The 2012 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup was the second conference of the 2011–12 PBA season. The tournament began on February 10 and ended on May 6, 2012. The tournament is an import-laden format, which means that a team may sign an import or a pure-foreign player for each team with no height limit.

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. In case of tie, playoffs will be held only for the #2 and #6 seeds.
  • The top two teams after the elimination round will automatically advance to the semifinals.
  • The next four teams will play in a best of three quarterfinals series for the two last berths in the semifinals. Matchups are:
    • QF1: #3 team vs. #6 team
    • QF2: #4 team vs. #5 team
  • The winners of the quarterfinals will challenge the top two teams in a best-of-five semifinals series. Matchups are:
    • SF1: #1 vs. QF2
    • SF2: #2 vs. QF1
  • The winners in the semifinals advance to the best-of-seven finals.

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 7 2 .778 — Advance to semifinals
2 Barangay Ginebra Kings 6 3 .667[a] 1
3 B-Meg Llamados 6 3 .667[a] 1 Advance to quarterfinals
4 Alaska Aces 5 4 .556 2
5 Barako Bull Energy Cola 4 5 .444[b] 3
6 Meralco Bolts 4 5 .444[b] 3
7 Powerade Tigers 4 5 .444[b] 3
8 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 3 6 .333[c] 4
9 Petron Blaze Boosters 3 6 .333[c] 4
10 Air21 Express 3 6 .333[c] 4
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Second seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 93–84 B-Meg
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Barako Bull 1.04, Meralco 1.01, Powerade 0.95; sixth seed playoff: Meralco 102–98 Powerade
  3. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.12, Petron 1.11, Air21 0.80

Schedule

Team ╲ Game123456789
Air21 ExpressBBEPBBBMEGTNTALAROSPOWMERBGK
Alaska AcesBBEROSBGKTNTMERA21PBBBMEGPOW
B-Meg LlamadosMERBBEPBBTNTA21BGKALAROSPOW
Barako Bull EnergyALABMEGA21ROSPOWTNTMERPBBBGK
Barangay Ginebra KingsPBBALAROSPOWMERBMEGTNTBBEA21
MeralcoBMEGPBBTNTPOWALABGKROSBBEA21
Petron Blaze BoostersBGKMERBMEGA21ROSPOWALABBETNT
Powerade TigersROSMERBBEBGKPBBTNTA21ALABMEG
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersALAPOWBBEBGKPBBMERA21BMEGTNT
Talk 'N Text Tropang TextersMERALABMEGA21BBEPOWBGKROSPBB
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

Team Air21 ALA BMEG BBE BGK MER PBB POW ROS TNT
Air21 Express 88–85 79–88 97–88 87–103 91–101 88–102 92–121 83–113 89–78
Alaska Aces — 75–90 78–98 76–74 98–90 93–88 102–100* 109–102 98–110
B-Meg Llamados — — 88–86 109–93 96–93 77–84 96–94 95–101 96–102
Barako Bull Energy — — — 81–91 89–82 94–80 101–91 95–99 106–113*
Barangay Ginebra Kings — — — — 80–89 84–82 105–96 89–88 94–91*
Meralco Bolts — — — — — 105–83 82–94 93–84 96–102*
Petron Blaze Boosters — — — — — — 88–98 110–103 80–107
Powerade Tigers — — — — — — — 122–120 97–111
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters — — — — — — — — 90–102
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters — — — — — — — — —
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 playoff

Second seed playoff

Bracket

Quarterfinals
(best-of-3) 		Semifinals
(best-of-5) 		Finals
(best-of-7)
1 Talk 'N Text 3
4 Alaska 1 5 Barako Bull 2
5 Barako Bull 2 1 Talk 'N Text 3
3 B-Meg 4
2 Barangay Ginebra 1
3 B-Meg 2 3 B-Meg 3
6 Meralco 1

Quarterfinals

(3) B-Meg vs. (6) Meralco

April 8
B-Meg Llamados 86, Meralco Bolts 76
B-Meg wins series, 2–1

(4) Alaska vs. (5) Barako Bull series

April 8
Alaska Aces 85, Barako Bull Energy 106
Barako Bull wins series, 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (5) Barako Bull

April 18
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 101, Barako Bull Energy 90
Talk 'N Text wins series, 3–2

(2) Barangay Ginebra vs. (3) B-Meg

April 17
Barangay Ginebra Kings 84, B-Meg Llamados 108
B-Meg wins series, 3–1

Finals

Main article: 2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals
May 6
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 84, B-Meg Llamados 90 (OT)
B-Meg 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 whole conference.

Team Name Debuted Last game Record
Air21 Express Marcus Douthit February 19 (vs. Barako Bull) March 28 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) 3–6
Alaska Aces Adam Parada February 10 (vs. Barako Bull) April 8 (vs. Barako Bull) 6–6
B-Meg Llamados Denzel Bowles February 10 (vs. Meralco) May 6 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 15–9
Barako Bull Energy DerMarr Johnson February 10 (vs. Alaska) February 23 (vs. Rain or Shine) 1–3
Rodney White March 2 (vs. Powerade) March 25 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) 3–2
Reggie Okosa April 1 (vs. Alaska) April 1 (vs. Alaska) 1–0
Gabe Freeman April 4 (vs. Alaska) April 18 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 3–4
Barangay Ginebra Kings Chris Alexander February 12 (vs. Petron Blaze) February 24 (vs. Rain or Shine) 2–1
Jackson Vroman March 4 (vs. Powerade) April 17 (vs. B-Meg) 6–5
Meralco Bolts Jarrid Famous February 10 (vs. B-Meg) February 17 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 1–2
Earl Barron February 26 (vs. Powerade) April 8 (vs. B-Meg) 5–5
Petron Blaze Boosters Nick Fazekas February 12 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) March 16 (vs. Alaska) 3–4
Will McDonald March 21 (vs. Barako Bull) March 28 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 0–2
Powerade Tigers Dwayne Jones February 17 (vs. Rain or Shine) March 30 (vs. Meralco) 4–6
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Duke Crews February 12 (vs. Alaska) March 24 (vs. Talk 'N Text) 3–6
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Omar Samhan February 17 (vs. Meralco) February 26 (vs. Alaska) 2–0
Donnell Harvey March 7 (vs. Air21) May 6 (vs. B-Meg) 10–8

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

Week Player Ref.
February 13–19 LA Tenorio (Alaska Aces) [2]
February 20–26 Gary David (Powerade Tigers) [3]
February 27 - March 4 Arwind Santos (Petron Blaze Boosters) [4]
March 5–11 Mark Cardona (Meralco Bolts) [5]
March 12–18 Rudy Hatfield (Barangay Ginebra Kings) [6]
March 19–25 Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra Kings) [7]
March 26 - April 1 Mike Cortez (Barangay Ginebra Kings)
Mark Cardona (Meralco Bolts) 		[8]
April 2–8 Ronald Tubid (Barako Bull Energy) [9]
April 9–15 Danny Seigle (Barako Bull Energy) [10]
April 16–22 Ranidel de Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) [11]

Statistical leaders

Locals

Category Player Team Games played Totals Average
Points per game Gary David Powerade Tigers 10 271 27.10
Rebounds per game Arwind Santos Petron Blaze Boosters 9 100 11.11
Assists per game Chris Ross Meralco Bolts 13 102 7.85
Steals per game Chris Ross Meralco Bolts 13 24 1.85
Blocks per game Arwind Santos Petron Blaze Boosters 9 16 1.78
Field goal percentage Jondan Salvador Barako Bull Energy 10 17/28 0.607
3-pt field goal percentage Larry Fonacier Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 21 37/86 0.430
Free throw percentage Joseph Yeo Petron Blaze Boosters 9 10/11 0.909
Minutes per game Marcio Lassiter Powerade Tigers 10 398 39.80

References

  1. ^ 2011-12 PBA Commissioner's Cup Format, PBA.ph, February 1, 2012
  2. ^ LA MAKING HAY, PBA.ph, February 20, 2012
  3. ^ DAVID SPREE GOES ON, PBA.ph, February 27, 2012
  4. ^ BACK IN THE GROOVE, PBA.ph, March 5, 2012
  5. ^ CAPTAIN HOOK’S EXPLOITS SILENCE HECKLES & BOOS, PBA.ph, March 12, 2012
  6. ^ BIG EXPLOSION FROM ‘H-BOMB’, PBA.ph, March 19, 2012
  7. ^ CAGUIOA IMPLOSES WILL, PBA.ph, March 26, 2012,
  8. ^ CORTEZ, CARDONA ANSWER CRUNCH TIME CALL, PBA.ph, April 2, 2012
  9. ^ TUBID ADDS MORE ZING TO ENERGY, PBA.ph, April 9, 2012
  10. ^ DYNAMITE DANNY STILL HAS IT, PBA.ph, April 16, 2012
  11. ^ DE OCAMPO AT THE CLUTCH, PBA.ph, April 23, 2012
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_PBA_Commissioner%27s_Cup
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