# 2012–13 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season

The 2012–13 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season was the 34th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Key dates

* August 19: The 2012 PBA Draft took place in Robinson's Midtown Mall, Manila.
* January 1: Alfrancis Chua was assigned as head coach; Siot Tanquingcen slides down as lead assistant coach.
* July 26: Due to promotion of Samboy Lim as corporate official, Alfrancis Chua was assigned to replace Lim. Ato Agustin was promoted to head cach replacing Chua.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 6 | Chris Ellis | F | United States | Mary Hardin-Baylor |
| 1 | 8 | Keith Jensen | F | United States | New York |
| 3 | 8 | Jerick Cañada | G | Philippines | Adamson |
| 4 | 5 | Paul Zamar | G | Philippines | East |
| 5 | 2 | JR Buensuceso | G | United States | Brigham Young-Hawaii |
| 6 | 1 | Elliot Tan | G | United States | Biola |

## 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

2012–13 PBA Philippine Cup game log :
October
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
September 30
GlobalPort
110–90
Caguioa (18)
Mamaril (12)
Tenorio (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–0
Boxscore
2
October 7
Rain or Shine
98–94
Caguioa (22)
Caguioa, Maierhofer, Mamaril, Hatfield (8)
Caguioa, Hatfield (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–0
Boxscore
3
October 13
Meralco
88–95
Caguioa, Ellis (19)
Maierhofer (17)
Tenorio (5)
Digos
2–1
Boxscore
4
October 19
Barako Bull
82–92
Caguioa (21)
Mamaril (8)
Tenorio (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–2
Boxscore
5
October 21
Petron Blaze
95–98
Caguioa (23)
Raymundo (10)
Tenorio (7)
Mall of Asia Arena
2–3
Boxscore
6
October 28
Alaska
69–87
Ababou (14)
Maierhofer (8)
Maierhofer (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–4
Boxscore :
November
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
November 4
San Mig Coffee
68–78
Caguioa (18)
Mamaril (8)
Tenorio, Mamaril (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–5
Boxscore
8
November 9
GlobalPort
81–79
Caguioa (19)
Mamaril, Wilson, Espiritu (7)
Helterbrand (6)
Cuneta Astrodome
3–5
Boxscore
9
November 11
Talk 'N Text
104–101
Caguioa (22)
Hatfield (13)
Hatfield (4)
Mall of Asia Arena
4–5
Boxscore
10
November 18
Alaska
96–93
Caguioa (24)
Mamaril (12)
Caguioa, Ellis, Tenorio, Hatfield (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–5
Boxscore
11
November 25
Rain or Shine
97–90
Tenorio (20)
Mamaril (9)
Tenorio (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
6–5
Boxscore
12
November 30
Air21
99–76
Ellis (18)
Hatfield (12)
Tenorio (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
7–5
Boxscore :
December
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
13
December 2
Barako Bull
79–83
Helterbrand (18)
Maierhofer (14)
Helterbrand (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
7–6
Boxscore
14
December 9
Talk 'N Text
80–87
Caguioa (20)
Maierhofer, Hatfield (9)
Caguioa (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
7–7
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

2012–13 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log :
Quarterfinals: 1–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
December 12
Rain or Shine
65–82
Caguioa (16)
Maierhofer (11)
Helterbrand (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
Boxscores
2
December 14
Rain or Shine
79–77
Ellis (18)
Ellis (10)
Caguioa, Tenorio (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1
Boxscores
3
December 16
Rain or Shine
89–102
Tenorio, Mamaril (20)
Maierhofer (12)
Helterbrand (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–2
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 10
Air21
70–74
Caguioa (26)
Hill (18)
Helterbrand (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
boxscore
2
February 15
GlobalPort
80–89
Hill (22)
Hill (19)
Tenorio (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–2
boxscore
3
February 17
Petron Blaze
90–105
Caguioa (24)
Hill (11)
Caguioa (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–3
boxscore
4
February 23
Alaska
69–84
Caguioa (20)
Macklin (20)
Macklin (4)
Tubod, Lanao del Norte
0–4
boxscore
5
February 27
Barako Bull
93–72
Caguioa (23)
Macklin (14)
Tenorio (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–4
boxscore :
March
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
March 3
Rain or Shine
93–96
Macklin (27)
Macklin (16)
Tenorio (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–5
boxscore
7
March 10
San Mig Coffee
96–88
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–5
8
March 17
Talk 'N Text
Smart Araneta Coliseum
9
March 22
Meralco
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
## Transactions
### Trades
#### Pre-season

| August 23, 2012 | To Barangay Ginebra Elmer Espiritu (from Air21) 2013 first 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 Petron BlazeMagi Sison (from Air21) Paolo Hubalde (from Air21) 2014 second round pick (from Air21) |
| August 31, 2012 | To Barangay GinebraWillie Miller | To Barako BullEnrico Villanueva |
| August 31, 2012 | To Barangay GinebraJV Casio | To GlobalPortWillie Miller 2014 1st round pick |
| August 31, 2012 | To Barangay GinebraL.A. Tenorio | To AlaskaJV Casio 2015 2nd round pick |

#### Philippine Cup

| November 7, 2012 | To Barangay GinebraYousef Taha | To Air21Mike Cortez |

#### Commissioner's Cup

| January 22, 2013 | To Barangay GinebraMac Baracael | To Barako BullAllein Maliksi |
| April 18 | To Barangay GinebraJosh Urbiztondo | To Barako BullKeith Jensen 2015 2nd round pick (from GlobalPort) |
| June 10, 2013 | To Barangay Ginebra2013 2nd round pick (from Talk 'N Text) | To Barako BullElmer Espiritu |
| June 10, 2013 | To Barangay GinebraJapeth Aguilar | To GlobalPort2013 1st round pick (from Barangay Ginebra via Talk 'N Text and Barako Bull) Yousef Taha |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Commissioner's Cup | Herbert Hill | February 10 (vs. Air21) | February 17 (vs. Petron) | 0–3 |
| Commissioner's Cup | Vernon Macklin | February 24 (vs. Alaska) | May 19 (vs. Alaska) | 12–9 |
| Governors' Cup | Dior Lowhorn | August 18 (vs. Petron) | September 26 (vs. Petron) | 4–7 |