2012–13 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season

2012-13 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season
2012-13 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season
Head coach	Norman Black
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
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season is 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
2	10	Jaypee Belencion	G/F	Philippines	Letran
3	10	Jason Escueta	F/C	Philippines	Ateneo de Manila

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	From
PG	3	Alapag, Jimmy (C)	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	CSU 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)	CSU 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)	PCU
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

Norman Black (Saint Joseph's)

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Aboy Castro

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	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

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

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

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	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

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

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

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
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
Governors' Cup	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, Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV, February 19, 2012
^ PBA approves Sol Mercado to GlobalPort, Japeth Aguilar for Rabeh Al-Hussaini trades, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, January 31, 2013
^ PBA approves trade: Dillinger, Allado to Meralco, Buenafe to Barako Bull, Anthony to Talk ‘N Text, 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

[table_hth_ALA0.62164650606999-2] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–1 Meralco (Meralco +4)

[table_hth_PBB0.74054885736692-3] Head-to-head record: Petron 2–0 San Mig

[table_hth_BGSM0.74054885736692-4] Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.01, TNT 1.00, Barangay Ginebra 0.99

[table_hth_MER0.99133109580322-5] Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 Rain or Shine

[table_hth_ALA0.99133109580322-6] Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.01, Barako Bull 1.00, Alaska 0.99

[table_hth_A210.99133109580322-7] 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

[1] Reyes to move to SMART-Gilas, Black to coach Talk ‘N Text next year, Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV, February 19, 2012

[JapethSolTrade-8] PBA approves Sol Mercado to GlobalPort, Japeth Aguilar for Rabeh Al-Hussaini trades, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, January 31, 2013

[DillingerTrade2013-9] PBA approves trade: Dillinger, Allado to Meralco, Buenafe to Barako Bull, Anthony to Talk ‘N Text, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, June 10, 2013

[RabehTrade2013-10] 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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