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| Dates | April 23 - May 6, 2012 | ||||||||||||||
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| MVP | James Yap (B-Meg Llamados) | ||||||||||||||
| Television | AKTV on IBC | ||||||||||||||
| Announcers | See broadcast notes | ||||||||||||||
| Radio network | DZSR | ||||||||||||||
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The 2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) 2012 Commissioner's Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters and the B-Meg Llamados played for the 105th championship contested by the league.
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| Finished tied for 2nd, 6–3: (0.667) | Elimination round | Finished 1st, 7–2: (0.778) | |
| lost to Barangay Ginebra, 84-93 | Tiebreaker | ||
| Def. Meralco, 2–1 | Quarterfinals | Bye | |
| Def. Barangay Ginebra, 3–1 | Semifinals | Def. Barako Bull, 3–2 | |
| Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7* | Wins |
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| B-Meg | 88 | 102 | 91 | 85 | 82 | 82 | 90 | 4 |
| Talk 'N Text | 82 | 104 | 87 | 100 | 66 | 92 | 84 | 3 |
| Venue | Araneta | Araneta | Araneta | Araneta | Araneta | Araneta | Araneta |
April 25 6:45 p.m. |
| B-Meg Llamados 102, Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 104 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 32–25, 27–24, 27–31 | ||
| Pts: Bowles 33 Rebs: Bowles 13 Asts: Urbiztondo 7 | Pts: Harvey 29 Rebs: Harvey 14 Asts: Alapag, Castro 5 | |
| Series tied, 1–1 | ||
April 27 6:45 p.m. |
| B-Meg Llamados 91, Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 87 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 18–15, 25–28, 29–23 | ||
| Pts: Bowles 28 Rebs: Bowles 13 Asts: Bowles, Urbiztondo 4 | Pts: Harvey, Reyes 21 Rebs: Harvey 14 Asts: Alapag, Castro, Fonacier 2 | |
| B-Meg leads series, 2–1 | ||
May 2 6:45 p.m. |
| B-Meg Llamados 82, Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 66 | ||
| Scoring by quarter:24–15, 17–18, 18–20, 23–13 | ||
| Pts: Yap 30 Rebs: Bowles 18 Asts: Urbiztondo 3 | Pts: Dillinger 18 Rebs: Harvey 16 Asts: Harvey 5 | |
| B-Meg leads series, 3–2 | ||
May 4 6:45 p.m. |
| B-Meg Llamados 82, Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 92 | ||
| Scoring by quarter:27–19, 21–31, 15–17, 19–25 | ||
| Pts: Bowles 33 Rebs: Bowles 12 Asts: Barroca, Intal, Urbiztondo 2 | Pts: Castro 25 Rebs: Harvey 17 Asts: Castro 4 | |
| Series tied, 3–3 | ||
May 6 6:00 p.m. |
| B-Meg Llamados 90, Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 84 (OT) | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 17–13, 26–22, 15–20, Overtime:14–8 | ||
| Pts: Bowles 39 Rebs: Bowles 21 Asts: Urbiztondo 4 | Pts: Alapag 29 Rebs: Harvey 15 Asts: Castro 4 | |
| B-Meg wins series, 4–3 | ||
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| Game | Play-by-play | Analyst | Courtside reporters | AKTV Center Analysts |
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| Game 1 | Magoo Marjon | Quinito Henson and Yeng Guiao | Nikko Ramos and Sel Guevara | Mico Halili, Jason Webb and Jojo Lastimosa |
| Game 2 | Mico Halili | Dominic Uy and Ryan Gregorio | Nikko Ramos and Erika Padilla | Magoo Marjon, Rado Dimalibot and Caloy Garcia |
| Game 3 | Magoo Marjon | Quinito Henson and Franz Pumaren | Erika Padilla and Jessica Mendoza | Mico Halili, Rado Dimalibot and Gary David |
| Game 4 | Mico Halili | Quinito Henson and Ryan Gregorio | Erika Padilla and Sel Guevara | Aaron Atayde, Magoo Marjon, Ronnie Magsanoc and Benjie Paras |
| Game 5 | Magoo Marjon | Dominic Uy and Jojo Lastimosa | Sel Guevara and Jessica Mendoza | Mico Halili, Rado Dimalibot and Jong Uichico |
| Game 6 | Mico Halili | Quinito Henson and Yeng Guiao | Sel Guevara and Jessica Mendoza | Magoo Marjon, Rado Dimalibot and Ronnie Magsanoc |
| Game 7 | Mico Halili | Quinito Henson and Jojo Lastimosa | Sel Guevara and Jessica Mendoza | Magoo Marjon, Rado Dimalibot, Dominic Uy and Benjie Paras |
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