Arena	3–3
7	June 25	Blackwater	L 90–92	Sean Manganti (18)	Larry Muyang (8)	Reden Celda (6)	Ynares Sports Arena	3–4

July: 0–4

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
8	July 7	Converge	L 90–104	Sean Manganti (15)	Sean Manganti (8)	Tyler Tio (6)	Ynares Sports Arena	3–5
9	July 14	NorthPort	L 86–105	Raul Soyud (16)	Larry Muyang (12)	RR Garcia (6)	Ynares Sports Arena	3–6
10	July 19	TNT	L 88–96	Sean Manganti (18)	Camacho, Lalata (13)	Javee Mocon (5)	Ynares Sports Arena	3–7
11	July 23	Magnolia	L 91–111	Jjay Alejandro (24)	Larry Muyang (10)	Garcia, Mocon (6)	FilOil EcoOil Centre	3–8

Converge Pocket Tournament

Game log

2023 PBA Converge Pocket Tournament game log
Total: 0–3

October: 0–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 13	Rain or Shine	L 105–109	Johnathan Williams (25)	Johnathan Williams (11)	Tyler Tio (9)	Gatorade Hoops Center	0–1
2	October 15	Blackwater	L 96–103	Ricci Rivero (28)	Johnathan Williams (14)	Ken Tuffin (4)	Gatorade Hoops Center	0–2
3	October 17	Converge	L 93–97	Javee Mocon (13)	Johnathan Williams (8)	Alejandro, Mocon, Williams (4)	Gatorade Hoops Center	0–3

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^[a]	1
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	3	.727^[a]	1
4	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	8	3	.727^[a]	1
5	Meralco Bolts	8	3	.727^[a]	1	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	NorthPort Batang Pier	6	5	.545^[b]	3
7	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	5	.545^[b]	3
8	TNT Tropang Giga	5	6	.455	4
9	NLEX Road Warriors	4	7	.364	5
10	Terrafirma Dyip	2	9	.182	7
11	Blackwater Bossing	1	10	.091^[c]	8
12	Converge FiberXers	1	10	.091^[c]	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^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.17, Barangay Ginebra 0.99, Phoenix Super LPG 0.98, Meralco 0.89
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Rain or Shine
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Converge

Game log

2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 8–3

November: 4–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 10	NLEX	W 113–101	Johnathan Williams (26)	Johnathan Williams (13)	Tyler Tio (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0
2	November 12	Magnolia	L 92–107	Johnathan Williams (26)	Johnathan Williams (13)	Johnathan Williams (5)	Ynares Center	1–1
3	November 18	Rain or Shine	W 99–98	Johnathan Williams (29)	Johnathan Williams (18)	Johnathan Williams (7)	Ynares Center	2–1
4	November 24	Blackwater	W 111–106	Jason Perkins (23)	Johnathan Williams (12)	Johnathan Williams (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–1
5	November 29	Terrafirma	W 103–84	Johnathan Williams (29)	Johnathan Williams (13)	Johnathan Williams (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–1

December: 3–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
6	December 2	Converge	W 99–98	Johnathan Williams (27)	Johnathan Williams (16)	Johnathan Williams (6)	PhilSports Arena	5–1
7	December 9	Barangay Ginebra	W 82–77	Johnathan Williams (24)	Johnathan Williams (23)	Tyler Tio (7)	FPJ Arena	6–1
8	December 20	NorthPort	W 113–104	Johnathan Williams (38)	Johnathan Williams (19)	Johnathan Williams (9)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	7–1
9	December 25	San Miguel	L 96–117	Johnathan Williams (37)	Johnathan Williams (16)	Tyler Tio (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	7–2

January: 1–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
10	January 10	Meralco	W 93–83	Jason Perkins (22)	Johnathan Williams (15)	Johnathan Williams (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	8–2
11	January 14	TNT	L 96–116	Johnathan Williams (21)	Johnathan Williams (14)	Johnathan Williams (6)	PhilSports Arena	8–3

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Magnolia		109

8	TNT		94
				1	Magnolia	3
(#4 twice-to-beat)
				4	Phoenix Super LPG	1
4	Phoenix Super LPG	107	88

5	Meralco	116***	84
							1	Magnolia	2
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							2	San Miguel	4
2	San Miguel		127

7	Rain or Shine		122
				2	San Miguel	3
(#3 twice-to-beat)
				3	Barangay Ginebra	0
3	Barangay Ginebra		106

6	NorthPort		93

*Game went into overtime

Game log

2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log
Total: 2–4

Quarterfinals: 1–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	January 17	Meralco	L 107–116 (3OT)	Johnathan Williams (24)	Johnathan Williams (24)	Johnathan Williams (6)	PhilSports Arena	0–1
2	January 21	Meralco	W 88–84	Johnathan Williams (21)	Johnathan Williams (16)	Javee Mocon (4)	SM Mall of Asia Arena	1–1

Semifinals: 1–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	January 24	Magnolia	L 79–82	Jason Perkins (25)	Johnathan Williams (18)	Johnathan Williams (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1
2	January 26	Magnolia	L 78–82	Johnathan Williams (27)	Johnathan Williams (16)	Johnathan Williams (5)	SM Mall of Asia Arena	0–2
3	January 28	Magnolia	W 103–85	Johnathan Williams (19)	Johnathan Williams (15)	Johnathan Williams (4)	SM Mall of Asia Arena	1–2
4	January 31	Magnolia	L 79–89	Johnathan Williams (17)	Johnathan Williams (17)	Johnathan Williams (5)	SM Mall of Asia Arena	1–3

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636	3	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545^[a]	4	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	TNT Tropang Giga	6	5	.545^[a]	4
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	5	.545^[a]	4
6	NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545^[a]	4
7	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	6	5	.545^[a]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Terrafirma Dyip	5	6	.455^[b]	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	NorthPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455^[b]	5
10	Blackwater Bossing	4	7	.364	6
11	Phoenix Fuel Masters	3	8	.273	7
12	Converge FiberXers	2	9	.182	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]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.06, TNT 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.01, NLEX 0.99, Magnolia 0.90
^ ^a ^b Terrafirma won the eighth seed playoff over NorthPort (104–96).

Game log

2024 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 3–8

March: 1–4

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	March 8	NorthPort	L 120–124	Jason Perkins (28)	Jason Perkins (7)	Rivero, Tio, Tuffin (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1
2	March 10	Barangay Ginebra	L 92–102	Jason Perkins (14)	Javee Mocon (9)	Garcia, Manganti, Mocon (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–2
3	March 13	Terrafirma	W 94–78	RR Garcia (20)	Kenneth Tuffin (9)	RR Garcia (10)	PhilSports Arena	1–2
4	March 17	Rain or Shine	L 85–100	Ricci Rivero (16)	Javee Mocon (12)	Garcia, Rivero (4)	Ynares Center	1–3
All-Star Break
5	March 31	San Miguel	L 102–116	Alejandro, Daves (13)	Jason Perkins (11)	Jjay Alejandro (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–4

April: 2–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
6	April 12	Converge	W 113–107	Jason Perkins (26)	Jason Perkins (13)	Jjay Alejandro (8)	PhilSports Arena	2–4
7	April 14	Magnolia	L 93–107	RJ Jazul (21)	Jason Perkins (5)	Kent Salado (6)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	2–5
8	April 20	NLEX	W 112–77	RJ Jazul (19)	Jason Perkins (8)	Kent Salado (8)	Ynares Sports Arena	3–5
9	April 24	TNT	L 101–108	Jason Perkins (26)	Jason Perkins (10)	Kent Salado (7)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	3–6
10	April 26	Meralco	L 76–82	Kenneth Tuffin (14)	Mocon, Salado (8)	Jason Perkins (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–7

May: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
11	May 4	Blackwater	L 83–102	Jason Perkins (22)	Kenneth Tuffin (10)	Jjay Alejandro (5)	Ynares Sports Arena	3–8

Transactions

Free agency

Signings

Player	Date signed	Contract amount	Contract length	Former team
RR Garcia	April 5, 2023^[4]	Not disclosed	1 year	Re-signed
Larry Muyang	April 5, 2023^[4]		2 years
Chris Lalata	May 23, 2023^[5]		1 year
Tyler Tio	July 3, 2023^[6]		3 years
Jjay Alejandro	December 16, 2023^[7]		2 years
Jason Perkins	December 19, 2023^[8]	₱420,000 per month (max. contract)	3 years
RR Garcia	March 5, 2024^[9]	Not disclosed	1 year
RJ Jazul	March 6, 2024^[10]		1 year
Kent Salado	March 16, 2024^[11]		Not disclosed	NLEX Road Warriors

Subtractions

Player	Number	Position	Reason	New team
Encho Serrano^[12]	18	Point guard / Shooting guard	End of contract; did not agree to term extension	Pampanga Giant Lanterns (MPBL)
Kurt Lojera^[13]	3	Shooting guard	End of contract; did not agree to term extension	Siomai King (PSL)

Trades

Pre-season

May
May 30, 2023^[14]	To Phoenix Reden Celda Tzaddy Rangel	To NLEX Ben Adamos

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Johnathan Williams	November 10, 2023 (vs. NLEX)	January 31, 2024 (vs. Magnolia)	10–7

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date awarded
Johnathan Williams	2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup Best Import of the Conference	February 9, 2024^[15]
Honors
Jason Perkins	2023–24 PBA Mythical Second Team	August 18, 2024^[16]

References

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[table_hth_BGSM0.18080631279424-2] Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.17, Barangay Ginebra 0.99, Phoenix Super LPG 0.98, Meralco 0.89

[table_hth_NP0.18080631279424-3] Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Rain or Shine

[table_hth_BWB0.18080631279424-4] Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Converge

[table_hth_MER0.21405305630251-6] Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.06, TNT 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.01, NLEX 0.99, Magnolia 0.90

[table_hth_TER0.21405305630251-7] Terrafirma won the eighth seed playoff over NorthPort (104–96).

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[11] Ramos, Gerry. "Tyler Tio signed to fresh three-year Phoenix contract". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 22, 2023.

[12] Ramos, Gerry. "Jayjay Alejandro signs a 2-year contract extension with Phoenix". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 16, 2023.

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[15] Ramos, Gerry. "RJ Jazul, Phoenix's longest-tenured player, inks new one-year deal". Spin.ph. Retrieved March 6, 2024.

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