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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines, composed of twelve company-branded Franchising, franchise teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia ...
(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.


Format

Due to the preparations of the
Philippines men's national basketball team The Philippines men's national basketball team (), commonly known as Gilas Pilipinas, is the basketball team representing the Philippines. The team is managed by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (Basketball Federation of the Philippines or s ...
for the upcoming
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, 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:PBA revises Commissioner’s Cup schedule, shortens playoffs
, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, February 7, 2013 *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 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 ...
(#2) *** San Mig Coffee Mixers (#3) ***
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 ...
(#6) *** Petron Blaze Boosters (#7) ***
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(#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


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

*Best Player of the Conference:
LA Tenorio Lewis Alfred Vasquez Tenorio (born July 9, 1984) is a Filipino professional basketball player and an assistant coach for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He is also the head coach of the Gilas You ...
(Barangay Ginebra) *Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference: Robert Dozier (Alaska) *Finals MVP: Sonny Thoss (Alaska)


Players of the Week


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


External links


PBA.ph
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