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
Team standings
Results
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (8) Air21
(2) San Mig Coffee vs. (7) Petron Blaze
(3) Rain or Shine vs. (6) Barangay Ginebra
(4) Meralco vs. (5) Alaska
Semifinals
(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (5) Alaska
(2) San Mig Coffee vs. (3) Rain or Shine
Finals
Conference records Records marked with an asterisk (*) were accomplished with one or more overtime periods.
Team Record Stat Holder Date/sLongest winning streak 8 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Nov 16 to December 19, 2012Longest losing streak 10 GlobalPort Batang Pier Oct 20 to December 7, 2012Most points in one game (winning team) 116 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (vs Barako Bull Energy Cola) December 7, 2012Most points in one game (losing team) 110* Meralco Bolts (vs Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) October 5, 2012Most points in one game (combined) 222* Meralco Bolts vs Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters October 5, 2012Most 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, 2012Meralco 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, 2012Least points in one game (losing team) 62 Air21 Express (vs Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) November 17, 2012Least points in one game (combined) 131 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters vs Alaska Aces December 19, 2012Least points in one quarter 6 Petron Blaze Boosters (vs Alaska Aces) December 5, 2012Least points in one half 22 San Mig Coffee Mixers (vs Alaska Aces) November 10, 2012Biggest winning margin 29 Petron Blaze Boosters (vs GlobalPort Batang Pier) November 18, 2012Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (vs San Mig Coffee Mixers) November 21, 2012
Individual Record Stat Holder Date/sMost points in one game 41 Niño Canaleta (Air21 Express vs GlobalPort Batang Pier) December 5, 2012Most 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, 2012Most defensive rebounds in one game 15 Jay-R Reyes (Meralco Bolts vs Alaska Aces) December 12, 2012Most offensive rebounds in one game 12 Doug Kramer (Barako Bull Energy Cola vs Petron Blaze Boosters) November 24, 2012Most assists in one game 18 Mike Cortez (Air21 Express vs Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) December 13, 2012Most blocks in one game 6 Billy Mamaril (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel vs Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) December 16, 2012Most steals in one game 6 Chris Ross (Meralco Bolts vs Petron Blaze Boosters) November 11, 2012Most FG made in one game 14 Niño Canaleta (Air21 Express vs GlobalPort Batang Pier) December 5, 2012Most 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, 2012Most 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, 2012Most 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 WeekPlayerRef. September 30 – October 7LA Tenorio October 8–14 Cliff Hodge October 15–21Jervy Cruz October 22–28Calvin Abueva October 29 – November 4JVee Casio IN A ZONE, PBA.inquirer.net, December 9, 2012 November 5–11Mark Caguioa NO QUIT IN THE SPARK, PBA.inquirer.net, December 9, 2012 November 12–18Mark Caguioa LEADING THE KINGS TO FINAL PLAYOFF PUSH, PBA.inquirer.net, December 7, 2012 November 19–25Jimmy Alapag A LEADER LIKE NO OTHER, PBA.inquirer.net, December 10, 2012 November 26 – December 2Calvin Abueva ALL IN A DAY’S WORK FOR THE BEAST, PBA.inquirer.net, December 10, 2012 December 3–9Jervy Cruz BREAKOUT CONFERENCE FOR CRUZ, PBA.inquirer.net, December 10, 2012 December 10–16Paul Lee MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME, PBA.inquirer.net, December 17, 2012 December 17–23James Yap MANNING UP, PBA.inquirer.net, December 24, 2012 December 24–30Ryan Araña ALL-AROUND GAME , PBA.inquirer.net, January 1, 2013 December 31 – January 6Jeffrei Chan RISING TO THE CHALLENGE, PBA.inquirer.net, January 7, 2013
References
External links PBA.ph