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2012–13 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season

The 2012–13 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season was the 23rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2012–13 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season
Head coachNorman Black
General ManagerAboy Castro
Owner(s)Smart Communications
Philippine Cup results
Record12–2
(85.7%)
Place1st
Playoff finishChampions
(def. Rain or Shine, 4–0)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record7–7
(50%)
Place6th
Playoff finishSemifinalist
(def. by Barangay Ginebra, 2–3)
Governors' Cup results
Record3–6
(33.3%)
Place9th
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters seasons

Key dates

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Draft picks

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Main article: 2012 PBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
2 10 Jaypee Belencion G/F   Philippines Letran
3 10 Jason Escueta F/C   Philippines Ateneo de Manila

Roster

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2012–13 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
PG 3   Alapag, Jimmy (C) 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Cal State San Bernardino
PF 4   Carey, Harvey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sonoma State
G/F 6   Gamalinda, Riego 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 184 lb (83 kg) San Beda
C/G 10   Reyes, Ryan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Cal State Fullerton
SF 11   Anthony, Sean 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) McGill
G/F 12   Fonacier, Larry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Ateneo
G/F 14   Aquino, Jimbo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) San Sebastian
PG 15   Reyes, Jai 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Ateneo
PG 16   Raymundo, John 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) San Sebastian
C/G 17   Castro, Jayson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 167 lb (76 kg) Philippine Christian
F 21   Williams, Kelly (IN) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Oakland
PF 22   Ferriols, John 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) USJ–R
C 24   Al-Hussaini, Rabeh 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Ateneo
F 33   De Ocampo, Ranidel 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Saint Francis of Assisi
F/C 34   Peek, Ali 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Saint Mary's
F 40   Alvarez, Rich 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Ateneo
G/F 51   Aban, Aaron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Letran
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)


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

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Eliminations

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Standings

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Pos Team
 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
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–1 Meralco (Meralco +4)

Game log

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2013 PBA Philippine Cup game log
October
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 October 5 Meralco 112–110* Dillinger (20) Peek (9) Dillinger, Castro, Reyes (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0 Boxscore
2 October 12 GlobalPort 108–104 Castro (30) de Ocampo (9) Alapag (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–0 Boxscore
3 October 17 Air21 96–89 de Ocampo (19) Williams (13) Alapag, Castro (4) Mall of Asia Arena 3–0 Boxscore
4 October 20 San Mig Coffee 85–74 Fonacier (26) Williams (12) Castro (5) Ynares Center 4–0 Boxscore
5 October 24 Barako Bull 79–76 Castro (15) Williams (13) Reyes (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 5–0 Boxscore
6 October 27 Rain or Shine 80–77 Alapag (15) Williams (12) Alapag (7) Victorias City 6–0 Boxscore
November
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
7 November 2 Alaska 92–94 Alapag (17) Williams (9) Reyes (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 6–1 Boxscore
8 November 7 Petron Blaze 92–82 Fonacier (21) Castro (9) Alapag, Castro (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 7–1 Boxscore
9 November 11 Barangay Ginebra 101–104 de Ocampo (20) de Ocampo (10) Castro (7) Mall of Asia Arena 7–2 Boxscore
10 November 16 Meralco 109–98 Castro (23) Reyes (8) Alapag (7) Ynares Center 8–2 Boxscore
11 November 21 San Mig Coffee 92–63 Alapag (19) Williams (11) Castro (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 9–2 Boxscore
12 November 25 Air21 100–94 Alapag (18) Fonacier (9) Alapag (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 10–2 Boxscore
13 November 28 Petron Blaze 95–82 Castro (23) Williams (9) Castro (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 11–2 Boxscore
December
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
14 December 9 Barangay Ginebra 87–80 Castro (24) Peek (18) Castro (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 12–2 Boxscore
2012–13 schedule

Playoffs

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Bracket

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QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-7)		Finals
(best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1Talk 'N Text105
8Air21100
1Talk 'N Text4
(best-of-3)
5Alaska2
4Meralco0
5Alaska2
1Talk 'N Text4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
3Rain or Shine0
2San Mig Coffee92*
7Petron Blaze87
2San Mig Coffee2
(best-of-3)
3Rain or Shine4
3Rain or Shine2
6Barangay Ginebra1

*Game went into overtime

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Game log

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2013 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Quarterfinals: 1–0
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 December 13 Air21 105–100 Reyes, Fonacier (16) Reyes (9) Alapag (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0 Boxscore
Semifinals: 4–2
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 December 19 Alaska 66–65 Castro (17) Castro (11) Alapag (3) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0 Boxscore
2 December 21 Alaska 88–100 Dillinger (26) Peek, Carey (6) Alapag (6) Mall of Asia Arena 1–1 Boxscore
3 December 26 Alaska 93–79 Williams (23) Williams (9) Alapag (11) Mall of Asia Arena 2–1 Boxscore
4 December 28 Alaska 99–104 Alapag (17) Williams (11) Alapag, Castro (5) Mall of Asia Arena 2–2 Boxscore
5 December 30 Alaska 99–95 Reyes (15) Williams (9) Alapag, Castro (5) Mall of Asia Arena 3–2
6 January 4 Alaska 83–78 Castro (16) Williams (10) Castro (4) Cuneta Astrodome 4–2 Boxscore
Finals: 4–0
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 January 9 Rain or Shine 87–81 Castro, de Ocampo (16) Williams (12) Alapag (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0 Boxscore
2 January 11 Rain or Shine 89–81 de Ocampo (30) de Ocampo (9) de Ocampo, Alapag (4) Mall of Asia Arena 2–0 Boxscore
3 January 13 Rain or Shine 89–80 Castro (19) Reyes, Williams, Carey (8) Alapag, Castro (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–0 Boxscore
4 January 16 Rain or Shine 105–82 de Ocampo (19) Williams (11) Alapag (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–0 Boxscore
2012–13 schedule

Commissioner's Cup

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Eliminations

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Standings

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Pos Team
 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
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Petron 2–0 San Mig
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.01, TNT 1.00, Barangay Ginebra 0.99

Game log

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2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
February
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 February 9 Meralco 92–99 Benson (25) Benson (11) Alapag, de Ocampo (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–1 boxscore
2 February 15 Air21 86–83 Benson (30) Benson (18) Castro, Fonacier (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–1 boxscore
3 February 20 GlobalPort 99–79 Benson (20) Benson (19) Alapag (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–1 boxscore
4 February 24 San Mig Coffee 82–90 Castro (18) Benson (17) Alapag (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–2 boxscore
March
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
5 March 1 Alaska 69–92 Benson (27) Benson (14) Alapag (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–3 boxscore
6 March 9 Barako Bull 101–98 Al-Hussaini (19) Harvey (10) Alapag (4) Legaspi City, Albay 3–3 boxscore
7 March 13 Rain or Shine Smart Araneta Coliseum
8 March 17 Barangay Ginebra Smart Araneta Coliseum
9 March 22 Petron Blaze Smart Araneta Coliseum
2012–13 schedule

Governors' Cup

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Eliminations

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Standings

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Pos Team
 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:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 Rain or Shine
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.01, Barako Bull 1.00, Alaska 0.99
  3. ^ 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

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2013 PBA Governors' Cup game log
August
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 August 16 Barako Bull 118–113 (OT) Mitchell (48) Mitchell (11) three players (3) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0 Boxscore
Recap
2 August 25 San Mig Coffee 99–118 Mitchell (38) Mall of Asia Arena 1–1 Recap
3 August 30 Meralco 86–92 Mitchell (32) Mitchell (11) Castro (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–2 Boxscore
Recap
September
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
4 September 1 GlobalPort 102–95 Mitchell (35) Al-Hussaini (15) Reyes (7) Mall of Asia Arena 2–2 Boxscore
Recap
5 September 6 Alaska Mall of Asia Arena
6 September 7 Petron Smart Araneta Coliseum
7 September 13 Air21 PhilSports Arena
8 September 18 Rain or Shine Cuneta Astrodome
9 September 22 Barangay Ginebra Mall of Asia Arena
2012–13 schedule

Transactions

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Trades

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Pre-season

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  • None

Philippine Cup

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  • None

Commissioner's Cup

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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

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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

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Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record
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

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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
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