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2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup

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2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup
DurationFebruary 8 – May 19, 2013
TV partner(s)Sports5 - AKTV on IBC
TV5 (Local)
Aksyon TV International (International)
Finals
ChampionsAlaska Aces
Runners-upBarangay Ginebra San Miguel
Awards
Best PlayerLA Tenorio
(Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
Best ImportRobert Dozier
(Alaska Aces)
Finals MVPSonny Thoss
(Alaska Aces)
PBA Commissioner's Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

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

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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.[1]

The tournament format for this conference was as follows:[2][3]

Elimination round

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Team standings

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Pos Team 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
3 Petron Blaze Boosters 8 6 .571[a] 3 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 San Mig Coffee Mixers 8 6 .571[a] 3
5 Meralco Bolts 7 7 .500[b] 4
6 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 7 7 .500[b] 4
7 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 7 .500[b] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Air21 Express 6 8 .429 5
9 Barako Bull Energy Cola 5 9 .357 6
10 GlobalPort Batang Pier 2 12 .143 9
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Petron 2–0 San Mig
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.01, TNT 1.00, Barangay Ginebra 0.99

Schedule

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Win
Loss
OT win
OT loss
Team Game number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Air21 BGSM TNT BBEC ROS PBB MER GP ALA SMC GP ROS BGSM SMC PBB
Alaska ROS MER BBEC BGSM TNT SMC PBB A21 GP SMC PBB ROS BGSM GP
Barako Bull SMC GP ALA A21 BGSM PBB TNT MER ROS BGSM SMC PBB ROS GP
Barangay Ginebra A21 GP PBB ALA BBEC ROS SMC TNT MER BBEC A21 MER ALA TNT
GlobalPort PBB BBEC BGSM TNT MER SMC ROS A21 ALA A21 MER TNT ALA BBEC
Meralco TNT ALA ROS PBB GP A21 BBEC SMC BGSM GP PBB BGSM SMC ROS
Petron GP SMC BGSM MER A21 BBEC ALA ROS TNT ALA MER BBEC A21 TNT
Rain or Shine ALA MER SMC A21 BGSM GP TNT PBB BBEC TNT A21 ALA BBEC MER
San Mig Coffee BBEC PBB ROS TNT GP ALA BGSM MER A21 ALA BBEC TNT A21 MER
Talk 'N Text MER A21 GP SMC ALA BBEC ROS BGSM PBB ROS SMC GP BGSM PBB

Results

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Team A21 ALA BBEC BGSM GP MER PBB ROS SMC TNT
Air21 Express 74–68 86–91 74–70 106–94 88–89 53–60 97–99 87–82 83–86
Alaska Aces 77–73 84–69 93–85 85–81 83–73 83–81 68–75 92–69
Barako Bull Energy Cola 72–93 98–88* 104–112 78–91 103–93 79–75 98–101
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 90–84 93–102 96–89 80–89 84–81 90–105 93–96 96–88 107–100
GlobalPort Batang Pier 72–87 92–93 87–96 89–90 94–92 95–103 84–91 79–99
Meralco Bolts 90–91 103–92 86–88 82–91 71–76 99–92
Petron Blaze Boosters 91–95* 84–92 88–77 92–102 87–79 98–73 85–93*
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 93–82 84–89* 106–97 116–118* 93–65 76–86
San Mig Coffee Mixers 80–66 84–83 100–105 97–90 90–82
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 100–86 94–84 76–87 85–116 82–83
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket

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QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-5)
Finals
(best-of-5)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1Alaska87
8Air2181
1Alaska3
(best-of-3)
4San Mig Coffee1
4San Mig Coffee2
5Meralco1
1Alaska3
(#2 twice-to-beat)
7Barangay Ginebra0
2Rain or Shine8379
7Barangay Ginebra9081
7Barangay Ginebra3
(best-of-3)
6Talk 'N Text2
3Petron0
6Talk 'N Text2

Quarterfinals

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(1) Alaska vs. (8) Air21

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April 20
Alaska Aces 87, Air21 Express 81
Alaska wins series in one game

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

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April 22
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 79, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 81
Barangay Ginebra wins series in two games

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

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

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April 24
San Mig Coffee Mixers 90, Meralco Bolts 82
San Mig Coffee wins series, 2–1

Semifinals

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

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May 11
Alaska Aces 83, San Mig Coffee Mixers 78
Alaska wins series, 3-1

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

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May 12
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 103, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 111
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 3-2

Finals

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Awards

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Conference

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Players of the Week

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Week Player Ref.
February 8–10 Josh Urbiztondo (Barako Bull Energy Cola) [4]
February 11–17 Cyrus Baguio (Alaska Aces) [5]
February 18–24 Sunday Salvacion (Meralco Bolts) [6]
February 25–March 3 Cyrus Baguio (Alaska Aces) [7]
March 4–10 Sonny Thoss (Alaska Aces) [8]
March 11–17 June Mar Fajardo (Petron Blaze Boosters) [9]
March 18–24 Mike Cortez (Air21 Express) [10]
March 25–31 Mick Pennisi (Barako Bull Energy Cola) [11]
April 1–7 Dondon Hontiveros (Alaska Aces) [12]
April 8–14 Niño Canaleta (Air21 Express) [13]
April 15–21 Ranidel De Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) [14]
April 22–29 Kerby Raymundo (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) [15]
May 7–13 LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) [16]

Imports

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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
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
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
Walter Sharpe March 10 (vs. Air21) March 17 (vs. Alaska) 0–2
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
No Import March 16 (vs. Rain or Shine) 1–0
Rodney White March 22 (vs. Talk 'N Text) March 27 (vs. Alaska) 0–2
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) 0–1
Matt Rogers February 13 (vs. Petron) February 13 (vs. Petron) 0–1
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
Donnell Harvey March 9 (vs. Barako Bull) April 6 (vs. GlobalPort) 4–3
Jerome Jordan April 14 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) April 28 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) 4–2
Tony Mitchell May 8 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) May 12 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) 1–2

References

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  1. ^ National cause: PBA agrees to move Governors’ Cup to after FIBA Asia, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, February 5, 2013
  2. ^ PBA: Commissioner's Cup extended, Governors' Cup moved, to give way to national team training, Adrian Dy, GMA News Online, February 5, 2013
  3. ^ PBA revises Commissioner’s Cup schedule, shortens playoffs Archived 2013-02-12 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, February 7, 2013
  4. ^ BACK ON FIRE, PBA.inquirer.net, February 11, 2013
  5. ^ CERTIFIED CRUNCH TIME PLAYER, PBA.inquirer.net, February 18, 2013
  6. ^ SUNDAY IS WEEK'S BEST, PBA.inquirer.net, February 25, 2013
  7. ^ BAGUIO HEATS UP, PBA.inquirer.net, March 4, 2013
  8. ^ THE SILENT OPERATOR TAKE CENTERSTAGE, PBA.inquirer.net, March 11, 2013
  9. ^ UNLIMITED POTENTIAL FOR THIS DEVOTED STUDENT, PBA.inquirer.net, March 18, 2013
  10. ^ "COOL CAT" AT EASE WITH DUAL ROLES, PBA.inquirer.net, March 25, 2013
  11. ^ PENNISI STANDS TALLEST, PBA.inquirer.net, April 1, 2013
  12. ^ CLASSIC PERFORMANCE, PBA.inquirer.net, April 8, 2013
  13. ^ NOT JUST A HIGH FLYING JAMMER, PBA.inquirer.net, April 15, 2013
  14. ^ SOLID AS A ROCK, PBA.inquirer.net, April 22, 2013
  15. ^ OVER THE WHAT?, PBA.inquirer.net, April 30, 2013
  16. ^ ‘SHOWTIME’ LA ESCORTS GINEBRA TO LAST DANCE, PBA.inquirer.net, May 14, 2013
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