2012–13 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season
Basketball team season
2012–13 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season | |
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Head coach | Norman Black |
General Manager | Aboy Castro |
Owner(s) | Smart Communications |
Philippine Cup results | |
Record | 12–2 (85.7%) |
Place | 1st |
Playoff finish | Champions (def. Rain or Shine, 4–0) |
Commissioner's Cup results | |
Record | 7–7 (50%) |
Place | 6th |
Playoff finish | Semifinalist (def. by Barangay Ginebra, 2–3) |
Governors' Cup results | |
Record | 3–6 (33.3%) |
Place | 9th |
Playoff finish | did not qualify |
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters seasons | |
The 2012–13 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season was the 23rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates
- Chot Reyes of the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters stepped down as head coach at the end of the 2011–12 season due to his appointment as head coach of Smart Gilas. Team consultant Norman Black has been appointed as head coach starting this season.[1] Due to Black's commitments as head coach of the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the UAAP, assistant coach Nash Racela will serve as interim head coach until the UAAP basketball tournament ends.
- August 19: The 2012 PBA Draft took place in Robinson's Midtown Mall, Manila.
- October 20: Norman Black formally took over as head coach, replacing interim coach Nash Racela.
Draft picks
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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2 | 10 | Jaypee Belencion | G/F | ![]() | Letran |
3 | 10 | Jason Escueta | F/C | ![]() | Ateneo de Manila |
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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:
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–1 Meralco (Meralco +4)
Game log
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Playoffs
Bracket
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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 | |||||||||||
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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
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Game log
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2012–13 schedule |
Commissioner's Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Pos | Team
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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:
- ^ 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
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2012–13 schedule |
Governors' Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Pos | Team
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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:
- ^ 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
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Transactions
Trades
Pre-season
- None
Philippine Cup
- None
Commissioner's Cup
January 31, 2013[2] | To Talk 'N Text Rabeh Al-Hussaini | To GlobalPort Japeth Aguilar |
June 10, 2013[3] | To Talk 'N Text Sean Anthony | To Barako Bull Jared Dillinger |
Governors' Cup
October 14, 2013[4] | To Talk 'N Text Rob Reyes 2015 2nd draft pick | To Air21 Rabeh Al-Hussaini |
October 14, 2013[4] | To Talk 'N Text Nonoy Baclao Eric Salamat | To Air21 Pamboy Raymundo Bambam Gamalinda |
Recruited imports
Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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Commissioner's Cup | Keith Benson | February 9 (vs. Meralco) | March 1 vs. (Alaska) | 2–3 |
Donnell Harvey | March 9 (vs. Barako Bull) | April 6 (vs. GlobalPort) | 4–3 | |
Jerome Jordan | April 14 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) | April 28 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) | 4–2 | |
Tony Mitchell | May 8 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) | May 12 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) | 1–2 | |
Governors' Cup | Tony Mitchell | August 15 (vs. Barako Bull) | September 13 (vs. Air21) | 2–5 |
Courtney Fells | September 18 (vs. Rain or Shine) | September 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 1–2 |
References
- ^ Reyes to move to SMART-Gilas, Black to coach Talk ‘N Text next year Archived 2012-08-18 at the Wayback Machine, Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV, February 19, 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
- ^ a b Al-Hussaini moves from TnT to Meralco as Air21 lands Cardona in three-team trade deal, Snow Badua, spin.ph, October 14, 2013