2003 PBA season

29th PBA season February 2023 February 2023 2003 PBA season Pba2003.png February 23 – December 14, 2003 10 Local: NBN, IBCInternational: The Filipino Channel 2003 PBA Draft Mike Cortez Alaska Aces Asi Taulava (Talk 'N Text Phone Pals) All-Filipino Cup 2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Coca Cola Tigers Invitational Cup 2003 PBA Invitational Cup Alaska Aces Coca Cola Tigers Reinforced Conference 2003 PBA Reinforced Conference Coca-Cola Tigers San Miguel Beermen 2002 PBA season 2002 2004-05 PBA season 2004-05 The 2003 PBA season was the 29th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Board of governors Executive committee Jose Emmanuel M. Eala (Commissioner) Casiano Cabalan Jr. (Chairman, representing Barangay Ginebra Kings) Manuel M. Encarnado (Vice-Chairman, representing Sta. Lucia Realtors) Angelito Alvarez (Treasurer, representing FedEx Express) Teams Team Company Governor Alternate Governor Alaska Aces Alaska Milk Corporation Wilfred Steven Uytengsu Joaquin Trillo Barangay Ginebra Kings La Tondeña Distillers, Inc. Casiano Cabalan Jr Ira Daniel Maniquis Batang Red Bull Thunder Photokina Marketing Corporation George Chua Manuel Mendoza Coca Cola Tigers Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. Jesse Macias FedEx Express Airfrieght 2100, Inc. Angelito Alvarez Alberto Lina Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Purefoods Corporation Francisco Alejo III Rene Pardo Sta. Lucia Realtors Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation Manuel Encarnado Ariel Magno San Miguel Beermen San Miguel Brewery, Inc. Alberto Malapit Ely Capacio Shell Turbo Chargers Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation Roberto Kanapi Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company Ricky Vargas Al Panlilio Opening ceremonies The muses for the participating teams are as follows: Team Muse Alaska Aces Michelle Quizon Batang Red Bull Thunder Four Binibining Pilipinas-Miss World Barangay Ginebra Kings Aubrey Miles Coca-Cola Tigers Zorayda Ruth Andam FedEx Express Sandra Seifert Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Maxene Magalona San Miguel Beermen Apreal Tolentino Shell Turbo Chargers Phoemela Baranda Sta. Lucia Realtors Cindy Kurleto Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Mika Lim Notable occurrences The NBN/IBC consortium took over the league's TV coverage after winning the TV rights over the league's TV partner Viva Television in December 2002. Board, NBN/IBC seal TV deal, Nelson Beltran, The Philippine Star, January 17, 2003 Noli Eala became the league's sixth commissioner after Jun Bernardino retired at the end of the 2002 season. The league reintroduced the Invitational Championship and the Reinforced Conference. The league reverted their rules of playing 12-minute quarters and the use of the 6.75 m (22.1 feet) three point line. The eight-second backcourt rule was retained. In 2002, the league adopted all of the FIBA basketball rules to prepare the players that will play for the Asian Games in Busan. Zone, 12-minute quarter mulled, Nelson Beltran, The Philippine Star, January 8, 2003 The Talk 'N Text Phone Pals filed a game protest on their match against the Barangay Ginebra Kings on March 21 and questioned the nullification of a possible game-winning shot of Asi Taulava with 0.2 seconds remaining in the first overtime. Barangay Ginebra eventually won the match, 122–117 in the second overtime.Phone Pals to protest Kings' double OT win, June Navarro, Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 22, 2003 On March 26, PBA commissioner Noli Eala ordered to replay the game on April 22. All game statistics from the nullified game, including the 45-point, 18-rebound explosion of Eric Menk of Barangay Ginebra, and the 40-point, 14-assist output of Jimmy Alapag of Talk 'N Text will be removed from the PBA records.Technical Error: Ginebra-Talk 'N Text replay set April 22, Dennis Eroa, Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 26, 2003 The replay was won by Talk 'N Text, 90–87.Phone Pals foil Kings in replay, June Navarro, Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 23, 2003 The league's greatest rivalry; the Crispa Redmanizers and Toyota Tamaraws clash in a reunion game coinciding the league's All-Star Weekend at the Araneta Coliseum.Crispa, Toyota clash for old times' sake, Philippine Daily Inquirer The Toyota Tamaraws won, 65–61. The NBN/IBC consortium and the PBA contested the placement of logos of Beam Toothpaste at the Araneta Coliseum's basketball flooring. The advertisement placements were done between the Araneta Coliseum and Nelson Macaraig's Jonels Promotion. NBN - 4 protests Big Dome deal, Nelson Beltran, The Philippine Star, February 20, 2003 A same agreement was done by Jonels Promotion for the PhilSports Arena weeks after. PBA to go after PSC, too, Nelson Beltran, The Philippine Star, July 17, 2003 The league considered this as "backdoor advertising" as Macaraig did not enter an agreement with the PBA to put Beam's logos in the league's main playing venues and threatened the management of both venues that they will not hold their games at Araneta Coliseum and PhilSports Arena unless both will remove the Beam Toothpaste advertisements.PBA moving out of Big Dome?, Nelson Beltran, The Philippine Star, March 28, 2003 An estafa case was filed against Nelson Macaraig and Jonels Promotion after Macaraig issued a bounced check for P5 million for payment for the Beam Toothpaste advertisements at the Araneta Coliseum and PhilSports Arena.PBA to file estafa raps for bouncing check, Nelson Beltran, The Philippine Star, July 23, 2003 Commissioner Noli Eala sanctioned the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals with a P250,000 fine, for shooting at their opponent's basket at the closing seconds of their match against Red Bull Barako on August 13, 2003. Talk 'N Text was leading with one point 88-87 and wanted to force the game to overtime since Talk 'N Text needed to win at least eight points to enter the playoffs. Talk 'N Text coach Ariel Vanguardia was separately fined with P50,000 and suspended for five games.Farce costs Pals P.3M in fines, suspension, Nelson Beltran, The Philippine Star, August 16, 2003 A random drug testing was initiated by the league and two players were suspended for testing positive in illegal substance: Alex Crisano of the Barangay Ginebra Kings and Jimwell Torion of Red Bull Barako. Drugs, TV woes hound PBA, Nelson Beltran, The Philippine Star, May 1, 2003 2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup 2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup Elimination round Group A Group B Quarterfinal round Group A Group B Playoffs no 2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup Bracket Semifinals 5 (A1) Alaska Aces 3–1 (B2) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 109–115 86–77 74–87 87–86 88–92 (B1) Coca-Cola Tigers 3–1 (A2) Sta. Lucia Realtors 85–70 87–90 94–80 99–93 — |} Third place playoff (A1) Alaska Aces 102–70 (A2) Sta. Lucia Realtors Finals 2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals 7 (B1) Coca-Cola Tigers 2–4 (B2) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 93–79 92–89 59–67 91–99 92–97 76–78 — |} 2003 PBA Invitational championship 2003 PBA Invitational championship Qualification PBA Philippine Cup Combined standings from the 2002 PBA All-Filipino Cup: Top 5 teams qualify outright Bottom 5 teams proceed to last-chance qualifying Mabuhay Cup PBA-Samsung Mabuhay Cup Elimination round Group A Group B Playoffs Finals (B1) Alaska Aces 2–1 (B2) Coca-Cola Tigers 81–94 78–76 91–86 |} 2003 PBA Reinforced Conference 2003 PBA Reinforced Conference Elimination round Group A Group B Playoffs Quarterfinals 3 (A1) Sta. Lucia Realtors 2–1 (A4) Alaska Aces 88–79 84–95 88–86 (B1) Red Bull Barako 1–2 (B4) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 116–120 99–80 81–95 (A2) FedEx Express 0–2 (A3) San Miguel Beermen 92–97 90–100 — (B2) Coca-Cola Tigers 2–1 (B3) Barangay Ginebra Kings 94–104 85–77 92–86 |} Semifinals 5 (A1) Sta. Lucia Realtors 0–3 (A3) San Miguel Beermen 88–109 86–101 96–110 — — (B2) Coca-Cola Tigers 3–0 (B4) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 86–73 109–105 101–81 — — |} Third place playoff (A1) Sta. Lucia Realtors 106–123 (B4) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Finals 2003 PBA Reinforced Conference finals 7 (B2) Coca-Cola Tigers 4–3 (A3) San Miguel Beermen 81–84 103–79 81–86 87–84 86–84 80–85 92–84 |} Awards Most Valuable Player: Asi Taulava (Talk 'N Text)Asi is PBA's best for 2003, Philippine Daily Inquirer Rookie of the Year: Jimmy Alapag (Talk 'N Text) Sportsmanship Award: Patrick Fran Most Improved Player: Rafi Reavis (Coca-Cola) Defensive Player of the Year: Rudy Hatfield (Coca-Cola) Mythical Five Asi Taulava (Talk 'N Text) Jimmy Alapag (Talk 'N Text) Jeffrey Cariaso (Coca-Cola) Rudy Hatfield (Coca-Cola) Dennis Espino (Sta. Lucia) Mythical Second Team Johnny Abarrientos (Coca-Cola) Harvey Carey (Talk 'N Text) Marlou Aquino (Sta. Lucia) John Arigo (Alaska) Don Allado (Alaska) All Defensive Team Asi Taulava (Talk 'N Text) Rudy Hatfield (Coca-Cola) Marlou Aquino (Sta. Lucia) Patrick Fran (Talk 'N Text) Willie Miller (Red Bull) Gawad Emerson Coseteng Lifetime Achievement Award: Leo Prieto Awards given by PBA Press Corps Coach of the Year: Chot Reyes (Coca-Cola) Mr. Quality Minutes: Renren Ritualo (Fedex) Referee of the Year: Ogie Bernarte Darling of the Media: Asi Taulava (Talk 'N Text) Cumulative standings main WL percentage no no 1 none complete ALA 31 25 Alaska Aces BGK 16 25 Barangay Ginebra Kings COKE 44 21 Coca-Cola Tigers FDX 21 22 FedEx Express PF 9 27 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs RBT 30 13 Batang Red Bull Thunder SHL 10 25 Shell Turbo Chargers SLR 23 27 Sta. Lucia Realtors SMB 28 23 San Miguel Beermen TNT 32 24 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals YUG 1 3 KK Novi Sad G PHI 1 3 Cebuana Lhuillier G KOR 0 4 Yonsei University G CHN 0 4 Magnolia-Jilin G SF C C C F 3rd SF QF X X X X X X Best finish after gold Champions silver Finalist #CD7F32 Third place green1 Semifinalist yellow1 Quarterfinalist red1 Elimination round Elimination round The Mabuhay Cup records are treated as if they're elimination round games. main WL percentage no no 1 none complete ALA 21 18 Alaska Aces BGK 15 20 Barangay Ginebra Kings COKE 25 10 Coca-Cola Tigers FDX 18 17 FedEx Express PF 9 26 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs RBT 28 7 Batang Red Bull Thunder SHL 10 25 Shell Turbo Chargers SLR 18 17 Sta. Lucia Realtors SMB 19 16 San Miguel Beermen TNT 20 15 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals YUG 1 3 KK Novi Sad G PHI 1 3 Cebuana Lhuillier G KOR 0 4 Yonsei University G CHN 0 4 Magnolia-Jilin G after Playoffs main WL wins no no none complete ALA 10 7 Alaska Aces BGK 1 5 Barangay Ginebra Kings COKE 19 11 Coca-Cola Tigers FDX 3 5 FedEx Express PF 0 1 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs RBT 2 6 Batang Red Bull Thunder SHL 0 0 Shell Turbo Chargers SLR 5 10 Sta. Lucia Realtors SMB 9 7 San Miguel Beermen TNT 12 9 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals YUG 0 0 KK Novi Sad G PHI 0 0 Cebuana Lhuillier G KOR 0 0 Yonsei University G CHN 0 0 Magnolia-Jilin G after References PBA