2012 PBA Governors' Cup
The 2012 Philippine Basketball Association Governors' Cup, was the third and last conference of the 2011–12 PBA season. The tournament started on May 20 and culminated on August 5 with the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters team defeating the B-Meg Llamados team by 4 games to 3.
The tournament was an import-laden format, which allowed an import or a pure-foreign player for each team and with a height limit of 6-foot-5.
Format
The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:- Single-round robin eliminations; 9 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win-loss records.
- The top six teams after the eliminations will advance to the semifinals. In case of a tie, a playoff will be held only for the #6 seed.
- Semifinals will be a single round-robin affair with the remaining six teams. Results from the eliminations will be carried over. A playoff incentive for a finals berth will be given to the team that will win at least four of their five semifinal games that does not finish within the top two. In case of a tie, a playoff will be held only for the #2 seed.
- The top two teams will face each other in a best-of-seven championship series.
Elimination round
Team standings
Schedule
Results
6th-seed playoffs
Semifinals
Team standings
Schedule
Results
Finals berth playoff
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 entire conference.| Team | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Air21 Express | Zach Graham | May 23 | June 29 | 2-7 |
| Alaska Aces | Jason Forte | May 20 | June 27 | 2-7 |
| B-Meg Llamados | Marqus Blakely | May 25 | August 5 | 13-9 |
| Barako Bull Energy | Jamine Peterson | May 25 | June 1 | 1-2 |
| Barako Bull Energy | LeRoy Hickerson | June 8 | July 3 | 3-3 |
| Barangay Ginebra Kings | Cedric Bozeman | May 23 | July 20 | 9-6 |
| Meralco Bolts | Champ Oguchi | May 23 | June 6 | 2-3 |
| Meralco Bolts | Mario West | June 10 | July 15 | 5-5 |
| Petron Blaze Boosters | Eddie Basden | May 20 | June 29 | 5-4 |
| Petron Blaze Boosters | Marcus Faison | July 6 | July 15 | 1-4 |
| Powerade Tigers | Rashad McCants | May 20 | May 25 | 0-2 |
| Powerade Tigers | Omar Sneed | June 1 | July 4 | 5-4 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Jamelle Cornley | May 20 | August 5 | 14-7 |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Paul Harris | May 23 | July 18 | 8-6 |
Awards
Conference
- Best Player of the Conference: Mark Caguioa
- Best Import of the Conference: Jamelle Cornley
- Finals MVP: Jeffrei Chan
Players of the Week