2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup

2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup
Duration	February 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 (TNT)
Finals MVP	Asi Taulava (TNT)
PBA All-Filipino Cup chronology
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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.

Format[]

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

• The teams were divided into 2 groups.

• Teams were divided into two groups but will play a two-round eliminations; 18 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win-loss records. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams.
• The top four teams per group will qualify to the quarterfinals
• Quarterfinals will be a single round robin affair within the groups. Results from the elimination will not be carried over.
• The top two teams per group will qualify to the semifinal round.
• Best-of-five semifinals:
  • SF1: A1 vs. B2
  • SF2: B1 vs. A2
• Third-place playoff: losers of the semifinals
• Best-of-seven finals: winners of the semifinals

Elimination round[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	12	6	.667	—	Advance to quarterfinal round
2	FedEx Express	10	8	.556	2
3	Alaska Aces	9	9	.500	3
4	Sta. Lucia Realtors	8	10	.444	4
5	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs	5	13	.278	7

Group B[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Batang Red Bull Thunder	14	4	.778	—	Advance to quarterfinal round
2	Coca-Cola Tigers	11	7	.611	3
3	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	10	8	.556	4
4	Barangay Ginebra Kings	6	12	.333	8
5	Shell Turbo Chargers	5	13	.278	9

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[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	2	1	.667[a]	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Sta. Lucia Realtors	2	1	.667[a]	��
3	San Miguel Beermen	1	2	.333[b]	1
4	FedEx Express	1	2	.333[b]	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[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Coca-Cola Tigers	3	0	1.000	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	2	1	.667	1
3	Batang Red Bull Thunder	1	2	.333	2
4	Barangay Ginebra Kings	0	3	.000	3

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
						B2	Talk 'N Text	4
						B1	Coca-Cola	2
	B1	Coca-Cola	3
	A2	Sta. Lucia	1			Third-place playoff
						A1	Alaska	102
						A2	Sta. Lucia	79

Semifinals[]

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

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

Third place playoff[]

Finals[]

References[]

External links[]

• PBA.ph