2003 PBA Reinforced Conference

Philippine basketball tournament 2003 Reinforced Conference August 30 – December 14, 2003 NBN/IBC Rudy Hatfield (Coca Cola Tigers) Artemus McClary (Coca Cola Tigers) Jeffrey Cariaso (Coca Cola Tigers) Coca Cola Tigers San Miguel Beermen 1989 PBA Reinforced Conference 1989 2003 Invitational 2003 PBA Invitational Championship 2004 Fiesta 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference The 2003 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) PBA Reinforced Conference, or known as the 2003 Samsung-PBA Reinforced Conference, was the third conference of the 2003 PBA season. It started on August 30 and ended on December 14, 2003. The tournament requires 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. Group A: Alaska Aces FedEx Express Purefoods TJ Hotdogs San Miguel Beermen Sta. Lucia Realtors Group B: Barangay Ginebra Kings Coca-Cola Tigers Red Bull Barako Shell Turbo Chargers Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Teams in a group will play each other twice and in the other group once; 13 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4bhjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=908%2C570002 Hotdogs seek vital win today Philippine Daily Inquirer The top four teams per group will qualify to the quarterfinal round. Best-of-three quarterfinal pairings: G1: #1 vs. #4 / #2 vs. #3 G2: #1 vs. #4 / #2 vs. #3 The two winners in each group will play in the Best-of-five semifinals. The two remaining teams that came out on top in their respective group will play in the Best-of-seven championship series. Losers of the semifinal series will battle for a one-game playoff for third place. Imports The following is the list of imports with the replacement imports being highlighted. GP is the number of games played in the conference. Team Name GP Debut Game Result (Total points) Alaska Aces USA Chris Carrawell 3 September 3 vs Sta.Lucia 78-82 loss (17 pts) USA Isaac Fontaine 14 September 17 vs Purefoods 97-91 win (38 pts) Barangay Ginebra Kings USA Ricky Price 9 August 31 vs SMB 85-82 win USA Rosell Ellis 7 October 15 vs TNT 95-90 win (25 pts) Red Bull Barako USA Ramel Lloyd 3 August 30 vs FedEx in Baguio City 100-92 win (43 pts) USA Scott Burrell 13 September 14 vs Sta.Lucia 89-74 win (19 pts) Coca Cola Tigers USA Artemus McClary 25 September 3 vs Purefoods 97-87 win FedEx Express USA Terrence Shannon 15 August 30 vs Red Bull in Baguio City 92-100 loss (29 pts) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs USA Harold Arceneaux 6 September 3 vs Coca-Cola 87-97 loss USA Lenny Cooke 8 October 3 vs FedEx 105-121 loss (49 pts)San Miguel Beermen USA Shea Seals 3 September 5 vs FedEx 76-84 loss (14 pts) USA Eric Dailey 1 September 12 vs Purefoods 76-77 loss USA Kwan Johnson 18 September 26 vs Purefoods 85-73 win (26 pts) USA Cedric Ceballos 1 December 5 vs Coca-Cola (finals game 3) 86-81 win (11 pts)Shell Turbo Chargers USA Sedric Webber 4 August 31 vs TNT 114-101 win (28 pts) USA Tim Breaux 1 September 27 vs Brgy.Ginebra in Calape, Bohol 96-110 loss (10 pts) USA Jamal Kendrick 6 October 1 vs SMB Sta. Lucia Realtors USA Nate James 8 September 3 vs Alaska 82-78 win (31 pts) USA Damian Owens 5 October 12 vs Purefoods 93-84 win USA Raymond Tutt 5 November 12 vs Alaska 88-79 win (19 pts) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals USA Damian Cantrell 20 August 31 vs Shell 101-114 loss (34 pts) Elimination round Qualified for quarterfinals Group A Fourth seed playoff #eee November 7 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay NBN/IBC recap Alaska Aces 93 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 88 Group B Red Bull had one win and two losses in their first three games with Ramel Lloyd as their import. When Scott Burrell, an eight-year NBA veteran and member of the 1998 NBA champion Chicago Bulls, came in to replaced Lloyd, the Barakos went on a 10-game winning streak and finish on top of Group B standings in a tie with Coca-Cola.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D7ljAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=965%2C38539242 Red Bull greets Burrell with big win over SLR Philippine Daily Inquirerhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5LhjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=820%2C2501705 Barakos whip Pals for No.10 Philippine Daily Inquirer Bracket Quarterfinals (A1) Sta. Lucia vs (A4) Alaska #eee November 12 PhilSports Arena, Pasig NBN/IBC recap Sta. Lucia Realtors 88 Alaska Aces 79 November 16 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC Sta. Lucia Realtors 84 Alaska Aces 95 #eee November 21 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC recap Sta. Lucia Realtors 88 Alaska Aces 86 Sta.Lucia wins series, 2–1 (B1) Red Bull vs. (B4) Talk 'N Text #eee November 9 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC recap Red Bull Barako 116 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 120 November 14 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay NBN/IBC Red Bull Barako 99 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 80 #eee November 19 PhilSports Arena, Pasig NBN/IBC recap Red Bull Barako 81 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 95 Talk 'N Text wins series, 2–1 (A2) FedEx vs. (A3) San Miguel #eee November 12 PhilSports Arena, Pasig NBN/IBC FedEx Express 92 San Miguel Beermen 97 November 16 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC recap FedEx Express 90 San Miguel Beermen 100 San Miguel wins series, 2–0 (B2) Coca Cola vs. (B3) Barangay Ginebra #eee November 9 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers 94 Barangay Ginebra Kings 104 November 14 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay NBN/IBC recap Coca Cola Tigers 85 Barangay Ginebra Kings 77 #eee November 19 PhilSports Arena, Pasig NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers 92 Barangay Ginebra Kings 86 Coca Cola wins series, 2–1 Semifinals (A1) Sta. Lucia vs. (A3) San Miguel #eee November 23 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC Sta. Lucia Realtors 88 San Miguel Beermen 109 November 26 Philsports Arena, Pasig NBN/IBC recap Sta. Lucia Realtors 86 San Miguel Beermen 101 #eee November 28 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay NBN/IBC Sta. Lucia Realtors 96 San Miguel Beermen 110 San Miguel wins series, 3–0 (B2) Coca Cola vs. (B4) Talk 'N Text #eee November 23 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC recap Coca Cola Tigers 88 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 73 November 26 Philsports Arena, Pasig NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers 109 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 105 #eee November 28 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay NBN/IBC recap Coca Cola Tigers 101 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 81 Coca-Cola wins series, 3–⁠0 Third place playoff #eee November 30 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC Sta. Lucia Realtors 106 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 123 Finals 2003 PBA Reinforced Conference finals #eee November 30 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers 81 San Miguel Beermen 84 December 3 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers 103 San Miguel Beermen 79 #eee December 5 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers 81 San Miguel Beermen 86 December 7 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers 87 San Miguel Beermen 84 #eee December 10 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers 86 San Miguel Beermen 84 December 12 Philsports Arena, Pasig NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers 80 San Miguel Beermen 85 #eee December 14 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers 92 San Miguel Beermen 84 Coca Cola wins series, 4–⁠3 References External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 Reinforced Conference Category:PBA Reinforced Conference