2012–13 Petron Blaze Boosters season

2012–13 Petron Blaze Boosters season
2012–13 Petron Blaze Boosters season
Head coach	Olsen Racela; Gee Abanilla (Governors' Cup)
General Manager	Hector Calma; Siot Tanquingcen (Governors' Cup)
Owner(s)	Petron Corporation ; (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	6–8 ; (42.9%)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist; (eliminated by San Mig Coffee in one game)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	8–6 ; (57.1%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist; (def. by Talk N' Text 0–2)
Governors' Cup results
Record	8–1 ; (88.9%)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Runner-up; (def. by San Mig Coffee 3–4)
Petron Blaze Boosters seasons
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Petron Blaze Boosters season was the 38th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team placed seventh in the Philippine Cup, third in the Commissioner's Cup and second in the Governors' Cup. It had three draft picks: two Filipino and one American.

Key dates

August 19: The 2012 PBA Draft was held in Robinson's Midtown Mall, Manila.
August 22: Ato Agustin was replaced as head coach by assistant coach Olsen Racela. Team consultant Rajko Toroman was made assistant coach, with a more active role anticipated.^[1]
October 24: Petron management gave full control of the team to Olsen Racela, with Toroman no longer active.^[2] Racela appointed Gee Abanilla as lead assistant coach.^[3]
June 26: Gee Abanilla was promoted to head coach while Hector Calma will be replaced by Siot Tanquingcen.^[4]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	1	June Mar Fajardo	C	Philippines	Cebu
1	3	Alex Mallari	G/F	United States	Lewis-Clark State
3	5	Mark Sarangay	F/C	Philippines	Mapúa

Roster

2012–13 Petron Blaze Boosters roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	From
PG	2	Miranda, Dennis	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Far Eastern
SF	3	Lutz, Chris	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Marshall
PG	5	Cabagnot, Alex (C)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Hawaiʻi–Hilo
SF	7	Deutchman, Jason (R)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	San Diego State
PF	10	Ildefonso, Danny	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	National-U
PF	12	Isip, Mark	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Far Eastern
SF	13	Lassiter, Marcio	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Cal State Fullerton
G	21	Hubalde, Paolo	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	UE
C	22	Fajardo, June Mar (R)	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Cebu
F/C	24	Sison, Magi	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	UP Diliman
PG	26	Lanete, Chico	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Lyceum
SF	29	Santos, Arwind	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Far Eastern
F/C	44	Kramer, Doug	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Ateneo
SG	71	Tubid, Ronald	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	UE

Head coach

Gee Abanilla (De La Salle)

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Siot Tanquingcen (UST)

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 3	Rain or Shine	86–102	Yeo, Santos (16)	Fajardo (12)	Lutz (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1	Boxscore
2	October 10	Barako Bull	98–89	Lutz (22)	Santos (11)	Cabagnot (10)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–1	Boxscore
3	October 14	San Mig Coffee	84–90	Santos (18)	Fajardo (13)	Lutz (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–2	Boxscore
4	October 19	Alaska	86–88	Lutz (20)	Washington (13)	Lutz, Cabagnot (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–3	Boxscore
5	October 21	Barangay Ginebra	98–95	Cabagnot (25)	Santos (17)	Cabagnot (8)	Mall of Asia Arena	2–3	Boxscore
6	October 26	GlobalPort	110–98	Santos (29)	Santos (17)	Cabagnot (9)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–3	Boxscore

November

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	November 2	Air21	76–97	Santos (15)	Santos (14)	Lutz (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–4	Boxscore
8	November 7	Talk 'N Text	82–92	Lutz (18)	Santos (11)	Santos (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–5	Boxscore
9	November 11	Meralco	81–95	Cabagnot (19)	Santos (16)	Cabagnot, Lutz (4)	Mall of Asia Arena	3–6	Boxscore
10	November 14	Rain or Shine	96–86	Lutz (19)	Santos (15)	Cabagnot (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–6	Boxscore
11	November 18	GlobalPort	110–81	Lutz (22)	Santos (13)	Miranda (10)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–6	Boxscore
12	November 24	Barako Bull	93–83	Santos (21)	Santos (12)	Cabagnot, Lutz (5)	Lucena City	6–6	Boxscore
13	November 28	Talk 'N Text	82–95	Santos (22)	Santos (11)	Cabagnot, Miranda (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	6–7	Boxscore

December

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
14	December 5	Alaska	71–79	Lassiter (14)	Santos (11)	Yeo, Miranda, Lutz (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	6–8	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: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	December 13	San Mig Coffee	87–92*	Fajardo (22)	Fajardo (15)	Cabagnot (10)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1	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 8	GlobalPort	92–94	Balkman (23)	Balkman (14)	Cabagnot (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1	boxscore
2	February 13	San Mig Coffee	98–73	Balkman (28)	Balkman (15)	Cabagnot (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–1	boxscore
3	February 17	Barangay Ginebra	105–90	Balkman (34)	Balkman (10)	Miranda, Cabagnot (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–1	boxscore
4	February 20	Meralco	88–86	Balkman (26)	Fajardo (12)	Washington (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–1	boxscore

March

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	March 1	Air21	60–53	Balkman (25)	Balkman (13)	Lanete (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–1	boxscore
6	March 3	Barako Bull	91–78	Balkman (33)	Balkman (14)	Lanete (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–1	boxscore
7	March 8	Alaska	73–83	Miranda (25)	Balkman (17)	Miranda (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–2	boxscore
8	March 16	Rain or Shine	87–79	June Mar Fajardo	June Mar Fajardo	Alex Cabagnot	Panabo, Davao del Norte	6–2
9	March 22	Talk 'N Text					Smart Araneta Coliseum

2012–13 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-5)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Alaska		87

8	Air21		81
				1	Alaska	3
(best-of-3)
				4	San Mig Coffee	1
4	San Mig Coffee		2

5	Meralco		1
							1	Alaska	3
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							7	Barangay Ginebra	0
2	Rain or Shine	83	79

7	Barangay Ginebra	90	81
				7	Barangay Ginebra	3
(best-of-3)
				6	Talk 'N Text	2
3	Petron		0

6	Talk 'N Text		2

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

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice to beat)

1	Petron Blaze		101

8	Barangay Ginebra		94
				1	Petron Blaze	3
(#4 twice to beat)
				4	Rain or Shine	1
4	Rain or Shine		108

5	GlobalPort		106
							1	Petron Blaze	3
(#2 twice to beat)
							2	San Mig Coffee	4
2	San Mig Coffee	105	83

7	Alaska	112	73
				2	San Mig Coffee	3
(#3 twice to beat)
				3	Meralco	1
3	Meralco		86

6	Barako Bull		68

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

August 23, 2012^[5]^[6]

To Petron Blaze

Magi Sison (from Air21)
Paolo Hubalde (from Air21)
2014 second round pick (from Air21)

To Air21

Nonoy Baclao (from Petron Blaze)
Robert Reyes (from Petron Blaze)
KG Canaleta (from Barangay Ginebra)
John Wilson (from Barangay Ginebra)

To Barangay Ginebra
Elmer Espiritu (from Air21)
2013 first round pick (from Air21)

August 31, 2012^[7]

To Petron Blaze

Wesley Gonzales
Hans Thiele

To Alaska

Dondon Hontiveros

Commissioner's Cup

January 22, 2013^[8]

To Petron Blaze

Ronald Tubid

To Barako Bull

Alex Mallari
Jojo Duncil
2014 1st round pick (traded to San Mig Coffee)

June 10, 2013^[9]

To Petron Blaze

Jason Deutchman
2016 and 2017 2nd round pick

To GlobalPort

Jay Washington

August 12, 2013^[10]

To Petron Blaze

Doug Kramer

To Barako Bull

Dorian Peña
2013 2nd round pick (from Barangay Ginebra)

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Renaldo Balkman	February 8 (vs. GlobalPort)	March 8 (vs. Alaska)	5–2
	Rodney White	March 22 (vs. Talk 'N Text)	March 27 (vs. Alaska)	0–2
	Henry Sims	April 5 (vs. Meralco)	April 21 (vs. Talk 'N Text)	2–4
Governors' Cup	Elijah Millsap	August 16 (vs. Meralco)	October 25 (vs. San Mig Coffee)	15–7

References

^ Agustin no longer part of Petron staff; Toroman to take on more active role, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, August 22, 2012
^ TIMELINE | Petronovela: A look at the drama surrounding the Petron Blaze Boosters Archived 2012-10-28 at the Wayback Machine, Jaemark Tordecilla, InterAKTV, October 26, 2012
^ Olsen Racela taps Gee Abanilla as Petron lead assistant coach Archived 2012-10-28 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, October 26, 2012
^ Villar, Joey; Beltran, Nelson. "ABL coach to join SMB after revamp". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
^ PBA approves seven-player deal among Air 21, Ginebra, Petron Archived 2012-08-24 at the Wayback Machine, InterAKTV, August 23, 2012
^ PBA: Air21 loads up via three-team trade with Petron, Ginebra, GMA News Online, August 23, 2012
^ Alaska nabs Casio, Hontiveros, Ginebra gets Tenorio, GlobalPort gets Miller in monster 5-team deal Archived 2015-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, InterAKTV, August 31, 2012
^ PBA approves of Tubid to Petron and Barako Bull-San Mig Coffee multiplayer trade, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, January 22, 2013
^ GlobalPort deals Japeth Aguilar to Ginebra, acquires Jay Washington from Petron, Carlo Pamintuan, GMA News Online, June 11, 2013
^ Petron officially acquires Doug Kramer, sends Dorian Peña back to Barako Bull Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, August 12, 2013

[table_hth_ALA0.54401521456615-5] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–1 Meralco (Meralco +4)

[table_hth_PBB0.19364434862213-6] Head-to-head record: Petron 2–0 San Mig

[table_hth_BGSM0.19364434862213-7] Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.01, TNT 1.00, Barangay Ginebra 0.99

[table_hth_MER0.010932602924729-8] Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 Rain or Shine

[table_hth_ALA0.010932602924729-9] Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.01, Barako Bull 1.00, Alaska 0.99

[table_hth_A210.010932602924729-10] 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] Agustin no longer part of Petron staff; Toroman to take on more active role, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, August 22, 2012

[2] TIMELINE | Petronovela: A look at the drama surrounding the Petron Blaze Boosters Archived 2012-10-28 at the Wayback Machine, Jaemark Tordecilla, InterAKTV, October 26, 2012

[3] Olsen Racela taps Gee Abanilla as Petron lead assistant coach Archived 2012-10-28 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, October 26, 2012

[4] Villar, Joey; Beltran, Nelson. "ABL coach to join SMB after revamp". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-28.

[11] PBA approves seven-player deal among Air 21, Ginebra, Petron Archived 2012-08-24 at the Wayback Machine, InterAKTV, August 23, 2012

[12] PBA: Air21 loads up via three-team trade with Petron, Ginebra, GMA News Online, August 23, 2012

[tenorio-13] Alaska nabs Casio, Hontiveros, Ginebra gets Tenorio, GlobalPort gets Miller in monster 5-team deal Archived 2015-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, InterAKTV, August 31, 2012

[TubidTrade2013-14] PBA approves of Tubid to Petron and Barako Bull-San Mig Coffee multiplayer trade, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, January 22, 2013

[JapethTrade2013-15] GlobalPort deals Japeth Aguilar to Ginebra, acquires Jay Washington from Petron, Carlo Pamintuan, GMA News Online, June 11, 2013

[16] Petron officially acquires Doug Kramer, sends Dorian Peña back to Barako Bull Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, August 12, 2013

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Key dates

Draft picks

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

Game log

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

Commissioner's Cup

Recruited imports

References

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