2012–13 Meralco Bolts season

The 2012–13 Meralco Bolts season is the 3rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

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

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	Janus Lozada	G/F	Philippines	Adamson
4	2	Eric Suguitan	C	Philippines	ACSAT

Roster

Meralco Bolts roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From 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 Mangahas, Allan 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 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) Patrick Fran (UST) Xavier Nunag (UP Diliman) Team manager Butch Antonio 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

{{2012–13 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=MER}}

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 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
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
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
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	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[lower-alpha 1]	3	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	San Mig Coffee Mixers	8	6	.571[lower-alpha 1]	3
5	Meralco Bolts	7	7	.500[lower-alpha 2]	4
6	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	7	7	.500[lower-alpha 2]	4
7	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	7	.500[lower-alpha 2]	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. Head-to-head record: Petron 2–0 San Mig
2. 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 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
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	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[lower-alpha 1]	3
4	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	4	.556[lower-alpha 1]	3
5	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	5	.444[lower-alpha 2]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Barako Bull Energy	4	5	.444[lower-alpha 2]	4
7	Alaska Aces	4	5	.444[lower-alpha 2]	4
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	3	6	.333[lower-alpha 3]	5
9	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	3	6	.333[lower-alpha 3]	5
10	Air21 Express	3	6	.333[lower-alpha 3]	5

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Meralco 82–76 Rain or Shine
2. Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.01, Barako Bull 1.00, Alaska 0.99
3. Head-to-head quotient: Talk 'N Text 1.05, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Air21 0.96; 8th-seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 110–102 Talk 'N Text

Game log

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

August 20, 2012[1]	To Meralco 2012 2nd round pick (Kelly Nabong)	To Rain or Shine 2015 second round pick
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 2015 1st round pick	To GlobalPort Sol Mercado Kelly Nabong JP Belencion 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 2016 2nd round pick

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

1. BOOSTERS GROW STRONGER, PBA.ph, August 19, 2012
2. Barako Bull acquires ‘project’ Ballesteros from Meralco for Salvacion, Sharma Archived 2016-04-09 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, September 11, 2012
3. 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
4. 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
5. Meralco's Sharma, Manuel head to Air21 for Baclao, Wilson as trade finally a go, Snow Badua, spin.ph, July 12, 2013
6. Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, September 7, 2013
7. Gary David, Chris Ross switch places as PBA approves Meralco-GlobalPort trade Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, October 11, 2013
8. Al-Hussaini moves from TnT to Meralco as Air21 lands Cardona in three-team trade deal, Snow Badua, spin.ph, October 14, 2013