2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup

2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup
2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Duration	February 8 – May 19, 2013
TV partner(s)	Sports5 - AKTV on IBC; TV5 (Local); Aksyon TV International (International)
Finals
Champions	Alaska Aces
Runners-up	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Awards
Best Player	LA Tenorio ; (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
Best Import	Robert Dozier ; (Alaska Aces)
Finals MVP	Sonny Thoss ; (Alaska Aces)
PBA Commissioner's Cup chronology
	< 2012 2014 >
PBA conference chronology
	< 2012–13 Philippine 2013 Governors' >

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

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]

Two-round eliminations, with each team playing 14 games. The teams are divided into two groups on the basis of their rankings from the previous Philippine Cup. Each team will play teams within their group once, while they will play teams from the other group twice. Standings will be determined in one league table; teams do not qualify by basis of groupings.
- Group A:
  - Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (#1)
  - Alaska Aces (#4)
  - Meralco Bolts (#5)
  - Air21 Express (#8)
  - Barako Bull Energy Cola (#9)
- Group B:
  - Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (#2)
  - San Mig Coffee Mixers (#3)
  - Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (#6)
  - Petron Blaze Boosters (#7)
  - GlobalPort Batang Pier (#10)
Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. In case of tie, playoffs will be held only for the #2 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 (best-of-3 series)
- QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed (best-of-3 series)
Semifinals (best-of-5 series):
- SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
- SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
Finals (best-of-5 series)
- Winners of the semifinals

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	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	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
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	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Barako Bull Energy Cola	5	9	.357	6
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	2	12	.143	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Petron 2–0 San Mig
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.01, TNT 1.00, Barangay Ginebra 0.99

Schedule

	Win
	Loss
	OT win
	OT loss

Team	Game number
Team	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

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


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-5)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Alaska		87

8	Air21		81
				1	Alaska	3
(best-of-3)
				4	San Mig Coffee	1
4	San Mig Coffee		2

5	Meralco		1
							1	Alaska	3
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							7	Barangay Ginebra	0
2	Rain or Shine	83	79

7	Barangay Ginebra	90	81
				7	Barangay Ginebra	3
(best-of-3)
				6	Talk 'N Text	2
3	Petron		0

6	Talk 'N Text		2

Quarterfinals

(1) Alaska vs. (8) Air21

April 20

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

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

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

April 20

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 83, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 90

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

April 22

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

Petron Blaze Boosters 86, Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 96
Talk 'N Text wins series, 2–0

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

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

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

Alaska Aces 104, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 80
Alaska wins series, 3-0

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]

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
Barako Bull Energy Cola	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
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	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

2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup

Format

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Results

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) Alaska vs. (8) Air21

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

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

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

Semifinals

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

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

Finals

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

Imports

References

External links