2003 PBA Reinforced Conference finals

May 2023 May 2023 2003 Reinforced Conference Coca Cola Tigers Chot Reyes 4 San Miguel Beermen Jong Uichico 3 November 30 – December 14, 2003 Jeffrey Cariaso NBN Radyo PBA 1989 2003 Invitational 2004 Fiesta The 2003 Samsung-PBA Reinforced Conference finals, for sponsorship reasons, was the best-of-7 basketball championship series of the 2003 PBA Reinforced Conference and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and Coca Cola Tigers played for the 86th championship contested by the league.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9LhjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2564%2C16274295 San Miguel-Coke series on Philippine Daily Inquirerhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z0RaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZSUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1488%2C28803145 SMB-Coke do-or-die tiff today Philippine Daily Inquirer After two runner-up finishes in the first two conferences, the Coca Cola Tigers won their 2nd PBA title with a 4–3 series victory over San Miguel Beermen. Series scoring summary TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7WinsCoca Cola 81 103 81 87 86 80 92 4San Miguel 84 79 86 84 84 85 84 3 Games summary Game 1 #eee November 30 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC recap Coca Cola Tigers 81 San Miguel Beermen |score2=84 20–25 18–17 22–27 21–15 Artemus McClary 33 Kwan Johnson 17 Danny Ildefonso 17 San Miguel leads series, 1–0 The Beermen bucked the absence of Kwan Johnson and leaned on Danny Ildefonso down the stretch, Ildefonso scored 11 of his team's last 15 points and stole the ball from Coca Cola import Tee McClary with four seconds remaining as the Beermen escaped with a thrilling victory. SMB import Kwan Johnson spent the entire fourth period on the bench after hurting his left groin late in the third quarter. Rudy Hatfield and McClary joined forces in a 19–6 Tigers' run that cut the Beermen's 14-point lead to just one, 79–80, with barely a minute remaining. Game 2 #eee December 3 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers |score1=103 San Miguel Beermen 79 Series tied, 1–1 With the score at 62–43 in Coca Cola's favor, Tigers' import Tee McClary planted an elbow on Beerman Danny Ildefonso's side during a deadball situation in the third quarter, prompting the latter to retaliate with a close-fist assault, both players were thrown out of the ballgame. McClary and Ildefonso were suspended in the following game of the finals series for figuring in a fight. Game 3 #eee December 5 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC recap Coca Cola Tigers 81 San Miguel Beermen |score2=86 23–26 11–19 24–17 23–24 Jeffrey Cariaso 26 Dondon Hontiveros 22 San Miguel leads series, 2–1 Dondon Hontiveros stepped up in the absence of San Miguel import Kwan Johnson and Danny Ildefonso, the cebuano hotshot pumped in 13 of his team-high 22 points in the fourth quarter as the Beermen went through several deadlocks before putting the sting out of the importless Tigers. The Beermen brought in Cedric Ceballos, a last-minute replacement for the injured Johnson on a temporary basis, the NBA's 1992 slam dunk contest champion tossed in 11 points and hauled down 10 rebounds in 38 minutes of action. Game 4 #eee December 7 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC recap Coca Cola Tigers |score1=87 San Miguel Beermen 84 21–24 24–21 28–17 14–22 Artemus McClary 34 Kwan Johnson 19 Danny Ildefonso 19 Series tied, 2–2 The Tigers led, 73–62, entering the fourth quarter when Danny Ildefonso and Dorian Peña rallied the Beermen and gave them an 82–81 edge after a long scoreless spell by the Tigers, Rudy Hatfield nailed a triple with 49 seconds left that broke an 84-all deadlock and Hatfield, who scored 16 points with 16 rebounds, capped his heroics with a block on Dondon Hontiveros' potential game-tying three-pointer at the buzzer to preserved the Tigers' win. Game 5 #eee December 10 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers |score1=86 San Miguel Beermen 84 21–17 11–20 31–25 23–22 Artemus McClary 17 Kwan Johnson 30 Coca Cola leads series, 3–2 Rob Wainwright scored 11 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter and along with Jeffrey Cariaso, stole the thunder from import Tee McClary as they spearheaded the Tigers' offensive in the payoff period that opened an 85–79 spread for the Tigers with less than two minutes remaining. SMB import Kwan Johnson, who return from a groin injury, flubbed a go-ahead triple in the final 21 seconds and saw his drive at the buzzer rim out, allowing the Tigers to escaped with a two-point victory.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zERaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZSUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2282%2C26835319 Tigers a win from crown Philippine Daily Inquirer Game 6 #eee December 12 Philsports Arena, Pasig NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers 80 San Miguel Beermen |score2=85 Series tied, 3–3 Game 7 #eee December 14 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers |score1=92 San Miguel Beermen 84 21–27 23–14 21–18 27–25 Artemus McClary 25 Dorian Peña 23 Coca Cola wins series, 4–3 The Tigers were up, 65–59, entering the final quarter. Tee McClary scored 11 of his 25 points in the fourth period and pounced on those eight turnovers by the Beermen as Coca Cola got their biggest lead of the game at 85–70 with 5:45 left, the Beermen countered with a 12–2 surge to trim the deficit to 82–87 with 1:39 remaining.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0ERaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZSUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1083%2C29592177 Tigers triumph Philippine Daily Inquirer 2003 PBA Reinforced Conference Champions Coca Cola Tigers 2nd title Rosters Coca-Cola Tigers 4 Rafi Reavis F 6 6 Coppin State USA 5 Rob Wainwright basketball G 6 5 Solano CC USA 8 Gec Chia G 6 2 Ateneo PHI 9 Gilbert Lao C 6 7 UST PHI 10 Ato Morano G 6 0 San Beda PHI 14 Johnny Abarrientos G 5 8 FEU PHI 16 Bong Hawkins F 6 4 UPHSD PHI 18 Leo Avenido G 6 2 FEU PHI 20 Artemus McClary G 6 3 Jacksonville USA I 21 Reynel Hugnatan F 6 3 Manila PHI 22 Jeffrey Cariaso G 6 2 Sonoma State USA 24 Cris Bolado C 6 7 National-U PHI 25 Freddie Abuda F 6 4 Cebu PHI 31 William Antonio G 6 3 Chaminade USA 32 Poch Juinio C 6 5 UP PHI 99 Rudy Hatfield F 6 3 UM–Dearborn USA PHI Chot Reyes PHI Nash Racela PHI Biboy Ravanes PHI Binky Favis PHI Aboy Castro PHI Mike Reyes (I) Import San Miguel Beermen 1 Boybits Victoria G 5 10 San Beda PHI 2 Bryan Gahol F 6 4 UP PHI 3 Nic Belasco F 6 4 Notre Dame College USA 4 Dorian Peña C 6 6 Coppin State USA 6 Billy Moody G 6 1 Letran PHI 7 Dondon Hontiveros G 6 2 Cebu PHI 10 Danny Ildefonso FC 6 6 National-U PHI 11 Arnold Calo F 6 3 MLQU PHI 14 Benjie Paras C 6 5 UP PHI 17 Olsen Racela G 5 10 Ateneo PHI 21 Joey Mente G 5 10 Lyceum PHI 22 Arnold Gamboa FC 6 6 FEU PHI 23 Kwan Johnson G 6 3 New Orleans USA I 24 Cedric Ceballos F 6 4 Cal State Fullerton USA I 29 Marlon Legaspi F 6 5 MLQU PHI PHI Jong Uichico PHI Siot Tanquingcen PHI Arturo Dela Cruz (I) Import Broadcast notes Game Play-by-play AnalystGame 1 Sev Sarmenta Norman BlackGame 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Vitto Lazatin Norman BlackGame 6 Sev Sarmenta Quinito HensonGame 7 Mico Halili Jayvee Gayoso References External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ August 9, 2017 2003 Category:San Miguel Beermen games Category:Powerade Tigers games Category:2003 PBA season PBA Reinforced Conference Finals PBA Reinforced Conference Finals