2002 PBA Governors' Cup

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2002 PBA Governors' Cup
DurationFebruary 10 – May 26, 2002
TV partner(s) Viva TV on IBC
Finals
Champions Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
Runners-up Alaska Aces
Awards
Best Player Rey Evangelista
(Purefoods TJ Hotdogs)
Best Import Derrick Brown
(Purefoods TJ Hotdogs)
Finals MVP Kerby Raymundo
(Purefoods TJ Hotdogs)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

The 2002 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup , also known as the 2002 Samsung-PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2002 PBA season. It started on February 10 and ended on May 26, 2002. The tournament requires two imports per each team. [1]

Contents

Rule changes

To prepare the national team for the upcoming 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, the following FIBA rules were adopted for this conference:

In addition, the pool of the national team was distributed into two teams: the Selecta-RP team and the Hapee-RP team.

Imports

Each team were allowed two imports. The first line in the table are the original reinforcements of the teams. Below the name are the replacement of the import above. Same with the third replacement that is also highlighted with a different color. GP is the number of games played.

TeamNameGPNameGP
Alaska Aces Muntrelle Dobbins 7 Ron Riley 24
James Head 17
Barangay Ginebra Kings Bubba Wells 3 Jarrod Gee 11
Desmond Ferguson 3
Bryan Green 5
Batang Red Bull Thunder Joe Bunn 11 Julius Nwosu 10
Sean Lampley 1 Antonio Lang 2
Coca Cola Tigers Fred Williams 4 Rosell Ellis 18
Ron Hale 14
FedEx Express Rodrick Rhodes 2 Jermaine Walker 12
Tim Moore 10
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Leonard White 11 Derrick Brown 24
Kelvin Price 13
San Miguel Beermen Keith Hill 2 Lamont Strothers 19
Mario Bennett 17
Shell Turbo Chargers Derrick Grimm 3 Askia Jones 11
Nantambu Willingham 7
Cedric Webber 1
Sta. Lucia Realtors Lelan McDougal 3 Johnny Taylor 1
Mark Davis 9 Victor Thomas 11
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Jerald Honeycutt 13 Richie Frahm 13

Elimination round

Team standings

PosTeamWLPCTGBQualification
1 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 92.818Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Coca-Cola Tigers 83.727 [lower-alpha 1] 1
3 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 83.727 [lower-alpha 1] 1
4 Alaska Aces 65.545 [lower-alpha 2] 3
5 FedEx Express 65.545 [lower-alpha 2] 3Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 Batang Red Bull Thunder 65.545 [lower-alpha 2] 3
7 Sta. Lucia Realtors 56.455 [lower-alpha 3] 4
8 San Miguel Beermen 56.455 [lower-alpha 3] 4
9 RP-Hapee Toothpaste (G)47.364 [lower-alpha 4] 5
10 RP-Selecta Ice Cream (G)47.364 [lower-alpha 4] 5
11 Barangay Ginebra Kings 38.2736
12 Shell Turbo Chargers 29.1827
Source: PBA.ph
(G) Guest
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Coca-Cola 1–0 Purefoods
  2. 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Alaska +9, FedEx +6, Red Bull 15
  3. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Sta. Lucia 1–0 San Miguel
  4. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Hapee 1–0 Selecta

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-5)
Finals
(Best-of-7)
#1 twice-to-beat
1Talk 'N Text7070
8San Miguel7981
8San Miguel2
#4 twice-to-beat
4Alaska3
4Alaska74
5FedEx71
4Alaska3
#2 twice-to-beat
3Purefoods4
2Coca Cola75
7Sta. Lucia65
2Coca Cola2Third place playoff
#3 twice-to-beat
3Purefoods3
3Purefoods82
8San Miguel63
6Red Bull77
2Coca Cola75

Quarterfinals

(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (8) San Miguel

(2) Coca-Cola vs. (7) Sta. Lucia

April 27
Coca Cola Tigers 75, Sta. Lucia Realtors 65
Coca-Cola wins series in one game

(3) Purefoods vs. (6) Red Bull

April 27
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 82, Batang Red Bull Thunder 77
Purefoods wins series in one game

(4) Alaska vs. (5) FedEx

April 25
Alaska Aces 74, FedEx Express 71
Alaska wins series in one game

Semifinals

(2) Purefoods vs. (3) Coca-Cola

(4) Alaska vs. (8) San Miguel

Third place playoff

May 12
Coca Cola Tigers 75, San Miguel Beermen 63

Finals

May 12
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 73, Alaska Aces 79

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