2013 PBA Governors' Cup explained

Year:2013
Conference Name:Governors' Cup
Duration:August 14 – October 25, 2013
Tv:Local:
Sports5 on IBC (eliminations, playoffs) / TV5 (finals) / AksyonTV
Worldwide:
AksyonTV International
Best Player:Arwind Santos
Best Import:Marqus Blakely
Finals Mvp:Marc Pingris
Champion:San Mig Coffee Mixers
Runner-Up:Petron Blaze Boosters
Prevconf Link:2012 PBA Governors' Cup
Prevconf Year:2012
Nextconf Link:2014 PBA Governors' Cup
Nextconf Year:2014
Prev Conf:2013 Commissioner's
Prev Conf Link:2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Next Conf:2013–14 Philippine
Next Conf Link:2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup

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]

Elimination round

Results

Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

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

Finals

See main article: 2013 PBA Governors' Cup Finals.

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
Zach Graham August 14 (vs. GlobalPort) September 22 (vs. Alaska Aces) 3–6
August 23 (vs. GlobalPort) September 27 (vs. San Mig Coffee) 5–6
August 15 (vs. Talk 'N Text) September 25 (vs. Meralco) 4–6
August 18 (vs. Petron) September 26 (vs. Petron) 4–7
August 14 (vs. Air21) September 26 (vs. Rain or Shine) 4–6
Mario West August 16 (vs. Petron) October 6 (vs. San Mig Coffee) 7–7
August 16 (vs. Meralco) October 25 (vs. San Mig Coffee) 15–7
Arizona Reid August 14 (vs. San Mig Coffee) October 7 (vs. Petron) 7–7
Marqus Blakely August 14 (vs. Rain or Shine) October 25 (vs. Petron) 15–8
Tony Mitchell August 15 (vs. Barako Bull) September 13 (vs. Air21) 2–5
September 18 (vs. Rain or Shine) September 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) 1–2

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

WeekPlayerRef.
August 14–18[2]
August 19–25[3]
August 26 – September 1[4]
September 2–8[5]
September 9–15[6]
September 16–22[7]
September 23–29[8]
September 30 – October 7[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/269489/sports/basketball/pba-league-tweaks-governors-cup-format-eliminates-semifinal-round-robin League tweaks Governors' Cup format, eliminates semifinal round robin
  2. http://pba.inquirer.net/29035/lee-paces-rain-or-shines-lethal-start LEE PACES RAIN OR SHINE’S LETHAL START
  3. http://pba.inquirer.net/29383/tenorio-unleashed TENORIO UNLEASHED
  4. http://pba.inquirer.net/29865/pocket-rocket-in-full-blast-off POCKET ROCKET IN FULL BLAST-OFF
  5. http://pba.inquirer.net/30427/yap-cranks-up-game YAP CRANKS UP GAME
  6. http://pba.inquirer.net/30969/major-problem MAJOR PROBLEM
  7. http://pba.inquirer.net/31393/picking-up-the-cudgels PICKING UP THE CUDGELS
  8. http://pba.inquirer.net/31827/rising-up RISING UP
  9. http://pba.inquirer.net/32341 GO-TO GUYS