2013 PBA Governors' Cup

2013 PBA Governors' Cup
DurationAugust 14 – October 25, 2013
TV partner(s)Local:
Sports5 on IBC (eliminations, playoffs) / TV5 (finals) / AksyonTV
Worldwide:
AksyonTV International
Finals
ChampionsSan Mig Coffee Mixers
Runners-upPetron Blaze Boosters
Awards
Best PlayerArwind Santos
(Petron Blaze Boosters)
Best ImportMarqus Blakely
(San Mig Coffee Mixers)
Finals MVPMarc 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

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[a] 3
4 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 4 .556[a] 3
5 GlobalPort Batang Pier 4 5 .444[b] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 Barako Bull Energy 4 5 .444[b] 4
7 Alaska Aces 4 5 .444[b] 4
8 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 3 6 .333[c] 5
9 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 3 6 .333[c] 5
10 Air21 Express 3 6 .333[c] 5
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 Rain or Shine
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.01, Barako Bull 1.00, Alaska 0.99
  3. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Talk 'N Text 1.05, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Air21 0.96; eighth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 110–102 Talk 'N Text

Schedule

Team ╲ Game123456789
Air21 ExpressGPSMCBBECPBBROSBGSMTNTMERALA
Alaska AcesGPROSBGSMMERTNTSMCPBBBBECA21
Barako Bull Energy ColaTNTMERA21BGSMPBBGPROSSMCALA
Barangay Ginebra San MiguelPBBMERBBECALAA21SMCROSGPTNT
GlobalPort Batang PierA21ROSALATNTSMCBBECMERPBBBGSM
Meralco BoltsPBBBBECBGSMTNTALAROSGPA21SMC
Petron Blaze BoostersMERBGSMROSA21SMCBBECTNTALAGP
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersSMCGPPBBALAA21MERBBECBGSMTNT
San Mig Coffee MixersROSA21TNTPBBGPBGSMALABBECMER
Talk 'N Text Tropang TextersBBECSMCMERGPALAPBBA21ROSBGSM
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

Team A21 ALA BBEC BGSM GP MER PBB ROS SMC TNT
Air21 Express 121–107 94–103 93–106 94–101 91–100 86–112 95–109 93–82 106–102
Alaska Aces – 91–89 102–99 88–91 74–84 100–103 94–79 82–95 112–104
Barako Bull Energy Cola – – 104–91 98–97 90–89 87–112 93–120 77–81 113–118*
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel – – – 106–113* 98–85 95–101 101–100 86–89 99–113
GlobalPort Batang Pier – – – – 91–79 90–101 74–94 88–102 95–102
Meralco Bolts – – – – – 89–83 82–76 87–88 92–86
Petron Blaze Boosters – – – – – – 99–84 89–83 122–88
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters – – – – – – – 79–75 104–102
San Mig Coffee Mixers – – – – – – – – 118–99
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters – – – – – – – – –
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Eighth seed playoff

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-5)		Finals
(best-of-7)
(#1 twice to beat)
1Petron Blaze101
8Barangay Ginebra94
1Petron Blaze3
(#4 twice to beat)
4Rain or Shine1
4Rain or Shine108
5GlobalPort106
1Petron Blaze3
(#2 twice to beat)
2San Mig Coffee4
2San Mig Coffee10583
7Alaska11273
2San Mig Coffee3
(#3 twice to beat)
3Meralco1
3Meralco86
6Barako Bull68
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Quarterfinals

(1) Petron Blaze vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra

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

(2) San Mig Coffee vs. (7) Alaska

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

(3) Meralco vs. (6) Barako Bull

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

(4) Rain or Shine vs. (5) GlobalPort

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

Semifinals

(1) Petron Blaze vs. (4) Rain or Shine

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

(2) San Mig Coffee vs. (3) Meralco

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

Finals

Main article: 2013 PBA Governors' Cup 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.

Team Name Debuted Last game Record
Air21 Express Zach Graham August 14 (vs. GlobalPort) September 22 (vs. Alaska Aces) 3–6
Alaska Aces Wendell McKines August 23 (vs. GlobalPort) September 27 (vs. San Mig Coffee) 5–6
Barako Bull Energy Cola Mike Singletary August 15 (vs. Talk 'N Text) September 25 (vs. Meralco) 4–6
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Dior Lowhorn August 18 (vs. Petron) September 26 (vs. Petron) 4–7
GlobalPort Batang Pier Markeith Cummings August 14 (vs. Air21) September 26 (vs. Rain or Shine) 4–6
Meralco Bolts Mario West August 16 (vs. Petron) October 6 (vs. San Mig Coffee) 7–7
Petron Blaze Boosters Elijah Millsap August 16 (vs. Meralco) October 25 (vs. San Mig Coffee) 15–7
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Arizona Reid August 14 (vs. San Mig Coffee) October 7 (vs. Petron) 7–7
San Mig Coffee Mixers Marqus Blakely August 14 (vs. Rain or Shine) October 25 (vs. Petron) 15–8
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Tony Mitchell August 15 (vs. Barako Bull) September 13 (vs. Air21) 2–5
Courtney Fells September 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