2012–13 Air21 Express season

2012–13 Air21 Express season
2012–13 Air21 Express season
Head coach	Franz Pumaren
Owner(s)	Airfrieght 2100, Inc.; (a Lina Group of Companies subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	5–9 ; (35.7%)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist; (eliminated by Talk 'N Text in one game)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	6–8 ; (42.9%)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist; (eliminated by Alaska in one game)
Governors' Cup results
Record	3–6 ; (33.3%)
Place	10th
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Air21 Express seasons

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

Roster

Air21 Express roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	From
F/C	4	Manuel, Vic	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	PSBA
G/F	6	Gamalinda, Riego	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	San Beda
SF	9	Canaleta, KG	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	UE
G	10	Atkins, Simon (R)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	De La Salle
G	13	Custodio, Bonbon	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	UE
SG	14	Ritualo, Ren-Ren (C)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	De La Salle
G/F	15	Menor, Ogie	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	San Beda
PG	16	Raymundo, John	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	San Sebastian
SG	17	Cardona, Mark	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	De La Salle
SG	18	Yeo, Joseph	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	De La Salle
PG	19	Arboleda, Wynne	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	MLQU
F/C	34	Sharma, Carlo	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	De La Salle
PF	63	Burtscher, Michael	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Clearwater Christian
C	88	Taulava, Asi	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	BYU–Hawaii
F	–	Borboran, Mark	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	UE

Head coach

Franz Pumaren (De La Salle)

Assistant coach(es)

Tonichi Yturri (De La Salle)
Jack Santiago (De La Salle)
Pocholo Villanueva (De La Salle)
Dan Rose
Joshua Villapando

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie
(3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team

Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4
5	Alaska Aces	8	6	.571^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4
6	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	7	.500	5
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

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

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

Game log

2013 PBA Philippine Cup game log

October

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
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

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
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

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
14	December 5	GlobalPort	113–92	Canaleta (41)	Reyes (16)	Cortez (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–9	Boxscore

2012–13 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Talk 'N Text	105

8	Air21	100
			1	Talk 'N Text	4
(Best-of-3)
			5	Alaska	2
4	Meralco	0

5	Alaska	2
						1	Talk 'N Text	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
						3	Rain or Shine	0
2	San Mig Coffee	92*

7	Petron Blaze	87
			2	San Mig Coffee	2
(Best-of-3)
			3	Rain or Shine	4
3	Rain or Shine	2

6	Barangay Ginebra	1

*Game went into overtime

Game log

2013 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log

Quarterfinals: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
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	Team	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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	San Mig Coffee Mixers	8	6	.571^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3
5	Meralco Bolts	7	7	.500^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4
6	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	7	7	.500^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4
7	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	7	.500^{[lower-alpha 2]}	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

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

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

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
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

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
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

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
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				Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-5)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Alaska		87

8	Air21		81
				1	Alaska	3
(Best-of-3)
				4	San Mig Coffee	1
4	San Mig Coffee		2

5	Meralco		1
							1	Alaska	3
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							7	Barangay Ginebra	0
2	Rain or Shine	83	79

7	Barangay Ginebra	90	81
				7	Barangay Ginebra	3
(Best-of-3)
				6	Talk 'N Text	2
3	Petron		0

6	Talk 'N Text		2

Game log

2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log

Quarterfinals: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
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	Team	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
3	Meralco Bolts	5	4	.556^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3
4	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	4	.556^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3
5	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	5	.444^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Barako Bull Energy	4	5	.444^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4
7	Alaska Aces	4	5	.444^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	3	6	.333^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5
9	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	3	6	.333^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5
10	Air21 Express	3	6	.333^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

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

Game	Date	Opponent	Location Attendance
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^[1]^[2]

To Air21

Nonoy Baclao (from Petron Blaze)
Robert Reyes(from Petron Blaze)
KG Canaleta (from Barangay Ginebra)
John Wilson (from Barangay Ginebra)

To Petron Blaze

Magi 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^[3]

To Air21

Bonbon Custodio

To Alaska

2014 2nd round pick

Philippine Cup

November 7, 2012^[4]

To Air21

Mike Cortez

To Barangay Ginebra

Yousef Taha

Commissioner's Cup

July 17, 2013^[5]

To Air21

Vic Manuel
Carlo Sharma
2016 2nd round pick

To Meralco

Nonoy Baclao
John Wilson

Governors' Cup

September 7, 2013^[6]

To Air21

Asi Taulava
Mark Borboran

To Meralco

Mike Cortez
James Sena

October 14, 2013^[7]

To Air21

Rabeh Al-Hussaini

To Talk 'N Text

Rob Reyes
2015 2nd draft pick

October 14, 2013^[7]

To Air21

Mark Cardona
Nonoy Baclao

To Meralco

Rabeh Al-Hussaini
Nelbert Omolon

October 14, 2013^[7]

To Air21

Pamboy Raymundo
Bambam Gamalinda

To Talk 'N Text

Nonoy 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

References

↑ PBA approves seven-player deal among Air 21, Ginebra, Petron Archived 2012-08-24 at the Wayback Machine, InterAKTV, August 23, 2012
↑ PBA: Air21 loads up via three-team trade with Petron, Ginebra, GMA News Online, August 23, 2012
↑ Air 21 acquires Bonbon Custodio from Alaska for future 2nd round pick Archived 2014-08-19 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, September 20, 2012
↑ PBA approves Mike Cortez-Yousef Taha trade Archived 2012-11-08 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, November 7, 2012
↑ Meralco's Sharma, Manuel head to Air21 for Baclao, Wilson as trade finally a go, Snow Badua, spin.ph, July 12, 2013
↑ Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, September 7, 2013
1 2 3 Al-Hussaini moves from TnT to Meralco as Air21 lands Cardona in three-team trade deal, Snow Badua, spin.ph, October 14, 2013

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[table_hth_ALA0.066476203066519-1] 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–1 Meralco (Meralco +4)

[table_hth_PBB0.54401521456615-2] 1 2 Head-to-head record: Petron 2–0 San Mig

[table_hth_BGSM0.54401521456615-3] 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.01, TNT 1.00, Barangay Ginebra 0.99

[table_hth_MER0.9725056537299-4] 1 2 Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 Rain or Shine

[table_hth_ALA0.9725056537299-5] 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.01, Barako Bull 1.00, Alaska 0.99

[table_hth_A210.9725056537299-6] 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

[7] PBA approves seven-player deal among Air 21, Ginebra, Petron Archived 2012-08-24 at the Wayback Machine, InterAKTV, August 23, 2012

[8] PBA: Air21 loads up via three-team trade with Petron, Ginebra, GMA News Online, August 23, 2012

[9] Air 21 acquires Bonbon Custodio from Alaska for future 2nd round pick Archived 2014-08-19 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, September 20, 2012

[10] PBA approves Mike Cortez-Yousef Taha trade Archived 2012-11-08 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, November 7, 2012

[11] Meralco's Sharma, Manuel head to Air21 for Baclao, Wilson as trade finally a go, Snow Badua, spin.ph, July 12, 2013

[12] Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, September 7, 2013

[RabehTrade2013-13] 1 2 3 Al-Hussaini moves from TnT to Meralco as Air21 lands Cardona in three-team trade deal, Snow Badua, spin.ph, October 14, 2013

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Air21 Express
Formerly the Shopinas.com Clickers Founded in 2011 Disbanded in 2014 Owned by the Airfrieght 2100, Inc., a subsidiary of the Lina Group of Companies
The franchise	Franchise Draft history Seasons
Coaches	Pumaren
Retired numbers	18 Meneses
Seasons (3)	2011–12 2012–13 2013–14