# 2011–12 Powerade Tigers season

The 2011–12 Powerade Tigers season was the 10th and final season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Key dates

* August 28: The 2011 PBA Draft took place in Robinson's Place Ermita, Manila.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 1 | JV Casio | PG | Philippines | De La Salle University |
| 1 | 4 | Marcio Lassiter | SG/SF | United States | Cal State Fullerton |
| 2 | 21 | John Marc Agustin | F | Philippines | Adamson |

## Philippine Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | B-Meg Llamados | 10 | 4 | .714 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 10 | 4 | .714 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Meralco Bolts | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Barako Bull Energy Cola | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Powerade Tigers | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Alaska Aces | 3 | 11 | .214 | 7 | |
| 10 | Shopinas.com Clickers | 0 | 14 | .000 | 10 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: B-Meg 1–1 Talk 'N Text (B-Meg +8)
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Petron +8, Barangay Ginebra +1, Rain or Shine −9
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–1 Powerade (Barako Bull +35)

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | 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 twice-to-beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | B-Meg | 88 | 123 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Powerade | 97 | 131* | | | | | | |
| 8 | Powerade | 97 | 131* | 8 | Powerade | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 8 | Powerade | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 5 | Rain or Shine | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 0 | 5 | Rain or Shine | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Rain or Shine | Rain or Shine | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Rain or Shine | Rain or Shine | 2 | | | | 8 | Powerade | 1 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 8 | Powerade | 1 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 2 | Talk 'N Text | 4 |
| 2 | Talk 'N Text | Talk 'N Text | 81 | | | | 2 | Talk 'N Text | 4 |
| 7 | Barako Bull | Barako Bull | 79 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Barako Bull | Barako Bull | 79 | 2 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 3 | Petron Blaze | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Petron Blaze | Petron Blaze | 2 | 3 | Petron Blaze | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Meralco | Meralco | 0 | | | | | | |
*Game went into overtime
* view
* talk

### Quarterfinals
#### B-Meg vs. Powerade

* December 14
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* December 18
B-Meg Llamados 123, Powerade Tigers 131 (OT) :
* Powerade wins series in two games ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### Semifinals
#### Powerade-Rain or Shine series

* January 4
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
* January 6
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* January 8
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* January 10
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* January 13
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* January 15
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* January 18
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 98, Powerade Tigers 107 :
* Powerade wins series 4–3 ||
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

### Finals

* January 20
* Davao del Sur Coliseum, Digos, Davao del Sur
* January 23
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* January 25
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* January 27
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* January 29
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 110, Powerade Tigers 101 :
* Talk 'N Text wins series 4–1 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Commissioner's Cup
### Eliminations
#### 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

#### Seeding playoffs

* March 30
* 6th seed
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

## Governors Cup
### Eliminations
#### 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

#### 6th-seed playoffs

* July 3
* KO game
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* July 4
* 6th seed
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Transactions
### Trades
#### Pre-season

| August 26, 2011 | To PoweradeDoug Kramer Josh Vanlandingham | To Rain or ShineJR Quiñahan Norman Gonzales 2013 and 2014 second round picks |
| August 28, 2011 | To PoweradeChris Timberlake (from Meralco) Ogie Menor (from Meralco) 2011 2nd round pick (John Marc Agustin) (from Talk 'N Text) | To Talk 'N TextBam Gamalinda (from Meralco) Shawn Weinstein (from Meralco) | To MeralcoMark Yee (from Talk 'N Text) 2011 1st round pick (Jason Ballesteros) (from Talk 'N Text) Mark Macapagal (from Powerade) |

#### Commissioner's Cup

| April 20, 2012 | To PoweradeRabeh Al-Hussaini Rey Guevarra Lordy Tugade | To Petron BlazeMarcio Lassiter Celino Cruz |
| May 1, 2012 | To PoweradeJondan Salvador 2012 second round pick | To BarakoDoug Kramer |

### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former team |
| James Martinez | August 28, 2012 | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
| Rabeh Al-Hussaini | April 20, 2012(via trade) | Petron Blaze Boosters |
| Rey Guevarra | April 20, 2012(via trade) | Petron Blaze Boosters |
| Lordy Tugade | April 20, 2012(via trade) | Petron Blaze Boosters |
| Jondan Salvador | May 1, 2012(via trade) | Barako Bull Energy |

### Subtractions

| Player | Signed | Former team |
| Marcio Lassiter | April 20, 2012 | traded to Petron Blaze Boosters |
| Celino Cruz | April 20, 2012 | traded to Barako Bull Energy via Petron Blaze Boosters |
| Doug Kramer | May 1, 2012 | traded to Barako Bull Energy |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Commissioner's Cup | Dwayne Jones | February 17 (vs. Rain or Shine) | March 30 (vs. Meralco) | 4–6 |
| Governors Cup | Rashad McCants | May 20 (vs. Petron) | May 25 (vs. Barako Bull) | 0–2 |
| Governors Cup | Omar Sneed | June 1 (vs. Alaska) | July 4 (vs. Meralco) | 5–4 |