2012–13 LNBP season explained

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2012–13 LNBP season
Season:	13
Champions:	Toros de Nuevo Laredo
Runners Up:	Halcones UV Xalapa
Teams:	16
Dates:	September 4, 2012 – February 27, 2013
Efficiency Leader:	Leroy Hickerson^[1]
Epg:	1111
Epg N:	USA
Top Scorer:	Ricardo Meléndez^[2]
Ppg:	1023
Ppg N:	PUR
Rebounds Leader:	Antonio García^[3]
Rpg:	384
Rpg N:	PAN
Assists Leader:	Jason Horton^[4]
Apg:	328
Apg N:	USA

The 2012–13 LNBP was the 13th season of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, one of the professional basketball leagues of Mexico. It started on September 4, 2012 and ended on February 27, 2013. The league title was won by Toros de Nuevo Laredo, which defeated Halcones UV Xalapa in the championship series, 4–2.

Format

16 teams participate. All the teams played against each other and the standings included all 16 teams with no separation in groups. The first 12 teams qualify for the playoffs. The group playoffs have a first round (best-of-5), a second round (best-of-5), semifinals (best-of-7) and finals (best-of-7).

Teams

Team	City	State	Joined	Season No.
Abejas de Guanajuato	Guanajuato City	Guanajuato
Barreteros de Zacatecas	Zacatecas City	Zacatecas
Correcaminos UAT Victoria	Ciudad Victoria	Tamaulipas
Fuerza Regia de Monterrey	Monterrey	Nuevo León
Gansos Salvajes de la UIC	Mexico City	Distrito Federal
Gigantes del Estado de México	Toluca	State of Mexico
Guerreros de Guerrero Cumple	Chilpancingo	Guerrero
Halcones Rojos Veracruz	Veracruz	Veracruz
Halcones UV Xalapa	Xalapa	Veracruz
Huracanes de Tampico	Tampico	Tamaulipas
Lechugueros de León	León	Guanajuato
Osos de Guadalajara	Guadalajara	Jalisco
Panteras de Aguascalientes	Aguascalientes City	Aguascalientes
Pioneros de Quintana Roo	Cancún	Quintana Roo
Soles de Mexicali	Mexicali	Baja California
Toros de Nuevo Laredo	Nuevo Laredo	Tamaulipas

Regular season

Standings

Note: the LNBP gave 70 points to Soles, 51 to Lechugueros, 46 to Guerreros and 44 to Osos.

Playoffs

Preliminary round

The team seed is indicated after the team name. The first 4 teams in the standings are automatically qualified for the quarterfinals.

• Abejas de Guanajuato (9) defeat Huracanes de Tampico (8), 3–1
• Panteras de Aguascalientes (5) defeat Lechugueros de León (12), 3–0
• Pioneros de Quintana Roo (6) defeat Correcaminos UAT Victoria (11), 3–0
• Fuerza Regia de Monterrey (7) defeat Barreteros de Zacatecas (10), 3–0

Playoffs

External links

• 2012–13 LNBP season on Latinbasket.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20130313121921/http://www.lnbp.com.mx/web2/admin_lv2/estadisticas/concentrado_lnbp_2012.php?action=resumenlideres&cual=creditos. CREDITOS. es. March 13, 2013. lnbp.com.mx. May 14, 2020.
2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20130313122006/http://www.lnbp.com.mx/web2/admin_lv2/estadisticas/concentrado_lnbp_2012.php?action=resumenlideres&cual=puntos. PUNTOS. es. March 13, 2013. lnbp.com.mx. May 14, 2020.
3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20130313121937/http://www.lnbp.com.mx/web2/admin_lv2/estadisticas/concentrado_lnbp_2012.php?action=resumenlideres&cual=rebotes. REBOTES TOTALES. es. March 13, 2013. lnbp.com.mx. May 14, 2020.
4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20130313122035/http://www.lnbp.com.mx/web2/admin_lv2/estadisticas/concentrado_lnbp_2012.php?action=resumenlideres&cual=asistencias. ASISTENCIAS. es. March 13, 2013. lnbp.com.mx. May 14, 2020.