2012–13 Meralco Bolts season

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2012-13 Meralco Bolts season
Head coach	Ryan Gregorio
Owner(s)	Manila Electric Company (an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	8–6 (.571)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (eliminated by Alaska Aces in two games)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	7–7 (.500)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (def by. San Mig Coffee, 2-1)
Governors' Cup results
Record	5–4 (.556)
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 is the 3rd 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/C	United States	Hawaii Pacific
2	7	Kelly Nabong	F	Philippines	Santa Rosa JC
3	4		G/F	Philippines	Adamson
4	2		C	Philippines	ACSAT

Roster[]

Meralco Bolts roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 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) JRU PG 4 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) 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) ADMU 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) UM 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) JRU SF 80 Salvacion, Sunday 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) CSB	Head coach Ryan Gregorio (UP Diliman) Assistant coach(es) Jong Uichico (De La Salle) Boyet Fernandez (CSA-Bacolod) Ronnie Magsanoc (UP Diliman) (UST) (UP Diliman) Team manager Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

Philippine Cup[]

Eliminations[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	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
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

Game log[]

2013 PBA Philippine Cup game log
show 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 City 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
show 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
show 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 playoffs game log
hide Quarterfinals: 0–2 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 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	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
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

Game log[]

2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
show 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
hide 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	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

Game log[]

Transactions[]

Trades[]

Pre-season[]

August 20, 2012[1]	To Meralco 2012 2nd round pick (Kelly Nabong)	To Rain or Shine
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

To GlobalPort Sol Mercado Kelly Nabong 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

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[]