2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup

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2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup
DurationFebruary 23 – July 13, 2003
TV partner(s) NBN/IBC
Finals
Champions Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
Runners-up Coca Cola Tigers
Awards
Best Player Asi Taulava
(Talk 'N Text Phone Pals)
Finals MVP Asi Taulava
(Talk 'N Text Phone Pals)
PBA All-Filipino Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

The 2003 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) All-Filipino Cup , or known as the 2003 Samsung-PBA All-Filipino Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2003 PBA season. It started on February 23 and ended on July 13, 2003. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which doesn't require an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.

Contents

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

Elimination round

Group A

PosTeam
WLPCTGBQualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 126.667—Advance to quarterfinal round
2 FedEx Express 108.5562
3 Alaska Aces 99.5003
4 Sta. Lucia Realtors 810.4444
5 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 513.2787
Source: PBA.ph

Group B

PosTeam
WLPCTGBQualification
1 Batang Red Bull Thunder 144.778—Advance to quarterfinal round
2 Coca-Cola Tigers 117.6113
3 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 108.5564
4 Barangay Ginebra Kings 612.3338
5 Shell Turbo Chargers 513.2789
Source: PBA.ph

Batang Red Bull won 10 of their first 11 games of the season. [1] The Thunder were on a nine-game winning streak before suffering back-to-back losses to Talk 'N Text and FedEx. [2]

Quarterfinal round

Group A

PosTeam
WLPCTGBQualification
1 Alaska Aces 21.667 [lower-alpha 1] —Advance to semifinals
2 Sta. Lucia Realtors 21.667 [lower-alpha 1] —
3 San Miguel Beermen 12.333 [lower-alpha 2] 1
4 FedEx Express 12.333 [lower-alpha 2] 1
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–1 Sta. Lucia (Alaska +5)
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: FedEx 1–1 San Miguel (San Miguel +1)

Alaska beat Sta.Lucia, 75-66, and the Aces got a free ride to the semifinals from the San Miguel Beermen, which beat FedEx, 96-87. The Express were hoping to create a possible three-way tie. [3]

Group B

PosTeam
WLPCTGBQualification
1 Coca-Cola Tigers 301.000—Advance to semifinals
2 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 21.6671
3 Batang Red Bull Thunder 12.3332
4 Barangay Ginebra Kings 03.0003
Source: PBA.ph

Talk 'N Text and Coca Cola advances to the semifinals, the Phone Pals defeated Barangay Ginebra, 99-86, while the Tigers nip Batang Red Bull, the team with the best record in the eliminations, 80-79. [4]

Bracket

Semifinals
(Best-of-5) 		Finals
(Best-of-7)
      
A1 Alaska 2
B2 Talk 'N Text 3
B2Talk 'N Text4
B1 Coca-Cola 2
B1 Coca-Cola 3
A2 Sta. Lucia 1 Third-place playoff
A1Alaska102
A2 Sta. Lucia 79

Semifinals

(A1) Alaska vs. (B2) Talk 'N Text

(B1) Coca Cola vs. (A2) Sta. Lucia

Third place playoff

July 2
Alaska Aces 102, Sta. Lucia Realtors 79

Finals

July 2
Coca Cola Tigers 93, Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 79

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References

  1. ↑ "Red Bull whips Coke". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  2. ↑ "Purefoods fights for life vs Red Bull". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  3. ↑ "SMB win allows Alaska to advance". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  4. ↑ "Phone Pals oust Kings". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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