# 2012–13 PBA Philippine Cup

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

| 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)

### Results

| Team | A21 | ALA | BBE | BGSM | GP | MER | PBB | ROS | SMC | TNT |
| Air21 | | 81–92 | 87–90 | 76–99 | 88–81 | 72–85 | 97–76 | 98–99* | 80–89 | 89–96 |
| ALaska | 103–104 | | 102–86 | 87–69 | 101–95 | 86–93 | 88–86 | 93–101 | 83–103 | 94–92 |
| Barako Bull | 85–86 | — | | 92–82 | 95–94 | 86–99 | 89–98 | 101–116 | 91–92 | 76–79 |
| Barangay Ginebra | — | 96–93 | 79–83 | | 110–90 | 88–95 | 95–98 | 98–94 | 68–78 | 104–101 |
| GlobalPort | 92–113 | — | — | 79–81 | | 105–104 | 98–110 | 83–94 | 78–82 | 104–108 |
| Meralco | — | 85–88 | 85–73 | — | 101–92 | | 95–81 | 81–106 | 87–77 | 110–112* |
| Petron Blaze | — | 71–79 | 93–83 | — | 110–81 | — | | 86–102 | 84–90 | 82–92 |
| Rain or Shine | 71–62 | — | — | 90–97 | — | 102–98* | 86–96 | | 80–79 | 77–80 |
| San Mig Coffee | — | 77–68 | 93–73 | — | 107–96 | — | — | 93–92 | | 74–85 |
| Talk 'N Text | 100–94 | — | — | 87–80 | — | 109–98 | 95–82 | — | 92–63 | |

## 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

## Quarterfinals
### (1) Talk 'N Text vs. (8) Air21

* December 13
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 105, Air21 Express 100 :
* Talk 'N Text wins series in one game ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (2) San Mig Coffee vs. (7) Petron Blaze

* December 13
San Mig Coffee Mixers 92, Petron Blaze Boosters 87 (OT) :
* San Mig Coffee wins series in one game ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (3) Rain or Shine vs. (6) Barangay Ginebra

* December 12
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* December 14
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* December 16
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 102, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 89 :
* Rain or Shine wins series, 2–1 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (4) Meralco vs. (5) Alaska

* December 12
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* December 14
Meralco Bolts 70, Alaska Aces 88 :
* Alaska wins series, 2–0 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Semifinals
### (1) Talk 'N Text vs. (5) Alaska

* December 19
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* December 21
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* December 26
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* December 28
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* December 30
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* January 4
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 83, Alaska Aces 78 :
* Talk 'N Text wins series, 4–2 ||
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

### (2) San Mig Coffee vs. (3) Rain or Shine

* December 19
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* December 21
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* December 25
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* December 27
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* December 29
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* January 3
San Mig Coffee Mixers 83, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 90 :
* Rain or Shine wins series, 4–2 ||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

## Finals

* January 9
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* January 11
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* January 13
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* January 16
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 105, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 82 :
* Talk 'N Text wins series, 4-0 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Conference records

    Records marked with an asterisk (*) were accomplished with one or more overtime periods.

### Team

| Record | Stat | Holder | Date/s |
| Longest winning streak | 8 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Nov 16 to December 19, 2012 |
| Longest losing streak | 10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | Oct 20 to December 7, 2012 |
| Most points in one game (winning team) | 116 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (vs Barako Bull Energy Cola) | December 7, 2012 |
| Most points in one game (losing team) | 110* | Meralco Bolts (vs Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) | October 5, 2012 |
| Most points in one game (combined) | 222* | Meralco Bolts vs Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | October 5, 2012 |
| Most 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, 2012 |
| Most points in one quarter | 39 | Meralco 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, 2012 |
| Least points in one game (losing team) | 62 | Air21 Express (vs Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | November 17, 2012 |
| Least points in one game (combined) | 131 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters vs Alaska Aces | December 19, 2012 |
| Least points in one quarter | 6 | Petron Blaze Boosters (vs Alaska Aces) | December 5, 2012 |
| Least points in one half | 22 | San Mig Coffee Mixers (vs Alaska Aces) | November 10, 2012 |
| Biggest winning margin | 29 | Petron Blaze Boosters (vs GlobalPort Batang Pier) | November 18, 2012 |
| Biggest winning margin | 29 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (vs San Mig Coffee Mixers) | November 21, 2012 |

### Individual

| Record | Stat | Holder | Date/s |
| Most points in one game | 41 | Niño Canaleta (Air21 Express vs GlobalPort Batang Pier) | December 5, 2012 |
| Most rebounds in one game | 21 | Doug Kramer (Barako Bull Energy Cola vs Petron Blaze Boosters) | November 24, 2012 |
| Most rebounds in one game | 21 | Jay-R Reyes (Meralco Bolts vs Alaska Aces) | December 12, 2012 |
| Most defensive rebounds in one game | 15 | Jay-R Reyes (Meralco Bolts vs Alaska Aces) | December 12, 2012 |
| Most offensive rebounds in one game | 12 | Doug Kramer (Barako Bull Energy Cola vs Petron Blaze Boosters) | November 24, 2012 |
| Most assists in one game | 18 | Mike Cortez (Air21 Express vs Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) | December 13, 2012 |
| Most blocks in one game | 6 | Billy Mamaril (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel vs Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | December 16, 2012 |
| Most steals in one game | 6 | Chris Ross (Meralco Bolts vs Petron Blaze Boosters) | November 11, 2012 |
| Most FG made in one game | 14 | Niño Canaleta (Air21 Express vs GlobalPort Batang Pier) | December 5, 2012 |
| Most 3 point FG made in one game | 7 | Ronjay Buenafe (Meralco Bolts vs GlobalPort Batang Pier) | October 17, 2012 |
| Most 3 point FG made in one game | 7 | James Yap (San Mig Coffee Mixers vs Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) | December 21, 2012 |
| Most FT made in one game | 15 | Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters vs Meralco Bolts) | November 21, 2012 |
| Most FT made in one game | 15 | JVee Casio (Alaska Aces vs GlobalPort Batang Pier) | December 1, 2012 |
| Most 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

| Week | Player |
| September 30 – October 7 | LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) |
| October 8–14 | Cliff Hodge (Meralco Bolts) |
| October 15–21 | Jervy Cruz (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| October 22–28 | Calvin Abueva (Alaska Aces) |
| October 29 – November 4 | JVee Casio (Alaska Aces) |
| November 5–11 | Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) |
| November 12–18 | Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) |
| November 19–25 | Jimmy Alapag (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |
| November 26 – December 2 | Calvin Abueva (Alaska Aces) |
| December 3–9 | Jervy Cruz (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| December 10–16 | Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| December 17–23 | James Yap (San Mig Coffee Mixers) |
| December 24–30 | Ryan Araña (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| December 31 – January 6 | Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |