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2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup

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Champions
  
Alaska Aces

Duration
  
February 8 – May 19, 2013

TV partner(s)
  
Sports5 - AKTV on IBC TV5 (Local) Aksyon TV International (International)

Runners-up
  
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel

Best Player
  
LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)

Best Import
  
Robert Dozier (Alaska Aces)

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.

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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.

The tournament format for this conference was as follows:

  • 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

    • 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

    Conference

  • Best Player of the Conference: LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra)
  • Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference: Robert Dozier (Alaska)
  • Finals MVP: Sonny Thoss (Alaska)

    • 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.

    References

    2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA