The 2012–13 Alaska Aces season was the 27th season of the franchise in the

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines, composed of twelve company-branded Franchising, franchise teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia ...

(PBA).

Key dates

*August 19: The 2012 PBA Draft took place in Robinson's Midtown Mall,

Manila Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the Capital of the Philippines, capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City, with a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on ...

. *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 The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. ...

Final Four In sports, the final four is the last four teams remaining in a playoffs, playoff tournament. Usually the final four compete in the two games of a single-elimination tournament's semi-final (penultimate) round. Of these teams, the two who win in ...

.No rest for the weary: Luigi Trillo tells Calvin Abueva to suit up for Alaska ASAP
, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, October 16, 2012

Draft picks

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

, - bgcolor="#edbebf" , 1 , October 5 , San Mig Coffee , 83–103 , Hontiveros (14) , dela Cruz (7) ,

Baguio Baguio ( , , ), officially the City of Baguio (; ; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines. It is known as the "Summer Capital of the Philippines", ...

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(3) ,

Smart Araneta Coliseum The Araneta Coliseum, also currently known by naming rights sponsorship as Smart Araneta Coliseum, is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena that is part of the Araneta City in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines. Nicknamed "the Big Dome" ...

, 0–1 ,
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Meralco The Manila Electric Company, also known as Meralco (, , stylized in uppercase), is an electric power distribution company in the Philippines. It is Metro Manila's only electric power distributor and holds the power distribution franchise for 3 ...

, 86–93 ,

(19) , Thoss (11) ,

(5) ,

, 0–2 ,
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, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 3 , October 14 , Barako Bull , 102–86 ,

(24) ,

(7) ,

(4) ,

, 1–2 ,
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, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 4 , October 19 , Petron Blaze , 88–86 ,

(21) , Abueva (16) ,

(6) ,

, 2–2 ,
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, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 5 , October 26 , Air21 , 92–81 ,

(19) , Abueva (12) ,

(5) ,

, 3–2 ,
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, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 6 , October 28 , Barangay Ginebra , 87–69 , Abueva (19) , Abueva (9) ,

(4) ,

, 4–2 ,
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, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 7 , November 2 , Talk 'N Text , 94–92 ,

(25) , Hontiveros (9) , Thoss,

, Abueva (4) ,

, 5–2 ,
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, - bgcolor="#edbebf" , 8 , November 7 , Rain or Shine , 93–101 ,

(16) , Thoss (7) , Baracael, Thoss (4) ,

, 5–3 ,
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, - bgcolor="#edbebf" , 9 , November 10 , San Mig Coffee , 68–77 ,

(19) ,

(8) ,

(4) ,

Lapu-Lapu City Lapu-Lapu, officially the City of Lapu-Lapu (; ), is a highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 497,604 people. It was formerly known as Opon, which was ch ...

, 5–4 ,
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, - bgcolor="#edbebf" , 10 , November 14 , Air21 , 103–104 , Baracael (24) , Abueva (10) , Thoss (4) ,

, 5–5 ,
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, - bgcolor="#edbebf" , 11 , November 18 , Barangay Ginebra , 93–96 , Baracael (21) , Thoss (8) ,

(6) ,

, 5–6 ,
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, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 12 , November 28 ,

, 88–85 , Abueva (20) , Abueva (18) , Abueva, Baracael,

(3) ,

, 6–6 ,
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, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 13 , December 1 , GlobalPort , 101–95 , Abueva (21) , Abueva (12) ,

(5) ,

Dipolog Dipolog (), officially the City of Dipolog (; Subanen languages, Subanen: ''Gembagel G'benwa Dipuleg/Bagbenwa Dipuleg''; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city and capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, prov ...

, 7–6 ,
Boxscore
, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 14 , December 5 , Petron Blaze , 79–71 ,

(20) , Abueva (9) ,

(6) ,

, 8–6 ,
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Playoffs

Bracket

Game log

, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 1 , December 12 ,

, 90–84 ,

(26) ,

, 2 others (8) ,

(7) ,

, 1–0 ,
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, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 2 , December 14 ,

, 88–70 , Abueva,

(18) , Abueva, dela Cruz (12) ,

(8) ,

, 2–0 ,
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, - bgcolor="#edbebf" , 1 , December 19 , Talk 'N Text , 65–66 , Thoss (14) , Abueva (17) ,

, Espinas (3) ,

, 0–1 ,
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, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 2 , December 21 , Talk 'N Text , 100–88 ,

(22) , Abueva (14) , Hontiveros (4) ,

Mall of Asia Arena The SM Mall of Asia Arena, also known as the Mall of Asia Arena or the MoA Arena, is an indoor arena within the SM Mall of Asia complex, in Bay City, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. It has a seating capacity of 15,000 for sporting events and ...

, 1–1 ,
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, - bgcolor="#edbebf" , 3 , December 26 , Talk 'N Text , 79–93 , Thoss (17) , Thoss (14) , Jazul (3) ,

, 1–2 ,
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, -bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 4 , December 28 , Talk 'N Text , 104–99 ,

(22) , Abueva (11) ,

(5) ,

, 2–2 ,
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, - bgcolor="#edbebf" , 5 , December 30 , Talk 'N Text , 95–99 , Abueva (19) , Abueva (11) ,

(5) ,

, 2–3 ,
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, - bgcolor="#edbebf" , 6 , January 4 , Talk 'N Text , 78–83 , Abueva (23) , Abueva (13) ,

(7) , Cuneta Astrodome , 2–4 ,
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Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 1 , February 9 , Rain or Shine , 83–81 , Dozier (21) , Dozier (16) ,

(5) ,

, 1–0 ,
boxscore
, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 2 , February 13 ,

, 85–81 , Dozier (27) , Dozier (14) ,

(4) ,

, 2–0 ,
boxscore
, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 3 , February 17 , Barako Bull , 77–73 , Dozier (19) , Dozier (20) , Abueva, Thoss,

(3) ,

, 3–0 ,
boxscore
, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 4 , February 23 , Barangay Ginebra , 84–69 , Dozier (21) , Dozier (11) ,

(7) , Tubod,

Lanao del Norte Lanao del Norte ( Cebuano: ''Amihanang Lanao''; ; Maranao: ''Pangotaraan Ranao''), officially the Province of Lanao del Norte, is a province in the Philippines located in the Northern Mindanao region. Its capital is Tubod. The province border ...

, 4–0 ,
boxscore
, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 5 , March 1 , Talk 'N Text , 92–69 , Dozier (23) , Dozier (18) ,

(6) ,

, 5–0 ,
boxscore
, - bgcolor="#edbebf" , 6 , March 6 , San Mig Coffee , 75–68 , Dozier (16) , Dozier (18) , Hontiveros (3) ,

, 5–1 ,
boxscore
, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 7 , March 8 , Petron Blaze , 83–73 , Dozier (18) , Dozier (26) , Hontiveros (4) ,

, 6–1 ,
boxscore
, - bgcolor="#edbebf" , 8 , March 15 , Air21 , 74–68 , Dozier (17) , Dozier, Abueva (12) ,

(4) ,

, 6–2 ,
boxscore
, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 9 , March 17 , GlobalPort , 93–85 , Dozier (26) , Dozier (18) , ''five players'' (2) ,

, 7–2 ,
boxscore
, - bgcolor="#edbebf" , 10 , March 23 , San Mig Coffee , 83–84 , Abueva (27) , Dozier (20) , Abueva, Hontiveros (4) ,

, 7–3 ,
boxscore
, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 11 , March 27 , Petron Blaze , 92–84 , Dozier (26) , Dozier (18) ,

(6) ,

, 8–3 ,
boxscore
, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 12 , April 5 , Rain or Shine , 89–84 , Dozier (23) , Abueva (13) ,

(6) ,

, 9–3 ,
boxscore
, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 13 , April 10 , Barangay Ginebra , 102–93 , Dozier (28) , Dozier (20) ,

(8) ,

, 10–3 ,
boxscore
, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 14 , April 12 , GlobalPort , 93–92 , Dozier (18) , Abueva (14) ,

(11) ,

, 11–3 ,

Playoffs

Bracket

Game log

, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 1 , April 20 , Air21 , 90–84 ,

(19) , Dozier (22) ,

(6) ,

, 1–0 ,
Boxscore
, - bgcolor="#edbebf" , 1 , April 27 , San Mig Coffee , 69–71 , Dozier (21) , Dozier (15) , Dozier, Abueva, Thoss (4) ,

, 0–1 ,
Boxscore
, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 2 , April 29 , San Mig Coffee , 86–67 , Dozier (28) , Dozier (27) ,

(4) ,

, 1–1 ,
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, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 3 , May 8 , San Mig Coffee , 89–82 , Abueva (24) , Dozier (19) ,

(4) ,

, 2–1 ,
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, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 4 , May 11 , San Mig Coffee , 83–78 ,

(16) , Dozier (14) , Thoss (4) ,

, 3–1 ,
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, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 1 , May 15 , Barangay Ginebra , 87–70 , Jazul (16) , Dozier (22) ,

(5) ,

, 1–0 ,
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, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 2 , May 17 , Barangay Ginebra , 104–90 , Thoss (16) , Dozier (20) , ,

, 2–0 ,
Recap
, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 3 , May 19 , Barangay Ginebra , 104–80 , Dozier (27) , Dozier (20) , Dozier (7) ,

, 3–0 ,
Recap

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

, - bgcolor="#edbebf" , 1 , August 23 , GlobalPort , 88–91 , McKines (28) , McKines (13) ,

(5) ,

, 0–1 ,
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Recap
, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 2 , August 28 , Rain or Shine , 94–79 , McKines (30) , McKines, Abueva (13) , Thoss (7) ,

, 1–1
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, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 3 , September 1 ,

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The most popular team in the league, it is owned by Ginebra San Miguel, Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. (formerly, La Tondeña Distiller ...

, 102–99 , McKines (27) , McKines (16) , McKines, Abueva,

(5) ,

, 2–1
Boxscore
, - bgcolor="#edbebf" , 4 , September 3 ,

, 74–84 , McKines (13) , McKines (10) ,

(5) ,

, 2–2
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, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 5 , September 6 , Talk 'N Text , 112–104 , McKines (38) , McKines (16) , Jazul (4) ,

, 3–2
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, - bgcolor="#edbebf" , 6 , September 10 , San Mig Coffee , 82–95 , McKines (32) , McKines (15) , Abueva (4) ,

, 3–3
Boxscore
, - bgcolor="#edbebf" , 7 , September 13 ,

Petron Petron Corporation is the largest oil refining and marketing company in the Philippines, supplying more than a third of the country's oil requirements. It operates a refinery in Limay, Bataan with a rated capacity of . From the refinery, Petron ...

, 100–103 , McKines (33) , McKines (10) , Abueva,

(5) , PhilSports Arena , 3–4
Boxscore
, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 8 , September 18 , Barako Bull , 91–89 , McKines (21) , McKines (15) , McKines (4) , Cuneta Astrodome , 4–4
Recap
, - bgcolor="#edbebf" , 9 , September 22 , Air 21 , 107–121 , McKines (43) , McKines (16) , Thoss (6) ,

, 4–5
Boxscore

Playoffs

Game log

, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 1 , September 25 , San Mig Coffee , 112–105 , McKines (38) , McKines (13) ,

(7) ,

, 1–0 ,
Boxscore
, - bgcolor="#edbebf" , 2 , September 27 , San Mig Coffee , 73–83 , McKines (24) , McKines (20) , McKines,

(5) ,

, 1–1 ,