2012–13 Alaska Aces season
# 2012–13 Alaska Aces season

The 2012–13 Alaska Aces season was the 27th 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.
* October 17: Calvin Abueva formally signed a contract with the Aces after his commitments with the San Sebastian Stags are finished following their elimination in the NCAA Final Four.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Calvin Abueva | F | Philippines | San Sebastian |
| 2 | 9 | Raphy Reyes | G | Philippines | East |
| 3 | 2 | Karl Dehesa | G/F | United States | Waldorf |

## Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

## Philippine Cup

### Eliminations

**Standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 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 | |

* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–1 Meralco (Meralco +4)

**Game log**

2013 PBA Philippine Cup game log :

October

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

October 5

San Mig Coffee

83–103

Hontiveros (14)

dela Cruz (7)

Baguio, Casio (3)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

0–1

Boxscores

2

October 10

Meralco

86–93

Baguio (19)

Thoss (11)

Casio (5)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

0–2

Boxscores

3

October 14

Barako Bull

102–86

Casio (24)

Baguio (7)

Casio, Baguio (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

1–2

Boxscores

4

October 19

Petron Blaze

88–86

Baguio (21)

Abueva (16)

Casio (6)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

2–2

Boxscores

5

October 26

Air21

92–81

Casio (19)

Abueva (12)

Casio (5)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

3–2

Boxscores

6

October 28

Barangay Ginebra

87–69

Abueva (19)

Abueva (9)

Casio, Baguio (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

4–2

Boxscores :

November

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

7

November 2

Talk 'N Text

94–92

Casio (25)

Hontiveros (9)

Thoss, Casio, Abueva (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

5–2

Boxscore

8

November 7

Rain or Shine

93–101

Baguio, Casio (16)

Thoss (7)

Baracael, Thoss (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

5–3

Boxscore

9

November 10

San Mig Coffee

68–77

Baguio (19)

Baguio (8)

Baguio (4)

Lapu-Lapu City

5–4

Boxscore

10

November 14

Air21

103–104

Baracael (24)

Abueva (10)

Thoss (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

5–5

Boxscore

11

November 18

Barangay Ginebra

93–96

Baracael (21)

Thoss (8)

Casio (6)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

5–6

Boxscore

12

November 28

Meralco

88–85

Abueva (20)

Abueva (18)

Abueva, Baracael, Baguio, Casio (3)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

6–6

Boxscore :

December

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

13

December 1

GlobalPort

101–95

Abueva (21)

Abueva (12)

Casio (5)

Dipolog

7–6

Boxscore

14

December 5

Petron Blaze

79–71

Baguio (20)

Abueva (9)

Casio (6)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

8–6

Boxscore :

2012–13 schedule :

### Playoffs

**Bracket**

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text | 105 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Air21 | 100 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Air21 | 100 | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | | | |
| (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | | | |
| (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | 5 | Alaska | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Meralco | 0 | 5 | Alaska | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Alaska | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Alaska | 2 | | | | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 3 | Rain or Shine | 0 |
| 2 | San Mig Coffee | 92* | | | | 3 | Rain or Shine | 0 |
| 7 | Petron Blaze | 87 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Petron Blaze | 87 | 2 | San Mig Coffee | 2 | | | |
| (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | 2 | San Mig Coffee | 2 | | | |
| (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | 3 | Rain or Shine | 4 | | | |
| 3 | Rain or Shine | 2 | 3 | Rain or Shine | 4 | | | |
| 6 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | | | | | | |

*Game went into overtime

* view
* talk

**Game log**

2013 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log :

Quarterfinals: 2–0

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries

1

December 12

Meralco

90–84

Baguio (26)

Baguio, 2 others (8)

Casio (7)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

1–0

Boxscore

2

December 14

Meralco

88–70

Abueva, Baguio (18)

Abueva, dela Cruz (12)

Casio (8)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

2–0

Boxscore :

Semifinals: 2–4

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries

1

December 19

Talk 'N Text

65–66

Thoss (14)

Abueva (17)

Baguio, Espinas (3)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

0–1

Boxscore

2

December 21

Talk 'N Text

100–88

Casio (22)

Abueva (14)

Hontiveros (4)

Mall of Asia Arena

1–1

Boxscore

3

December 26

Talk 'N Text

79–93

Thoss (17)

Thoss (14)

Jazul (3)

Mall of Asia Arena

1–2

Boxscore

4

December 28

Talk 'N Text

104–99

Casio (22)

Abueva (11)

Casio (5)

Mall of Asia Arena

2–2

Boxscore

5

December 30

Talk 'N Text

95–99

Abueva (19)

Abueva (11)

Baguio (5)

Mall of Asia Arena

2–3

Boxscore

6

January 4

Talk 'N Text

78–83

Abueva (23)

Abueva (13)

Casio (7)

Cuneta Astrodome

2–4

Boxscore :

2012–13 schedule :

## Commissioner's Cup

### Eliminations

**Standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | San Mig Coffee Mixers | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 7 | .500 | 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 | |

* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Petron 2–0 San Mig
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.01, TNT 1.00, Barangay Ginebra 0.99

**Game log**

2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log :

February

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

February 9

Rain or Shine

83–81

Dozier (21)

Dozier (16)

Casio (5)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

1–0

boxscore

2

February 13

Meralco

85–81

Dozier (27)

Dozier (14)

Casio (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

2–0

boxscore

3

February 17

Barako Bull

77–73

Dozier (19)

Dozier (20)

Abueva, Thoss, Casio (3)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

3–0

boxscore

4

February 23

Barangay Ginebra

84–69

Dozier (21)

Dozier (11)

Casio (7)

Tubod, Lanao del Norte

4–0

boxscore :

March

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

5

March 1

Talk 'N Text

92–69

Dozier (23)

Dozier (18)

Casio (6)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

5–0

boxscore

6

March 6

San Mig Coffee

75–68

Dozier (16)

Dozier (18)

Hontiveros (3)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

5–1

boxscore

7

March 8

Petron Blaze

83–73

Dozier (18)

Dozier (26)

Hontiveros (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

6–1

boxscore

8

March 15

Air21

74–68

Dozier (17)

Dozier, Abueva (12)

Baguio (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

6–2

boxscore

9

March 17

GlobalPort

93–85

Dozier (26)

Dozier (18)

five players (2)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

7–2

boxscore

10

March 23

San Mig Coffee

83–84

Abueva (27)

Dozier (20)

Abueva, Hontiveros (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

7–3

boxscore

11

March 27

Petron Blaze

92–84

Dozier (26)

Dozier (18)

Baguio (6)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

8–3

boxscore :

April

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

12

April 5

Rain or Shine

89–84

Dozier (23)

Abueva (13)

Casio (6)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

9–3

boxscore

13

April 10

Barangay Ginebra

102–93

Dozier (28)

Dozier (20)

Casio (8)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

10–3

boxscore

14

April 12

GlobalPort

93–92

Dozier (18)

Abueva (14)

Casio (11)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

11–3 :

2012–13 schedule :

### Playoffs

**Bracket**

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Finals (Best-of-5) | Finals (Best-of-5) | Finals (Best-of-5) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | Alaska | Alaska | 87 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Air21 | Air21 | 81 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Air21 | Air21 | 81 | 1 | Alaska | 3 | | | |
| (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | 1 | Alaska | 3 | | | |
| (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | 4 | San Mig Coffee | 1 | | | |
| 4 | San Mig Coffee | San Mig Coffee | 2 | 4 | San Mig Coffee | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | Meralco | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | Meralco | 1 | | | | 1 | Alaska | 3 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 1 | Alaska | 3 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 0 |
| 2 | Rain or Shine | 83 | 79 | | | | 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 0 |
| 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 90 | 81 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 90 | 81 | 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | | | |
| (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | (Best-of-3) | 6 | Talk 'N Text | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Petron | Petron | 0 | 6 | Talk 'N Text | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Talk 'N Text | Talk 'N Text | 2 | | | | | | |

* view
* talk

**Game log**

2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log :

Quarterfinals: 2–0

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries

1

April 20

Air21

90–84

Casio (19)

Dozier (22)

Baguio (6)

Mall of Asia Arena

1–0

Boxscore :

Semifinals: 3–1

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries

1

April 27

San Mig Coffee

69–71

Dozier (21)

Dozier (15)

Dozier, Abueva, Thoss (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

0–1

Boxscore

2

April 29

San Mig Coffee

86–67

Dozier (28)

Dozier (27)

Casio (4)

Mall of Asia Arena

1–1

Boxscore

3

May 8

San Mig Coffee

89–82

Abueva (24)

Dozier (19)

Baguio, Casio (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

2–1

Boxscore

4

May 11

San Mig Coffee

83–78

Baguio (16)

Dozier (14)

Thoss (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

3–1

Boxscore :

Finals: 3–0

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries

1

May 15

Barangay Ginebra

87–70

Jazul (16)

Dozier (22)

Baguio, Casio (5)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

1–0

Boxscore

2

May 17

Barangay Ginebra

104–90

Thoss (16)

Dozier (20)

Mall of Asia Arena

2–0

Recap

3

May 19

Barangay Ginebra

104–80

Dozier (27)

Dozier (20)

Dozier (7)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

3–0

Recap :

2012–13 schedule :

## Governors' Cup

### Eliminations

**Standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Meralco Bolts | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 4 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 5 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | Barako Bull Energy | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 7 | Alaska Aces | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5 | |
| 10 | Air21 Express | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5 | |

* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 Rain or Shine
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.01, Barako Bull 1.00, Alaska 0.99
* 1 2 3 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

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

August 23

GlobalPort

88–91

McKines (28)

McKines (13)

Casio (5)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

0–1

Boxscore Recap

2

August 28

Rain or Shine

94–79

McKines (30)

McKines, Abueva (13)

Thoss (7)

Mall of Asia Arena

1–1

Boxscore :

September

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

3

September 1

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel

102–99

McKines (27)

McKines (16)

McKines, Abueva, Baguio (5)

Mall of Asia Arena

2–1

Boxscore

4

September 3

Meralco

74–84

McKines (13)

McKines (10)

Baguio (5)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

2–2

Boxscore

5

September 6

Talk 'N Text

112–104

McKines (38)

McKines (16)

Jazul (4)

Mall of Asia Arena

3–2

Boxscore

6

September 10

San Mig Coffee

82–95

McKines (32)

McKines (15)

Abueva (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

3–3

Boxscore

7

September 13

Petron

100–103

McKines (33)

McKines (10)

Abueva, Baguio, Casio (5)

PhilSports Arena

3–4

Boxscore

8

September 18

Barako Bull

91–89

McKines (21)

McKines (15)

McKines (4)

Cuneta Astrodome

4–4

Recap

9

September 22

Air 21

107–121

McKines (43)

McKines (16)

Thoss (6)

Mall of Asia Arena

4–5

Boxscore :

2012–13 schedule :

**Game log**

2013 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log :

Quarterfinals: 1–1

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries

1

September 25

San Mig Coffee

112–105

McKines (38)

McKines (13)

Casio (7)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

1–0

Boxscore

2

September 27

San Mig Coffee

73–83

McKines (24)

McKines (20)

McKines, Casio (5)

Mall of Asia Arena

1–1

Boxscore :

2012–13 schedule :

## Transactions

### Trades

**Pre-season**

| August 31, 2012 | To AlaskaJV Casio 2015 2nd round pick | To Barangay GinebraL.A. Tenorio |
| - | - | - |
| August 31, 2012 | To AlaskaDondon Hontiveros | To Petron BlazeWesley Gonzales Hans Thiele |
| September 20, 2012 | To Alaska2015 2nd round pick | To Air21Bonbon Custodio |

**Commissioner's Cup**

| January 22, 2013 | To AlaskaAldrech Ramos | To Barako BullMac Baracael |
| - | - | - |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Commissioner's Cup | Robert Dozier | February 9 (vs. Rain or Shine) | May 19 (vs.Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) | 18–4 |
| Governors' Cup | Wendell McKines | August 23 (vs. GlobalPort) | September 27 (vs. San Mig Coffee) | 5–6 |
