2012–13 PBA Philippine Cup

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
PBA conference chronology

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.

Format

The following format was observed for the duration of the tournament:

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[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:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–1 Meralco (Meralco +4)


Schedule

Win
Loss
OT win
OT loss
Team Game number
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

Team A21 ALA BBE BGSM GP MER PBB ROS SMC TNT
Air21 Express 81–92 87–90 76–99 88–81 72–85 97–76 98–99* 80–89 89–96
Alaska Aces (PBA) 103–104 102–86 87–69 101–95 86–93 88–86 93–101 83–103 94–92
Barako Bull Energy Cola 85–86 — 92–82 95–94 86–99 89–98 101–116 91–92 76–79
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel — 96–93 79–83 110–90 88–95 95–98 98–94 68–78 104–101
GlobalPort Batang Pier 92–113 — — 79–81 105–104 98–110 83–94 78–82 104–108
Meralco Bolts — 85–88 85–73 — 101–92 95–81 81–106 87–77 110–112*
Petron Blaze Boosters — 71–79 93–83 — 110–81 — 86–102 84–90 82–92
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 71–62 — — 90–97 — 102–98* 86–96 80–79 77–80
San Mig Coffee Mixers — 77–68 93–73 — 107–96 — — 93–92 74–85
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 100–94 — — 87–80 — 109–98 95–82 — 92–63
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-7)		Finals
(best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1Talk 'N Text105
8Air21100
1Talk 'N Text4
(best-of-3)
5Alaska2
4Meralco0
5Alaska2
1Talk 'N Text4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
3Rain or Shine0
2San Mig Coffee92*
7Petron Blaze87
2San Mig Coffee2
(best-of-3)
3Rain or Shine4
3Rain or Shine2
6Barangay Ginebra1

*Game went into overtime

This box:

Quarterfinals

(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (8) Air21

December 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

December 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

(4) Meralco vs. (5) Alaska

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

Semifinals

(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (5) Alaska

January 4
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 83, Alaska Aces 78
Talk 'N Text wins series, 4–2

(2) San Mig Coffee vs. (3) Rain or Shine

January 3
San Mig Coffee Mixers 83, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 90
Rain or Shine wins series, 4–2

Finals

Main article: 2012–13 PBA Philippine Cup Finals

Conference records

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

Team

Record Stat Holder Date/s
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

Record Stat Holder Date/s
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

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 January 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, PBA.inquirer.net, January 1, 2013
  10. ^ RISING TO THE CHALLENGE, PBA.inquirer.net, January 7, 2013