# 2012–13 Petron Blaze Boosters season

The 2012–13 Petron Blaze Boosters season was the 38th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team placed seventh in the Philippine Cup, third in the Commissioner's Cup and second in the Governors' Cup. It had three draft picks: two Filipino and one American.

## Key dates

* August 19: The 2012 PBA Draft was held in Robinson's Midtown Mall, Manila.
* August 22: Ato Agustin was replaced as head coach by assistant coach Olsen Racela. Team consultant Rajko Toroman was made assistant coach, with a more active role anticipated.
* October 24: Petron management gave full control of the team to Olsen Racela, with Toroman no longer active. Racela appointed Gee Abanilla as lead assistant coach.
* June 26: Gee Abanilla was promoted to head coach while Hector Calma will be replaced by Siot Tanquingcen.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 1 | June Mar Fajardo | C | Philippines | Cebu |
| 1 | 3 | Alex Mallari | G/F | United States | Lewis-Clark State |
| 3 | 5 | Mark Sarangay | F/C | Philippines | Mapúa |

## 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 3
Rain or Shine
86–102
Yeo, Santos (16)
Fajardo (12)
Lutz (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
Boxscore
2
October 10
Barako Bull
98–89
Lutz (22)
Santos (11)
Cabagnot (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1
Boxscore
3
October 14
San Mig Coffee
84–90
Santos (18)
Fajardo (13)
Lutz (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–2
Boxscore
4
October 19
Alaska
86–88
Lutz (20)
Washington (13)
Lutz, Cabagnot (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–3
Boxscore
5
October 21
Barangay Ginebra
98–95
Cabagnot (25)
Santos (17)
Cabagnot (8)
Mall of Asia Arena
2–3
Boxscore
6
October 26
GlobalPort
110–98
Santos (29)
Santos (17)
Cabagnot (9)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–3
Boxscore :
November
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
November 2
Air21
76–97
Santos (15)
Santos (14)
Lutz (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–4
Boxscore
8
November 7
Talk 'N Text
82–92
Lutz (18)
Santos (11)
Santos (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–5
Boxscore
9
November 11
Meralco
81–95
Cabagnot (19)
Santos (16)
Cabagnot, Lutz (4)
Mall of Asia Arena
3–6
Boxscore
10
November 14
Rain or Shine
96–86
Lutz (19)
Santos (15)
Cabagnot (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–6
Boxscore
11
November 18
GlobalPort
110–81
Lutz (22)
Santos (13)
Miranda (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–6
Boxscore
12
November 24
Barako Bull
93–83
Santos (21)
Santos (12)
Cabagnot, Lutz (5)
Lucena City
6–6
Boxscore
13
November 28
Talk 'N Text
82–95
Santos (22)
Santos (11)
Cabagnot, Miranda (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
6–7
Boxscore :
December
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
14
December 5
Alaska
71–79
Lassiter (14)
Santos (11)
Yeo, Miranda, Lutz (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
6–8
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
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#### Game log

2013 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log :
Quarterfinals: 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
December 13
San Mig Coffee
87–92*
Fajardo (22)
Fajardo (15)
Cabagnot (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
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 8
GlobalPort
92–94
Balkman (23)
Balkman (14)
Cabagnot (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
boxscore
2
February 13
San Mig Coffee
98–73
Balkman (28)
Balkman (15)
Cabagnot (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1
boxscore
3
February 17
Barangay Ginebra
105–90
Balkman (34)
Balkman (10)
Miranda, Cabagnot (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–1
boxscore
4
February 20
Meralco
88–86
Balkman (26)
Fajardo (12)
Washington (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–1
boxscore :
March
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
March 1
Air21
60–53
Balkman (25)
Balkman (13)
Lanete (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–1
boxscore
6
March 3
Barako Bull
91–78
Balkman (33)
Balkman (14)
Lanete (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–1
boxscore
7
March 8
Alaska
73–83
Miranda (25)
Balkman (17)
Miranda (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–2
boxscore
8
March 16
Rain or Shine
87–79
June Mar Fajardo
June Mar Fajardo
Alex Cabagnot
Panabo, Davao del Norte
6–2
9
March 22
Talk 'N Text
Smart Araneta Coliseum :
2012–13 schedule :

#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-5) |
| (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | Alaska | Alaska | 87 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Air21 | Air21 | 81 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Air21 | Air21 | 81 | 1 | Alaska | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | Alaska | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 4 | San Mig Coffee | 1 | | | |
| 4 | San Mig Coffee | San Mig Coffee | 2 | 4 | San Mig Coffee | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | Meralco | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | Meralco | 1 | | | | 1 | Alaska | 3 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 1 | Alaska | 3 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 0 |
| 2 | Rain or Shine | 83 | 79 | | | | 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 0 |
| 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 90 | 81 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 90 | 81 | 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 6 | Talk 'N Text | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Petron | Petron | 0 | 6 | Talk 'N Text | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Talk 'N Text | Talk 'N Text | 2 | | | | | | |
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## 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

#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | 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 twice to beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | Petron Blaze | Petron Blaze | 101 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 94 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 94 | 1 | Petron Blaze | 3 | | | |
| (#4 twice to beat) | (#4 twice to beat) | (#4 twice to beat) | (#4 twice to beat) | 1 | Petron Blaze | 3 | | | |
| (#4 twice to beat) | (#4 twice to beat) | (#4 twice to beat) | (#4 twice to beat) | 4 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Rain or Shine | Rain or Shine | 108 | 4 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | | |
| 5 | GlobalPort | GlobalPort | 106 | | | | | | |
| 5 | GlobalPort | GlobalPort | 106 | | | | 1 | Petron Blaze | 3 |
| (#2 twice to beat) | (#2 twice to beat) | (#2 twice to beat) | (#2 twice to beat) | | | | 1 | Petron Blaze | 3 |
| (#2 twice to beat) | (#2 twice to beat) | (#2 twice to beat) | (#2 twice to beat) | | | | 2 | San Mig Coffee | 4 |
| 2 | San Mig Coffee | 105 | 83 | | | | 2 | San Mig Coffee | 4 |
| 7 | Alaska | 112 | 73 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Alaska | 112 | 73 | 2 | San Mig Coffee | 3 | | | |
| (#3 twice to beat) | (#3 twice to beat) | (#3 twice to beat) | (#3 twice to beat) | 2 | San Mig Coffee | 3 | | | |
| (#3 twice to beat) | (#3 twice to beat) | (#3 twice to beat) | (#3 twice to beat) | 3 | Meralco | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Meralco | Meralco | 86 | 3 | Meralco | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Barako Bull | Barako Bull | 68 | | | | | | |
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## Transactions
### Trades
#### Pre-season

| August 23, 2012 | To Petron BlazeMagi Sison (from Air21) Paolo Hubalde (from Air21) 2014 second round pick (from Air21) | To Air21Nonoy Baclao (from Petron Blaze) Robert Reyes (from Petron Blaze) KG Canaleta (from Barangay Ginebra) John Wilson (from Barangay Ginebra) | To Barangay Ginebra Elmer Espiritu (from Air21) 2013 first round pick (from Air21) |
| August 31, 2012 | To Petron BlazeWesley Gonzales Hans Thiele | To AlaskaDondon Hontiveros |

#### Commissioner's Cup

| January 22, 2013 | To Petron BlazeRonald Tubid | To Barako BullAlex Mallari Jojo Duncil 2014 1st round pick (traded to San Mig Coffee) |
| June 10, 2013 | To Petron BlazeJason Deutchman 2016 and 2017 2nd round pick | To GlobalPortJay Washington |
| August 12, 2013 | To Petron BlazeDoug Kramer | To Barako BullDorian Peña 2013 2nd round pick (from Barangay Ginebra) |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Commissioner's Cup | Renaldo Balkman | February 8 (vs. GlobalPort) | March 8 (vs. Alaska) | 5–2 |
| Commissioner's Cup | Rodney White | March 22 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | March 27 (vs. Alaska) | 0–2 |
| Commissioner's Cup | Henry Sims | April 5 (vs. Meralco) | April 21 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 2–4 |
| Governors' Cup | Elijah Millsap | August 16 (vs. Meralco) | October 25 (vs. San Mig Coffee) | 15–7 |