# 2012 PBA Governors' Cup

The 2012 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, was the third and last conference of the 2011–12 PBA season. The tournament started on May 20 and culminated on August 5 with the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters team defeating the B-Meg Llamados team by 4 games to 3.
The tournament was an import-laden format, which allowed an import or a pure-foreign player for each team and with a height limit of 6-foot-5.

## 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.
* The top six teams after the eliminations will advance to the semifinals. In case of a tie, a playoff will be held only for the #6 seed.
* Semifinals will be a single round-robin affair with the remaining six teams. Results from the eliminations will be carried over. A playoff incentive for a finals berth will be given to the team that will win at least four of their five semifinal games that does not finish within the top two. In case of a tie, a playoff will be held only for the #2 seed.
* The top two teams (or the #1 team and the winner of the playoff between team with at least 4 semifinal wins and the #2 team) will face each other in a best-of-seven championship series.

## Elimination round
### Team standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8 | 1 | .889 | — | Semifinal round |
| 2 | B-Meg Llamados | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2 | Semifinal round |
| 3 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Semifinal round |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Semifinal round |
| 5 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Semifinal round |
| 6 | Meralco Bolts | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | Semifinal round |
| 7 | Powerade Tigers | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | |
| 8 | Barako Bull Energy Cola | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | |
| 9 | Alaska Aces | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6 | |
| 10 | Air21 Express | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Talk 'N Text +18, Barangay Ginebra 0, Petron −18
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Meralco +11, Barako Bull +8, Powerade −18; sixth seed playoffs: Powerade 99–95 Barako Bull, Meralco 94–86 Powerade
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Air21

### Schedule

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

### Results

| Team | A21 | ALA | BMEG | BBE | BGK | MER | PBB | POW | ROS | TNT |
| Air21 | | 80–110 | 78–91 | 100–109 | 85–103 | 77–106 | 97–98 | 128–121 | 92–106 | 97–86 |
| Alaska | — | | 61–77 | 104–84 | 81–90 | 95–100 | 94–107 | 97–114 | 100–107 | 72–80 |
| B-Meg | — | — | | 95–90 | 96–88 | 88–83 | 80–92 | 110–98* | 94–100* | 72–89 |
| Barako Bull | — | — | — | | 91–102 | 81–79 | 111–107 | 106–101 | 90–100 | 89–109 |
| Barangay Ginebra | — | — | — | — | | 100–73 | 83–80 | 83–86 | 90–93 | 111–113 |
| Meralco | — | — | — | — | — | | 88–101 | 91–78 | 77–81 | 105–99 |
| Petron Blaze | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 97–83 | 82–103 | 87–102 |
| Powerade | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 104–98 | 110–105 |
| Rain or Shine | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 92–90 |
| Talk 'N Text | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |

## Sixth seed playoffs

Three teams were tied for sixth, with only one team advancing. The three teams were first ranked by head-to-head quotient, with the best team drawing a bye to the second round, and the two worst teams playing in the first round.
| First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| | | Meralco Bolts | 94 |
| Barako Bull Energy | 95 | Powerade Tigers | 86 |
| Powerade Tigers | 99 | | |

### First round

* July 3
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### Second round

* July 4
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Semifinal round
### Team standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 10 | 4 | .714 | — | Advance to finals |
| 2 | B-Meg Llamados | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1 | Guaranteed finals berth playoff |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1 | Qualify to finals berth playoff |
| 4 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2 | |
| 5 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4 | |
| 6 | Meralco Bolts | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4 | |
| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | Qualification |
| 1 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 4 | 1 | Qualify to finals berth playoff |
| 2 | B-Meg Llamados | 3 | 2 | |
| 3 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 3 | 2 | |
| 4 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 2 | 3 | |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 2 | 3 | |
| 6 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 1 | 4 | |

## Finals berth playoff

* July 20
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Finals

* July 22
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* July 25
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* July 27
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* July 29
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* August 1
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* August 3
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* August 5
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 83, B-Meg Llamados 76 :
* Rain or Shine 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 entire conference.
| Team | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Air21 Express | Zach Graham | May 23 (vs. Ginebra) | June 29 (vs. Petron Blaze) | 2–7 |
| Alaska Aces | Jason Forte | May 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) | June 27 (vs. Air21) | 2–7 |
| B-Meg Llamados | Marqus Blakely | May 25 (vs. Rain or Shine) | August 5 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 13–9 |
| Barako Bull Energy | Jamine Peterson | May 25 (vs. Powerade) | June 1 (vs. B-Meg) | 1–2 |
| Barako Bull Energy | LeRoy Hickerson | June 8 (vs. Petron Blaze) | July 3 (vs. Powerade) | 3–3 |
| Barangay Ginebra Kings | Cedric Bozeman | May 23 (vs. Air21) | July 20 (vs. B-Meg) | 9–6 |
| Meralco Bolts | Champ Oguchi | May 23 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | June 6 (vs. B-Meg) | 2–3 |
| Meralco Bolts | Mario West | June 10 (vs. Alaska) | July 15 (vs. Petron Blaze) | 5–5 |
| Petron Blaze Boosters | Eddie Basden | May 20 (vs. Powerade) | June 29 (vs. Air21) | 5–4 |
| Petron Blaze Boosters | Marcus Faison | July 6 (vs. Rain or Shine) | July 15 (vs. Meralco) | 1–4 |
| Powerade Tigers | Rashad McCants | May 20 (vs. Petron Blaze) | May 25 (vs. Barako Bull) | 0–2 |
| Powerade Tigers | Omar Sneed | June 1 (vs. Alaska) | July 4 (vs. Meralco) | 5–4 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Jamelle Cornley | May 20 (vs. Alaska) | August 5 (vs. B-Meg) | 14–7 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Paul Harris | May 23 (vs. Meralco) | July 18 (vs. Ginebra) | 8–6 |

## Awards
### Conference

* Best Player of the Conference: Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra Kings)
* Best Import of the Conference: Jamelle Cornley (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)
* Finals MVP: Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)

### Players of the Week

| Week | Player |
| May 20–27 | Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| May 28 – June 3 | Gary David (Powerade Tigers) |
| June 4–10 | Gary David (Powerade Tigers) |
| June 11–17 | Jay Washington (Petron Blaze Boosters) |
| June 18–24 | Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) |
| June 25 – July 1 | Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |
| July 2–8 | Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra Kings) |
| July 9–15 | Marc Pingris (B-Meg Llamados) |
| July 16–22 | Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) |