2012–13 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season explained

Team:	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
Pbayear:	2012–13
Coach:	Norman Black
1C-Name:	Philippine Cup
1C-Wins:	12
1C-Losses:	2
1C-Place:	1
1C-Playoffs:	Champions (def. Rain or Shine, 4–0)
2C-Name:	Commissioner's Cup
2C-Wins:	7
2C-Losses:	7
2C-Place:	6
2C-Playoffs:	Semifinalist (def. by Barangay Ginebra, 2–3)
3C-Name:	Governors' Cup
3C-Wins:	3
3C-Losses:	6
3C-Place:	9
3C-Playoffs:	did not qualify
Owners:	Smart Communications
Manager:	Aboy Castro
Prevseason:	2011–12
Nextseason:	2013–14

The 2012–13 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season was the 23rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

Chot Reyes of the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters stepped down as head coach at the end of the 2011–12 season due to his appointment as head coach of Smart Gilas. Team consultant Norman Black has been appointed as head coach starting this season.^[1] Due to Black's commitments as head coach of the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the UAAP, assistant coach Nash Racela will serve as interim head coach until the UAAP basketball tournament ends.
August 19: The 2012 PBA Draft took place in Robinson's Midtown Mall, Manila.
October 20: Norman Black formally took over as head coach, replacing interim coach Nash Racela.

Draft picks

See main article: 2012 PBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	10	Jaypee Belencion	G/F		Letran
3	10		F/C		Ateneo de Manila

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Game log

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1| October 5| Meralco| 112–110*| Dillinger (20)| Peek (9)| Dillinger, Castro, Reyes (5)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 1–0| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2| October 12| GlobalPort| 108–104| Castro (30)| de Ocampo (9)| Alapag (6)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 2–0| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3| October 17| Air21| 96–89| de Ocampo (19)| Williams (13)| Alapag, Castro (4)| Mall of Asia Arena| 3–0| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4| October 20| San Mig Coffee| 85–74| Fonacier (26)| Williams (12)| Castro (5)| Ynares Center| 4–0| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5| October 24| Barako Bull| 79–76| Castro (15)| Williams (13)| Reyes (6)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 5–0| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6| October 27| Rain or Shine| 80–77| Alapag (15)| Williams (12)| Alapag (7)| Victorias City| 6–0| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 7| November 2| Alaska| 92–94| Alapag (17)| Williams (9)| Reyes (7)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 6–1| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8| November 7| Petron Blaze| 92–82| Fonacier (21)| Castro (9)| Alapag, Castro (5)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 7–1| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 9| November 11| Barangay Ginebra| 101–104| de Ocampo (20)| de Ocampo (10)| Castro (7)| Mall of Asia Arena| 7–2| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 10| November 16| Meralco| 109–98| Castro (23)| Reyes (8)| Alapag (7)| Ynares Center| 8–2| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 11| November 21| San Mig Coffee| 92–63| Alapag (19)| Williams (11)| Castro (7)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 9–2| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12| November 25| Air21| 100–94| Alapag (18)| Fonacier (9)| Alapag (6)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 10–2| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 13| November 28| Petron Blaze| 95–82| Castro (23)| Williams (9)| Castro (5)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 11–2| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 14| December 9| Barangay Ginebra| 87–80| Castro (24)| Peek (18)| Castro (5)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 12–2| Boxscore

Playoffs

Game log

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1| December 13| Air21| 105–100| Reyes, Fonacier (16)| Reyes (9)| Alapag (6)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 1–0| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 1| December 19| Alaska| 66–65| Castro (17)| Castro (11)| Alapag (3)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 1–0| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 2| December 21| Alaska| 88–100| Dillinger (26)| Peek, Carey (6)| Alapag (6)| Mall of Asia Arena| 1–1| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 3| December 26| Alaska| 93–79| Williams (23)| Williams (9)| Alapag (11)| Mall of Asia Arena| 2–1| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#edbebf"| 4| December 28| Alaska| 99–104| Alapag (17)| Williams (11)| Alapag, Castro (5)| Mall of Asia Arena| 2–2| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 5| December 30| Alaska| 99–95| Reyes (15)| Williams (9)| Alapag, Castro (5)| Mall of Asia Arena| 3–2| |- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 6| January 4| Alaska| 83–78| Castro (16)| Williams (10)| Castro (4)| Cuneta Astrodome| 4–2| Boxscore

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1| January 9| Rain or Shine| 87–81| Castro, de Ocampo (16)| Williams (12)| Alapag (6)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 1–0| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2| January 11| Rain or Shine| 89–81| de Ocampo (30)| de Ocampo (9)| de Ocampo, Alapag (4)| Mall of Asia Arena| 2–0| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3| January 13| Rain or Shine| 89–80| Castro (19)| Reyes, Williams, Carey (8)| Alapag, Castro (4)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 3–0| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4| January 16| Rain or Shine| 105–82| de Ocampo (19)| Williams (11)| Alapag (8)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 4–0| Boxscore

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Game log

|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 1| February 9| Meralco| 92–99| Benson (25)| Benson (11)| Alapag, de Ocampo (5)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 0–1| boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2| February 15| Air21| 86–83| Benson (30)| Benson (18)| Castro, Fonacier (4)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 1–1| boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3| February 20| GlobalPort| 99–79| Benson (20)| Benson (19)| Alapag (7)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 2–1| boxscore|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 4| February 24| San Mig Coffee| 82–90| Castro (18)| Benson (17)| Alapag (5)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 2–2| boxscore|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 5| March 1| Alaska| 69–92| Benson (27)| Benson (14)| Alapag (4)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 2–3| boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6| March 9| Barako Bull| 101–98| Al-Hussaini (19)| Harvey (10)| Alapag (4)| Legaspi City, Albay| 3–3| boxscore|- | 7| March 13| Rain or Shine| | | | | Smart Araneta Coliseum| | |- | 8| March 17| Barangay Ginebra| | | | | Smart Araneta Coliseum| | |- | 9| March 22| Petron Blaze| | | | | Smart Araneta Coliseum| |

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Game log

|- bgcolor= "#bbffbb" | 1| August 16| Barako Bull| 118–113 (OT)| Mitchell (48)| Mitchell (11)| three players (3)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 1–0| Boxscore
Recap|- bgcolor="#edbebf"| 2| August 25| San Mig Coffee| 99–118 | Mitchell (38)| | | Mall of Asia Arena| 1–1| Recap|- bgcolor="#edbebf"| 3| August 30| Meralco| 86–92| Mitchell (32)| Mitchell (11)| Castro (7)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 1–2| Boxscore
Recap|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 4| September 1| GlobalPort| 102–95| Mitchell (35)| Al-Hussaini (15)| Reyes (7)| Mall of Asia Arena| 2–2| Boxscore
Recap|- bgcolor=| 5| September 6| Alaska| | | | | Mall of Asia Arena| | |- bgcolor=| 6| September 7| Petron| | | | | Smart Araneta Coliseum| | |- bgcolor=| 7| September 13| Air21| | | | | PhilSports Arena| | |- bgcolor=| 8| September 18| Rain or Shine| | | | | Cuneta Astrodome| | |- bgcolor=| 9| September 22| Barangay Ginebra| | | | | Mall of Asia Arena| |

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

None

Philippine Cup

None

Commissioner's Cup

January 31, 2013^[2]

To Talk 'N Text

Rabeh Al-Hussaini

To GlobalPort

June 10, 2013^[3]

To Talk 'N Text

To Barako Bull

Jared Dillinger

Governors' Cup

October 14, 2013^[4]

To Talk 'N Text

Rob Reyes
2015 2nd draft pick

October 14, 2013

To Talk 'N Text

Nonoy Baclao
Eric Salamat

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
		February 9 (vs. Meralco)	March 1 vs. (Alaska)	2–3
	Donnell Harvey	March 9 (vs. Barako Bull)	April 6 (vs. GlobalPort)	4–3
		April 14 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra)	April 28 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra)	4–2
		May 8 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra)	May 12 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra)	1–2
		August 15 (vs. Barako Bull)	September 13 (vs. Air21)	2–5
		September 18 (vs. Rain or Shine)	September 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	1–2

Notes and References

http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/reyes-to-move-to-smart-gilas-black-to-coach-talk-n-text-next-year Reyes to move to SMART-Gilas, Black to coach Talk ‘N Text next year
http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/pba-approves-sol-mercado-to-globalport-japeth-aguilar-for-rabeh-al-hussaini-trades PBA approves Sol Mercado to GlobalPort, Japeth Aguilar for Rabeh Al-Hussaini trades
http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/pba-approves-trade-dillinger-allado-to-meralco-buenafe-to-barako-bull-anthony-to-talk-n-text PBA approves trade: Dillinger, Allado to Meralco, Buenafe to Barako Bull, Anthony to Talk ‘N Text
http://www.spin.ph/sports/basketball/news/al-hussaini-moves-from-tnt-to-meralco-as-air21-lands-cardona-in-complex-three-team-trade-v02 Al-Hussaini moves from TnT to Meralco as Air21 lands Cardona in three-team trade deal