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| 2003 Coca-Cola Tigers season | |
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| Head coach | Chot Reyes |
| Owner(s) | Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. |
| All-Filipino Cup results | |
| Record | 19–12 (61.3%) |
| Place | 2nd |
| Playoff finish | Runner-up |
| Invitational Cup results | |
| Record | 5–3 (62.5%) |
| Place | 2nd |
| Playoff finish | Runner-up |
| Reinforced Conference results | |
| Record | 11–2 (84.6%) |
| Place | 2nd (Group B) |
| Playoff finish | Champions (def. San Miguel 4–3) |
| Coca-Cola Tigers seasons | |
The 2003 Coca-Cola Tigers season was the second season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
The Coca-Cola Tigers played in the finals in all three conferences of the league's 29th season. In the All-Filipino Cup, the defending champions blew a 2–0 series lead in the best-of-seven championship against Talk 'N Text Phone Pals and lost in six games. Coca-Cola placed runner-up for the second straight conference when they lost to Alaska in the best-of-three finals series of the short Invitational championship.
Coca-Cola didn't end up bridesmaid for the third time in the season by winning over San Miguel Beermen in the season-ending Reinforced Conference. The Tigers defeated the Beermen in the deciding seventh game as coach Chot Reyes won his second title for Coca-Cola and fourth overall in his coaching career. [1]
Artemus McClary was voted the Reinforced Conference Best Import.
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| Date | Opponent | Score | Top scorer | Venue | Location |
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| February 28 | San Miguel | 72–67 | Makati Coliseum | Makati City | |
| March 5 | Shell | 103–92 | Cariaso (18 pts) | Philsports Arena | Pasig |
| March 8 | Purefoods | 93–88 2OT | Iloilo City | ||
| March 16 | Brgy.Ginebra | 83–79 | Cariaso (14 pts) | Araneta Coliseum | Quezon City |
| March 21 | Red Bull | 79–80 | Araneta Coliseum | Quezon City | |
| March 23 | FedEx | 72–85 | Araneta Coliseum | Quezon City | |
| March 30 | Alaska | 77–86 | Araneta Coliseum | Quezon City | |
| April 6 | Sta.Lucia | 82–84 | Cariaso (19 pts) | Philsports Arena | Pasig |
| April 12 | Talk 'N Text | 79–78 | San Fernando, Pampanga | ||
| April 20 | Red Bull | 94–102 | Reavis (18 pts) | Araneta Coliseum | Quezon City |
| April 26 | Brgy.Ginebra | 83–54 | Ynares Center | Antipolo City | |
| April 30 | Shell | 95–81 | Makati Coliseum | Makati City | |
| May 4 | Talk 'N Text | 87–91 | Araneta Coliseum | Quezon City | |
| May 9 | Purefoods | 97–87 | Hatfield (21 pts) | Philsports Arena | Pasig |
| May 14 | San Miguel | 77–82 | Philsports Arena | Pasig | |
| May 18 | Alaska | 90–87 | Araneta Coliseum | Quezon City | |
| May 23 | Sta.Lucia | 98–76 | Makati Coliseum | Makati City | |
| May 28 | FedEx | 89–87 | Philsports Arena | Pasig | |
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