The 2012–13 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup was the first conference of the 2012–13 PBA season. The tournament started on September 30, 2012, and concluded on January 16, 2013. The tournament does not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports.
2012–13 PBA Philippine Cup | |
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Duration | September 30, 2012 – January 16, 2013 |
TV partner(s) | Sports5 - AKTV on IBC (Local) Aksyon TV International (International) |
Finals | |
Champions | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |
Runners-up | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters |
Awards | |
Best Player | Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |
Finals MVP | Ranidel de Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |
PBA Philippine Cup chronology | |
PBA conference chronology | |
Format
editThe following format was observed for the duration of the tournament:
- Two-round eliminations, with each team playing 14 games. The teams are divided into two groups on the basis of their natural draft order from the previous rookie draft. Each team will play teams within their group once, while they will play teams from the other group twice.
- Group A:
- Air21 Express (#1)
- Meralco Bolts (#3)
- Petron Blaze Boosters (#5)
- Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (#7)
- San Mig Coffee Mixers (#9)
- Group B:
- Alaska Aces (#2)
- Barako Bull Energy Cola (#4)
- GlobalPort Batang Pier (#6)
- Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (#8)
- Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (#10)
- Group A:
- Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. In case of tie, playoffs will be held only for the #2 and #8 seeds.
- Quarterfinals:
- QF1: #1 seed vs #8 seed (#1 seed twice-to-beat)
- QF2: #2 seed vs #7 seed (#2 seed twice-to-beat)
- QF3: #3 seed vs #6 seed (best-of-3 series)
- QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed (best-of-3 series)
- Semifinals (best-of-7 series):
- SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
- SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
- Finals (best-of-7 series)
- Winners of the semifinals
Elimination round
editTeam standings
editPos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 12 | 2 | .857 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | San Mig Coffee Mixers | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2 | |
3 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | Meralco Bolts | 8 | 6 | .571[a] | 4 | |
5 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 6 | .571[a] | 4 | |
6 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5 | |
7 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 6 | 8 | .429 | 6 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Air21 Express | 5 | 9 | .357 | 7 | |
9 | Barako Bull Energy Cola | 4 | 10 | .286 | 8 | |
10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 1 | 13 | .071 | 11 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
Notes:
Schedule
editWin | |
Loss | |
OT win | |
OT loss |
Team | Game number | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||||
Air21 | BBE | GP | ROS | TNT | MER | ALA | PBB | BBE | ALA | ROS | SMC | TNT | BGSM | GP | ||||
Alaska | SMC | MER | BBE | PBB | A21 | BGSM | TNT | ROS | SMC | A21 | BGSM | MER | GP | PBB | ||||
Barako Bull | A21 | PBB | ALA | BGSM | TNT | SMC | MER | GP | A21 | SMC | PBB | MER | BGSM | ROS | ||||
Barangay Ginebra | GP | ROS | MER | BBE | PBB | ALA | SMC | GP | TNT | ALA | ROS | A21 | BBE | TNT | ||||
GlobalPort | BGSM | A21 | TNT | MER | ROS | PBB | SMC | BBE | BGSM | PBB | MER | ALA | A21 | SMC | ||||
Meralco | TNT | ALA | BGSM | GP | A21 | BBE | ROS | PBB | TNT | ROS | GP | ALA | BBE | SMC | ||||
Petron | ROS | BBE | SMC | ALA | BGSM | GP | A21 | TNT | MER | ROS | GP | BBE | TNT | ALA | ||||
Rain or Shine | PBB | BGSM | A21 | GP | SMC | TNT | MER | ALA | PBB | A21 | MER | BGSM | SMC | BBE | ||||
San Mig Coffee | ALA | PBB | TNT | ROS | BBE | GP | BGSM | ALA | BBE | TNT | A21 | ROS | GP | MER | ||||
Talk 'N Text | MER | GP | A21 | SMC | BBE | ROS | ALA | PBB | BGSM | MER | SMC | A21 | PBB | BGSM |
Results
editBracket
editQuarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | |||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | |||||||||||||
1 | Talk 'N Text | 105 | |||||||||||
8 | Air21 | 100 | |||||||||||
1 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | |||||||||||
(best-of-3) | |||||||||||||
5 | Alaska | 2 | |||||||||||
4 | Meralco | 0 | |||||||||||
5 | Alaska | 2 | |||||||||||
1 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | |||||||||||
(#2 twice-to-beat) | |||||||||||||
3 | Rain or Shine | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | San Mig Coffee | 92* | |||||||||||
7 | Petron Blaze | 87 | |||||||||||
2 | San Mig Coffee | 2 | |||||||||||
(best-of-3) | |||||||||||||
3 | Rain or Shine | 4 | |||||||||||
3 | Rain or Shine | 2 | |||||||||||
6 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | |||||||||||
*Game went into overtime
Quarterfinals
edit(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (8) Air21
editDecember 13
|
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 105, Air21 Express 100 | ||
Talk 'N Text wins series in one game |
(2) San Mig Coffee vs. (7) Petron Blaze
editDecember 13
|
San Mig Coffee Mixers 92, Petron Blaze Boosters 87 (OT) | ||
San Mig Coffee wins series in one game |
(3) Rain or Shine vs. (6) Barangay Ginebra
editDecember 16
|
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 102, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 89 | ||
Rain or Shine wins series, 2–1 |
(4) Meralco vs. (5) Alaska
editSemifinals
edit(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (5) Alaska
edit(2) San Mig Coffee vs. (3) Rain or Shine
editFinals
editJanuary 16
|
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 105, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 82 | ||
Talk 'N Text wins series, 4-0 |
Conference records
edit- Records marked with an asterisk (*) were accomplished with one or more overtime periods.
Team
editRecord | Stat | Holder | Date/s |
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Longest winning streak | 8 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Nov 16 to December 19, 2012 |
Longest losing streak | 10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | Oct 20 to December 7, 2012 |
Most points in one game (winning team) | 116 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (vs Barako Bull Energy Cola) | December 7, 2012 |
Most points in one game (losing team) | 110* | Meralco Bolts (vs Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) | October 5, 2012 |
Most points in one game (combined) | 222* | Meralco Bolts vs Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | October 5, 2012 |
Most points in one half | 68 | San Mig Coffee Mixers (vs Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | December 21, 2012 |
Most points in one quarter | 39 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (vs Meralco Bolts) | November 4, 2012 |
Meralco Bolts (vs GlobalPort Batang Pier) | October 17, 2012 | ||
Least points in one game (winning team) | 66 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (vs Alaska Aces) | December 19, 2012 |
Least points in one game (losing team) | 62 | Air21 Express (vs Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | November 17, 2012 |
Least points in one game (combined) | 131 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters vs Alaska Aces | December 19, 2012 |
Least points in one quarter | 6 | Petron Blaze Boosters (vs Alaska Aces) | December 5, 2012 |
Least points in one half | 22 | San Mig Coffee Mixers (vs Alaska Aces) | November 10, 2012 |
Biggest winning margin | 29 | Petron Blaze Boosters (vs GlobalPort Batang Pier) | November 18, 2012 |
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (vs San Mig Coffee Mixers) | November 21, 2012 |
Individual
editRecord | Stat | Holder | Date/s |
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Most points in one game | 41 | Niño Canaleta (Air21 Express vs GlobalPort Batang Pier) | December 5, 2012 |
Most rebounds in one game | 21 | Doug Kramer (Barako Bull Energy Cola vs Petron Blaze Boosters) | November 24, 2012 |
Jay-R Reyes (Meralco Bolts vs Alaska Aces) | December 12, 2012 | ||
Most defensive rebounds in one game | 15 | Jay-R Reyes (Meralco Bolts vs Alaska Aces) | December 12, 2012 |
Most offensive rebounds in one game | 12 | Doug Kramer (Barako Bull Energy Cola vs Petron Blaze Boosters) | November 24, 2012 |
Most assists in one game | 18 | Mike Cortez (Air21 Express vs Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) | December 13, 2012 |
Most blocks in one game | 6 | Billy Mamaril (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel vs Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | December 16, 2012 |
Most steals in one game | 6 | Chris Ross (Meralco Bolts vs Petron Blaze Boosters) | November 11, 2012 |
Most FG made in one game | 14 | Niño Canaleta (Air21 Express vs GlobalPort Batang Pier) | December 5, 2012 |
Most 3 point FG made in one game | 7 | Ronjay Buenafe (Meralco Bolts vs GlobalPort Batang Pier) | October 17, 2012 |
James Yap (San Mig Coffee Mixers vs Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | December 21, 2012 | ||
Most FT made in one game | 15 | Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters vs Meralco Bolts) | November 21, 2012 |
JVee Casio (Alaska Aces vs GlobalPort Batang Pier) | December 1, 2012 | ||
Most minutes played in one game | 47 | James Yap (San Mig Coffee Mixers vs Petron Blaze Boosters) | December 13, 2012 |
Awards
editConference
edit- Best Player of the Conference: Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
- Finals MVP: Ranidel de Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
Players of the Week
editWeek | Player | Ref. |
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September 30 – October 7 | LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) | |
October 8–14 | Cliff Hodge (Meralco Bolts) | |
October 15–21 | Jervy Cruz (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | |
October 22–28 | Calvin Abueva (Alaska Aces) | |
October 29 – November 4 | JVee Casio (Alaska Aces) | [1] |
November 5–11 | Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) | [2] |
November 12–18 | Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) | [3] |
November 19–25 | Jimmy Alapag (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) | [4] |
November 26 – December 2 | Calvin Abueva (Alaska Aces) | [5] |
December 3–9 | Jervy Cruz (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | [6] |
December 10–16 | Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | [7] |
December 17–23 | James Yap (San Mig Coffee Mixers) | [8] |
December 24–30 | Ryan Araña (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | [9] |
December 31 – January 6 | Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | [10] |
References
edit- ^ IN A ZONE, PBA.inquirer.net, December 9, 2012
- ^ NO QUIT IN THE SPARK, PBA.inquirer.net, December 9, 2012
- ^ LEADING THE KINGS TO FINAL PLAYOFF PUSH, PBA.inquirer.net, December 7, 2012
- ^ A LEADER LIKE NO OTHER, PBA.inquirer.net, December 10, 2012
- ^ ALL IN A DAY’S WORK FOR THE BEAST, PBA.inquirer.net, December 10, 2012
- ^ BREAKOUT CONFERENCE FOR CRUZ, PBA.inquirer.net, December 10, 2012
- ^ MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME, PBA.inquirer.net, December 17, 2012
- ^ MANNING UP, PBA.inquirer.net, December 24, 2012
- ^ ALL-AROUND GAME Archived January 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, January 1, 2013
- ^ RISING TO THE CHALLENGE, PBA.inquirer.net, January 7, 2013