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.

2013 PBA Governors' Cup
DurationAugust 14 – October 25, 2013
TV partner(s)Local:
Sports5 on IBC (eliminations, playoffs) / TV5 (finals) / AksyonTV
Worldwide:
AksyonTV International
Finals
ChampionsSan Mig Coffee Mixers
Runners-upPetron Blaze Boosters
Awards
Best PlayerArwind Santos
(Petron Blaze Boosters)
Best ImportMarqus Blakely
(San Mig Coffee Mixers)
Finals MVPMarc Pingris
(San Mig Coffee Mixers)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

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:[1]

  • 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

PosTeamWLPCTGBQualification
1Petron Blaze Boosters81.889Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2San Mig Coffee Mixers63.6672
3Meralco Bolts54.556[a]3
4Rain or Shine Elasto Painters54.556[a]3
5GlobalPort Batang Pier45.444[b]4Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6Barako Bull Energy45.444[b]4
7Alaska Aces45.444[b]4
8Barangay Ginebra San Miguel36.333[c]5
9Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters36.333[c]5
10Air21 Express36.333[c]5
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

Schedule

Team ╲ Game123456789
Air21 ExpressGPSMCBBECPBBROSBGSMTNTMERALA
Alaska AcesGPROSBGSMMERTNTSMCPBBBBECA21
Barako Bull Energy ColaTNTMERA21BGSMPBBGPROSSMCALA
Barangay Ginebra San MiguelPBBMERBBECALAA21SMCROSGPTNT
GlobalPort Batang PierA21ROSALATNTSMCBBECMERPBBBGSM
Meralco BoltsPBBBBECBGSMTNTALAROSGPA21SMC
Petron Blaze BoostersMERBGSMROSA21SMCBBECTNTALAGP
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersSMCGPPBBALAA21MERBBECBGSMTNT
San Mig Coffee MixersROSA21TNTPBBGPBGSMALABBECMER
Talk 'N Text Tropang TextersBBECSMCMERGPALAPBBA21ROSBGSM
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

TeamA21ALABBECBGSMGPMERPBBROSSMCTNT
Air21 Express121–10794–10393–10694–10191–10086–11295–10993–82106–102
Alaska Aces91–89102–9988–9174–84100–10394–7982–95112–104
Barako Bull Energy Cola104–9198–9790–8987–11293–12077–81113–118*
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel106–113*98–8595–101101–10086–8999–113
GlobalPort Batang Pier91–7990–10174–9488–10295–102
Meralco Bolts89–8382–7687–8892–86
Petron Blaze Boosters99–8489–83122–88
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters79–75104–102
San Mig Coffee Mixers118–99
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Eighth seed playoff

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-5)
Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#1 twice to beat)
1Petron Blaze101
8Barangay Ginebra94
1Petron Blaze3
(#4 twice to beat)
4Rain or Shine1
4Rain or Shine108
5GlobalPort106
1Petron Blaze3
(#2 twice to beat)
2San Mig Coffee4
2San Mig Coffee10583
7Alaska11273
2San Mig Coffee3
(#3 twice to beat)
3Meralco1
3Meralco86
6Barako Bull68

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

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

September 27
San Mig Coffee Mixers 83, Alaska Aces 73
San Mig Coffee wins series in two games

(3) Meralco vs. (6) Barako Bull

September 25
Meralco Bolts 86, Barako Bull Energy Cola 68
Meralco wins series in one game

(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

Semifinals

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

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

October 6
San Mig Coffee Mixers 79, Meralco Bolts 73
San Mig Coffee wins series, 3–1

Finals

October 25
Petron Blaze Boosters 77, San Mig Coffee Mixers 87
San Mig Coffee wins series, 4–3

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.

TeamNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Air21 ExpressZach GrahamAugust 14 (vs. GlobalPort)September 22 (vs. Alaska Aces)3–6
Alaska AcesWendell McKinesAugust 23 (vs. GlobalPort)September 27 (vs. San Mig Coffee)5–6
Barako Bull Energy ColaMike SingletaryAugust 15 (vs. Talk 'N Text)September 25 (vs. Meralco)4–6
Barangay Ginebra San MiguelDior LowhornAugust 18 (vs. Petron)September 26 (vs. Petron)4–7
GlobalPort Batang PierMarkeith CummingsAugust 14 (vs. Air21)September 26 (vs. Rain or Shine)4–6
Meralco BoltsMario WestAugust 16 (vs. Petron)October 6 (vs. San Mig Coffee)7–7
Petron Blaze BoostersElijah MillsapAugust 16 (vs. Meralco)October 25 (vs. San Mig Coffee)15–7
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersArizona ReidAugust 14 (vs. San Mig Coffee)October 7 (vs. Petron)7–7
San Mig Coffee MixersMarqus BlakelyAugust 14 (vs. Rain or Shine)October 25 (vs. Petron)15–8
Talk 'N Text Tropang TextersTony MitchellAugust 15 (vs. Barako Bull)September 13 (vs. Air21)2–5
Courtney FellsSeptember 18 (vs. Rain or Shine)September 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)1–2

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

WeekPlayerRef.
August 14–18Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)[3]
August 19–25LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)[4]
August 26 – September 1Emman Monfort (Barako Bull Energy Cola)[5]
September 2–8James Yap (San Mig Coffee Mixers)[6]
September 9–15Marcio Lassiter (Petron Blaze Boosters)[7]
September 16–22Jay Washington (GlobalPort Batang Pier)[8]
September 23–29Joe Devance (San Mig Coffee Mixers)[9]
September 30 – October 7James Yap (San Mig Coffee Mixers)
Alex Cabagnot (Petron Blaze Boosters)
[10]

References