# 2013 PBA Governors' Cup

The 2013 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup was the third and last conference of the 2012–13 PBA season. Due to the preparations for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship, the conference started on August 14, 2013, and finished on October 25, 2013.
The tournament is an import-laden format, which allows an import or a pure-foreign player for each team and with a height limit of 6-foot-5.
The finals is sponsored by PLDT Telpad.

## Format

The tournament format for this conference is as follows:
* Single-round robin eliminations; 9 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.
* Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. In case of tie, playoffs will be held only for the #4 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 (#3 seed twice-to-beat)
** QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed (#4 seed twice-to-beat)
* Semifinals (best-of-5 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 | 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

### Schedule

| Team ╲ Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Air21 | GP | SMC | BBEC | PBB | ROS | BGSM | TNT | MER | ALA |
| Alaska | GP | ROS | BGSM | MER | TNT | SMC | PBB | BBEC | A21 |
| Barako Bull | TNT | MER | A21 | BGSM | PBB | GP | ROS | SMC | ALA |
| Barangsy Ginebra | PBB | MER | BBEC | ALA | A21 | SMC | ROS | GP | TNT |
| GlobalPort | A21 | ROS | ALA | TNT | SMC | BBEC | MER | PBB | BGSM |
| Meralco | PBB | BBEC | BGSM | TNT | ALA | ROS | GP | A21 | SMC |
| Petron Blaze | MER | BGSM | ROS | A21 | SMC | BBEC | TNT | ALA | GP |
| Rain or Shine | SMC | GP | PBB | ALA | A21 | MER | BBEC | BGSM | TNT |
| San Mig Coffee | ROS | A21 | TNT | PBB | GP | BGSM | ALA | BBEC | MER |
| Talk 'N Text | BBEC | SMC | MER | GP | ALA | PBB | A21 | ROS | BGSM |

### Results

| Team | A21 | ALA | BBEC | BGSM | GP | MER | PBB | ROS | SMC | TNT |
| Air21 | | 121–107 | 94–103 | 93–106 | 94–101 | 91–100 | 86–112 | 95–109 | 93–82 | 106–102 |
| Alaska | – | | 91–89 | 102–99 | 88–91 | 74–84 | 100–103 | 94–79 | 82–95 | 112–104 |
| Barako Bull | – | – | | 104–91 | 98–97 | 90–89 | 87–112 | 93–120 | 77–81 | 113–118* |
| Barangay Ginebra | – | – | – | | 106–113* | 98–85 | 95–101 | 101–100 | 86–89 | 99–113 |
| GlobalPort | – | – | – | – | | 91–79 | 90–101 | 74–94 | 88–102 | 95–102 |
| Meralco | – | – | – | – | – | | 89–83 | 82–76 | 87–88 | 92–86 |
| Petron Blaze | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 99–84 | 89–83 | 122–88 |
| Rain or Shine | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 79–75 | 104–102 |
| San Mig Coffee | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 118–99 |
| Talk 'N Text | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |

## Eighth seed playoff

* September 24
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## 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 | | | | | | |
* view
* talk

## Quarterfinals
### (1) Petron Blaze vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra

* September 26
Petron Blaze Boosters 101, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 94 :
* Petron wins series in one game ||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

### (2) San Mig Coffee vs. (7) Alaska

* September 25
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* September 27
San Mig Coffee Mixers 83, Alaska Aces 73 :
* San Mig Coffee wins series in two games ||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

### (3) Meralco vs. (6) Barako Bull

* September 25
Meralco Bolts 86, Barako Bull Energy Cola 68 :
* Meralco wins series in one game ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (4) Rain or Shine vs. (5) GlobalPort

* September 26
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 108, GlobalPort Batang Pier 106 :
* Rain or Shine wins series in one game ||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

## Semifinals
### (1) Petron Blaze vs. (4) Rain or Shine

* September 30
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* October 2
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
* October 5
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
* October 7
Petron Blaze Boosters 110, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 89 :
* Petron Blaze wins series, 3–1 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (2) San Mig Coffee vs. (3) Meralco

* September 29
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* October 1
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* October 4
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* October 6
San Mig Coffee Mixers 79, Meralco Bolts 73 :
* San Mig Coffee wins series, 3–1 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Finals

* October 11
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* October 13
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* October 16
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* October 18
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* October 20
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* October 23
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* October 25
Petron Blaze Boosters 77, San Mig Coffee Mixers 87 :
* San Mig Coffee 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 | Zach Graham | August 14 (vs. GlobalPort) | September 22 (vs. Alaska Aces) | 3–6 |
| Alaska Aces | Wendell McKines | August 23 (vs. GlobalPort) | September 27 (vs. San Mig Coffee) | 5–6 |
| Barako Bull Energy Cola | Mike Singletary | August 15 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | September 25 (vs. Meralco) | 4–6 |
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Dior Lowhorn | August 18 (vs. Petron) | September 26 (vs. Petron) | 4–7 |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | Markeith Cummings | August 14 (vs. Air21) | September 26 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 4–6 |
| Meralco Bolts | Mario West | August 16 (vs. Petron) | October 6 (vs. San Mig Coffee) | 7–7 |
| Petron Blaze Boosters | Elijah Millsap | August 16 (vs. Meralco) | October 25 (vs. San Mig Coffee) | 15–7 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Arizona Reid | August 14 (vs. San Mig Coffee) | October 7 (vs. Petron) | 7–7 |
| San Mig Coffee Mixers | Marqus Blakely | August 14 (vs. Rain or Shine) | October 25 (vs. Petron) | 15–8 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Tony Mitchell | August 15 (vs. Barako Bull) | September 13 (vs. Air21) | 2–5 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Courtney Fells | September 18 (vs. Rain or Shine) | September 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 1–2 |

## Awards
### Conference

* Best Player of the Conference: Arwind Santos (Petron Blaze Boosters)
* Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference: Marqus Blakely (San Mig Coffee Mixers)
* Finals MVP: Marc Pingris (San Mig Coffee Mixers)

### Players of the Week

| Week | Player |
| August 14–18 | Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| August 19–25 | LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) |
| August 26 – September 1 | Emman Monfort (Barako Bull Energy Cola) |
| September 2–8 | James Yap (San Mig Coffee Mixers) |
| September 9–15 | Marcio Lassiter (Petron Blaze Boosters) |
| September 16–22 | Jay Washington (GlobalPort Batang Pier) |
| September 23–29 | Joe Devance (San Mig Coffee Mixers) |
| September 30 – October 7 | James Yap (San Mig Coffee Mixers) Alex Cabagnot (Petron Blaze Boosters) |