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2012–13 PBA Philippine Cup

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Duration
  
September 30, 2012 – January 16, 2013

TV partner(s)
  
Sports5 - AKTV on IBC (Local)Aksyon TV International (International)

Champions
  
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters

Runners-up
  
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

Best Player
  
Jayson Castro(Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)

Finals MVP
  
Ranidel de Ocampo(Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)

The 2012–13 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup was the first conference of the 2012–13 PBA season. The tournament started on September 30, 2012 and concluded on January 16, 2013. The tournament does not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports.

Contents

Format

The following format was observed for the duration of the tournament:

  • Two-round eliminations, with each team playing 14 games. The teams are divided into two groups on the basis of their natural draft order from the previous rookie draft. Each team will play teams within their group once, while they will play teams from the other group twice.
  • Group A:
  • Air21 Express (#1)
  • Meralco Bolts (#3)
  • Petron Blaze Boosters (#5)
  • Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (#7)
  • San Mig Coffee Mixers (#9)
  • Group B:
  • Alaska Aces (#2)
  • Barako Bull Energy Cola (#4)
  • GlobalPort Batang Pier (#6)
  • Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (#8)
  • Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (#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-7 series):
  • SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
  • SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
  • Finals (best-of-7 series)
  • Winners of the semifinals

    • Team standings

     y  – clinched quarterfinals with twice-to-beat advantage,  x  – clinched outright quarterfinals,  w  – clinched quarterfinals with twice-to-win disadvantage,  e  – eliminated

    Schedule

      Win
      Loss

    Results

      Win
      OT Win
      Loss
      OT Loss

    Bracket

    *Game went into overtime

    Conference records

    Records marked with an asterisk (*) were accomplished with one or more overtime periods.

    Conference

  • Best Player of the Conference: Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
  • Finals MVP: Ranidel de Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)

    • References

    2012–13 PBA Philippine Cup Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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