2012–13 Air21 Express season
# 2012–13 Air21 Express season

The 2012–13 Air21 Express season was the second 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.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | 1 | Yousef Taha | C | Philippines | North Lake/Mapúa |
| 3 | 1 | Simon Atkins | G | Philippines | De La Salle-Manila |

## 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 3

Barako Bull

87–90

Baclao (18)

Sena (6)

Wilson, Arboleda (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

0–1

Boxscore

2

October 7

GlobalPort

88–81

Wilson (17)

Taha (12)

Wilson (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

1–1

Boxscore

3

October 12

Rain or Shine

98–99*

Wilson (21)

Isip (10)

Wilson (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

1–2

Boxscore

4

October 17

Talk 'N Text

89–96

Canaleta (21)

Wilson, Isip (7)

Arboleda (4)

Mall of Asia Arena

1–3

Boxscore

5

October 21

Meralco

72–85

Wilson (16)

Taha (9)

Arboleda (5)

Mall of Asia Arena

1–4

Boxscore

6

October 26

Alaska

81–92

Custodio (20)

Arboleda, Taha, Wilson (7)

Arboleda (5)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

1–5

Boxscore :

November

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

7

November 2

Petron Blaze

97–76

Isip (22)

Canaleta (10)

Atkins (7)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

2–5

Boxscore

8

November 9

Barako Bull

86–85

Cortez (24)

Canaleta (8)

Cortez (6)

Cuneta Astrodome

3–5

Boxscore

9

November 14

Alaska

104–103

Canaleta (21)

Reyes (8)

Cortez (11)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

4–5

Boxscore

10

November 17

Rain or Shine

62–71

Canaleta (18)

Canaleta (12)

Baclao (4)

Tubod, Lanao del Norte

4–6

Boxscore

11

November 23

San Mig Coffee

80–89

Canaleta (18)

Canaleta (6)

Cortez (8)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

4–7

Boxscore

12

November 25

Talk 'N Text

94–100

Cortez (23)

Cortez (9)

Custodio (5)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

4–8

Boxscore

13

November 30

Barangay Ginebra

76–99

Arboleda (17)

Reyes (9)

Arboleda, Atkins (2)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

4–9

Boxscore :

December

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

14

December 5

GlobalPort

113–92

Canaleta (41)

Reyes (16)

Cortez (6)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

5–9

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
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**Game log**

2013 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log :

Quarterfinals: 0–1

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries

1

December 13

Talk 'N Text

100–105

Canaleta (25)

Cortez, Isip (9)

Cortez (18)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

0–1

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 10

Barangay Ginebra

74–70

Dunigan (26)

Dunigan (19)

Custodio (5)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

1–0

boxscore

2

February 15

Talk 'N Text

83–86

Canaleta (23)

Dunigan (7)

Cortez (5)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

1–1

boxscore

3

February 22

Barako Bull

86–91

Dunigan (30)

Dunigan (19)

Cortez (5)

Mall of Asia Arena

1–2

boxscore

4

February 27

Rain or Shine

97–99

Dunigan (22)

Dunigan (10)

Dunigan, Cortez (5)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

1–3

boxscore :

March

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

5

March 1

Petron Blaze

53–60

Dunigan (15)

Dunigan (23)

Cortez (3)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

1–4

boxscore

6

March 6

Meralco

88–89

Dunigan (40)

Dunigan (16)

Cortez (7)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

1–5

boxscore

7

March 10

GlobalPort

106–94

Dunigan (35)

Dunigan (20)

Cortez, Arboleda (5)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

2–5

boxscore

8

March 15

Alaska

74–68

Dunigan (25)

Dunigan (14)

Cortez (5)

Ynares Center

3–5

Boxscore

9

March 20

San Mig Coffee

87–82

Dunigan (25)

Dunigan (20)

Cortez (6)

Cuneta Astrodome

4–5

Boxscore

10

March 23

GlobalPort

87–82

Dunigan (22)

Dunigan (15)

Dunigan (8)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

5–5

boxscore

11

March 31

Rain or Shine

83–94

Dunigan (34)

Dunigan (15)

Dunigan (6)

Mall of Asia Arena

5–6

Boxscore :

April

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

12

April 3

Barangay Ginebra

84–90

Canaleta (29)

Dunigan (8)

Custodio (4)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

5–7

Boxscore

13

April 10

San Mig Coffee

66–80

Canaleta (26)

Dunigan (17)

Custodio (3)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

5–8

Boxscore

14

April 13

Petron Blaze

95–91

Canaleta (37)

Dunigan (17)

Dunigan (6)

Mall of Asia Arena

6–8

Boxscore :

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**

2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log :

Quarterfinals: 0–1

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries

1

December 13

Alaska

100–105

Canaleta (16)

Dunigan (11)

Dunigan (7)

Mall of Asia Arena

0–1

Boxscore :

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 :

February

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

August 14

GlobalPort

Mall of Asia Arena

2

August 17

San Mig Coffee

Ynares Center

3

August 25

Barako Bull

Mall of Asia Arena

4

August 28

Petron Blaze

Mall of Asia Arena

5

August 31

Rain or Shine

Mall of Asia Arena :

2012–13 schedule :

## Transactions

### Trades

**Pre-season**

| August 23, 2012 | To Air21Nonoy Baclao (from Petron Blaze) Robert Reyes(from Petron Blaze) KG Canaleta (from Barangay Ginebra) John Wilson (from Barangay Ginebra) | To Petron BlazeMagi Sison (from Air21) Paolo Hubalde (from Air21) 2014 second round pick (from Air21) | To Barangay Ginebra Elmer Espiritu (from Air21) 2013 first round pick (from Air21) |
| - | - | - | - |
| September 20, 2012 | To Air21Bonbon Custodio | To Alaska2014 2nd round pick |

**Philippine Cup**

| November 7, 2012 | To Air21Mike Cortez | To Barangay GinebraYousef Taha |
| - | - | - |

**Commissioner's Cup**

| July 17, 2013 | To Air21Vic Manuel Carlo Sharma 2016 2nd round pick | To MeralcoNonoy Baclao John Wilson |
| - | - | - |

**Governors' Cup**

| September 7, 2013 | To Air21Asi Taulava Mark Borboran | To MeralcoMike Cortez James Sena |
| - | - | - |
| October 14, 2013 | To Air21Rabeh Al-Hussaini | To Talk 'N TextRob Reyes 2015 2nd draft pick |
| October 14, 2013 | To Air21Mark Cardona Nonoy Baclao | To MeralcoRabeh Al-Hussaini Nelbert Omolon |
| October 14, 2013 | To Air21Pamboy Raymundo Bambam Gamalinda | To Talk 'N TextNonoy Baclao Eric Salamat |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Commissioner's Cup | Michael Dunigan | February 10 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) | April 20 (vs. Alaska) | 6–9 |
| Governors' Cup | Zach Graham | August 14 (vs. GlobalPort) | September 22 (vs. Alaska Aces) | 3–6 |
