The 2012–13 Meralco Bolts season was the 3rd 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 1 4 Cliff Hodge F Hawaii Pacific 2 7 Kelly Nabong C/F Santa Rosa JC 3 4 Janus Lozada G/F Adamson 4 2 Eric Suguitan C ACSAT
Roster
Philippine Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Game log
|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 1 | October 5 | Talk 'N Text | 110–112* | Reyes (25) | Reyes (14) | Mercado, Ross (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 | Boxscore |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 | October 10 | Alaska | 93–86 | Hodge (20) | Hodge, Nabong (11) | Mercado (9) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–1 | Boxscore |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 | October 13 | Barangay Ginebra | 95–88 | Cardona (21) | Cardona (8) | Mercado (8) | Digos | 2–1 | Boxscore |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 4 | October 17 | GlobalPort | 104–105 | Mercado, Buenafe (30) | Hodge (15) | Mercado (8) | Mall of Asia Arena | 2–2 | Boxscore |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5 | October 21 | Air21 | 85–72 | Mercado (24) | Reyes (14) | Hugnatan (3) | Mall of Asia Arena | 3–2 | Boxscore |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 | October 31 | Barako Bull | 99–86 | Mercado (22) | Borboran (7) | Mercado (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 4–2 | Boxscore |- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 7 | November 4 | Rain or Shine | 81–106 | Cardona (20) | Hodge (14) | Cardona (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 4–3 | Boxscore |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8 | November 11 | Petron Blaze | 95–81 | Mercado, Hugnatan (22) | Cardona (9) | Cardona (10) | Mall of Asia Arena | 5–3 | Boxscore |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 9 | November 16 | Talk 'N Text | 98–109 | Mercado (28) | Hugnatan (10) | Mercado, Ross (6) | Ynares Center | 5–4 | Boxscore |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 10 | November 21 | Rain or Shine | 98–102* | Mercado (28) | Reyes (9) | Mercado (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 5–5 | Boxscore |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 11 | November 23 | GlobalPort | 101–92 | Cardona (26) | Nabong (11) | Mercado (9) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 6–5 | Boxscore |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 12 | November 28 | Alaska | 85–88 | Cardona, Ross (14) | Hodge (9) | Ross (10) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 6–6 | Boxscore |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 13 | November 30 | Barako Bull | 85–73 | Nabong (12) | Cardona (8) | Mercado (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 7–6 | Boxscore
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 14 | December 9 | San Mig Coffee | 87–77 | Cardona, Hugnatan (15) | Reyes, Hodge, Hugnatan (9) | Mercado (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 8–7 | Boxscore
Playoffs
Bracket
Game log
|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 1 | December 12 | Alaska | 84–90 | Mercado (22) | Reyes (21) | Mercado (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 | Boxscore |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 2 | December 14 | Alaska | 70–88 | Cardona (18) | Hugnatan (9) | Mercado (10) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–2 | Boxscore
Commissioner's Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Game log
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 | February 9 | Talk 'N Text | 99–92 | Dawson (37) | Dawson (14) | Ross (8) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–0 | boxscore |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 2 | February 13 | Alaska | 81–85 | Manuel (18) | Dawson (13) | Artadi (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–1 | boxscore |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 3 | February 16 | Rain or Shine | 82–91 | Dawson (21) | Dawson (12) | Ross (9) | Puerto Princesa City, Palawan | 1–2 | boxscore |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 4 | February 20 | Petron Blaze | 86–88 | Dawson (24) | Dawson (20) | Ross (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–3 | boxscore |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5 | February 24 | GlobalPort | 90–89 | Salvacion (20) | Dawson (17) | Ross (17) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–3 | boxscore
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 | March 6 | Air21 | 89–88 | Dawson (35) | Dawson (17) | Ross (12) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–3 | boxscore
| 7 | March 13 | Barako Bull
| Smart Araneta Coliseum
| 8 | March 15 | San Mig Coffee
| Smart Araneta Coliseum
| 9 | March 22 | Barangay Ginebra
| Smart Araneta Coliseum
Governors Cup Eliminations Standings
Game log
Transactions
Trades
Pre-season August 20, 2012BOOSTERS GROW STRONGER, PBA.ph, August 19, 2012 To Meralco2012 2nd round pick (Kelly Nabong) To Rain or Shine2015 second round pick September 11, 2012Barako Bull acquires ‘project’ Ballesteros from Meralco for Salvacion, Sharma , Rey Joble, InterAKTV, September 11, 2012 To MeralcoCarlo Sharma Sunday Salvacion To Barako BullJason Ballesteros
Commissioner's Cup January 31, 2013PBA approves Sol Mercado to GlobalPort, Japeth Aguilar for Rabeh Al-Hussaini trades , Rey Joble, InterAKTV, January 31, 2013 To MeralcoRey GuevarraVic ManuelJosh Vanlandingham2015 1st round pick To GlobalPortSol MercadoKelly NabongJP BelencionYousif Aljamal June 10, 2013PBA approves trade: Dillinger, Allado to Meralco, Buenafe to Barako Bull, Anthony to Talk ‘N Text , Rey Joble, InterAKTV, June 10, 2013 To MeralcoJared Dillinger Don Allado To Barako BullRonjay Buenafe Gilbert Bulawan July 17, 2013Meralco's Sharma, Manuel head to Air21 for Baclao, Wilson as trade finally a go, Snow Badua, spin.ph, July 12, 2013 To MeralcoNonoy Baclao John Wilson To Air21Vic Manuel Carlo Sharma 2016 2nd round pick
Governors' Cup September 7, 2013 , Rey Joble, InterAKTV, September 7, 2013 To MeralcoMike Cortez James Sena To Air21Asi Taulava Mark Borboran October 11, 2013Gary David, Chris Ross switch places as PBA approves Meralco-GlobalPort trade , Rey Joble, InterAKTV, October 11, 2013 To MeralcoGary David AJ Mandani To GlobalPortChris Ross Chris Timberlake 2016 and 2017 2nd round picks October 14, 2013Al-Hussaini moves from TnT to Meralco as Air21 lands Cardona in three-team trade deal, Snow Badua, spin.ph, October 14, 2013 To MeralcoRabeh Al-Hussaini Nelbert Omolon To Air21Mark Cardona Nonoy Baclao
Recruited imports Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record Commissioner's Cup Eric Dawson February 9 (vs. Talk 'N Text) April 24 (vs. San Mig Coffee) 8–9 Governors' Cup Mario West August 16 (vs. Petron) October 6 (vs. San Mig Coffee) 7–7
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