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

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' >

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

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Air21	BGSM	TNT	BBEC	ROS	PBB	MER	GP	ALA	SMC
Alaska	ROS	MER	BBEC	BGSM	TNT	SMC	PBB	A21	GP
Barako Bull	SMC	GP	ALA	A21	BGSM	PBB	TNT	MER	ROS
Barangay Ginebra	A21	GP	PBB	ALA	BBEC	ROS	SMC	TNT	MER
GlobalPort	PBB	BBEC	BGSM	TNT	MER	SMC	ROS	A21	ALA
Meralco	TNT	ALA	ROS	PBB	GP	A21	BBEC	SMC	BGSM
Petron	GP	SMC	BGSM	MER	A21	BBEC	ALA	ROS	TNT
Rain or Shine	ALA	MER	SMC	A21	BGSM	GP	TNT	PBB	BBEC
San Mig Super Coffee	BBEC	PBB	ROS	TNT	GP	ALA	BGSM	MER	A21
Talk 'N Text	MER	A21	GP	SMC	ALA	BBEC	ROS	BGSM	PBB

Source:^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

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

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

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