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Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...
(PBA)
Governors' Cup was the third and last conference of the
2012–13 PBA season. Due to the preparations for the
2013 FIBA Asia Championship, the conference started on August 14, 2013, and finished on October 25, 2013.
The tournament is an import-laden format, which allows an import or a pure-foreign player for each team and with a height limit of 6-foot-5.
The finals is sponsored by
PLDT Telpad.
Format
The tournament format for this conference is as follows:
League tweaks Governors' Cup format, eliminates semifinal round robin
GMA News Online, August 13, 2012
* Single-round robin eliminations; 9 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.
*Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. In case of tie, playoffs will be held only for the #4 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 (#3 seed twice-to-beat)
**QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed (#4 seed twice-to-beat)
*Semifinals (best-of-5 series):
**SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
**SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
*Finals (best-of-7 series)
**Winners of the semifinals
Elimination round
Team standings
Schedule
Results
Eighth seed playoff
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(1) Petron Blaze vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra
(2) San Mig Coffee vs. (7) Alaska
(3) Meralco vs. (6) Barako Bull
(4) Rain or Shine vs. (5) GlobalPort
Semifinals
(1) Petron Blaze vs. (4) Rain or Shine
(2) San Mig Coffee vs. (3) Meralco
Finals
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.
Awards
Conference
*Best Player of the Conference: Arwind Santos (Petron Blaze Boosters
The San Miguel Beermen are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). It is one of three PBA clubs owned by the San Miguel Corporation group of companies along with the Magnolia Hotshots and Barangay Ginebra ...
)
*Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference: Marqus Blakely
Marqus Austin Blakely (born October 22, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who is currently playing for the Kumamoto Volters of the B.League. He played college basketball for Vermont.
College career
Blakely gained a reputation a ...
(San Mig Coffee Mixers
The Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots, or simply known as the Magnolia Hotshots, are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team is owned by San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc., a subsidiary of San Migue ...
)
*Finals MVP: Marc Pingris
Jean Marc Prado Pingris Jr. (born October 16, 1981) is a Filipino former professional basketball player. Known as one of the best defenders and rebounders in PBA history, he was named one of the league's 40 Greatest Players.
He spent 14 season ...
(San Mig Coffee Mixers
The Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots, or simply known as the Magnolia Hotshots, are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team is owned by San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc., a subsidiary of San Migue ...
)
Players of the Week
References
External links
PBA.ph
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Governors Cup