2012 PBA Governors' Cup

The 2012 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, was the third and last conference of the 2011–12 PBA season. The tournament started on May 20 and culminated on August 5 with the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters team defeating the B-Meg Llamados team by 4 games to 3.

2012 PBA Governors' Cup
DurationMay 20 – August 5, 2012
TV partner(s)Sports5 – AKTV on IBC (Local)
Aksyon TV International (International)
Finals
ChampionsRain or Shine Elasto Painters
Runners-upB-Meg Llamados
Awards
Best PlayerMark Caguioa
(Barangay Ginebra Kings)
Best ImportJamelle Cornley
(Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)
Finals MVPJeffrei Chan
(Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

The tournament was an import-laden format, which allowed an import or a pure-foreign player for each team and with a height limit of 6-foot-5.

Format

The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:[1]

  • Single-round robin eliminations; 9 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.
  • The top six teams after the eliminations will advance to the semifinals. In case of a tie, a playoff will be held only for the #6 seed.
  • Semifinals will be a single round-robin affair with the remaining six teams. Results from the eliminations will be carried over. A playoff incentive for a finals berth will be given to the team that will win at least four of their five semifinal games that does not finish within the top two. In case of a tie, a playoff will be held only for the #2 seed.
  • The top two teams (or the #1 team and the winner of the playoff between team with at least 4 semifinal wins and the #2 team) will face each other in a best-of-seven championship series.

Elimination round

Team standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 8 1 .889 — Advance to semifinal round
2 B-Meg Llamados 6 3 .667 2
3 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 5 4 .556[lower-alpha 1] 3
4 Barangay Ginebra Kings 5 4 .556[lower-alpha 1] 3
5 Petron Blaze Boosters 5 4 .556[lower-alpha 1] 3
6 Meralco Bolts 4 5 .444[lower-alpha 2] 4
7 Powerade Tigers 4 5 .444[lower-alpha 2] 4
8 Barako Bull Energy Cola 4 5 .444[lower-alpha 2] 4
9 Alaska Aces 2 7 .222[lower-alpha 3] 6
10 Air21 Express 2 7 .222[lower-alpha 3] 6
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head differential: Talk 'N Text +18, Barangay Ginebra 0, Petron −18
  2. Head-to-head differential: Meralco +11, Barako Bull +8, Powerade −18; sixth seed playoffs: Powerade 99–95 Barako Bull, Meralco 94–86 Powerade
  3. Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Air21

Schedule
Team ╲ Game123456789
Air21 ExpressBGKTNTROSBMEGBBEMERPOWALAPBB
Alaska AcesROSBBEPOWPBBMERBMEGTNTBGKA21
B-Meg LlamadosROSBGKBBEMERA21ALAPBBTNTPOW
Barako Bull EnergyPOWALABMEGPBBA21ROSTNTBGKMER
Barangay Ginebra KingsA21BMEGMERROSPBBPOWALATNTBBE
MeralcoTNTPBBBGKBMEGALAROSA21POWBBE
Petron Blaze BoostersPOWMERTNTALABBEBGKBMEGROSA21
Powerade TigersPBBBBEALATNTROSBGKA21MERBMEG
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersALABMEGA21BGKPOWMERBBEPBBTNT
Talk 'N Text Tropang TextersMERA21PBBPOWALABBEBGKBMEGROS
Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results
Team A21 ALA BMEG BBE BGK MER PBB POW ROS TNT
Air21 Express (2011-present) 80–110 78–91 100–109 85–103 77–106 97–98 128–121 92–106 97–86
Alaska Aces (PBA) — 61–77 104–84 81–90 95–100 94–107 97–114 100–107 72–80
B-Meg Llamados — — 95–90 96–88 88–83 80–92 110–98* 94–100* 72–89
Barako Bull Energy — — — 91–102 81–79 111–107 106–101 90–100 89–109
Barangay Ginebra Kings — — — — 100–73 83–80 83–86 90–93 111–113
Meralco Bolts — — — — — 88–101 91–78 77–81 105–99
Petron Blaze Boosters — — — — — — 97–83 82–103 87–102
Powerade Tigers — — — — — — — 104–98 110–105
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters — — — — — — — — 92–90
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters — — — — — — — — —
Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Sixth seed playoffs
First round
July 3, Araneta 		Second round
July 4, Araneta
1 Meralco Bolts 94
2 Barako Bull Energy 95 Powerade Tigers 86
3 Powerade Tigers 99

Semifinal round

Team standings

Finals
Main article: 2012 PBA Governors' Cup Finals
August 5
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 83, B-Meg Llamados 76
Rain or Shine wins series, 4–3

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 entire conference.

TeamNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Air21 ExpressZach GrahamMay 23 (vs. Ginebra)June 29 (vs. Petron Blaze)2–7
Alaska AcesJason ForteMay 20 (vs. Rain or Shine)June 27 (vs. Air21)2–7
B-Meg LlamadosMarqus BlakelyMay 25 (vs. Rain or Shine)August 5 (vs. Rain or Shine)13–9
Barako Bull EnergyJamine PetersonMay 25 (vs. Powerade)June 1 (vs. B-Meg)1–2
LeRoy HickersonJune 8 (vs. Petron Blaze)July 3 (vs. Powerade)3–3
Barangay Ginebra KingsCedric BozemanMay 23 (vs. Air21)July 20 (vs. B-Meg)9–6
Meralco BoltsChamp OguchiMay 23 (vs. Talk 'N Text)June 6 (vs. B-Meg)2–3
Mario WestJune 10 (vs. Alaska)July 15 (vs. Petron Blaze)5–5
Petron Blaze BoostersEddie BasdenMay 20 (vs. Powerade)June 29 (vs. Air21)5–4
Marcus FaisonJuly 6 (vs. Rain or Shine)July 15 (vs. Meralco)1–4
Powerade TigersRashad McCantsMay 20 (vs. Petron Blaze)May 25 (vs. Barako Bull)0–2
Omar SneedJune 1 (vs. Alaska)July 4 (vs. Meralco)5–4
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersJamelle CornleyMay 20 (vs. Alaska)August 5 (vs. B-Meg)14–7
Talk 'N Text Tropang TextersPaul HarrisMay 23 (vs. Meralco)July 18 (vs. Ginebra)8–6

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week
Week Player Ref.
May 20–27 Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) [2]
May 28 – June 3 Gary David (Powerade Tigers) [3]
June 4–10 Gary David (Powerade Tigers) [4]
June 11–17 Jay Washington (Petron Blaze Boosters) [5]
June 18–24 Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) [6]
June 25 – July 1 Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) [7]
July 2–8 Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra Kings) [8]
July 9–15 Marc Pingris (B-Meg Llamados) [9]
July 16–22 Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) [10]

References
  1. PBA reverts to old-school format for 2012 Governors’ Cup Archived 2012-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, InterAKTV, May 19, 2012
  2. ANOTHER SIZZLING START FOR ROOKIE LEE, PBA.ph, May 28, 2012
  3. HARD WORK TRULY PAYS OFF, PBA.ph, June 4, 2012
  4. FIERY PACE, PBA.ph, June 11, 2012
  5. RECOVERY ROUTE, PBA.ph, June 18, 2012
  6. 'THE BLUR' DAZZLES TNT FOES, PBA.ph, June 25, 2012
  7. LEE GUIDING E-PAINTERS TO SCALE NEW HEIGHTS, PBA.ph, July 2, 2012
  8. THE SPARK SHOWING KINGS THE WAY, PBA.ph, July 9, 2012
  9. EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE FOR LLAMADOS, PBA.ph, July 16, 2012
  10. FROM PURE GUNNER TO ALL-AROUND PLAYER, PBA.ph, July 23, 2012
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