The 2012–13 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2012–13 PBA Philippine Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters and the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters competed for the 107th championship contested by the league.
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Dates | January 9–16, 2013 | |||||||||
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MVP | Ranidel de Ocampo (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) | |||||||||
Television | AKTV on IBC | |||||||||
Announcers | See broadcast notes | |||||||||
Radio network | DZSR | |||||||||
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Talk 'N Text defeated Rain or Shine by sweeping the series, 4–0 and winning their third consecutive Philippine Cup. The Tropang Texters will also have permanent possession of the Jun Bernardino Trophy, which is awarded to the champions of the tournament since the 2006–07 season.[1][2]
Background edit
Road to the finals edit
Talk 'N Text | Rain or Shine | ||
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Finished 12–2 (0.857): 1st | Elimination round | Finished 9–5 (0.643): 3rd | |
Def. Air21, 105–100 (twice-to-beat advantage) | Quarterfinals | Def. Barangay Ginebra, 2–1 (best-of-three series) | |
Def. Alaska, 4–2 | Semifinals | Def. San Mig Coffee, 4–2 |
Head-to-head matchup edit
The lone conference head-to-head matchup of the two teams was won by Talk 'N Text.
Series summary edit
Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Wins |
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Talk 'N Text | 87 | 89 | 89 | 105 | 4 |
Rain or Shine | 81 | 81 | 80 | 82 | 0 |
Venue | Araneta | MOA | Araneta | Araneta |
Game 1 edit
January 9
6:45 p.m. |
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 87, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 81 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 27–24, 20–19, 16–23 | ||
Pts: Castro, de Ocampo 16 Rebs: Williams 12 Asts: Alapag 6 |
Pts: Cruz 13 Rebs: Cruz 9 Asts: Ibañes, Rodriguez 3 | |
Talk 'N Text leads series, 1–0 |
Game 2 edit
January 11
6:45 p.m. |
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 89, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 81 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 21–20, 19–28, 26–18 | ||
Pts: de Ocampo 24 Rebs: de Ocampo 9 Asts: Alapag, de Ocampo, 4 |
Pts: Quiñahan 16 Rebs: Lee 9 Asts: Lee 4 | |
Talk 'N Text leads series, 2–0 |
Game 3 edit
January 13
6:00 p.m. |
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 89, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 80 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 20–19, 19–26, 28–15 | ||
Pts: Castro 19 Rebs: Carey, Reyes, Williams 8 Asts: Alapag, Castro 4 |
Pts: Tiu 14 Rebs: Belga 9 Asts: Norwood 4 | |
Talk 'N Text leads series, 3–0 |
Game 4 edit
Rosters edit
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Broadcast notes edit
Game | Play-by-play | Analyst(s) | Courtside reporters | AKTV Center Analysts |
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Game 1 | Magoo Marjon | Jason Webb | Jessica Mendoza and Erika Padilla | Mico Halili, Richard del Rosario and Topex Robinson |
Game 2 | Mico Halili | Quinito Henson | Sel Guevara and Erika Padilla | Aaron Atayde, Ronnie Magsanoc and Benjie Paras |
Game 3 | Magoo Marjon | Jason Webb | Sel Guevara and Jessica Mendoza | Mico Halili, Ronnie Magsanoc and Jojo Lastimosa |
Game 4 | Mico Halili | Quinito Henson | Sel Guevara and Erika Padilla | Benjie Paras, Ryan Gregorio and Jason Webb |
- Additional Game 4 crew:
- Trophy presentation: Aaron Atayde
- Dugout interviewer: Erika Padilla
References edit
- ^ All-Filipino hat-trick in the bag as Talk 'N Text completes Finals sweep, Richard Dy, Spin.PH, January 16, 2013
- ^ Talk ‘N Text sweeps Rain or Shine to win historic third straight Philippine Cup Archived 2013-01-19 at the Wayback Machine, InterAKTV, January 16, 2013