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Team Manager: Tony Chua and Andy Jao
| 2001 Red Bull Thunder season | |
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| Head coach | Yeng Guiao |
| General Manager | Tony Chua [1] |
| Owner(s) | Tony Chua |
| All-Filipino Cup results | |
| Record | 8–8 (50%) |
| Place | 7th seed |
| Playoff finish | QF (lost to SMB) |
| Commissioner's Cup results | |
| Record | 14–7 (66.7%) |
| Place | 3rd seed |
| Playoff finish | Champions |
| Governors Cup results | |
| Record | 6–8 (42.9%) |
| Place | 7th seed |
| Playoff finish | QF (lost to Sta.Lucia) |
| Red Bull Thunder seasons | |
The 2001 Red Bull Thunder season was the 2nd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
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In only their second year of participation and fifth conference so far, the Batang Red Bull Thunder have already won a PBA title. Behind Best Import Antonio Lang, the Thunder upset the highly favored San Miguel Beermen, winners of five of the last six conferences, with a 4-2 series victory in the Commissioner's Cup finals. Red Bull coach Yeng Guiao won his third championship as a head coach and his first since 1993.
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| DATE | OPPONENT | SCORE | VENUE (Location) |
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| February 7 | Shell | 76-60 | Philsports Arena |
| February 11 | Mobiline | 80-68 | Araneta Coliseum |
| February 16 | Alaska | 73-72 [2] | Philsports Arena |
| February 28 | San Miguel | 78-76 | Philsports Arena |
| March 3 | Brgy.Ginebra | 79-72 | Iloilo City |
| March 9 | Shell | 65-58 | Philsports Arena |
| April 4 | Sta.Lucia | 87-84 | Philsports Arena |
| June 10 | Mobiline | 97-92 [3] | Araneta Coliseum |
| June 15 | Brgy.Ginebra | 111-98 | Philsports Arena |
| June 24 | Shell | 94-82 [4] | Araneta Coliseum |
| July 1 | Pop Cola | 95-79 | Araneta Coliseum |
| July 8 | Sta.Lucia | 95-88 | Araneta Coliseum |
| July 13 | Tanduay | 104-98 | Philsports Arena |
| September 23 | Tanduay | 108-93 | Philsports Arena |
| September 29 | Talk 'N Text | 99-85 | Dumaguete |
| October 14 | Shell | 68-62 | Ynares Center |
| October 19 | Sta.Lucia | 101-94 | Cuneta Astrodome |
| October 24 | Brgy.Ginebra | 93-72 | Philsports Arena |
| November 7 | San Miguel | 86-81 | Araneta Coliseum |
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