# 2012–13 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season

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. 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

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

## Philippine Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 12 | 2 | .857 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Mig Coffee Mixers | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Meralco Bolts | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 6 | 8 | .429 | 6 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Air21 Express | 5 | 9 | .357 | 7 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Barako Bull Energy Cola | 4 | 10 | .286 | 8 | |
| 10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 1 | 13 | .071 | 11 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–1 Meralco (Meralco +4)

#### Game log

2013 PBA Philippine Cup game log :
October
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 5
Meralco
112–110*
Dillinger (20)
Peek (9)
Dillinger, Castro, Reyes (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–0
Boxscore
2
October 12
GlobalPort
108–104
Castro (30)
de Ocampo (9)
Alapag (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–0
Boxscore
3
October 17
Air21
96–89
de Ocampo (19)
Williams (13)
Alapag, Castro (4)
Mall of Asia Arena
3–0
Boxscore
4
October 20
San Mig Coffee
85–74
Fonacier (26)
Williams (12)
Castro (5)
Ynares Center
4–0
Boxscore
5
October 24
Barako Bull
79–76
Castro (15)
Williams (13)
Reyes (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–0
Boxscore
6
October 27
Rain or Shine
80–77
Alapag (15)
Williams (12)
Alapag (7)
Victorias City
6–0
Boxscore :
November
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
November 2
Alaska
92–94
Alapag (17)
Williams (9)
Reyes (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
6–1
Boxscore
8
November 7
Petron Blaze
92–82
Fonacier (21)
Castro (9)
Alapag, Castro (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
7–1
Boxscore
9
November 11
Barangay Ginebra
101–104
de Ocampo (20)
de Ocampo (10)
Castro (7)
Mall of Asia Arena
7–2
Boxscore
10
November 16
Meralco
109–98
Castro (23)
Reyes (8)
Alapag (7)
Ynares Center
8–2
Boxscore
11
November 21
San Mig Coffee
92–63
Alapag (19)
Williams (11)
Castro (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
9–2
Boxscore
12
November 25
Air21
100–94
Alapag (18)
Fonacier (9)
Alapag (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
10–2
Boxscore
13
November 28
Petron Blaze
95–82
Castro (23)
Williams (9)
Castro (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
11–2
Boxscore :
December
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
14
December 9
Barangay Ginebra
87–80
Castro (24)
Peek (18)
Castro (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
12–2
Boxscore :
2012–13 schedule :

### Playoffs
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) |
| (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text | 105 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Air21 | 100 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Air21 | 100 | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 5 | Alaska | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Meralco | 0 | 5 | Alaska | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Alaska | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Alaska | 2 | | | | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 3 | Rain or Shine | 0 |
| 2 | San Mig Coffee | 92* | | | | 3 | Rain or Shine | 0 |
| 7 | Petron Blaze | 87 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Petron Blaze | 87 | 2 | San Mig Coffee | 2 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | San Mig Coffee | 2 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 3 | Rain or Shine | 4 | | | |
| 3 | Rain or Shine | 2 | 3 | Rain or Shine | 4 | | | |
| 6 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | | | | | | |
*Game went into overtime
* view
* talk

#### Game log

2013 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log :
Quarterfinals: 1–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
December 13
Air21
105–100
Reyes, Fonacier (16)
Reyes (9)
Alapag (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–0
Boxscore :
Semifinals: 4–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
December 19
Alaska
66–65
Castro (17)
Castro (11)
Alapag (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–0
Boxscore
2
December 21
Alaska
88–100
Dillinger (26)
Peek, Carey (6)
Alapag (6)
Mall of Asia Arena
1–1
Boxscore
3
December 26
Alaska
93–79
Williams (23)
Williams (9)
Alapag (11)
Mall of Asia Arena
2–1
Boxscore
4
December 28
Alaska
99–104
Alapag (17)
Williams (11)
Alapag, Castro (5)
Mall of Asia Arena
2–2
Boxscore
5
December 30
Alaska
99–95
Reyes (15)
Williams (9)
Alapag, Castro (5)
Mall of Asia Arena
3–2
6
January 4
Alaska
83–78
Castro (16)
Williams (10)
Castro (4)
Cuneta Astrodome
4–2
Boxscore :
Finals: 4–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
January 9
Rain or Shine
87–81
Castro, de Ocampo (16)
Williams (12)
Alapag (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–0
Boxscore
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
3
January 13
Rain or Shine
89–80
Castro (19)
Reyes, Williams, Carey (8)
Alapag, Castro (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–0
Boxscore
4
January 16
Rain or Shine
105–82
de Ocampo (19)
Williams (11)
Alapag (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–0
Boxscore :
2012–13 schedule :

## Commissioner's Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Alaska Aces | 11 | 3 | .786 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | San Mig Coffee Mixers | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Air21 Express | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Barako Bull Energy Cola | 5 | 9 | .357 | 6 | |
| 10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 2 | 12 | .143 | 9 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Petron 2–0 San Mig
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.01, TNT 1.00, Barangay Ginebra 0.99

#### Game log

2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log :
February
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
February 9
Meralco
92–99
Benson (25)
Benson (11)
Alapag, de Ocampo (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
boxscore
2
February 15
Air21
86–83
Benson (30)
Benson (18)
Castro, Fonacier (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1
boxscore
3
February 20
GlobalPort
99–79
Benson (20)
Benson (19)
Alapag (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–1
boxscore
4
February 24
San Mig Coffee
82–90
Castro (18)
Benson (17)
Alapag (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–2
boxscore :
March
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
March 1
Alaska
69–92
Benson (27)
Benson (14)
Alapag (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–3
boxscore
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 :
2012–13 schedule :

## Governors' Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 8 | 1 | .889 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Mig Coffee Mixers | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Meralco Bolts | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 4 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 5 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | Barako Bull Energy | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 7 | Alaska Aces | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5 | |
| 10 | Air21 Express | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 Rain or Shine
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.01, Barako Bull 1.00, Alaska 0.99
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Talk 'N Text 1.05, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Air21 0.96; eighth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 110–102 Talk 'N Text

#### Game log

2013 PBA Governors' Cup game log :
August
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
August 16
Barako Bull
118–113 (OT)
Mitchell (48)
Mitchell (11)
three players (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–0
Boxscore Recap
2
August 25
San Mig Coffee
99–118
Mitchell (38)
Mall of Asia Arena
1–1
Recap
3
August 30
Meralco
86–92
Mitchell (32)
Mitchell (11)
Castro (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–2
Boxscore Recap :
September
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
September 1
GlobalPort
102–95
Mitchell (35)
Al-Hussaini (15)
Reyes (7)
Mall of Asia Arena
2–2
Boxscore Recap
5
September 6
Alaska
Mall of Asia Arena
6
September 7
Petron
Smart Araneta Coliseum
7
September 13
Air21
PhilSports Arena
8
September 18
Rain or Shine
Cuneta Astrodome
9
September 22
Barangay Ginebra
Mall of Asia Arena :
2012–13 schedule :

## Transactions
### Trades
#### Pre-season

* None

#### Philippine Cup

* None

#### Commissioner's Cup

| January 31, 2013 | To Talk 'N TextRabeh Al-Hussaini | To GlobalPortJapeth Aguilar |
| June 10, 2013 | To Talk 'N TextSean Anthony | To Barako BullJared Dillinger |

### Governors' Cup

| October 14, 2013 | To Talk 'N TextRob Reyes 2015 2nd draft pick | To Air21Rabeh Al-Hussaini |
| October 14, 2013 | To Talk 'N TextNonoy Baclao Eric Salamat | To Air21Pamboy Raymundo Bambam Gamalinda |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Commissioner's Cup | Keith Benson | February 9 (vs. Meralco) | March 1 vs. (Alaska) | 2–3 |
| Commissioner's Cup | Donnell Harvey | March 9 (vs. Barako Bull) | April 6 (vs. GlobalPort) | 4–3 |
| Commissioner's Cup | Jerome Jordan | April 14 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) | April 28 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) | 4–2 |
| Commissioner's Cup | Tony Mitchell | May 8 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) | May 12 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) | 1–2 |
| Governors' Cup | Tony Mitchell | August 15 (vs. Barako Bull) | September 13 (vs. Air21) | 2–5 |
| Governors' Cup | Courtney Fells | September 18 (vs. Rain or Shine) | September 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 1–2 |