2012–13 Meralco Bolts season

2012–13 Meralco Bolts season
2012–13 Meralco Bolts season
Head coach	Ryan Gregorio
General Manager	Butch Antonio
Owner(s)	Manila Electric Company ; (an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	8–6 ; (57.1%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist; (eliminated by Alaska Aces in two games)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	7–7 ; (50%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist ; (def by. San Mig Coffee, 2–1)
Governors' Cup results
Record	5–4 ; (55.6%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Semifinalist ; (def by. San Mig Coffee, 3–1)
Meralco Bolts seasons
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Meralco Bolts season was the third season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

August 19: The 2012 PBA Draft took place in Robinson's Midtown Mall, Manila.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	4	Cliff Hodge	F	United States	Hawaii Pacific
2	7	Kelly Nabong	C/F	Philippines	Santa Rosa JC
3	4	Janus Lozada	G/F	Philippines	Adamson
4	2	Eric Suguitan	C	Philippines	ACSAT

Roster

2012–13 Meralco Bolts roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	From
G	1	Cortez, Mike	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	De La Salle
SG	2	Wilson, John	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	José Rizal
PG	4	Mangahas, Allan	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Mapúa
PG	6	Ross, Chris (C)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Marshall
PF	7–1	Hodge, Cliff (R)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Hawaii Pacific
C	8	Allado, Don	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	De La Salle
G	13	Timberlake, Chris	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	North Florida
SG	14	Cardona, Mark	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	De La Salle
F	15	Baclao, Nonoy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Ateneo
C	19	Reyes, Jay-R	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	UP Diliman
G/F	20	Dillinger, Jared	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Air Force
PF	21	Hugnatan, Reynel	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Manila
G/F	22	Vanlandingham, Josh	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Pacific Lutheran
SF	24	Guevarra, Rey	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Letran
F/C	31	Sena, James	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	José Rizal
SF	80	Salvacion, Sunday	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	St. Benilde

Head coach

Ryan Gregorio (UP Diliman)

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Butch Antonio

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

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	12	2	.857	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Mig Coffee Mixers	10	4	.714	2	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
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	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Barako Bull Energy Cola	4	10	.286	8
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	1	13	.071	11

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–1 Meralco (Meralco +4)

Game log

2013 PBA Philippine Cup game log

October

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 5	Talk 'N Text	110–112*	Reyes (25)	Reyes (14)	Mercado, Ross (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1	Boxscore
2	October 10	Alaska	93–86	Hodge (20)	Hodge, Nabong (11)	Mercado (9)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–1	Boxscore
3	October 13	Barangay Ginebra	95–88	Cardona (21)	Cardona (8)	Mercado (8)	Digos	2–1	Boxscore
4	October 17	GlobalPort	104–105	Mercado, Buenafe (30)	Hodge (15)	Mercado (8)	Mall of Asia Arena	2–2	Boxscore
5	October 21	Air21	85–72	Mercado (24)	Reyes (14)	Hugnatan (3)	Mall of Asia Arena	3–2	Boxscore
6	October 31	Barako Bull	99–86	Mercado (22)	Borboran (7)	Mercado (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–2	Boxscore

November

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	November 4	Rain or Shine	81–106	Cardona (20)	Hodge (14)	Cardona (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–3	Boxscore
8	November 11	Petron Blaze	95–81	Mercado, Hugnatan (22)	Cardona (9)	Cardona (10)	Mall of Asia Arena	5–3	Boxscore
9	November 16	Talk 'N Text	98–109	Mercado (28)	Hugnatan (10)	Mercado, Ross (6)	Ynares Center	5–4	Boxscore
10	November 21	Rain or Shine	98–102*	Mercado (28)	Reyes (9)	Mercado (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–5	Boxscore
11	November 23	GlobalPort	101–92	Cardona (26)	Nabong (11)	Mercado (9)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	6–5	Boxscore
12	November 28	Alaska	85–88	Cardona, Ross (14)	Hodge (9)	Ross (10)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	6–6	Boxscore
13	November 30	Barako Bull	85–73	Nabong (12)	Cardona (8)	Mercado (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	7–6	Boxscore

December

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
14	December 9	San Mig Coffee	87–77	Cardona, Hugnatan (15)	Reyes, Hodge, Hugnatan (9)	Mercado (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	8–7	Boxscore

2012–13 schedule

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
(best-of-3)
			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
(best-of-3)
			3	Rain or Shine	4
3	Rain or Shine	2

6	Barangay Ginebra	1

*Game went into overtime

Game log

2013 PBA Philippine Cup game log

Quarterfinals: 0–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	December 12	Alaska	84–90	Mercado (22)	Reyes (21)	Mercado (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1	Boxscore
2	December 14	Alaska	70–88	Cardona (18)	Hugnatan (9)	Mercado (10)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–2	Boxscore

2012–13 schedule

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	11	3	.786	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	5	.643	2	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
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	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Barako Bull Energy Cola	5	9	.357	6
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	2	12	.143	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Petron 2–0 San Mig
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.01, TNT 1.00, Barangay Ginebra 0.99

Game log

2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log

February

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	February 9	Talk 'N Text	99–92	Dawson (37)	Dawson (14)	Ross (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0	boxscore
2	February 13	Alaska	81–85	Manuel (18)	Dawson (13)	Artadi (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–1	boxscore
3	February 16	Rain or Shine	82–91	Dawson (21)	Dawson (12)	Ross (9)	Puerto Princesa City, Palawan	1–2	boxscore
4	February 20	Petron Blaze	86–88	Dawson (24)	Dawson (20)	Ross (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–3	boxscore
5	February 24	GlobalPort	90–89	Salvacion (20)	Dawson (17)	Ross (17)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–3	boxscore

March

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
6	March 6	Air21	89–88	Dawson (35)	Dawson (17)	Ross (12)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–3	boxscore
7	March 13	Barako Bull					Smart Araneta Coliseum
8	March 15	San Mig Coffee					Smart Araneta Coliseum
9	March 22	Barangay Ginebra					Smart Araneta Coliseum

2012–13 schedule

Governors Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 Rain or Shine
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.01, Barako Bull 1.00, Alaska 0.99
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Talk 'N Text 1.05, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Air21 0.96; eighth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 110–102 Talk 'N Text

Game log

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

August 20, 2012^[1]	To Meralco 2012 2nd round pick (Kelly Nabong)	To Rain or Shine 2015 second round pick
September 11, 2012^[2]	To Meralco Carlo Sharma Sunday Salvacion	To Barako Bull Jason Ballesteros

Commissioner's Cup

January 31, 2013^[3]

To Meralco

Rey Guevarra
Vic Manuel
Josh Vanlandingham
2015 1st round pick

To GlobalPort

Sol Mercado
Kelly Nabong
JP Belencion
Yousif Aljamal

June 10, 2013^[4]

To Meralco

Jared Dillinger
Don Allado

To Barako Bull

Ronjay Buenafe
Gilbert Bulawan

July 17, 2013^[5]

To Meralco

Nonoy Baclao
John Wilson

To Air21

Vic Manuel
Carlo Sharma
2016 2nd round pick

Governors' Cup

September 7, 2013^[6]

To Meralco

Mike Cortez
James Sena

To Air21

Asi Taulava
Mark Borboran

October 11, 2013^[7]

To Meralco

Gary David
AJ Mandani

To GlobalPort

Chris Ross
Chris Timberlake
2016 and 2017 2nd round picks

October 14, 2013^[8]

To Meralco

Rabeh Al-Hussaini
Nelbert Omolon

To Air21

Mark Cardona
Nonoy Baclao

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Eric Dawson	February 9 (vs. Talk 'N Text)	April 24 (vs. San Mig Coffee)	8–9
Governors' Cup	Mario West	August 16 (vs. Petron)	October 6 (vs. San Mig Coffee)	7–7

References

^ BOOSTERS GROW STRONGER, PBA.ph, August 19, 2012
^ Barako Bull acquires ‘project’ Ballesteros from Meralco for Salvacion, Sharma Archived 2016-04-09 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, September 11, 2012
^ PBA approves Sol Mercado to GlobalPort, Japeth Aguilar for Rabeh Al-Hussaini trades Archived 2013-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, January 31, 2013
^ PBA approves trade: Dillinger, Allado to Meralco, Buenafe to Barako Bull, Anthony to Talk ‘N Text Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, June 10, 2013
^ Meralco's Sharma, Manuel head to Air21 for Baclao, Wilson as trade finally a go, Snow Badua, spin.ph, July 12, 2013
^ [1] Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, September 7, 2013
^ Gary David, Chris Ross switch places as PBA approves Meralco-GlobalPort trade Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, October 11, 2013
^ Al-Hussaini moves from TnT to Meralco as Air21 lands Cardona in three-team trade deal, Snow Badua, spin.ph, October 14, 2013

[table_hth_ALA0.41302709673207-1] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–1 Meralco (Meralco +4)

[table_hth_PBB0.26209699700684-2] Head-to-head record: Petron 2–0 San Mig

[table_hth_BGSM0.26209699700684-3] Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.01, TNT 1.00, Barangay Ginebra 0.99

[table_hth_MER0.53741406115583-4] Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 Rain or Shine

[table_hth_ALA0.53741406115583-5] Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.01, Barako Bull 1.00, Alaska 0.99

[table_hth_A210.53741406115583-6] Head-to-head quotient: Talk 'N Text 1.05, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Air21 0.96; eighth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 110–102 Talk 'N Text

[PBAdraft_2012-7] BOOSTERS GROW STRONGER, PBA.ph, August 19, 2012

[8] Barako Bull acquires ‘project’ Ballesteros from Meralco for Salvacion, Sharma Archived 2016-04-09 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, September 11, 2012

[JapethSolTrade-9] PBA approves Sol Mercado to GlobalPort, Japeth Aguilar for Rabeh Al-Hussaini trades Archived 2013-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, January 31, 2013

[DillingerTrade2013-10] PBA approves trade: Dillinger, Allado to Meralco, Buenafe to Barako Bull, Anthony to Talk ‘N Text Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, June 10, 2013

[11] Meralco's Sharma, Manuel head to Air21 for Baclao, Wilson as trade finally a go, Snow Badua, spin.ph, July 12, 2013

[12] [1] Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, September 7, 2013

[13] Gary David, Chris Ross switch places as PBA approves Meralco-GlobalPort trade Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, October 11, 2013

[RabehTrade2013-14] Al-Hussaini moves from TnT to Meralco as Air21 lands Cardona in three-team trade deal, Snow Badua, spin.ph, October 14, 2013

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