2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup

Second conference of the 2012–13 PBA season 2013 Commissioner's Cup PBA2012-13 commscup.png February 8 – May 19, 2013 Sports5 - AKTV on IBC TV5 (Local) Aksyon TV International (International) LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) Robert Dozier (Alaska Aces) Sonny Thoss (Alaska Aces) Alaska Aces Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup 2012 2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup 2014 2012–13 Philippine 2012–13 PBA Philippine Cup 2013 Governors' 2013 PBA Governors' Cup The 2013 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup was the second conference of the 2012–13 PBA season. The tournament began on February 8 and ended on May 19, 2013. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team and with no height limit. From the semifinal round onwards, the tournament is sponsored by Cebuana Lhuillier. Format Due to the preparations of the Philippines men's national basketball team for the upcoming FIBA Asia Championship, the opening of Governors' Cup was moved on the second week of August, at the conclusion of the FIBA tournament. The Commissioner's Cup was extended until the last week of May and adapted the tournament format used during the Philippine Cup.National cause: PBA agrees to move Governors’ Cup to after FIBA Asia, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, February 5, 2013 The tournament format for this conference was as follows:PBA: Commissioner's Cup extended, Governors' Cup moved, to give way to national team training, Adrian Dy, GMA News Online, February 5, 2013PBA revises Commissioner’s Cup schedule, shortens playoffs https://web.archive.org/web/20130212072942/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/pba-revises-commissioners-cup-schedule-shortens-playoffs 2013-02-12 , Rey Joble, InterAKTV, February 7, 2013 Two-round eliminations, with each team playing 14 games. The teams are divided into two groups on the basis of their rankings from the previous Philippine Cup. Each team will play teams within their group once, while they will play teams from the other group twice. Standings will be determined in one league table; teams do not qualify by basis of groupings. Group A: Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (#1) Alaska Aces (#4) Meralco Bolts (#5) Air21 Express (#8) Barako Bull Energy Cola (#9) Group B: Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (#2) San Mig Coffee Mixers (#3) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (#6) Petron Blaze Boosters (#7) GlobalPort Batang Pier (#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-5 series): SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners Finals (best-of-5 series) Winners of the semifinals Elimination round Team standings Results main BSR grey Team y 60px 95% A21 ALA BBEC BGSM GP MER PBB ROS SMC TNT Air21 74–68 86–91 74–70 106–94 88–89 53–60 97–99 87–82 83–86 Alaska — 77–73 84–69 93–85 85–81 83–73 83–81 68–75 92–69 Barako Bull — — 72–93 98–88* OT 104–112 78–91 103–93 79–75 98–101 Barangay Ginebra 90–84 93–102 96–89 80–89 84–81 90–105 93–96 96–88 107–100 GlobalPort 72–87 92–93 87–96 — 89–90 94–92 95–103 84–91 79–99 Meralco — — — 90–91 103–92 86–88 82–91 71–76 99–92 Petron Blaze 91–95* OT 84–92 88–77 — — 92–102 87–79 98–73 85–93* OT Rain or Shine 93–82 84–89* OT 106–97 — — 116–118* OT — 93–65 76–86 San Mig Coffee 80–66 84–83 100–105 — — 97–90 — — 90–82 Talk 'N Text — — — 100–86 94–84 — 76–87 85–116 82–83 complete Bracket Quarterfinals (1) Alaska vs. (8) Air21 #eee April 20 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Alaska Aces 87 Air21 Express 81 Alaska wins series in one game (2) Rain or Shine vs. (7) Barangay Ginebra #eee April 20 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 83 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 90 April 22 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 79 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 81 Barangay Ginebra wins series in two games (3) Petron vs. (6) Talk 'N Text #eee April 19 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Petron Blaze Boosters 93 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 100 April 21 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Petron Blaze Boosters 86 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 96 Talk 'N Text wins series, 2–0 (4) San Mig Coffee vs. (5) Meralco #eee April 19 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City San Mig Coffee Mixers 85 Meralco Bolts 88 April 21 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City San Mig Coffee Mixers 100 Meralco Bolts 92 #eee April 24 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City San Mig Coffee Mixers 90 Meralco Bolts 82 San Mig Coffee wins series, 2–1 Semifinals (1) Alaska vs. (4) San Mig Coffee #eee April 27 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Alaska Aces 69 San Mig Coffee Mixers 71 #fff April 29 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Alaska Aces 86 San Mig Coffee Mixers 67 #eee May 8 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City OT Alaska Aces 89 San Mig Coffee Mixers 82 #fff May 11 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Alaska Aces 83 San Mig Coffee Mixers 78 Alaska wins series, 3–1 (6) Talk 'N Text vs. (7) Barangay Ginebra #eee April 26 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 81 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 104 #fff April 28 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 85 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 79 #eee May 8 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 98 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 80 #fff May 10 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 101 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 104 #eee May 12 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 103 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 111 21,480 Barangay Ginebra wins series, 3–2 Finals 2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals #eee May 15 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Alaska Aces 87 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 70 #fff May 17 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Alaska Aces 104 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 90 #eee May 19 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Alaska Aces 104 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 80 Alaska wins series, 3–0 Awards Conference Best Player of the Conference: LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra) Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference: Robert Dozier (Alaska) Finals MVP: Sonny Thoss (Alaska) Players of the Week WeekPlayerRef. February 8–10Josh Urbiztondo (Barako Bull Energy Cola)BACK ON FIRE, PBA.inquirer.net, February 11, 2013 February 11–17Cyrus Baguio (Alaska Aces)CERTIFIED CRUNCH TIME PLAYER, PBA.inquirer.net, February 18, 2013 February 18–24Sunday Salvacion (Meralco Bolts)SUNDAY IS WEEK'S BEST, PBA.inquirer.net, February 25, 2013 February 25–March 3Cyrus Baguio (Alaska Aces)BAGUIO HEATS UP, PBA.inquirer.net, March 4, 2013 March 4–10Sonny Thoss (Alaska Aces)THE SILENT OPERATOR TAKE CENTERSTAGE, PBA.inquirer.net, March 11, 2013 March 11–17June Mar Fajardo (Petron Blaze Boosters)UNLIMITED POTENTIAL FOR THIS DEVOTED STUDENT, PBA.inquirer.net, March 18, 2013 March 18–24Mike Cortez (Air21 Express)"COOL CAT" AT EASE WITH DUAL ROLES, PBA.inquirer.net, March 25, 2013 March 25–31Mick Pennisi (Barako Bull Energy Cola)PENNISI STANDS TALLEST, PBA.inquirer.net, April 1, 2013 April 1–7Dondon Hontiveros (Alaska Aces)CLASSIC PERFORMANCE, PBA.inquirer.net, April 8, 2013 April 8–14Niño Canaleta (Air21 Express)NOT JUST A HIGH FLYING JAMMER, PBA.inquirer.net, April 15, 2013 April 15–21Ranidel De Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)SOLID AS A ROCK, PBA.inquirer.net, April 22, 2013 April 22–29Kerby Raymundo (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)OVER THE WHAT?, PBA.inquirer.net, April 30, 2013 May 7–13LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)‘SHOWTIME’ LA ESCORTS GINEBRA TO LAST DANCE, PBA.inquirer.net, May 14, 2013 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 Air21 Express Michael Dunigan February 10 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) April 20 (vs. Alaska) 6–9 Alaska Aces Robert Dozier February 9 (vs. Rain or Shine) May 19 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) 18–4 Barako Bull Energy Cola Evan Brock February 8 (vs. San Mig Coffee) March 31 (vs. San Mig Coffee) 4–7 D. J. Mbenga April 7 (vs. Petron) April 14 (vs. GlobalPort) 1–2 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Herbert Hill February 10 (vs. Air21) February 17 (vs. Petron) 0–3 Vernon Macklin February 24 (vs. Alaska) May 19 (vs. Alaska) 12–9 GlobalPort Batang Pier Justin Williams February 8 (vs. Petron) March 8 (vs. Rain or Shine) 2–5 Walter Sharpe March 10 (vs. Air21) March 17 (vs. Alaska) 0–2 Sylvester Morgan March 23 (vs. Air21) April 14 (vs. Barako Bull) 0–5 Meralco Bolts Eric Dawson February 9 (vs. Talk 'N Text) April 24 (vs. San Mig Coffee) 8–9 Petron Blaze Boosters Renaldo Balkman February 8 (vs. GlobalPort) March 8 (vs. Alaska) 5–2 No Import March 16 (vs. Rain or Shine) 1–0 Rodney White March 22 (vs. Talk 'N Text) March 27 (vs. Alaska) 0–2 Henry Sims April 5 (vs. Meralco) April 21 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 2–4 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Bruno Šundov February 9 (vs. Alaska) April 22 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) 9–7 San Mig Coffee Mixers No Import February 8 (vs. Barako Bull) 0–1 Matt Rogers February 13 (vs. Petron) February 13 (vs. Petron) 0–1 Denzel Bowles February 22 (vs. Rain or Shine) May 11 (vs. Alaska) 11–8 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Keith Benson February 9 (vs. Meralco) March 1 (vs. Alaska) 2–3 Donnell Harvey March 9 (vs. Barako Bull) April 6 (vs. GlobalPort) 4–3 Jerome Jordan April 14 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) April 28 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) 4–2 Tony Mitchell May 8 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) May 12 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) 1–2 References External links PBA.ph Category:PBA Commissioner's Cup Commissioner's Cup