2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals

{{Infobox PBA conference finals

| image=250px

| year = 2012

| conference = Commissioner's Cup

| champion = (3) B-Meg Llamados

| champion_coach = Tim Cone

| champion_games = 4

| runnerup = (1) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters

| runnerup_coach = Chot Reyes

| runnerup_games = 3

| date= April 23 - May 6, 2012

| MVP = James Yap
{{small|(B-Meg Llamados)}}

| television = AKTV on IBC

| announcers = See broadcast notes

| radio_network = DZSR

| radio_announcers =

| referees_1 = P. Balao, E. Aquino, R. Yante

| referees_2 = A. Herrera, P. Balao, R. Yante

| referees_3 = N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, R. Yante

| referees_4 = A. Herrera, P. Balao, J. Mariano

| referees_5 = E. Aquino, B. Guevarra, N. Quilinguen

| referees_6 = N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, S. Pineda

| referees_7 = N. Quilinguen, E. Aquino, J. Marabe

| prev_year = 2011

| next_year = 2013

| prev_conf = 2011–12 Philippine

| next_conf = 2012 Governors'

}}

The 2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) 2012 Commissioner's Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters and the B-Meg Llamados played for the 105th championship contested by the league.

Background

=Road to the finals=

class=wikitable width=100%
align=center !colspan=2 width=45%\|B-Meg!!colspan=2 width=45%\|Talk 'N Text
align=center \|Finished tied for 2nd, 6–3: (0.667)	colspan=2\|Elimination round	rowspan=2\|Finished 1st, 7–2: (0.778)
align=center \| lost to Barangay Ginebra, 84-93	colspan=2\|Tiebreaker
align=center \|Def. Meralco, 2–1	colspan=2\|Quarterfinals	Bye
align=center \|Def. Barangay Ginebra, 3–1	colspan=2\|Semifinals	Def. Barako Bull, 3–2

Series summary

border=1 cellspacing=0 width=525 align=center
style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;" !align=center width=30%\|Team !width=8%\|Game 1 !width=8%\|Game 2 !width=8%\|Game 3 !width=8%\|Game 4 !width=8%\|Game 5 !width=8%\|Game 6 !width=8%\|Game 7* !width=8%\|Wins
style="text-align:center;" \|align=left\|B-Meg \| 88	102	91	85	82	82	90	4
style="text-align:center;" \|align=left\|Talk 'N Text \| 82	104	87	100	66	92	84	3
style="text-align:center; font-size: 85%; background-color:#e6e6e6;" \|align=left\|Venue \|Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta

*overtime

=Game 1=

{{basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=April 23 |time=7:00 p.m. |place=Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City|TV=AKTV on IBC |attendance=13,008 |referee= P. Balao, E. Aquino, R. Yante

|team2=Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |score2=82

|team1='''B-Meg Llamados

|score1=88'''

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120515114056/http://www.pba.ph/game_scores/421.htm Report]

|Q1= 25–14

|Q2= 23–26

|Q3= 14–27

|Q4= 26–15

|points2= Harvey 25

|points1= Bowles 25

|rebounds2= Harvey 13

|rebounds1= Bowles 11

|assist2= Alapag 6

|assist1= Bowles 3

|series=B-Meg leads series, 1–0

}}

=Game 2=

{{basketballbox |bg= |date=April 25 |time=6:45 p.m. |place=Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City|TV=AKTV on IBC |attendance=11,862 |referee= A.Herrera, P.Balao, R.Yante

|team2=Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |score2=104

|team1=B-Meg Llamados

|score1=102

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120515114056/http://www.pba.ph/game_scores/422.htm Report]

|Q1= 16–24

|Q2= 32–25

|Q3= 27–24

|Q4= 27–31

|points2= Harvey 29

|points1= Bowles 33

|rebounds2= Harvey 14

|rebounds1= Bowles 13

|assist2= Alapag, Castro 5

|assist1= Urbiztondo 7

|series=Series tied, 1–1

}}

=Game 3=

{{basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=April 27 |time=6:45 p.m. |place=Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City|TV=AKTV on IBC |attendance=14,493 |referee= N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, R. Yante

|team2=Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |score2=87

|team1='''B-Meg Llamados

|score1=91'''

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120515114056/http://www.pba.ph/game_scores/423.htm Report]

|Q1= 19–21

|Q2= 18–15

|Q3= 25–28

|Q4= 29–23

|points2= Harvey, Reyes 21

|points1= Bowles 28

|rebounds2= Harvey 14

|rebounds1= Bowles 13

|assist2= Alapag, Castro, Fonacier 2

|assist1= Bowles, Urbiztondo 4

|series=B-Meg leads series, 2–1

}}

=Game 4=

{{basketballbox |bg= |date=April 29 |time=6:00 p.m. |place=Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City|TV=AKTV on IBC |attendance=18,696 |referee= A. Herrera, P. Balao, J. Mariano

|team2=Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |score2=100

|team1=B-Meg Llamados

|score1=85

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120515114056/http://www.pba.ph/game_scores/424.htm Report]

|Q1= 24–25

|Q2= 11–22

|Q3= 25–26

|Q4= 25–27

|points2= Dillinger, Fonacier 18

|points1= Bowles, Devance 17

|rebounds2= Harvey 14

|rebounds1= Bowles 9

|assist2= Dillinger 4

|assist1= Bowles 6

|series=Series tied, 2–2

}}

=Game 5=

{{basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=May 2 |time=6:45 p.m. |place=Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City|TV=AKTV on IBC |attendance=15,183 |referee= E.Aquino, B.Guevarra, N.Quilinguen

|team2=Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |score2=66

|team1=B-Meg Llamados |score1=82

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120515114056/http://www.pba.ph/game_scores/425.htm Report]

|Q1= 24–15

|Q2= 17–18

|Q3= 18–20

|Q4= 23–13

|points2= Dillinger 18

|points1= Yap 30

|rebounds2= Harvey 16

|rebounds1= Bowles 18

|assist2= Harvey 5

|assist1= Urbiztondo 3

|series=B-Meg leads series, 3–2

}}

=Game 6=

{{basketballbox |bg= |date=May 4 |time=6:45 p.m. |place=Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |TV=AKTV on IBC |attendance=20,524 |referee= N.Quilinguen, P.Balao, S.Pineda

|team2=Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |score2=92

|team1=B-Meg Llamados

|score1=82

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120515114056/http://www.pba.ph/game_scores/426.htm Report]

|Q1= 27–19

|Q2= 21–31

|Q3= 15–17

|Q4= 19–25

|points2= Castro 25

|points1= Bowles 33

|rebounds2= Harvey 17

|rebounds1= Bowles 12

|assist2= Castro 4

|assist1= Barroca, Intal, Urbiztondo 2

|series=Series tied, 3–3

}}

=Game 7=

{{basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=May 6 |time=6:00 p.m. |place=Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |TV=AKTV on IBC |attendance=21,046 |referee= N.Quilinguen, E.Aquino, J.Marabe

|team2=Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |score2=84

|team1=B-Meg Llamados |score1=90

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120515114056/http://www.pba.ph/game_scores/427.htm Report]

|overtime=OT

|Q1= 18–21

|Q2= 17–13

|Q3= 26–22

|Q4= 15–20

|OT= 14–8

|points2= Alapag 29

|points1= Bowles 39

|rebounds2= Harvey 15

|rebounds1= Bowles 21

|assist2= Castro 4

|assist1= Urbiztondo 4

|series=B-Meg wins series, 4–3

}}

Rosters

{{PBA roster header|age=n

|team=B-Meg Llamados

}}

{{player2 | num = 2 | link = Josh Urbiztondo | alt = Urbiztondo, Joshua | pos = PG | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 185 | college = Fresno Pacific| nat = USA }}

{{player2 | num = 3 | first = Jonas | last = Villanueva | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = 170 | college = FEU | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 4 | first = Rafi | last = Reavis | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 205 | college = Coppin State | nat = USA | note = C }}

{{player2 | num = 6 | first = Val | last = Acuña | pos = GF | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 179 | college = University of the East | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 7 | first = JC | last = Intal| pos = SF | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 195 | college = Ateneo | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 8 | first = Peter June | last = Simon | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 180 | college = Mindanao | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 14 | first = Mark | last = Barroca | pos = PG | ft = 5 | in = 10 | lbs = 170 | college = FEU | nat = PHI | note = R }}

{{player2 | num = 15 | first = Marc | last = Pingris | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 210 | college = PSBA | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 18 | first = James | last = Yap | pos = GF | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 205 | college = University of the East | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 19 | first = Jerwin | last = Gaco | pos = PF | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 180 | college = De La Salle | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 21 | first = Denzel | last = Bowles | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 10 | lbs = 255 | college = James Madison | nat = USA | note = I }}

{{player2 | num = 38 | first = Joe | last = Devance | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 215 | college = UTEP | nat = USA }}

{{player2 | num = 63 | first = Mike | last = Burtscher | pos = PF | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 210 | college = Clearwater Christian College | nat = SWI }}

{{player2 | num = 95 | first = Yancy | last = De Ocampo | pos = FC | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 220 | college = St. Francis of Assisi | nat = PHI }}

{{basketball roster footer

| head_coach =

{{player||USA|Tim Cone}}

| asst_coach =

{{player||PHI|Richard del Rosario}} ({{college|La Salle}})
{{player||PHI|Koy Banal}} ({{college|Mapúa}})
{{player||PHI|Johnny Abarrientos}} ({{college|FEU}})
{{player||USA|Jeffrey Cariaso}} ({{college|Sonoma State}})
{{player||PHI|Dayong Mendoza}}

}}

{{PBA roster header|team=Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters

}}

{{player2 | num = 1 | first = Donnell | last = Harvey | pos = FC | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 220 | college = Florida | nat = USA | note = I }}

{{player2 | num = 3 | first = Jimmy | last = Alapag | pos = PG | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = 160 | college = Cal State San Bernardino | nat = USA | note = C }}

{{player2 | num = 4 | first = Harvey | last = Carey | pos = PF | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 210 | college = Sonoma State | nat = USA }}

{{player2 | num = 6 | first = Riego | last = Gamalinda | pos = GF | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 184 | college = San Beda | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 10 | first = Ryan | last = Reyes | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 190 | college = Cal State Fullerton | nat = USA }}

{{player2 | num = 12 | first = Larry | last = Fonacier | pos = GF | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 170 | college = Ateneo | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 16 | first = John | last = Raymundo | pos = PG | ft = 5 | in = 10 | lbs = 170 | college = San Sebastian | nat = PHI | note = R }}

{{player2 | num = 17 | first = Jayson | last = Castro | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = 167 | college = Philippine Christian University | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 18 | first = Gilbert | last = Lao | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 210 | college = UST | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 20 | first = Jared | last = Dillinger | pos = GF | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 220 | college = Hawaii | nat = USA }}

{{player2 | num = 21 | first = Kelly | last = Williams | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 215 | college = Oakland | nat = USA }}

{{player2 | num = 33 | first = Ranidel | last = De Ocampo | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 200 | college = St. Francis of Assisi | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 34 | first = Ali | last = Peek | pos = CF | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 240 | college = Saint Mary's | nat = USA }}

{{player2 | num = 35 | first = Japeth | last = Aguilar | pos = FC | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 225 | college = Western Kentucky | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 40 | first = Rich | last = Alvarez | pos = PF | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 200 | college = Ateneo | nat = JPN }}

{{PBA roster footer

| head_coach =

{{player||PHI|Chot Reyes}} ({{college|Ateneo}})

| asst_coach =

{{player||PHI|Jamike Jarin}} ({{college|Ateneo}})
{{player||PHI|Nash Racela}} ({{college|Ateneo}})
{{player||PHI|Joshua Reyes}}

}}

Broadcast notes

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst	Courtside reporters	AKTV Center Analysts
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Game 1	Magoo Marjon	Quinito Henson and Yeng Guiao	Nikko Ramos and Sel Guevara	Mico Halili, Jason Webb and Jojo Lastimosa
Game 2	Mico Halili	Dominic Uy and Ryan Gregorio	Nikko Ramos and Erika Padilla	Magoo Marjon, Rado Dimalibot and Caloy Garcia
Game 3	Magoo Marjon	Quinito Henson and Franz Pumaren	Erika Padilla and Jessica Mendoza	Mico Halili, Rado Dimalibot and Gary David
Game 4	Mico Halili	Quinito Henson and Ryan Gregorio	Erika Padilla and Sel Guevara	Aaron Atayde, Magoo Marjon, Ronnie Magsanoc and Benjie Paras
Game 5	Magoo Marjon	Dominic Uy and Jojo Lastimosa	Sel Guevara and Jessica Mendoza	Mico Halili, Rado Dimalibot and Jong Uichico
Game 6	Mico Halili	Quinito Henson and Yeng Guiao	Sel Guevara and Jessica Mendoza	Magoo Marjon, Rado Dimalibot and Ronnie Magsanoc
Game 7	Mico Halili	Quinito Henson and Jojo Lastimosa	Sel Guevara and Jessica Mendoza	Magoo Marjon, Rado Dimalibot, Dominic Uy and Benjie Paras

Additional Game 7 crew:
Trophy presentation: Aaron Atayde
Dugout interviewer: Erika Padilla

References

External links

[http://www.pba.ph PBA official website]

Category:2011–12 PBA season

2012

Category:TNT Tropang 5G games

Category:Magnolia Hotshots games

PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals

class=wikitable width=100%
align=center !colspan=2 width=45%\|B-Meg!!colspan=2 width=45%\|Talk 'N Text
align=center \|Finished tied for 2nd, 6–3: (0.667)	colspan=2\|Elimination round	rowspan=2\|Finished 1st, 7–2: (0.778)
align=center \| lost to Barangay Ginebra, 84-93	colspan=2\|Tiebreaker
align=center \|Def. Meralco, 2–1	colspan=2\|Quarterfinals	Bye
align=center \|Def. Barangay Ginebra, 3–1	colspan=2\|Semifinals	Def. Barako Bull, 3–2