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(PBA) Philippine Cup was the first conference of the

2012–13 PBA season The 2012–13 PBA season was the 38th season of the Philippine Basketball Association. The season formally opened on September 30, 2012, and finished October 25, 2013. This was the longest in PBA history with 13-month span. The season continued ...

. 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.

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: ***

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Meralco Bolts The Meralco Bolts is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team began in 2010 after the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) acquired the PBA franchise of the Sta. Lucia Realtors. The team is one of thre ...

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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 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and Magnolia ...

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Barangay Ginebra San Miguel The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The most popular team in the league, it is owned by Ginebra San Miguel, Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. (formerly, La Tondeña Distiller ...

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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, San Miguel Food and Beverage, I ...

(#9) **Group B: *** Alaska Aces (#2) ***

Barako Bull Energy Cola The Barako Bull Energy were a Philippine Basketball Association that began in 2002 as the FedEx Express. From its first season until 2005, the team was dubbed as the FedEx Express before changing to Air21 Express. From the 2009 PBA Fiesta C ...

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GlobalPort Batang Pier The NorthPort Batang Pier is a Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) team that first played in the 2012–13 PBA season. The team took over the franchise of the Powerade Tigers in 2012 after it was sold to Sultan 900 Capital, Inc. Besides N ...

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Rain or Shine Elasto Painters The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association owned by Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc. It debuted in the league in the 2006–07 PBA season after acquiring the franchise righ ...

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Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters The TNT Tropang 5G is a professional basketball team currently owned by Smart Communications, a subsidiary of the PLDT, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), playing in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) since 1990. The ...

(#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

Elimination round

Team standings

Results

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (8) Air21

(2) San Mig Coffee vs. (7) Petron Blaze

(3) Rain or Shine vs. (6) Barangay Ginebra

(4) Meralco vs. (5) Alaska

Semifinals

(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (5) Alaska

(2) San Mig Coffee vs. (3) Rain or Shine

Finals

Conference records

:''Records marked with an asterisk (*) were accomplished with one or more

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Team

Individual

Awards

Conference

*Best Player of the Conference:

Jayson Castro Jayson Castro William (born June 30, 1986) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the TNT Tropang 5G of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). His moniker is "The Blur" for his speed. He played for the Philippine Christian Uni ...

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) *Finals MVP:

Ranidel de Ocampo Ranidel Rozal de Ocampo (born December 8, 1981) is a Filipino former professional basketball player and assistant coach for the TNT Tropang 5G of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played for FedEx and Talk 'N Text as well as the P ...

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Players of the Week

References

External links

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