2012–13 PBA Philippine Cup explained

Year:	2012–13
Conference Name:	Philippine Cup
Duration:	September 30, 2012 – January 16, 2013
Tv:	Sports5 - AKTV on IBC (Local) Aksyon TV International (International)
Best Player:	Jayson Castro
Finals Mvp:	Ranidel de Ocampo
Champion:	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
Runner-Up:	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Prevconf Link:	2011-12 PBA Philippine Cup
Prevconf Year:	2011–12
Nextconf Link:	2013-14 PBA Philippine Cup
Nextconf Year:	2013–14
Prev Conf:	2012 Governors'
Prev Conf Link:	2012 PBA Governors' Cup
Next Conf:	2013 Commissioner's
Next Conf Link:	2013 PBA Commissioner's 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.

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.
  • Group A:
    • Air21 Express (#1)
    • Meralco Bolts (#3)
    • Petron Blaze Boosters (#5)
    • Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (#7)
    • San Mig Coffee Mixers (#9)
  • Group B:
    • Alaska Aces (#2)
    • Barako Bull Energy Cola (#4)
    • GlobalPort Batang Pier (#6)
    • Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (#8)
    • Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (#10)
• 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

Schedule

	Win
	Loss
	OT win
	OT loss

Team	Game number
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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

Quarterfinals

(4) Meralco vs. (5) Alaska

Semifinals

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

Finals

See 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		Nov 16 to December 19, 2012
Longest losing streak	10		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*		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		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

• Best Player of the Conference: Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
• Finals MVP: Ranidel de Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)

Players of the Week

Week	Player	Ref.
September 30 – October 7
October 8–14
October 15–21
October 22–28
October 29 – November 4		^[1]
November 5–11		^[2]
November 12–18		^[3]
November 19–25		^[4]
November 26 – December 2		^[5]
December 3–9		^[6]
December 10–16		^[7]
December 17–23		^[8]
December 24–30		^[9]
December 31 – January 6		^[10]

External links

• PBA.ph

Notes and References

1. http://pba.inquirer.net/461/in-a-zone IN A ZONE
2. http://pba.inquirer.net/539/no-quit-in-the-spark NO QUIT IN THE SPARK
3. http://pba.inquirer.net/297/leading-the-kings-to-final-playoff-push LEADING THE KINGS TO FINAL PLAYOFF PUSH
4. http://pba.inquirer.net/793/a-leader-like-no-other A LEADER LIKE NO OTHER
5. http://pba.inquirer.net/805/all-in-a-days-work-for-the-beast ALL IN A DAY’S WORK FOR THE BEAST
6. http://pba.inquirer.net/829/breakout-conference-for-cruz BREAKOUT CONFERENCE FOR CRUZ
7. http://pba.inquirer.net/5841/making-up-for-lost-time MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME
8. http://pba.inquirer.net/6907/manning-up MANNING UP
9. http://www.pba.inquirer.net/8275/all-around-game ALL-AROUND GAME
10. http://pba.inquirer.net/8863/rising-to-the-challenge RISING TO THE CHALLENGE