2012 PBA Governors' Cup finals

The 2012 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2012 PBA Governors' Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters and the B-Meg Llamados competed for the 106th championship contested by the league.

2012 PBA Governors' Cup finals

Team Coach Wins (1) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Yeng Guiao 4 (2) B-Meg Llamados Tim Cone 3
Dates	July 22 – August 5, 2012
MVP	Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)
Television	AKTV on IBC
Announcers	See broadcast notes
Radio network	DZRJ-AM
Referees
Game 1: N. Quilinguen, N. Guevarra, R. Maurillo Game 2: N. Quilinguen, E. Aquino, S. Pineda Game 3: S. Pineda, E. Aquino, R. Yante Game 4: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, R. Yante Game 5: R. Maurillo, E. Aquino, J. Marabe Game 6: S. Pineda, J. Marabe, R. Yante Game 7: N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, R. Yante

Rain or Shine won the series, four games to three, capturing their first championship in their franchise history. The Elasto Painters also prevented a possible series comeback from B-Meg after the Llamados won games 5 and 6 coming from a 1–3 deficit, in which last time to do so was during the 1991 First Conference finals when Ginebra San Miguel won against Shell Rimula X from a 1–3 deficit.

Background

Road to the finals

Main article: 2012 PBA Governors' Cup

Rain or Shine		B-Meg
Finished 8–1 (0.889)	Elimination round		Finished 6–3 (0.667)
Finished 10–4 (0.692)	Semifinals		Finished 9–5 (0.625)—Tied for 2nd*
Bye	playoff		Def. Barangay Ginebra, 74–72

Head-to-head matchup

May 25, 2012

recap

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 100, B-Meg Llamados 94 (OT)

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

July 18, 2012

recap

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 92, B-Meg Llamados 82

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Series summary

Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Wins
Rain or Shine	91	80	93	94	81	81	83	4
B-Meg	80	85	84	89	91	97	76	3
Venue	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta

Game 1

AKTV on IBC

July 22 6:00 p.m.

Report

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 91, B-Meg Llamados 80
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 17–23, 31–20, 25–21
Pts: Cornley 25 Rebs: Cornley 11 Asts: Cornley, Norwood 4		Pts: Yap 19 Rebs: Pingris 14 Asts: Pingris 4
Rain or Shine leads series, 1–0

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilinguen, N. Guevarra, R. Maurillo

Game 2

AKTV on IBC

July 25 7:00 p.m.

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Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 80, B-Meg Llamados 85
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 15–23, 19–21, 20–20
Pts: Cornley 18 Rebs: Cornley 14 Asts: Lee 7		Pts: Blakely 26 Rebs: Blakely 16 Asts: Simon, Urbiztondo 3
Series tied, 1–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: N. Quilinguen, E. Aquino, S. Pineda

Game 3

AKTV on IBC

July 27 7:00 p.m.

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Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 93, B-Meg Llamados 84
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 21–15, 30–14, 23–32
Pts: Cornley 26 Rebs: Cornley 15 Asts: Cornley 5		Pts: Villanueva 18 Rebs: Blakely, Pingris 10 Asts: Blakely 7
Rain or Shine leads series, 2–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: S. Pineda, E. Aquino, R. Yante.

Game 4

AKTV on IBC

July 29 6:00 p.m.

Report

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 94, B-Meg Llamados 89
Scoring by quarter: 17–30, 30–15, 27–27, 20–17
Pts: Cornley 23 Rebs: Cornley 14 Asts: Chan 6		Pts: Yap 25 Rebs: Blakely 23 Asts: Blakely, Urbiztondo, Villanueva 3
Rain or Shine leads series, 3–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 13,702 Referees: N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, R. Yante

Game 5

AKTV on IBC

August 1 7:00 p.m.

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Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 81, B-Meg Llamados 91
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 23–25, 20–26, 20–21
Pts: Cornley 25 Rebs: Cornley 14 Asts: Cornley 5		Pts: Yap 30 Rebs: de Ocampo 14 Asts: Blakely 5
Rain or Shine leads series, 3–2

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 12,135 Referees: R. Maurillo, E. Aquino, J. Marabe

Game 6

AKTV on IBC

August 3 7:00 p.m.

Report

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 81, B-Meg Llamados 97
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 17–23, 26–23, 25–32
Pts: Cornley 14 Rebs: Cornley 11 Asts: Norwood 6		Pts: Yap 20 Rebs: Blakely 15 Asts: Barroca, Pingris, Yap 2
Series tied, 3–3

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 13,300 Referees: S. Pineda, J. Marabe, R. Yante

Game 7

AKTV on IBC

August 5 6:00 p.m.

report

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 83, B-Meg Llamados 76
Scoring by quarter: 35–22, 15–26, 18–16, 15–12
Pts: Cornley 20 Rebs: Cornley 14 Asts: Chan 3		Pts: Yap 23 Rebs: Blakely 16 Asts: Urbiztondo, Yap 2
Rain or Shine wins series, 4–3

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 21,583 Referees: N. Quilinguen, J. Mariano, R. Yante

Rosters

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters roster

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Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 1 Jonathan Uyloan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Golden West G/F 2 Jamelle Cornley (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Penn State G 3 Paul Lee  (R) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) UE PF 5 Larry Rodriguez 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) PMI SF 6 Jireh Ibañes 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 182 lb (83 kg) UP Diliman G/F 10 Gabe Norwood 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) George Mason PG 11 Tyrone Tang 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 155 lb (70 kg) De La Salle G/F 16 Jeffrei Chan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Far Eastern SG 18 Ryan Araña 6 ft 1.25 in (1.86 m) 180 lb (82 kg) De La Salle F/C 20 Jervy Cruz 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) UST G/F 21 Chito Jaime 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) AMA G 23 Ronjay Buenafe 6 ft 0.5 in (1.84 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Emilio Aguinaldo C 30 Beau Belga 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 285 lb (129 kg) Philippine Christian SF 33 Ronnie Matias 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 184 lb (83 kg) Manila F/C 48 J.R. Quiñahan 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 275 lb (125 kg) Visayas	Head coach Yeng Guiao (UP Diliman) Assistant coach(es) Caloy Garcia (St. Benilde) Rhoel Nadurata Mike Buendia Jay Legacion Matthew Makalintal Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured

B-Meg Llamados roster

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Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From PG 2 Urbiztondo, Joshua 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fresno Pacific G 3 Jonas Villanueva 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Far Eastern C 4 Rafi Reavis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Coppin State G/F 6 Val Acuña 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 179 lb (81 kg) UE SF 7 JC Intal 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Ateneo G 8 Peter June Simon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Mindanao PG 14 Mark Barroca (R) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Far Eastern F 15 Marc Pingris 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) PSBA G/F 18 James Yap (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) UE PF 19 Jerwin Gaco 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) De La Salle F 23 Marqus Blakely (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Vermont F 25 Ken Bono 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Adamson F 38 Joe Devance 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) UTEP PF 63 Mike Burtscher 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Clearwater Christian F/C 95 Yancy De Ocampo 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Saint Francis of Assisi	Head coach Tim Cone (George Washington) Assistant coach(es) Richard del Rosario (De La Salle) Koy Banal (Mapúa) Johnny Abarrientos (Far Eastern) Jeffrey Cariaso (Sonoma State) Dayong Mendoza Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured

Broadcast notes

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst(s)	Courtside reporters	AKTV Center Analysts
Game 1	Mico Halili	Quinito Henson	Erika Padilla and Sel Guevara	Rado Dimalibot, Jason Webb, Jojo Lastimosa, Gary David and Ryan Gregorio
Game 2	Magoo Marjon	Jason Webb	Erika Padilla and Sel Guevara	Mico Halili, Jojo Lastimosa, Ogie Menor and Franz Pumaren
Game 3	Magoo Marjon	Jojo Lastimosa	Erika Padilla and Sel Guevara	Mico Halili, Jason Webb, Aaron Atayde and Alex Crisano
Game 4	Magoo Marjon	Ryan Gregorio	Erika Padilla and Sel Guevara	Mico Halili and Jason Webb
Game 5	Mico Halili	Jojo Lastimosa	Erika Padilla and Sel Guevara	Magoo Marjon and Jason Webb
Game 6	Magoo Marjon	Jason Webb	Jessica Mendoza and Sel Guevara	Mico Halili and Jojo Lastimosa
Game 7	Mico Halili	Jason Webb	Jessica Mendoza and Sel Guevara	Magoo Marjon, Jojo Lastimosa and Benjie Paras

• Additional Game 7 crew:
  • Trophy presentation: Aaron Atayde
  • Dugout celebration interviewer: Erika Padilla