# 2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup

The 2013 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup was the second conference of the 2012–13 PBA season. The tournament began on February 8 and ended on May 19, 2013. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team and with no height limit. From the semifinal round onwards, the tournament is sponsored by Cebuana Lhuillier.

## Format

Due to the preparations of the Philippines men's national basketball team for the upcoming FIBA Asia Championship, the opening of Governors' Cup was moved on the second week of August, at the conclusion of the FIBA tournament. The Commissioner's Cup was extended until the last week of May and adapted the tournament format used during the Philippine Cup.
The tournament format for this conference was as follows:
* Two-round eliminations, with each team playing 14 games. The teams are divided into two groups on the basis of their rankings from the previous Philippine Cup. Each team will play teams within their group once, while they will play teams from the other group twice. Standings will be determined in one league table; teams do not qualify by basis of groupings.
** Group A:
*** Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (#1)
*** Alaska Aces (#4)
*** Meralco Bolts (#5)
*** Air21 Express (#8)
*** Barako Bull Energy Cola (#9)
** Group B:
*** Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (#2)
*** San Mig Coffee Mixers (#3)
*** Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (#6)
*** Petron Blaze Boosters (#7)
*** GlobalPort Batang Pier (#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-5 series):
** SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
** SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
* Finals (best-of-5 series)
** Winners of the semifinals

## Elimination round
### Team 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

### Results

| Team | A21 | ALA | BBEC | BGSM | GP | MER | PBB | ROS | SMC | TNT |
| Air21 | | 74–68 | 86–91 | 74–70 | 106–94 | 88–89 | 53–60 | 97–99 | 87–82 | 83–86 |
| Alaska | — | | 77–73 | 84–69 | 93–85 | 85–81 | 83–73 | 83–81 | 68–75 | 92–69 |
| Barako Bull | — | — | | 72–93 | 98–88* | 104–112 | 78–91 | 103–93 | 79–75 | 98–101 |
| Barangay Ginebra | 90–84 | 93–102 | 96–89 | | 80–89 | 84–81 | 90–105 | 93–96 | 96–88 | 107–100 |
| GlobalPort | 72–87 | 92–93 | 87–96 | — | | 89–90 | 94–92 | 95–103 | 84–91 | 79–99 |
| Meralco | — | — | — | 90–91 | 103–92 | | 86–88 | 82–91 | 71–76 | 99–92 |
| Petron Blaze | 91–95* | 84–92 | 88–77 | — | — | 92–102 | | 87–79 | 98–73 | 85–93* |
| Rain or Shine | 93–82 | 84–89* | 106–97 | — | — | 116–118* | — | | 93–65 | 76–86 |
| San Mig Coffee | 80–66 | 84–83 | 100–105 | — | — | 97–90 | — | — | | 90–82 |
| Talk 'N Text | — | — | — | 100–86 | 94–84 | — | 76–87 | 85–116 | 82–83 | |

## 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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## Quarterfinals
### (1) Alaska vs. (8) Air21

* April 20
Alaska Aces 87, Air21 Express 81 :
* Alaska wins series in one game ||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

### (2) Rain or Shine vs. (7) Barangay Ginebra

* April 20
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* April 22
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 79, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 81 :
* Barangay Ginebra wins series in two games ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (3) Petron vs. (6) Talk 'N Text

* April 19
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 21
Petron Blaze Boosters 86, Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 96 :
* Talk 'N Text wins series, 2–0 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (4) San Mig Coffee vs. (5) Meralco

* April 19
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 21
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 24
San Mig Coffee Mixers 90, Meralco Bolts 82 :
* San Mig Coffee wins series, 2–1 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Semifinals
### (1) Alaska vs. (4) San Mig Coffee

* April 27
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 29
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* May 8
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* May 11
Alaska Aces 83, San Mig Coffee Mixers 78 :
* Alaska wins series, 3–1 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (6) Talk 'N Text vs. (7) Barangay Ginebra

* April 26
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 28
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* May 8
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* May 10
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* May 12
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 103, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 111 :
* Barangay Ginebra wins series, 3–2 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 21,480

## Finals

* May 15
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* May 17
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* May 19
Alaska Aces 104, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 80 :
* Alaska wins series, 3–0 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Awards
### Conference

* Best Player of the Conference: LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra)
* Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference: Robert Dozier (Alaska)
* Finals MVP: Sonny Thoss (Alaska)

### Players of the Week

| Week | Player |
| February 8–10 | Josh Urbiztondo (Barako Bull Energy Cola) |
| February 11–17 | Cyrus Baguio (Alaska Aces) |
| February 18–24 | Sunday Salvacion (Meralco Bolts) |
| February 25–March 3 | Cyrus Baguio (Alaska Aces) |
| March 4–10 | Sonny Thoss (Alaska Aces) |
| March 11–17 | June Mar Fajardo (Petron Blaze Boosters) |
| March 18–24 | Mike Cortez (Air21 Express) |
| March 25–31 | Mick Pennisi (Barako Bull Energy Cola) |
| April 1–7 | Dondon Hontiveros (Alaska Aces) |
| April 8–14 | Niño Canaleta (Air21 Express) |
| April 15–21 | Ranidel De Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |
| April 22–29 | Kerby Raymundo (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) |
| May 7–13 | LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) |

## 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 | Michael Dunigan | February 10 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) | April 20 (vs. Alaska) | 6–9 |
| Alaska Aces | Robert Dozier | February 9 (vs. Rain or Shine) | May 19 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) | 18–4 |
| Barako Bull Energy Cola | Evan Brock | February 8 (vs. San Mig Coffee) | March 31 (vs. San Mig Coffee) | 4–7 |
| Barako Bull Energy Cola | D. J. Mbenga | April 7 (vs. Petron) | April 14 (vs. GlobalPort) | 1–2 |
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Herbert Hill | February 10 (vs. Air21) | February 17 (vs. Petron) | 0–3 |
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Vernon Macklin | February 24 (vs. Alaska) | May 19 (vs. Alaska) | 12–9 |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | Justin Williams | February 8 (vs. Petron) | March 8 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 2–5 |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | Walter Sharpe | March 10 (vs. Air21) | March 17 (vs. Alaska) | 0–2 |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | Sylvester Morgan | March 23 (vs. Air21) | April 14 (vs. Barako Bull) | 0–5 |
| Meralco Bolts | Eric Dawson | February 9 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | April 24 (vs. San Mig Coffee) | 8–9 |
| Petron Blaze Boosters | Renaldo Balkman | February 8 (vs. GlobalPort) | March 8 (vs. Alaska) | 5–2 |
| Petron Blaze Boosters | No Import | March 16 (vs. Rain or Shine) | March 16 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 1–0 |
| Petron Blaze Boosters | Rodney White | March 22 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | March 27 (vs. Alaska) | 0–2 |
| Petron Blaze Boosters | Henry Sims | April 5 (vs. Meralco) | April 21 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 2–4 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Bruno Šundov | February 9 (vs. Alaska) | April 22 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) | 9–7 |
| San Mig Coffee Mixers | No Import | February 8 (vs. Barako Bull) | February 8 (vs. Barako Bull) | 0–1 |
| San Mig Coffee Mixers | Matt Rogers | February 13 (vs. Petron) | February 13 (vs. Petron) | 0–1 |
| San Mig Coffee Mixers | Denzel Bowles | February 22 (vs. Rain or Shine) | May 11 (vs. Alaska) | 11–8 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Keith Benson | February 9 (vs. Meralco) | March 1 (vs. Alaska) | 2–3 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Donnell Harvey | March 9 (vs. Barako Bull) | April 6 (vs. GlobalPort) | 4–3 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Jerome Jordan | April 14 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) | April 28 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) | 4–2 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Tony Mitchell | May 8 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) | May 12 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) | 1–2 |