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| 2002 Alaska Aces season | |
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| Head coach | Tim Cone |
| Governor's Cup results | |
| Record | 13–11 (54.2%) |
| Place | 4th seed |
| Playoff finish | Runner-up |
| Commissioner's Cup results | |
| Record | 9–9 (50%) |
| Place | 3rd seed |
| Playoff finish | Semis (lost to TNT) |
| All-Filipino Cup results | |
| Record | 9–8 (52.9%) |
| Place | 5th seed |
| Playoff finish | Runner-up |
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The 2002 Alaska Aces season was the 17th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
| Players Added Via Draft
Via Free Agency
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The Alaska Aces made it to the finals twice in the 2002 season, they lost to Purefoods TJ Hotdogs in seven games for the Governor's Cup title. After placing fourth in the Commissioner's Cup, the Aces reach the All-Filipino Cup finals with a 2-1 series win over top-seeded Red Bull Thunder in their best-of-three semifinals. Alaska went on to play the Coca-Cola Tigers in the championship, the Aces lost in four games to the first-year ballclub in the best-of-five finals series.
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| Date | Opponent | Score | Top scorer | Venue (Location) |
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| February 15 | Brgy.Ginebra | 68-63 | Ron Riley (20 pts) | Centrodome (Malolos, Bulacan) |
| February 21 | RP-Selecta | 56-52 | Ron Riley (26 pts) | Makati Coliseum [1] |
| March 2 | Red Bull | 81-58 | Ron Riley (28 pts) | Cuneta Astrodome |
| March 21 | RP-Hapee | 68-61 | Muntrelle Dobbins (19 pts) | Makati Coliseum |
| April 13 | Shell | 83-55 | Philsports Arena | |
| April 21 | San Miguel | 74-58 | Araneta Coliseum | |
| June 20 | San Miguel | 77-69 | Chris Carawell (25 pts) | Cuneta Astrodome |
| June 30 | Purefoods | 83-79 | Araneta Coliseum | |
| July 6 | FedEx | 82-73 | Chris Carawell (20 pts) | Araneta Coliseum [2] |
| July 27 | Brgy.Ginebra | 80-63 | Ynares Center | |
| August 2 | Coca-Cola | 73-72 | Philsports Arena | |
| August 4 | RP-Selecta | 84-59 | Ajani Williams (24 pts) | Araneta Coliseum |
| October 23 | Shell | 69-67 | John Arigo (21 pts) | Philsports Arena |
| November 8 | FedEx | 85-84 | Cuneta Astrodome | |
| November 16 | Coca-Cola | 85-68 | (Dumaguete City) | |
| November 22 | Brgy.Ginebra | 79-75 | Ali Peek (22 pts) | Philsports Arena [3] |
| November 30 | Sta.Lucia | 67-57 | Kenneth Duremdes (16 pts) | Ynares Center |
Governor's Cup
Commissioner's Cup
All-Filipino Cup
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