2012–13 PBA Philippine Cup

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
DurationSeptember 30, 2012 – January 16, 2013
TV partner(s)Sports5 - AKTV on IBC (Local)
Aksyon TV International (International)
Finals
ChampionsTalk 'N Text Tropang Texters
Runners-upRain or Shine Elasto Painters
Awards
Best PlayerJayson Castro
(Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
Finals MVPRanidel de Ocampo
(Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
PBA Philippine Cup chronology
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PBA conference chronology

Format

The 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.
  • 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

Team standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
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[lower-alpha 1] 4
5 Alaska Aces 8 6 .571[lower-alpha 1] 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:
  1. Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–1 Meralco; Meralco +4, Alaska −4

Schedule
Teams1234567891011121314
Air21 BBE GPROSTNTMERALAPBBBBEALAROSSMCTNTBGSMGP
Alaska SMC MERBBEPBBA21BGSMTNTROSSMCA21BGSMMERGPPBB
Barako Bull A21 PBBALABGSMTNTSMCMERGPA21SMCPBBMERBGSMROS
Brgy. Ginebra GP ROSMERBBEPBBALASMCGPTNTALAROSA21BBETNT
GlobalPort BGSM A21TNTMERROSPBBSMCBBEBGSMPBBMERALAA21SMC
Meralco TNT ALABGSMGPA21BBEROSPBBTNTROSGPALABBESMC
Petron Blaze ROS BBESMCALABGSMGPA21TNTMERROSGPBBETNTALA
Rain or Shine PBB BGSMA21GPSMCTNTMERALAPBBA21MERBGSMSMCBBE
San Mig Coffee ALA PBBTNTROSBBEGPBGSMALABBETNTA21ROSGPMER
Talk 'N Text MER GPA21SMCBBEROSALAPBBBGSMMERSMCA21PBBBGSM
  •   Win
  •   Loss

Results
Team A21 ALA BBEBGSMGPMERPBBROSSMCTNT
Air21 81–9287–9076–9988–8172–8597–7698–99*80–8989–96
Alaska 103–104 102–8687–69101–9586–9388–8693–10183–10394–92
Barako Bull 85–86 —92–8295–9486–9989–98101–11691–9276–79
Brgy. Ginebra — 96–9379–83110–9088–9595–9898–9468–78104–101
GlobalPort 92–113 ——79–81105–10498–11083–9478–82104–108
Meralco — 85–8885–73—101–9295–8181–10687–77110–112*
Petron Blaze — 71–7993–83—110–81—86–10284–9082–92
Rain or Shine 71–62 ——90–97—102–98*86–9680–7977–80
San Mig Coffee — 77–6893–73—107–96——93–9274–85
Talk 'N Text 100–94 ——87–80—109–9895–82—92–63
  •   Win
  •   OT Win
  •   Loss
  •   OT Loss

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

Quarterfinals

Talk 'N Text vs. Air21
December 13
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 105, Air21 Express 100
Talk 'N Text wins series in one game

San Mig Coffee vs. Petron Blaze
December 13
San Mig Coffee Mixers 92, Petron Blaze Boosters 87 (OT)
San Mig Coffee wins series in one game

Rain or Shine-Barangay Ginebra series

Meralco-Alaska series
December 14
Meralco Bolts 70, Alaska Aces 88
Alaska wins series, 2–0

Semifinals

San Mig Coffee-Rain or Shine series
December 19
San Mig Coffee Mixers 83, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 91
December 21
San Mig Coffee Mixers 106, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 82
December 25
San Mig Coffee Mixers 72, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 98
December 27
San Mig Coffee Mixers 74, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 83
December 29
San Mig Coffee Mixers 79, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 67
January 3
San Mig Coffee Mixers 83, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 90
Rain or Shine wins series, 4–2

Talk 'N Text-Alaska series
December 19
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 66, Alaska Aces 65
December 21
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 88, Alaska Aces 100
December 26
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 93, Alaska Aces 79
December 28
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 99, Alaska Aces 104
December 30
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 99, Alaska Aces 95
January 4
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 83, Alaska Aces 78
Talk 'N Text wins series, 4–2

Finals
Main article: 2012–13 PBA Philippine Cup Finals
January 9
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 87, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 81
January 11
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 89, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 81
January 13
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 89, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 80
January 16
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 105, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 82
Talk 'N Text wins series, 4-0

Conference records
Records marked with an asterisk (*) were accomplished with one or more overtime periods.

Team
RecordStatHolderDate/s
Longest winning streak8Talk 'N Text Tropang TextersNov 16 to Dec 19, 2012
Longest losing streak10GlobalPort Batang PierOct 20 to Dec 7, 2012
Most points in one game (winning team)116Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (vs Barako Bull Energy Cola)Dec 7, 2012
Most points in one game (losing team)110*Meralco Bolts (vs Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)Oct 5, 2012
Most points in one game (combined)222*Meralco Bolts vs Talk 'N Text Tropang TextersOct 5, 2012
Most points in one half68San Mig Coffee Mixers (vs Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)Dec 21, 2012
Most points in one quarter39Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (vs Meralco Bolts)Nov 4, 2012
Meralco Bolts (vs GlobalPort Batang Pier)Oct 17, 2012
Least points in one game (winning team)66Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (vs Alaska Aces)Dec 19, 2012
Least points in one game (losing team)62Air21 Express (vs Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)Nov 17, 2012
Least points in one game (combined)131Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters vs Alaska AcesDec 19, 2012
Least points in one quarter6Petron Blaze Boosters (vs Alaska Aces)Dec 5, 2012
Least points in one half22San Mig Coffee Mixers (vs Alaska Aces)Nov 10, 2012
Biggest winning margin29Petron Blaze Boosters (vs GlobalPort Batang Pier)Nov 18, 2012
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (vs San Mig Coffee Mixers)Nov 21, 2012

Individual
RecordStatHolderDate/s
Most points in one game41Niño Canaleta (Air21 Express vs GlobalPort Batang Pier)Dec 5, 2012
Most rebounds in one game21Doug Kramer (Barako Bull Energy Cola vs Petron Blaze Boosters)Nov 24, 2012
Jay-R Reyes (Meralco Bolts vs Alaska Aces)Dec 12, 2012
Most defensive rebounds in one game15Jay-R Reyes (Meralco Bolts vs Alaska Aces)Dec 12, 2012
Most offensive rebounds in one game12Doug Kramer (Barako Bull Energy Cola vs Petron Blaze Boosters)Nov 24, 2012
Most assists in one game18Mike Cortez (Air21 Express vs Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)Dec 13, 2012
Most blocks in one game6Billy Mamaril (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel vs Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)Dec 16, 2012
Most steals in one game6Chris Ross (Meralco Bolts vs Petron Blaze Boosters)Nov 11, 2012
Most FG made in one game14Niño Canaleta (Air21 Express vs GlobalPort Batang Pier)Dec 5, 2012
Most 3 point FG made in one game7Ronjay Buenafe (Meralco Bolts vs GlobalPort Batang Pier)Oct 17, 2012
James Yap (San Mig Coffee Mixers vs Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)Dec 21, 2012
Most FT made in one game15Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters vs Meralco Bolts)Nov 21, 2012
JVee Casio (Alaska Aces vs GlobalPort Batang Pier)Dec 1, 2012
Most minutes played in one game47James Yap (San Mig Coffee Mixers vs Petron Blaze Boosters)Dec 13, 2012

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week
Week Player Ref.
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
  1. IN A ZONE, PBA.inquirer.net, December 9, 2012
  2. NO QUIT IN THE SPARK, PBA.inquirer.net, December 9, 2012
  3. LEADING THE KINGS TO FINAL PLAYOFF PUSH, PBA.inquirer.net, December 7, 2012
  4. A LEADER LIKE NO OTHER, PBA.inquirer.net, December 10, 2012
  5. ALL IN A DAY’S WORK FOR THE BEAST, PBA.inquirer.net, December 10, 2012
  6. BREAKOUT CONFERENCE FOR CRUZ, PBA.inquirer.net, December 10, 2012
  7. MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME, PBA.inquirer.net, December 17, 2012
  8. MANNING UP, PBA.inquirer.net, December 24, 2012
  9. ALL-AROUND GAME Archived 2013-01-04 at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, January 1, 2013
  10. RISING TO THE CHALLENGE, PBA.inquirer.net, January 7, 2013
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