2012 PBA Governors' Cup


The 2012 Philippine Basketball Association Governors' Cup, was the third and last conference of the 2011–12 PBA season. The tournament started on May 20 and culminated on August 5 with the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters team defeating the B-Meg Llamados team by 4 games to 3.
The tournament was an import-laden format, which allowed an import or a pure-foreign player for each team and with a height limit of 6-foot-5.

Format

The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:
  • Single-round robin eliminations; 9 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.
  • The top six teams after the eliminations will advance to the semifinals. In case of a tie, a playoff will be held only for the #6 seed.
  • Semifinals will be a single round-robin affair with the remaining six teams. Results from the eliminations will be carried over. A playoff incentive for a finals berth will be given to the team that will win at least four of their five semifinal games that does not finish within the top two. In case of a tie, a playoff will be held only for the #2 seed.
  • The top two teams will face each other in a best-of-seven championship series.

Sixth seed playoffs

Three teams were tied for sixth, with only one team advancing. The three teams were first ranked by head-to-head quotient, with the best team drawing a bye to the second round, and the two worst teams playing in the first round.

Imports

The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the entire conference.
TeamNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Air21 ExpressZach GrahamMay 23 June 29 2–7
Alaska AcesJason ForteMay 20 June 27 2–7
B-Meg LlamadosMarqus BlakelyMay 25 August 5 13–9
Barako Bull EnergyJamine PetersonMay 25 June 1 1–2
Barako Bull EnergyLeRoy HickersonJune 8 July 3 3–3
Barangay Ginebra KingsCedric BozemanMay 23 July 20 9–6
Meralco BoltsChamp OguchiMay 23 June 6 2–3
Meralco BoltsMario WestJune 10 July 15 5–5
Petron Blaze BoostersEddie BasdenMay 20 June 29 5–4
Petron Blaze BoostersMarcus FaisonJuly 6 July 15 1–4
Powerade TigersRashad McCantsMay 20 May 25 0–2
Powerade TigersOmar SneedJune 1 July 4 5–4
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersJamelle CornleyMay 20 August 5 14–7
Talk 'N Text Tropang TextersPaul HarrisMay 23 July 18 8–6

Awards

Conference