2013 PBA Governors' Cup
The 2013 Philippine Basketball Association Governors' Cup was the third and last conference of the 2012–13 PBA season. Due to the preparations for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship, the conference started on August 14, 2013, and finished on October 25, 2013.
The tournament is an import-laden format, which allows an import or a pure-foreign player for each team and with a height limit of 6-foot-5.
The finals is sponsored by PLDT Telpad.
Format
The tournament format for this conference is as follows:- Single-round robin eliminations; 9 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win-loss records.
- Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. In case of tie, playoffs will be held only for the #4 and #8 seeds.
- Quarterfinals:
- *QF1: #1 seed vs #8 seed
- *QF2: #2 seed vs #7 seed
- *QF3: #3 seed vs #6 seed
- *QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed
- Semifinals :
- *SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
- *SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
- Finals
- *Winners of the semifinals
Elimination round
Team standings
Schedule
Results
Seeding playoffs
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Petron Blaze vs. Barangay Ginebra
San Mig Coffee vs. Alaska
Meralco vs. Barako Bull
Rain or Shine vs. GlobalPort
Semifinals
Petron-Rain or Shine series
San Mig Coffee-Meralco series
Finals
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 whole conference.| Team | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Air21 Express | Zach Graham | August 14 | September 22 | 3–6 |
| Alaska Aces | Wendell McKines | August 23 | September 27 | 5–6 |
| Barako Bull Energy Cola | Mike Singletary | August 15 | September 25 | 4–6 |
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Dior Lowhorn | August 18 | September 26 | 4–7 |
| GlobalPort Batang Pier | Markeith Cummings | August 14 | September 26 | 4–6 |
| Meralco Bolts | Mario West | August 16 | October 6 | 7–7 |
| Petron Blaze Boosters | Elijah Millsap | August 16 | October 25 | 15–7 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Arizona Reid | August 14 | October 7 | 7–7 |
| San Mig Coffee Mixers | Marqus Blakely | August 14 | October 25 | 15–8 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Tony Mitchell | August 15 | September 13 | 2–5 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Courtney Fells | September 18 | September 24 | 1–2 |
Awards
Conference
- Best Player of the Conference: Arwind Santos
- Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference: Marqus Blakely
- Finals MVP: Marc Pingris
Players of the Week