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| 2003 Red Bull Barako season | |
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| Head coach | Yeng Guiao |
| General Manager | Tony Chua |
| Owner(s) | Tony Chua |
| All-Filipino Cup results | |
| Record | 15–6 (71.4%) |
| Place | N/A |
| Playoff finish | QF |
| Invitational Cup results | |
| Record | 3–3 (50%) |
| Place | 4th |
| Playoff finish | Semis (lost to Alaska) |
| Reinforced Conference results | |
| Record | 12–4 (75%) |
| Place | N/A |
| Playoff finish | QF (lost to TNT) |
| Red Bull Barako seasons | |
The 2003 Red Bull Barako season was the fourth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as Red Bull Barako starting the Invitational Conference.
Red Bull Barako were tied with FedEx at 3–1 in the Group A standings of the Invitational Conference and gain the last berth in the crossover semifinals by way of a controversial ending in their game against Talk 'N Text, which the Phone Pals won 88–87, but needed to win by 8 points. The TNT players went to the extent of shooting on the Red Bull's goal while enjoying the lead in the closing seconds. [1]
In the Reinforced Conference best-of-three quarterfinals series against Talk 'N Text, Red Bull lost in the deciding third game where guard Jimwell Torion put in a vicious clothesline on Phone Pal Jimmy Alapag with the outcome of the game beyond doubt, Torion's actions serve him an eight-month suspension. [2]
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| Date | Opponent | Score | Top scorer | Venue | Location |
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| February 28 | FedEx | 79–71 | Miller (21 pts) | Makati Coliseum | Makati City |
| March 5 | San Miguel | 90–93 | Philsports Arena | Pasig | |
| March 12 | Sta.Lucia | 92–83 | Philsports Arena | Pasig | |
| March 16 | Purefoods | 98–90 | Araneta Coliseum | Quezon City | |
| March 21 | Coca-Cola | 80–79 | Araneta Coliseum | Quezon City | |
| March 26 | Alaska | 95–79 | Makati Coliseum | Makati City | |
| March 29 | Talk 'N Text | 94–88 | Miller (21 pts) | Cebu City | |
| April 4 | San Miguel | 96–93 | Philsports Arena | Pasig | |
| April 6 | Shell | Philsports Arena | Pasig | ||
| April 13 | Brgy.Ginebra | 105–97 | Philsports Arena | Pasig | |
| April 20 | Coca-Cola | 102–94 | Se (18 pts) | Araneta Coliseum | Quezon City |
| April 25 | Talk 'N Text | Philsports Arena | Pasig | ||
| April 27 | FedEx | 78–81 | Araneta Coliseum | Quezon City | |
| May 2 | Purefoods | 105–86 | Miller (30 pts) | Philsports Arena | Pasig |
| May 7 | Sta.Lucia | 89–95 | Philsports Arena | Pasig | |
| May 10 | Alaska | 92–82 | Tagbilaran, Bohol | ||
| May 16 | Brgy.Ginebra | 101–83 | Ynares Center | Antipolo City | |
| May 21 | Shell | 108–104 | Harp (29 pts) | Philsports Arena | Pasig |
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