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
Duration	May 20 – August 5, 2012
TV partner(s)	Sports5 – AKTV on IBC (Local) Aksyon TV International (International)
Finals
Champions	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Runners-up	B-Meg Llamados
Awards
Best Player	Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra Kings)
Best Import	Jamelle Cornley (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)
Finals MVP	Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)
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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 v t e	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[a]	3
4	Barangay Ginebra Kings	5	4	.556[a]	3
5	Petron Blaze Boosters	5	4	.556[a]	3
6	Meralco Bolts	4	5	.444[b]	4
7	Powerade Tigers	4	5	.444[b]	4
8	Barako Bull Energy Cola	4	5	.444[b]	4
9	Alaska Aces	2	7	.222[c]	6
10	Air21 Express	2	7	.222[c]	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 ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Air21	BGK	TNT	ROS	BMEG	BBE	MER	POW	ALA	PBB
Alaska	ROS	BBE	POW	PBB	MER	BMEG	TNT	BGK	A21
B-Meg	ROS	BGK	BBE	MER	A21	ALA	PBB	TNT	POW
Barako Bull	POW	ALA	BMEG	PBB	A21	ROS	TNT	BGK	MER
Barangay Ginebra	A21	BMEG	MER	ROS	PBB	POW	ALA	TNT	BBE
Meralco	TNT	PBB	BGK	BMEG	ALA	ROS	A21	POW	BBE
Petron Blaze	POW	MER	TNT	ALA	BBE	BGK	BMEG	ROS	A21
Powerade	PBB	BBE	ALA	TNT	ROS	BGK	A21	MER	BMEG
Rain or Shine	ALA	BMEG	A21	BGK	POW	MER	BBE	PBB	TNT
Talk 'N Text	MER	A21	PBB	POW	ALA	BBE	BGK	BMEG	ROS

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 round				Second round
					Meralco Bolts	94
	Barako Bull Energy	95			Powerade Tigers	86
	Powerade Tigers	99

First round

July 3

Barako Bull Energy 95, Powerade Tigers 99

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Second round

July 4

Meralco Bolts 94, Powerade Tigers 86

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Semifinal round

Team standings

Overall standings Pos Team v t e W L PCT GB Qualification 1 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 10 4 .714 — Advance to finals[a] 2 B-Meg Llamados 9 5 .643[b] 1 Guaranteed finals berth playoff 3 Barangay Ginebra Kings 9 5 .643[b] 1 Qualify to finals berth playoff 4 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 8 6 .571 2 5 Petron Blaze Boosters 6 8 .429[c] 4 6 Meralco Bolts 6 8 .429[c] 4 Source: PBA.ph Notes: 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. Head-to-head record: B-Meg 2–0 Barangay Ginebra Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–1, Petron; Petron +12, Meralco −12

Semifinal round standings Pos Team v t e W L Qualification 1 Barangay Ginebra Kings 4 1 Qualify to finals berth playoff[a] 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: Finals berth playoff: B-Meg 74–72 Barangay Ginebra

Schedule Team ╲ Game 1 2 3 4 5 B-Meg TNT PBB MER BGK ROS Barangay Ginebra MER PBB ROS BMEG TNT Meralco BGK ROS TNT BMEG PBB Petron Blaze ROS BGK BMEG TNT MER Rain or Shine PBB MER BGK TNT BMEG Talk 'N Text BMEG MER PBB ROS BGK Source: [citation needed]   = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results Team BMEG BGK MER PBB ROS TNT B-Meg 82–70 101–104 104–93 82–92 94–91 Barangay Ginebra 89–76 87–85 95–86 73–71 Meralco 113–112 86–99 84–108 Petron Blaze 90–88 94–103 Rain or Shine 90–98 Talk 'N Text Source: [citation needed] Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Finals berth playoff

July 20

B-Meg Llamados 74, Barangay Ginebra Kings 72

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Finals

Main article: 2012 PBA Governors' Cup finals

July 22

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 91, B-Meg Llamados 80

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

July 25

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 80, B-Meg Llamados 85

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

July 27

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 93, B-Meg Llamados 84

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

July 29

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 94, B-Meg Llamados 89

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

August 1

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 81, B-Meg Llamados 91

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

August 3

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 81, B-Meg Llamados 97

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

August 5

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 83, B-Meg Llamados 76

Rain or Shine wins series, 4–3

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

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.

Team	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Air21 Express	Zach Graham	May 23 (vs. Ginebra)	June 29 (vs. Petron Blaze)	2–7
Alaska Aces	Jason Forte	May 20 (vs. Rain or Shine)	June 27 (vs. Air21)	2–7
B-Meg Llamados	Marqus Blakely	May 25 (vs. Rain or Shine)	August 5 (vs. Rain or Shine)	13–9
Barako Bull Energy	Jamine Peterson	May 25 (vs. Powerade)	June 1 (vs. B-Meg)	1–2
	LeRoy Hickerson	June 8 (vs. Petron Blaze)	July 3 (vs. Powerade)	3–3
Barangay Ginebra Kings	Cedric Bozeman	May 23 (vs. Air21)	July 20 (vs. B-Meg)	9–6
Meralco Bolts	Champ Oguchi	May 23 (vs. Talk 'N Text)	June 6 (vs. B-Meg)	2–3
	Mario West	June 10 (vs. Alaska)	July 15 (vs. Petron Blaze)	5–5
Petron Blaze Boosters	Eddie Basden	May 20 (vs. Powerade)	June 29 (vs. Air21)	5–4
	Marcus Faison	July 6 (vs. Rain or Shine)	July 15 (vs. Meralco)	1–4
Powerade Tigers	Rashad McCants	May 20 (vs. Petron Blaze)	May 25 (vs. Barako Bull)	0–2
	Omar Sneed	June 1 (vs. Alaska)	July 4 (vs. Meralco)	5–4
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Jamelle Cornley	May 20 (vs. Alaska)	August 5 (vs. B-Meg)	14–7
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	Paul Harris	May 23 (vs. Meralco)	July 18 (vs. Ginebra)	8–6

Awards

Conference

• Best Player of the Conference: Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra Kings)
• Best Import of the Conference: Jamelle Cornley (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)
• Finals MVP: Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)

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]