2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup

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.

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

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]

Elimination round

Team standings
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[lower-alpha 1] 3 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 San Mig Coffee Mixers 8 6 .571[lower-alpha 1] 3
5 Meralco Bolts 7 7 .500[lower-alpha 2] 4
6 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 7 7 .500[lower-alpha 2] 4
7 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 7 .500[lower-alpha 2] 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. Head-to-head record: Petron 2–0 San Mig
  2. Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.01, TNT 1.00, Barangay Ginebra 0.99

Schedule
Team ╲ Game123456789
Air21BGSMTNTBBECROSPBBMERGPALASMC
AlaskaROSMERBBECBGSMTNTSMCPBBA21GP
Barako BullSMCGPALAA21BGSMPBBTNTMERROS
Brgy. GinebraA21GPPBBALABBECROSSMCTNTMER
GlobalPortPBBBBECBGSMTNTMERSMCROSA21ALA
MeralcoTNTALAROSPBBGPA21BBECSMCBGSM
Petron BlazeGPSMCBGSMMERA21BBECALAROSTNT
Rain or ShineALAMERSMCA21BGSMGPTNTPBBBBEC
San Mig CoffeeBBECPBBROSTNTGPALABGSMMERA21
Talk 'N TextMERA21GPSMCALABBECROSBGSMPBB
Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results
Team A21 ALA BBEC BGSM GP MER PBB ROS SMC TNT
Air21 74–68 86–91 74–70 106–94 88–89 53–60 97–99 87–82 83–86
Alaska — 77–73 84–69 93–85 85–81 83–73 83–81 68–75 92–69
Barako Bull — — 72–93 98–88* 104–112 78–91 103–93 79–75 98–101
Brgy. Ginebra 90–84 93–102 96–89 80–89 84–81 90–105 93–96 96–88 107–100
GlobalPort 72–87 92–93 87–96 — 89–90 94–92 95–103 84–91 79–99
Meralco — — — 90–91 103–92 86–88 82–91 71–76 99–92
Petron Blaze 91–95* 84–92 88–77 — — 92–102 87–79 98–73 85–93*
Rain or Shine 93–82 84–89* 106–97 — — 116–118* — 93–65 76–86
San Mig Coffee 80–66 84–83 100–105 — — 97–90 — — 90–82
Talk 'N Text — — — 100–86 94–84 — 76–87 85–116 82–83
Source:
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

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

(4) San Mig Coffee vs. (5) Meralco
April 24
San Mig Coffee Mixers 90, Meralco Bolts 82
San Mig Coffee wins series, 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Alaska vs. (4) San Mig Coffee
May 11
Alaska Aces 83, San Mig Coffee Mixers 78
Alaska wins series, 3-1

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

Finals
Main article: 2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week
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

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 ExpressMichael DuniganFebruary 10 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra)April 20 (vs. Alaska)6–9
Alaska AcesRobert DozierFebruary 9 (vs. Rain or Shine)May 19 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra)18–4
Barako Bull Energy ColaEvan BrockFebruary 8 (vs. San Mig Coffee)March 31 (vs. San Mig Coffee)4–7
D. J. MbengaApril 7 (vs. Petron)April 14 (vs. GlobalPort)1–2
Barangay Ginebra San MiguelHerbert HillFebruary 10 (vs. Air21)February 17 (vs. Petron)0–3
Vernon MacklinFebruary 24 (vs. Alaska)May 19 (vs. Alaska)12–9
GlobalPort Batang PierJustin WilliamsFebruary 8 (vs. Petron)March 8 (vs. Rain or Shine)2–5
Walter SharpeMarch 10 (vs. Air21)March 17 (vs. Alaska)0–2
Sylvester MorganMarch 23 (vs. Air21)April 14 (vs. Barako Bull)0–5
Meralco BoltsEric DawsonFebruary 9 (vs. Talk 'N Text)April 24 (vs. San Mig Coffee)8–9
Petron Blaze BoostersRenaldo BalkmanFebruary 8 (vs. GlobalPort)March 8 (vs. Alaska)5–2
No ImportMarch 16 (vs. Rain or Shine)1–0
Rodney WhiteMarch 22 (vs. Talk 'N Text)March 27 (vs. Alaska)0–2
Henry SimsApril 5 (vs. Meralco)April 21 (vs. Talk 'N Text)2–4
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersBruno ŠundovFebruary 9 (vs. Alaska)April 22 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra)9–7
San Mig Coffee MixersNo ImportFebruary 8 (vs. Barako Bull)0–1
Matt RogersFebruary 13 (vs. Petron)February 13 (vs. Petron)0–1
Denzel BowlesFebruary 22 (vs. Rain or Shine)May 11 (vs. Alaska)11–8
Talk 'N Text Tropang TextersKeith BensonFebruary 9 (vs. Meralco)March 1 (vs. Alaska)2–3
Donnell HarveyMarch 9 (vs. Barako Bull)April 6 (vs. GlobalPort)4–3
Jerome JordanApril 14 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra)April 28 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra)4–2
Tony MitchellMay 8 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra)May 12 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra)1–2

References
  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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