2012–13 Meralco Bolts season

The 2012–13 Meralco Bolts season is the 3rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2012-13 Meralco Bolts season
Head coachRyan Gregorio
Owner(s)Manila Electric Company
(a MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record8–6
(.571)
Place4th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(eliminated by Alaska Aces in two games)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record7–7
(.500)
Place5th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(def by. San Mig Coffee, 2-1)
Governors' Cup results
Record5–4
(.556)
Place3rd
Playoff finishSemifinalist
(def by. San Mig Coffee, 3-1)
Meralco Bolts seasons

Key dates
  • August 19: The 2012 PBA Draft took place in Robinson's Midtown Mall, Manila.

Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 4 Cliff Hodge F/C  United States Hawaii Pacific
2 7 Kelly Nabong F  Philippines Santa Rosa JC
3 4 Janus Lozada G/F  Philippines Adamson
4 2 Eric Suguitan C  Philippines ACSAT

Roster
Meralco Bolts roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
G 1 Cortez, Mike 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) De La Salle
SG 2 Wilson, John 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) JRU
PG 4 Mangahas, Allan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Mapúa
PG 6 Ross, Chris (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Marshall
PF 7 Hodge, Cliff (R) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Hawaii Pacific
C 8 Allado, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) La Salle
G 13 Timberlake, Chris 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 182 lb (83 kg) North Florida
SG 14 Cardona, Mark 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) De La Salle
F 15 Baclao, Nonoy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) ADMU
C 19 Reyes, Jay-R 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) UP Diliman
G/F 20 Dillinger, Jared 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Air Force
PF 21 Hugnatan, Reynel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) UM
G/F 22 Vanlandingham, Josh 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Pacific Lutheran
SF 24 Guevarra, Rey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Letran
F/C 31 Sena, James 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) JRU
SF 80 Salvacion, Sunday 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) CSB
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Butch Antonio


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

{{2012–13 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=MER}}

Game log
2013 PBA Philippine Cup game log
October
November
December
2012–13 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket
  Quarterfinals     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

Game log
2013 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Quarterfinals: 0–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1 December 12 Alaska 84–90 Mercado (22) Reyes (21) Mercado (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–1 Boxscore
2 December 14 Alaska 70–88 Cardona (18) Hugnatan (9) Mercado (10) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–2 Boxscore
2012–13 schedule

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Alaska Aces 11 3 .786 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 9 5 .643 2
3 Petron Blaze Boosters 8 6 .571[lower-alpha 1] 3 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 San Mig Coffee Mixers 8 6 .571[lower-alpha 1] 3
5 Meralco Bolts 7 7 .500[lower-alpha 2] 4
6 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 7 7 .500[lower-alpha 2] 4
7 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 7 .500[lower-alpha 2] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Air21 Express 6 8 .429 5
9 Barako Bull Energy Cola 5 9 .357 6
10 GlobalPort Batang Pier 2 12 .143 9
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Petron 2–0 San Mig
  2. Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.01, TNT 1.00, Barangay Ginebra 0.99

Game log
2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
February
March
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
6 March 6 Air21 89–88 Dawson (35) Dawson (17) Ross (12) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–3 boxscore
7 March 13 Barako Bull Smart Araneta Coliseum
8 March 15 San Mig Coffee Smart Araneta Coliseum
9 March 22 Barangay Ginebra Smart Araneta Coliseum
2012–13 schedule

Governors Cup

Eliminations

Standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Petron Blaze Boosters 8 1 .889 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 San Mig Coffee Mixers 6 3 .667 2
3 Meralco Bolts 5 4 .556[lower-alpha 1] 3
4 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 4 .556[lower-alpha 1] 3
5 GlobalPort Batang Pier 4 5 .444[lower-alpha 2] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 Barako Bull Energy 4 5 .444[lower-alpha 2] 4
7 Alaska Aces 4 5 .444[lower-alpha 2] 4
8 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 3 6 .333[lower-alpha 3] 5
9 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 3 6 .333[lower-alpha 3] 5
10 Air21 Express 3 6 .333[lower-alpha 3] 5
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Meralco 82–76 Rain or Shine
  2. Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.01, Barako Bull 1.00, Alaska 0.99
  3. Head-to-head quotient: Talk 'N Text 1.05, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Air21 0.96; 8th-seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 110–102 Talk 'N Text

Game log

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season
August 20, 2012[1] To Meralco
2012 2nd round pick (Kelly Nabong)		 To Rain or Shine
2015 second round pick
September 11, 2012[2] To Meralco
Carlo Sharma
Sunday Salvacion		 To Barako Bull
Jason Ballesteros

Commissioner's Cup
January 31, 2013[3] To Meralco
Rey Guevarra
Vic Manuel
Josh Vanlandingham
2015 1st round pick		 To GlobalPort
Sol Mercado
Kelly Nabong
JP Belencion
Yousif Aljamal
June 10, 2013[4] To Meralco
Jared Dillinger
Don Allado		 To Barako Bull
Ronjay Buenafe
Gilbert Bulawan
July 17, 2013[5] To Meralco
Nonoy Baclao
John Wilson		 To Air21
Vic Manuel
Carlo Sharma
2016 2nd round pick

Governors' Cup
September 7, 2013[6] To Meralco
Mike Cortez
James Sena		 To Air21
Asi Taulava
Mark Borboran
October 11, 2013[7] To Meralco
Gary David
AJ Mandani		 To GlobalPort
Chris Ross
Chris Timberlake
2016 and 2017 2nd round picks
October 14, 2013[8] To Meralco
Rabeh Al-Hussaini
Nelbert Omolon		 To Air21
Mark Cardona
Nonoy Baclao

Recruited imports
TournamentNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Commissioner's CupEric DawsonFebruary 9 (vs. Talk 'N Text)April 24 (vs. San Mig Coffee)8–9
Governors' CupMario WestAugust 16 (vs. Petron)October 6 (vs. San Mig Coffee)7–7

References
  1. BOOSTERS GROW STRONGER, PBA.ph, August 19, 2012
  2. Barako Bull acquires ‘project’ Ballesteros from Meralco for Salvacion, Sharma Archived 2016-04-09 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, September 11, 2012
  3. PBA approves Sol Mercado to GlobalPort, Japeth Aguilar for Rabeh Al-Hussaini trades Archived 2013-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, January 31, 2013
  4. PBA approves trade: Dillinger, Allado to Meralco, Buenafe to Barako Bull, Anthony to Talk ‘N Text Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, June 10, 2013
  5. Meralco's Sharma, Manuel head to Air21 for Baclao, Wilson as trade finally a go, Snow Badua, spin.ph, July 12, 2013
  6. Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, September 7, 2013
  7. Gary David, Chris Ross switch places as PBA approves Meralco-GlobalPort trade Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, October 11, 2013
  8. Al-Hussaini moves from TnT to Meralco as Air21 lands Cardona in three-team trade deal, Snow Badua, spin.ph, October 14, 2013
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