# 2013 PBA Governors' Cup finals

The 2013 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup finals (also known as the 2013 PLDT Telpad PBA Governors' Cup finals for sponsorship reasons) was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2013 PBA Governors' Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. Petron Blaze and San Mig Coffee competed for the 109th championship contested by the league. This was the first time the two teams met in the finals since the 2000 PBA Governors' Cup finals when the Petron Blaze Boosters (then known as the San Miguel Beermen) defeated the San Mig Coffee Mixers (then known as the Purefoods TJ Hotdogs) in five games.

## Background
### Road to the finals

| San Mig Coffee | San Mig Coffee | Petron Blaze | Petron Blaze |
| Finished 6–3 (0.667): 2nd | Elimination round | Elimination round | Finished 8–1 (0.889):1st |
| Def. Alaska in one game (105–112, 83–74) | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Def. Barangay Ginebra in two games (101–94) |
| Def. Meralco, 3–1 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Def. Rain or Shine, 3–1 |

### Head-to-head matchup

The conference head-to-head matchup was on August 31, 2013 at the Mall of Asia Arena.
* August 31, 2013
* recap
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

## Series summary

| Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 | Wins |
| San Mig Coffee | 84 | 100 | 68 | 88 | 114 | 88 | 87 | 4 |
| Petron Blaze | 100 | 93 | 90 | 86 | 103 | 99 | 77 | 3 |
| Venue | MOA | Araneta | Araneta | MOA | Araneta | Araneta | Araneta | |

### Game 1

* Sports5 on TV5
* October 11 8:00 p.m.
* boxscore
San Mig Coffee Mixers 84, Petron Blaze Boosters 100 :
| Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 18–18, 25–18, 23–41 |||
| Pts: Blakely 23 Rebs: Blakely 14 Asts: de Ocampo 6 | Pts: Millsap 35 Rebs: Millsap 10 Asts: Millsap 10 |
| Petron Blaze leads series, 1–0 |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 12,518 Referees: N. Quilingen, P. Balao, R. Gruta

### Game 2

* Sports5 on TV5
* October 13 4:30 p.m.
* boxscore
San Mig Coffee Mixers 100, Petron Blaze Boosters 93 :
| Scoring by quarter: 30–24, 19–21, 25–18, 26–31 |||
| Pts: Blakely 23 Rebs: Blakely 16 Asts: Blakely 6 | Pts: Millsap 31 Rebs: Fajardo 14 Asts: Millsap 4 |
| Series tied, 1–1 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 12,072 Referees: E. Quirino, J. Mariano, S. Pineda

### Game 3

* Sports5 on TV5
* October 16 8:00 p.m.
* boxscore
San Mig Coffee Mixers 68, Petron Blaze Boosters 90 :
| Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 10–27, 22–22, 16–13 |||
| Pts: Blakely 17 Rebs: Blakely 10 Asts: Blakely, Pingris 4 | Pts: Millsap 28 Rebs: Fajardo 9 Asts: Lutz 5 |
| Petron Blaze leads series, 2–1 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 12,314 Referees: N. Quilingen, P. Balao, E. Aquino

### Game 4

* Sports5 on TV5
* October 18 8:00 p.m.
* boxscore
San Mig Coffee Mixers 88, Petron Blaze Boosters 86 :
| Scoring by quarter: 33–13, 19–16, 15–34, 21–23 |||
| Pts: Blakely 19 Rebs: Blakely 13 Asts: Blakely 6 | Pts: Millsap 33 Rebs: Fajardo 26 Asts: Millsap 4 |
| Series tied, 2–2 |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: P. Balao, N. Sambrano, E. Aquino

### Game 5

* Sports5 on TV5
* October 20 4:30 p.m.
* Boxscore
San Mig Coffee Mixers 114, Petron Blaze Boosters 103 :
| Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 33–36, 33–26, 27–23 |||
| Pts: Blakely 30 Rebs: Blakely 15 Asts: Barroca 10 | Pts: Millsap 37 Rebs: Fajardo 16 Asts: Cabagnot 7 |
| San Mig Coffee leads series, 3–2 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 12,137 Referees: A. Herrera, P. Balao, N. Sambrano

### Game 6

* Sports5 on TV5
* October 23 8:30 p.m.
* boxscore
San Mig Coffee Mixers 88, Petron Blaze Boosters 99 :
| Scoring by quarter: 19–28, 20–24, 24–22, 25–25 |||
| Pts: Blakely 21 Rebs: Blakely11 Asts: Mallari, Pingris 4 | Pts: Millsap 30 Rebs: Fajardo 14 Asts: Millsap, Cabagnot, Santos 6 |
| Series tied, 3–3 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 15,018 Referees: P. Balao, J. Mariano, E. Aquino

### Game 7

* Sports5 on TV5
* October 25 7:15 p.m.
* boxscore
San Mig Coffee Mixers 87, Petron Blaze Boosters 77 :
| Scoring by quarter: 19-19, 22–20, 24–22, 22–16 |||
| Pts: Blakely, Pingris 19 Rebs: Pingris 17 Asts: Barroca 4 | Pts: Millsap 25 Rebs: Fajardo 15 Asts: Cabagnot 8 |
| San Mig Coffee wins series, 4–3 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 21,319 Referees: A. Herrera, N. Sambrano, S. Pineda

## Broadcast notes

| Game | Play-by-play | Analyst(s) | Courtside reporters | Sports5 Center Analysts |
| Game 1 | Magoo Marjon | Jason Webb | Erika Padilla | Aaron Atayde and Nikko Ramos |
| Game 2 | Mico Halili | Quinito Henson | Sel Guevara | Aaron Atayde and Benjie Paras |
| Game 3 | Charlie Cuna | Dominic Uy | Rizza Diaz | Nikko Ramos and Ronnie Magsanoc |
| Game 4 | Rado Dimalibot | Eric Reyes | Rizza Diaz | Mico Halili and Benjie Paras |
| Game 5 | Magoo Marjon | Jason Webb | Erika Padilla | Aaron Atayde, Benjie Paras and Chot Reyes |
| Game 6 | Mico Halili | Jason Webb | Nikko Ramos and Rizza Diaz | Aaron Atayde, Ronnie Magsanoc and Chot Reyes |
| Game 7 | Magoo Marjon | Jason Webb | Nikko Ramos and Erika Padilla | Mico Halili, Ronnie Magsanoc and Chot Reyes |
* Additional Game 7 crew:
** Trophy presentation: Aaron Atayde
** Dugout celebration interviewer: Nikko Ramos

### TV ratings

| Game | AGB Nielsen Mega Manila | TNS/Kantar national |
| Game 1 | 9.5% | 4.5% |
| Game 2 | 9% | 5.3% |
| Game 3 | 9.4% | 4.9% |
| Game 4 | 10.2% | 5.7% |
| Game 5 | 7.9% | 4.7% |
| Game 6 | 11.7% | 7% |
| Game 7 | 15.4% | 8.8% |
| Average | 10.4 | 5.8% |