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| 2002 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals season | |
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| Head coach | Bill Bayno Paul Woolpert |
| Owner(s) | Smart Communications |
| Governor's Cup results | |
| Record | 9–4 (69.2%) |
| Place | 1st seed |
| Playoff finish | QF (lost to SMB) |
| Commissioner's Cup results | |
| Record | 13–11 (54.2%) |
| Place | 7th seed |
| Playoff finish | Runner-up |
| All-Filipino Cup results | |
| Record | 5–5 (50%) |
| Place | 4th seed |
| Playoff finish | QF (lost to Alaska) |
| Talk 'N Text Phone Pals seasons | |
The 2002 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals season was the 13th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
| Players Added Via Free Agency
Via Trade
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Center Asi Taulava and guard Patrick Fran played for Philippine-Selecta team while forward Celedon Camaso played for Philippine-Hapee during the Governor's Cup. Taulava was among the 15 players chosen to play for the national team, Fran and Camaso went back to their mother ballclub starting the Commissioner's Cup.
Talk 'N Text coach Bill Bayno was fined by the PBA for lambasting the league and its commissioner for being a San Miguel Corporation-run league. For two conferences, the former University of Las Vegas coach has caused quite a stir with accusations and comments that cost him over P250,000 in record fines.
Starting the All-Filipino Cup, Talk 'N Text has tapped another American coach Paul Woolpert to replaced Bill Bayno, who abandoned the Phone Pals after a short but controversial stint in the league. [1]
The Talk 'N Text Phone Pals reach the Commissioner's Cup finals opposite defending champion Batang Red Bull by winning over the Alaska Aces, three games to two, in their best-of-five semifinal series. The Phone Pals led in the finals series all throughout until the last two games which Red Bull won to successfully defend their Commissioner's Cup title.
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| Date | Opponent | Score | Top scorer | Venue (Location) |
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| February 22 | RP-Hapee | 95–62 | Ynares Center | |
| February 28 | San Miguel | 82–81 | Richie Frahm (31 pts) | Makati Coliseum |
| March 7 | Sta. Lucia | 98–96 | Jerald Honeycutt (24 pts) | Makati Coliseum |
| March 16 | Brgy. Ginebra | 87–82 | Richie Frahm (22 pts) | Cuneta Astrodome |
| March 23 | RP-Selecta | 83–76 | Ynares Center | |
| March 31 | Shell | 93–86 | Jerald Honeycutt (33 pts) | Araneta Coliseum [2] |
| April 6 | Alaska | 84–67 | Philsports Arena | |
| April 9 | Red Bull | 98–90 | Cuneta Astrodome | |
| April 20 | FedEx | 101–90 | Philsports Arena | |
| June 16 | Shell | 89–72 | Jerald Honeycutt (29 pts) | Araneta Coliseum [3] |
| June 22 | FedEx | 96–90 | Jerald Honeycutt (38 pts) | Cuneta Astrodome |
| June 27 | Sta. Lucia | 83–71 | Jerald Honeycutt (30 pts) | Cuneta Astrodome |
| July 14 | Purefoods | 109–92 | Danny Johnson (37 pts) | Ynares Center |
| August 11 | Alaska | 80–76 | Araneta Coliseum | |
| October 30 | FedEx | 69–64 | Ynares Center | |
| November 9 | Purefoods | 78–75 | Asi Taulava (33 pts) | Centennial Arena (Laoag City) |
| November 15 | Red Bull | 77–67 | Paul Alvarez (17 pts) | Ynares Center |
| November 24 | Alaska | 73–66 | Araneta Coliseum | |
| December 1 | Brgy. Ginebra | 86–65 | Paul Alvarez (23 pts) | Araneta Coliseum [4] |
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