The 2012–13 Meralco Bolts season was the third 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
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 | |