2012–13 Petron Blaze Boosters season
Basketball team season
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The 2012–13 Petron Blaze Boosters season was the 38th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team placed seventh in the Philippine Cup, third in the Commissioner's Cup and second in the Governors' Cup. It had three draft picks: two Filipino and one American.
HeadcoachOlsen Racela
Gee Abanilla (Governors' Cup)
Gee Abanilla (Governors' Cup)
General managerHector Calma
Siot Tanquingcen (Governors' Cup)
Siot Tanquingcen (Governors' Cup)
OwnersPetron Corporation
(a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
(a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Record6–8
(42.9%)
(42.9%)
| 2012–13 Petron Blaze Boosters season | |
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| Head coach | Olsen Racela Gee Abanilla (Governors' Cup) |
| General manager | Hector Calma Siot Tanquingcen (Governors' Cup) |
| Owners | Petron Corporation (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary) |
| Philippine Cup results | |
| Record | 6–8 (42.9%) |
| Place | 7th |
| Playoff finish | Quarterfinalist (eliminated by San Mig Coffee in one game) |
| Commissioner's Cup results | |
| Record | 8–6 (57.1%) |
| Place | 3rd |
| Playoff finish | Quarterfinalist (def. by Talk N' Text 0–2) |
| Governors' Cup results | |
| Record | 8–1 (88.9%) |
| Place | 2nd |
| Playoff finish | Runner-up (def. by San Mig Coffee 3–4) |
| Petron Blaze Boosters seasons | |
Key dates
- August 19: The 2012 PBA Draft was held in Robinson's Midtown Mall, Manila.
- August 22: Ato Agustin was replaced as head coach by assistant coach Olsen Racela. Team consultant Rajko Toroman was made assistant coach, with a more active role anticipated.[1]
- October 24: Petron management gave full control of the team to Olsen Racela, with Toroman no longer active.[2] Racela appointed Gee Abanilla as lead assistant coach.[3]
- June 26: Gee Abanilla was promoted to head coach while Hector Calma will be replaced by Siot Tanquingcen.[4]
Draft picks
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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| 1 | 1 | June Mar Fajardo | C | Cebu | |
| 1 | 3 | Alex Mallari | G/F | Lewis-Clark State | |
| 3 | 5 | Mark Sarangay | F/C | Mapúa |
Roster
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Philippine Cup
Eliminations
Standings
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 12 | 2 | .857 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Mig Coffee Mixers | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2 | |
| 3 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Meralco Bolts | 8 | 6 | .571[a] | 4 | |
| 5 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 6 | .571[a] | 4 | |
| 6 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5 | |
| 7 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 6 | 8 | .429 | 6 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Air21 Express | 5 | 9 | .357 | 7 | |
| 9 | Barako Bull Energy Cola | 4 | 10 | .286 | 8 | |
| 10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 1 | 13 | .071 | 11 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
Notes:
- Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–1 Meralco (Meralco +4)
Game log
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November
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Playoffs
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | |||||||||||
| (#1 twice-to-beat) | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Talk 'N Text | 105 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Air21 | 100 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | |||||||||||
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| 5 | Alaska | 2 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Meralco | 0 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Alaska | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | |||||||||||
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Rain or Shine | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | San Mig Coffee | 92* | |||||||||||
| 7 | Petron Blaze | 87 | |||||||||||
| 2 | San Mig Coffee | 2 | |||||||||||
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| 3 | Rain or Shine | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Rain or Shine | 2 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | |||||||||||
*Game went into overtime
Game log
| 2013 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log | |||||||||||||||||||
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Commissioner's Cup
Eliminations
Standings
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 | Alaska Aces | 11 | 3 | .786 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2 | |
| 3 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 8 | 6 | .571[a] | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | San Mig Coffee Mixers | 8 | 6 | .571[a] | 3 | |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 7 | .500[b] | 4 | |
| 6 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 7 | 7 | .500[b] | 4 | |
| 7 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 7 | .500[b] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Air21 Express | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5 | |
| 9 | Barako Bull Energy Cola | 5 | 9 | .357 | 6 | |
| 10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 2 | 12 | .143 | 9 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
Notes:
Game log
Playoffs
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Finals (Best-of-5) | ||||||||||||
| (#1 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Alaska | 87 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Air21 | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Alaska | 3 | ||||||||||||
| (Best-of-3) | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | San Mig Coffee | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | San Mig Coffee | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Meralco | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Alaska | 3 | ||||||||||||
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Rain or Shine | 83 | 79 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 90 | 81 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| 6 | Talk 'N Text | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Petron | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Talk 'N Text | 2 | ||||||||||||
Governors' Cup
Eliminations
Standings
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 8 | 1 | .889 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Mig Coffee Mixers | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2 | |
| 3 | Meralco Bolts | 5 | 4 | .556[a] | 3 | |
| 4 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 4 | .556[a] | 3 | |
| 5 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 4 | 5 | .444[b] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | Barako Bull Energy | 4 | 5 | .444[b] | 4 | |
| 7 | Alaska Aces | 4 | 5 | .444[b] | 4 | |
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 3 | 6 | .333[c] | 5 | |
| 9 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 3 | 6 | .333[c] | 5 | |
| 10 | Air21 Express | 3 | 6 | .333[c] | 5 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
Notes:
Game log
Playoffs
Bracket
| Quarterfinals (Top 4 twice-to-beat) | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Finals (Best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Petron Blaze | 101 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra | 94 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Petron Blaze | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Rain or Shine | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Rain or Shine | 108 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | GlobalPort | 106 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Petron Blaze | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | San Mig Coffee | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | San Mig Coffee | 105 | 83 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Alaska | 112 | 73 | |||||||||||
| 2 | San Mig Coffee | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Meralco | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Meralco | 86 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Barako Bull | 68 | ||||||||||||
Transactions
Trades
Pre-season
| August 23, 2012[5][6] | To Petron Blaze Magi Sison (from Air21) Paolo Hubalde (from Air21) 2014 second round pick (from Air21) |
To Air21 Nonoy Baclao (from Petron Blaze) Robert Reyes (from Petron Blaze) KG Canaleta (from Barangay Ginebra) John Wilson (from Barangay Ginebra) |
To Barangay Ginebra Elmer Espiritu (from Air21) 2013 first round pick (from Air21) |
| August 31, 2012[7] | To Petron Blaze Wesley Gonzales Hans Thiele |
To Alaska Dondon Hontiveros |
Commissioner's Cup
| January 22, 2013[8] | To Petron Blaze Ronald Tubid |
To Barako Bull Alex Mallari Jojo Duncil 2014 1st round pick (traded to San Mig Coffee) |
| June 10, 2013[9] | To Petron Blaze Jason Deutchman 2016 and 2017 2nd round pick |
To GlobalPort Jay Washington |
| August 12, 2013[10] | To Petron Blaze Doug Kramer |
To Barako Bull Dorian Peña 2013 2nd round pick (from Barangay Ginebra) |
Recruited imports
| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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| Commissioner's Cup | Renaldo Balkman | February 8 (vs. GlobalPort) | March 8 (vs. Alaska) | 5–2 |
| Rodney White | March 22 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | March 27 (vs. Alaska) | 0–2 | |
| Henry Sims | April 5 (vs. Meralco) | April 21 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 2–4 | |
| Governors' Cup | Elijah Millsap | August 16 (vs. Meralco) | October 25 (vs. San Mig Coffee) | 15–7 |