# 2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup

The 2012 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup was the second conference of the 2011–12 PBA season. The tournament began on February 10 and ended on May 6, 2012. The tournament is an import-laden format, which means that a team may sign an import or a pure-foreign player for each team with no height limit.

## Format

The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:
* Single round-robin eliminations; 9 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. In case of tie, playoffs will be held only for the #2 and #6 seeds.
* The top two teams after the elimination round will automatically advance to the semifinals.
* The next four teams will play in a best of three quarterfinals series for the two last berths in the semifinals. Matchups are:
** QF1: #3 team vs. #6 team
** QF2: #4 team vs. #5 team
* The winners of the quarterfinals will challenge the top two teams in a best-of-five semifinals series. Matchups are:
** SF1: #1 vs. QF2
** SF2: #2 vs. QF1
* The winners in the semifinals advance to the best-of-seven finals.

## Elimination round
### Team standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 7 | 2 | .778 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | B-Meg Llamados | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Alaska Aces | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Barako Bull Energy Cola | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Meralco Bolts | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 7 | Powerade Tigers | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3 | |
| 8 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4 | |
| 9 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4 | |
| 10 | Air21 Express | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4 | |
* 1 2 Second seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 93–84 B-Meg
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Barako Bull 1.04, Meralco 1.01, Powerade 0.95; sixth seed playoff: Meralco 102–98 Powerade
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.12, Petron 1.11, Air21 0.80

### Schedule

| Team ╲ Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Air21 | BBE | PBB | BMEG | TNT | ALA | ROS | POW | MER | BGK |
| Alaska | BBE | ROS | BGK | TNT | MER | A21 | PBB | BMEG | POW |
| B-Meg | MER | BBE | PBB | TNT | A21 | BGK | ALA | ROS | POW |
| Barako Bull | ALA | BMEG | A21 | ROS | POW | TNT | MER | PBB | BGK |
| Bsrangay Ginebra | PBB | ALA | ROS | POW | MER | BMEG | TNT | BBE | A21 |
| Meralco | BMEG | PBB | TNT | POW | ALA | BGK | ROS | BBE | A21 |
| Petron Blaze | BGK | MER | BMEG | A21 | ROS | POW | ALA | BBE | TNT |
| Powerade | ROS | MER | BBE | BGK | PBB | TNT | A21 | ALA | BMEG |
| Rain or Shine | ALA | POW | BBE | BGK | PBB | MER | A21 | BMEG | TNT |
| Talk 'N Text | MER | ALA | BMEG | A21 | BBE | POW | BGK | ROS | PBB |

### Results

| Team | Air21 | ALA | BMEG | BBE | BGK | MER | PBB | POW | ROS | TNT |
| Air21 | | 88–85 | 79–88 | 97–88 | 87–103 | 91–101 | 88–102 | 92–121 | 83–113 | 89–78 |
| Alaska | — | | 75–90 | 78–98 | 76–74 | 98–90 | 93–88 | 102–100* | 109–102 | 98–110 |
| B-Meg | — | — | | 88–86 | 109–93 | 96–93 | 77–84 | 96–94 | 95–101 | 96–102 |
| Barako Bull | — | — | — | | 81–91 | 89–82 | 94–80 | 101–91 | 95–99 | 106–113* |
| Barangay Ginebra | — | — | — | — | | 80–89 | 84–82 | 105–96 | 89–88 | 94–91* |
| Meralco | — | — | — | — | — | | 105–83 | 82–94 | 93–84 | 96–102* |
| Petron Blaze | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 88–98 | 110–103 | 80–107 |
| Powerade | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 122–120 | 97–111 |
| Rain or Shine | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 90–102 |
| Talk 'N Text | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |

## Sixth seed playoff

* March 30
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

## Second seed playoff

* March 30
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals (best-of-3) | Quarterfinals (best-of-3) | Quarterfinals (best-of-3) | 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 | Talk 'N Text | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Alaska | 1 | 5 | Barako Bull | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Barako Bull | 2 | | | | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 3 |
| | | | | | | 3 | B-Meg | 4 |
| | | | 2 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | | | |
| 3 | B-Meg | 2 | 3 | B-Meg | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Meralco | 1 | | | | | | |
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## Quarterfinals
### (3) B-Meg vs. (6) Meralco

* April 1
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 4
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 8
B-Meg Llamados 86, Meralco Bolts 76 :
* B-Meg wins series, 2–1 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (4) Alaska vs. (5) Barako Bull series

* April 1
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 4
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 8
Alaska Aces 85, Barako Bull Energy 106 :
* Barako Bull wins series, 2–1 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

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

* April 10
* Ynares Center, Antipolo
* April 12
* Ynares Center, Antipolo
* April 14
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
* April 16
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 18
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 101, Barako Bull Energy 90 :
* Talk 'N Text wins series, 3–2 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (2) Barangay Ginebra vs. (3) B-Meg

* April 11
* Ynares Center, Antipolo
* April 13
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 15
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
* April 17
Barangay Ginebra Kings 84, B-Meg Llamados 108 :
* B-Meg wins series, 3–1 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Finals

* April 23
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 25
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 27
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 29
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* May 2
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* May 4
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* May 6
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 84, B-Meg Llamados 90 (OT) :
* B-Meg wins series, 4–3 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## 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 | Marcus Douthit | February 19 (vs. Barako Bull) | March 28 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 3–6 |
| Alaska Aces | Adam Parada | February 10 (vs. Barako Bull) | April 8 (vs. Barako Bull) | 6–6 |
| B-Meg Llamados | Denzel Bowles | February 10 (vs. Meralco) | May 6 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 15–9 |
| Barako Bull Energy | DerMarr Johnson | February 10 (vs. Alaska) | February 23 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 1–3 |
| Barako Bull Energy | Rodney White | March 2 (vs. Powerade) | March 25 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 3–2 |
| Barako Bull Energy | Reggie Okosa | April 1 (vs. Alaska) | April 1 (vs. Alaska) | 1–0 |
| Barako Bull Energy | Gabe Freeman | April 4 (vs. Alaska) | April 18 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 3–4 |
| Barangay Ginebra Kings | Chris Alexander | February 12 (vs. Petron Blaze) | February 24 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 2–1 |
| Barangay Ginebra Kings | Jackson Vroman | March 4 (vs. Powerade) | April 17 (vs. B-Meg) | 6–5 |
| Meralco Bolts | Jarrid Famous | February 10 (vs. B-Meg) | February 17 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 1–2 |
| Meralco Bolts | Earl Barron | February 26 (vs. Powerade) | April 8 (vs. B-Meg) | 5–5 |
| Petron Blaze Boosters | Nick Fazekas | February 12 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | March 16 (vs. Alaska) | 3–4 |
| Petron Blaze Boosters | Will McDonald | March 21 (vs. Barako Bull) | March 28 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 0–2 |
| Powerade Tigers | Dwayne Jones | February 17 (vs. Rain or Shine) | March 30 (vs. Meralco) | 4–6 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Duke Crews | February 12 (vs. Alaska) | March 24 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 3–6 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Omar Samhan | February 17 (vs. Meralco) | February 26 (vs. Alaska) | 2–0 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Donnell Harvey | March 7 (vs. Air21) | May 6 (vs. B-Meg) | 10–8 |

## Awards
### Conference

* Best Player of the Conference: Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra)
* Best Import of the Conference: Denzel Bowles (B-Meg)
* Finals MVP: James Yap (B-Meg)

### Players of the Week

| Week | Player |
| February 13–19 | LA Tenorio (Alaska Aces) |
| February 20–26 | Gary David (Powerade Tigers) |
| February 27 - March 4 | Arwind Santos (Petron Blaze Boosters) |
| March 5–11 | Mark Cardona (Meralco Bolts) |
| March 12–18 | Rudy Hatfield (Barangay Ginebra Kings) |
| March 19–25 | Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra Kings) |
| March 26 - April 1 | Mike Cortez (Barangay Ginebra Kings) Mark Cardona (Meralco Bolts) |
| April 2–8 | Ronald Tubid (Barako Bull Energy) |
| April 9–15 | Danny Seigle (Barako Bull Energy) |
| April 16–22 | Ranidel de Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |

## Statistical leaders
### Locals

| Category | Player | Team | Games played | Totals | Average |
| Points per game | Gary David | Powerade Tigers | 10 | 271 | 27.10 |
| Rebounds per game | Arwind Santos | Petron Blaze Boosters | 9 | 100 | 11.11 |
| Assists per game | Chris Ross | Meralco Bolts | 13 | 102 | 7.85 |
| Steals per game | Chris Ross | Meralco Bolts | 13 | 24 | 1.85 |
| Blocks per game | Arwind Santos | Petron Blaze Boosters | 9 | 16 | 1.78 |
| Field goal percentage | Jondan Salvador | Barako Bull Energy | 10 | 17/28 | 0.607 |
| 3-pt field goal percentage | Larry Fonacier | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 21 | 37/86 | 0.430 |
| Free throw percentage | Joseph Yeo | Petron Blaze Boosters | 9 | 10/11 | 0.909 |
| Minutes per game | Marcio Lassiter | Powerade Tigers | 10 | 398 | 39.80 |