2012 PBA Governors' Cup

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 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.

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:

Elimination round

Team standings

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

Schedule

Team ╲ Game123456789
Air21BGKTNTROSBMEGBBEMERPOWALAPBB
AlaskaROSBBEPOWPBBMERBMEGTNTBGKA21
B-MegROSBGKBBEMERA21ALAPBBTNTPOW
Barako BullPOWALABMEGPBBA21ROSTNTBGKMER
Barangay GinebraA21BMEGMERROSPBBPOWALATNTBBE
MeralcoTNTPBBBGKBMEGALAROSA21POWBBE
Petron BlazePOWMERTNTALABBEBGKBMEGROSA21
PoweradePBBBBEALATNTROSBGKA21MERBMEG
Rain or ShineALABMEGA21BGKPOWMERBBEPBBTNT
Talk 'N TextMERA21PBBPOWALABBEBGKBMEGROS
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

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

Sixth seed playoffs

Three teams were tied for sixth, with only one team advancing. The three teams were first ranked by head-to-head quotient, with the best team drawing a bye to the second round, and the two worst teams playing in the first round.

First roundSecond round
Meralco Bolts94
Barako Bull Energy95Powerade Tigers86
Powerade Tigers99

First round

Second round

Semifinal round

Team standings

Overall standings
Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 10 4 .714 — Advance to finals
2 B-Meg Llamados 9 5 .643 1 Guaranteed finals berth playoff
3 Barangay Ginebra Kings 9 5 .643 1 Qualify to finals berth playoff
4 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 8 6 .571 2
5 Petron Blaze Boosters 6 8 .429 4
6 Meralco Bolts 6 8 .429 4
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ↑ If a team outside the top two teams wins four semifinal round games, then it and the second-placed team will playoff for the last finals berth; otherwise, the top 2 teams qualify outright.
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: B-Meg 2–0 Barangay Ginebra
  3. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–1, Petron; Petron +12, Meralco −12
Semifinal round standings
Pos Team
 W L Qualification
1 Barangay Ginebra Kings 4 1 Qualify to finals berth playoff
2 B-Meg Llamados 3 2
3 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 3 2
4 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 2 3
5 Meralco Bolts 2 3
6 Petron Blaze Boosters 1 4
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ↑ Finals berth playoff: B-Meg 74–72 Barangay Ginebra

Finals berth playoff

July 20
B-Meg Llamados 74, Barangay Ginebra Kings 72

Finals

July 22
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 91, B-Meg Llamados 80
July 25
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 80, B-Meg Llamados 85
July 27
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 93, B-Meg Llamados 84
July 29
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 94, B-Meg Llamados 89
August 1
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 81, B-Meg Llamados 91
August 3
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 81, B-Meg Llamados 97
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)
May 28 – June 3 Gary David (Powerade Tigers)
June 4–10 Gary David (Powerade Tigers)
June 11–17 Jay Washington (Petron Blaze Boosters)
June 18–24 Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
June 25 – July 1 Paul Lee (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)
July 2–8 Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra Kings)
July 9–15 Marc Pingris (B-Meg Llamados)
July 16–22 Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)

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