2002 PBA Governors' Cup

2002 PBA Governors' Cup
Duration	February 10 – May 26, 2002
TV partner(s)	Viva TV on IBC
Finals
Champions	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
Runners-up	Alaska Aces
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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]

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:

• Zone defense will be allowed.
• Total time of the game would be reduced to 40 minutes, 10-minute quarters.
• The time allowed for an offensive team to cross the halfcourt line was reduced from 10 to eight seconds.

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

Team	Name	GP	Name	GP
Alaska Aces		7	Ron Riley	24
		17
Barangay Ginebra Kings	Bubba Wells	3		11
	Desmond Ferguson	3
		5
Batang Red Bull Thunder	Joe Bunn	11	Julius Nwosu	10
	Sean Lampley	1	Antonio Lang	2
Coca Cola Tigers		4	Rosell Ellis	18
		14
FedEx Express	Rodrick Rhodes	2	Jermaine Walker	12
		10
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs	Leonard White	11		24
		13
San Miguel Beermen		2	Lamont Strothers	19
	Mario Bennett	17
Shell Turbo Chargers		3	Askia Jones	11
		7
	Cedric Webber	1
Sta. Lucia Realtors		3	Johnny Taylor	1
	Mark Davis	9		11
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	Jerald Honeycutt	13	Richie Frahm	13

Elimination round[]

Team standings[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Coca-Cola Tigers	8	3	.727[a]	1
3	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs	8	3	.727[a]	1
4	Alaska Aces	6	5	.545[b]	3
5	FedEx Express	6	5	.545[b]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Batang Red Bull Thunder	6	5	.545[b]	3
7	Sta. Lucia Realtors	5	6	.455[c]	4
8	San Miguel Beermen	5	6	.455[c]	4
9	RP–Hapee Toothpaste (G)	4	7	.364[d]	5
10	RP–Selecta Ice Cream (G)	4	7	.364[d]	5
11	Barangay Ginebra Kings	3	8	.273	6
12	Shell Turbo Chargers	2	9	.182	7

Bracket[]

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals (Best-of-5)					Finals (Best-of-7)
		#1 twice-to-beat
	1	Talk 'N Text	70	70
	8	San Miguel	79	81
							8	San Miguel	2
		#4 twice-to-beat					4	Alaska	3
	4	Alaska	74
	5	FedEx	71
												4	Alaska	3
		#2 twice-to-beat										3	Purefoods	4
	2	Coca Cola	75
	7	Sta. Lucia	65
							2	Coca Cola	2
		#3 twice-to-beat					3	Purefoods	3			Third place playoff
	3	Purefoods	82								8	San Miguel	63
	6	Red Bull	77									2	Coca Cola	75

Quarterfinals[]

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

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

(3) Purefoods vs. (6) Red Bull[]

(4) Alaska vs. (5) FedEx[]

Semifinals[]

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

(4) Alaska vs. (8) San Miguel[]

Third place playoff[]

Finals[]

References[]

External links[]

• PBA.ph