2013 PBA Governors' Cup

2013 PBA Governors' Cup
Duration August 14 – October 25, 2013
TV partner(s) Local:
Sports5 on IBC (eliminations, playoffs) / TV5 (finals) / AksyonTV
Worldwide:
AksyonTV International
Finals
Champions San Mig Coffee Mixers
Runners-up Petron Blaze Boosters
Awards
Best Player Arwind Santos
(Petron Blaze Boosters)
Best Import Marqus Blakely
(San Mig Coffee Mixers)
Finals MVP Marc Pingris
(San Mig Coffee Mixers)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

The 2013 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup was the third and last conference of the 2012–13 PBA season. Due to the preparations for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship, the conference started on August 14, 2013, and finished on October 25, 2013.

The tournament is an import-laden format, which allows an import or a pure-foreign player for each team and with a height limit of 6-foot-5.

The finals is sponsored by PLDT Telpad.

Format

The tournament format for this conference is as follows:[1]

  • Single-round robin eliminations; 9 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win-loss records.
  • Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. In case of tie, playoffs will be held only for the #4 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 (#3 seed twice-to-beat)
    • QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed (#4 seed twice-to-beat)
  • Semifinals (best-of-5 series):
    • SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
    • SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
  • Finals (best-of-7 series)
    • Winners of the semifinals

Elimination round

Team standings

 y  – clinched quarterfinals with twice-to-beat advantage,  w  – clinched quarterfinals with twice-to-win disadvantage,  e  – eliminated

2013 PBA Governors' Cup
Team W L PCT GB Tie PO
y- Petron Blaze Boosters81.889—
y- San Mig Coffee Mixers63.6672
y- Meralco Bolts54.55631.079
y- Rain or Shine Elasto Painters54.55630.927
w- GlobalPort Batang Pier45.44441.010
w- Barako Bull Energy Cola45.44440.995
w- Alaska Aces45.44440.994
w- Barangay Ginebra San Miguel36.33350.995
e- Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters36.33351.049
e- Air21 Express36.33350.957

Schedule

Teams123456789
Air21 GP SMCBBECPBBROSBGSMTNTMERALA
Alaska GP ROSBGSMMERTNTSMCPBBBBECA21
Barako Bull TNT MERA21BGSMPBBGPROSSMCALA
Brgy. Ginebra PBB MERBBECALAA21SMCROSGPTNT
GlobalPort A21 ROSALATNTSMCBBECMERPBBBGSM
Meralco PBB BBECBGSMTNTALAROSGPA21SMC
Petron Blaze MER BGSMROSA21SMCBBECTNTALAGP
Rain or Shine SMC GPPBBALAA21MERBBECBGSMTNT
San Mig Coffee ROS A21TNTPBBGPBGSMALABBECMER
Talk 'N Text BBEC SMCMERGPALAPBBA21ROSBGSM

  Win
  Loss

Results

Team A21 ALA BBECBGSMGPMERPBBROSSMCTNT
Air21 121–10794–10393–10694–10191–10086–11295–10993–82106–102
Alaska – 91–89102–9988–9174–84100–10394–7982–95112–104
Barako Bull – –104–9198–9790–8987–11293–12077–81113–118*
Brgy. Ginebra – ––106–113*98–8595–101101–10086–8999–113
GlobalPort – –––91–7990–10174–9488–10295–102
Meralco – ––––89–8382–7687–8892–86
Petron Blaze – –––––99–8489–83122–88
Rain or Shine – ––––––79–75104–102
San Mig Coffee – –––––––118–99
Talk 'N Text – ––––––––

  Win
  OT Win
  Loss
  OT Loss

Seeding playoffs

Bracket

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-5)		     Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#1 twice to beat)                        
  1 Petron Blaze 101    
  8 Barangay Ginebra 94    
            1 Petron Blaze 3    
    (#4 twice to beat)       4 Rain or Shine 1  
  4 Rain or Shine 108  
  5 GlobalPort 106    
    1 Petron Blaze 3
    (#2 twice to beat)     2 San Mig Coffee 4
  2 San Mig Coffee 105 83  
  7 Alaska 112 73  
            2 San Mig Coffee 3
    (#3 twice to beat)     3 Meralco 1    
  3 Meralco 86  
  6 Barako Bull 68    


Quarterfinals

Petron Blaze vs. Barangay Ginebra

September 26
Petron Blaze Boosters 101, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 94
Petron wins series in one game

San Mig Coffee vs. Alaska

September 27
San Mig Coffee Mixers 83, Alaska Aces 73
San Mig Coffee wins series in two games

Meralco vs. Barako Bull

September 25
Meralco Bolts 86, Barako Bull Energy Cola 68
Meralco wins series in one game

Rain or Shine vs. GlobalPort

September 26
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 108, GlobalPort Batang Pier 106
Rain or Shine wins series in one game

Semifinals

Petron-Rain or Shine series

October 7
Petron Blaze Boosters 110, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 89
Petron Blaze wins series, 3–1

San Mig Coffee-Meralco series

October 6
San Mig Coffee Mixers 79, Meralco Bolts 73
San Mig Coffee wins series, 3–1

Finals

October 25
Petron Blaze Boosters 77, San Mig Coffee Mixers 87
San Mig Coffee wins series, 4–3

Imports

The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.

TeamNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Air21 ExpressZach GrahamAugust 14 (vs. GlobalPort)September 22 (vs. Alaska Aces)3–6
Alaska AcesWendell McKinesAugust 23 (vs. GlobalPort)September 27 (vs. San Mig Coffee)5–6
Barako Bull Energy ColaMike SingletaryAugust 15 (vs. Talk 'N Text)September 25 (vs. Meralco)4–6
Barangay Ginebra San MiguelDior LowhornAugust 18 (vs. Petron)September 26 (vs. Petron)4–7
GlobalPort Batang PierMarkeith CummingsAugust 14 (vs. Air21)September 26 (vs. Rain or Shine)4–6
Meralco BoltsMario WestAugust 16 (vs. Petron)October 6 (vs. San Mig Coffee)7–7
Petron Blaze BoostersElijah MillsapAugust 16 (vs. Meralco)October 25 (vs. San Mig Coffee)15–7
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersArizona ReidAugust 14 (vs. San Mig Coffee)October 7 (vs. Petron)7–7
San Mig Coffee MixersMarqus BlakelyAugust 14 (vs. Rain or Shine)October 25 (vs. Petron)15–8
Talk 'N Text Tropang TextersTony MitchellAugust 15 (vs. Barako Bull)September 13 (vs. Air21)2–5
Courtney FellsSeptember 18 (vs. Rain or Shine)September 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)1–2

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

Week Player Ref.
August 14–18 Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) [3]
August 19–25 LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) [4]
August 26 – September 1 Emman Monfort (Barako Bull Energy Cola) [5]
September 2–8 James Yap (San Mig Coffee Mixers) [6]
September 9–15 Marcio Lassiter (Petron Blaze Boosters) [7]
September 16–22 Jay Washington (GlobalPort Batang Pier) [8]
September 23–29 Joe Devance (San Mig Coffee Mixers) [9]
September 30 – October 7 James Yap (San Mig Coffee Mixers)
Alex Cabagnot (Petron Blaze Boosters)		 [10]

References

  1. ↑ League tweaks Governors' Cup format, eliminates semifinal round robin, GMA News Online, August 13, 2012
  2. ↑ GINEBRA – TNT DO-OR-DIE GAME RESET TUESDAY, PBA.inquirer.net, September 23, 2013
  3. ↑ LEE PACES RAIN OR SHINE’S LETHAL START, PBA.inquirer.net, August 20, 2013
  4. ↑ TENORIO UNLEASHED, PBA.inquirer.net, August 26, 2013
  5. ↑ POCKET ROCKET IN FULL BLAST-OFF, PBA.inquirer.net, September 2, 2013
  6. ↑ YAP CRANKS UP GAME, PBA.inquirer.net, September 9, 2013
  7. ↑ MAJOR PROBLEM, PBA.inquirer.net, September 16, 2013
  8. ↑ PICKING UP THE CUDGELS, PBA.inquirer.net, September 16, 2013
  9. ↑ RISING UP, PBA.inquirer.net, September 30, 2013
  10. ↑ GO-TO GUYS, PBA.inquirer.net, October 8, 2013
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