2002 PBA season

28th PBA season September 2022 February 2023 February 2023 2002 PBA season 2002PBASeasonLogo.png February 10 – December 25, 2002 10 Local: Viva TV (IBC)International: The Filipino Channel 2002 PBA Draft Yancy de Ocampo FedEx Express Willie Miller (Batang Red Bull Thunder) Governors Cup 2002 PBA Governors Cup Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Alaska Aces Commissioner's Cup 2002 PBA Commissioner's Cup Batang Red Bull Thunder Talk 'N Text Phone Pals All-Filipino Cup 2002 PBA All-Filipino Cup Coca-Cola Tigers Alaska Aces 2001 PBA season 2001 2003 PBA season 2003 The 2002 PBA season was the 28th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Board of governors Executive committee Emilio Bernardino, Jr. (Commissioner) Francisco Alejo III (Chairman, representing Purefoods TJ Hotdogs) Casiano Cabalan Jr. (Vice-Chairman, representing Barangay Ginebra Kings) 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. Jose Bayani Baylon Emmanuel Puno FedEx Express Airfreight 2100, Inc. Angelito Alvarez Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Purefoods Corporation Francisco Alejo III Ely Capacio Sta. Lucia Realtors Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation Manuel Encarnado Ariel Magno San Miguel Beermen San Miguel Brewery, Inc. Alberto Malapit Shell Turbo Chargers Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation Roberto Kanapi Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company Victorico Vargas Al Panlilio Notable occurrences The league revised its season calendar to accommodate the participation of its players for the upcoming 2002 Asian Games. The Governors' Cup became the first conference of the season while the All-Filipino became the third and final conference.September 2022 The pool for the national team were divided into two teams: Selecta-RP and Hapee-RP. Both teams participated for the Governors' Cup. The teams were later merged to form the final lineup of the national team in the Commissioner's Cup, retaining the Selecta-RP branding. Talk 'N Text coach Bill Bayno was fined PHP200,000 after publicly criticizing the league and its official.Bayno fined a record P.2 for hitting PBA officiating by June Navarro, Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 14, 2002 This came after Bayno branded the league as "San Miguel Basketball Association" and charged the league officials are favoring the four SMC-owned teams (San Miguel Beermen, Barangay Ginebra Kings, Coca Cola Tigers and Purefoods TJ Hotdogs).Bernardino summons Bayno, by June Navarro, Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 13, 2002. This was the last season in which the Commissioner's and Governors Cup were disputed before the tournaments were reinstated in the 2010–11 season. They were replaced in 2003 by the Invitational and Reinforced Conferences in 2003, and eventually the Fiesta Conference in 2004 after the league reduced the number of conferences in a PBA season to two. Opening ceremonies The muses for the participating teams are as follows: Team Muse Alaska Aces Pia Guanio Batang Red Bull Thunder Assunta de Rossi and Alessandra de Rossi Barangay Ginebra Kings Rica Peralejo Coca-Cola Tigers Thalia Parks and Yeng Serrano FedEx Express Patricia Coronado Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Zorayda Andam San Miguel Beermen Anna Shire Shell Turbo Chargers LJ Moreno Sta. Lucia Realtors Juliet Duncan Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Cheska Garcia 2002 PBA Governors' Cup 2002 PBA Governors' Cup Elimination round Playoffs Quarterfinals Series y (1) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals* 0–2 (8) San Miguel Beermen 70–79 70–81 (2) Coca-Cola Tigers* 1–0 (7) Sta. Lucia Realtors 75–65 — (3) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs* 1–0 (6) Batang Red Bull Thunder 82–77 — (4) Alaska Aces* 1–0 (5) FedEx Express 74–71 — |}*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice. Semifinals 5 (2) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 3–2 (3) Coca-Cola Tigers 89–86 84–75 72–77 59–64 78–75 (4) Alaska Aces 3–2 (8) San Miguel Beermen 66–72 67–63 61–68 74–63 65–62 |} Third place playoff (3) Coca-Cola Tigers 75–63 (8) San Miguel Beermen Finals 2002 PBA Governors' Cup finals 7 (3) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 4–3 (4) Alaska Aces 73–79 102–106 2 80–66 82–76 84–72 78–85 91–76 |} 2002 PBA Commissioner's Cup 2002 PBA Commissioner's Cup Elimination round Playoffs Quarterfinals Series y (1) Batang Red Bull Thunder* 1–0 (8) Shell Turbo Chargers 73–54 — (2) Sta. Lucia Realtors* 0–2 (7) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 79–87 70–80 (3) Alaska Aces* 1–1 (6) FedEx Express 76–79 82–67 (4) San Miguel Beermen* 1–1 (5) Coca-Cola Tigers 80–84 90–84 |}*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice. Semifinals 5 (1) Batang Red Bull Thunder 3–1 (4) San Miguel Beermen 72–68 83–80 68–102 85–80 — (3) Alaska Aces 3–2 (7) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 78–82 79–87 84–81 82–76 73–89 |} Third place playoff (3) Alaska Aces 85–88 (4) San Miguel Beermen Finals 2002 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals 7 (1) Batang Red Bull Thunder 4–3 (7) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 100–102 96–86 71–80 89–81 55–77 86–78 67–60 |} 2002 PBA All-Filipino Cup 2002 PBA All-Filipino Cup Elimination round Playoffs Quarterfinals (3) Coca-Cola Tigers 64–61 (6) Sta. Lucia Realtors (4) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 63–82 (5) Alaska Aces Semifinals 3 (1) Red Bull Thunder 1–2 (5) Alaska Aces 79–70 68–83 71–80 (2) Coca-Cola Tigers 2–1 (3) San Miguel Beermen 62–76 74–62 62–74 |} Third place playoff (1) Red Bull Thunder 81–83 (2) San Miguel Beermen Finals 2002 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals 5 (3) Coca-Cola Tigers 3–1 (5) Alaska Aces 67–70 72–69 62–60 78–63 — |} Awards Most Valuable Player: Willie Miller (Red Bull) Rookie of the Year: Ren-Ren Ritualo (FedEx) Sportsmanship Award: Paolo Mendoza (Sta. Lucia) Most Improved Player: Rob Duat (Alaska) Defensive Player of the Year: Davonn Harp (Red Bull) Mythical Five Willie Miller (Red Bull) Davonn Harp (Red Bull) Jeffrey Cariaso (Coca-Cola) Victor Pablo (Talk 'N Text) Don Allado (Alaska) Mythical Second Team Asi Taulava (Talk 'N Text) Gilbert Demape (Talk 'N Text) Nic Belasco (San Miguel) Kerby Raymundo (Purefoods) Rey Evangelista (Purefoods) All Defensive Team Davonn Harp (Red Bull) Chris Jackson (Shell) Rudy Hatfield (Coca-Cola) Jeffrey Cariaso (Coca-Cola) Rey Evangelista (Purefoods) Awards given by the PBA Press Corps Coach of the Year: Ryan Gregorio (Purefoods) Mr. Quality Minutes: Ato Morano (Coca-Cola) Executive of the Year: George C. Chua (Red Bull) Comeback Player of the Year: Ronnie Magsanoc (Purefoods) Referee of the Year: Mario Montiel Cumulative standings main WL percentage no no 1 none complete COC RB TNT SMB ALA PF SLR FED HAP SHL BGK SEL 31 28 8 22 30 17 31 16 14 19 22 21 26 23 10 22 17 18 27 20 4 7 7 14 Alaska Aces Barangay Ginebra Kings Batang Red Bull Thunder Coca-Cola Tigers FedEx Express Purefoods TJ Hotdogs San Miguel Beermen Shell Turbo Chargers Sta. Lucia Realtors Talk 'N Text Phone Pals RP-Hapee Toothpaste G RP-Selecta Ice Cream G C C F 3rd F C QF QF X QF X X Best finish after gold Champions silver Finalist #CD7F32 Third place yellow1 Quarterfinalist red1 Elimination round Elimination round main WL percentage no no 1 none complete RB COC TNT ALA SMB SLR PF FED HAP SHL SEL BGK 17 13 Elimination round head-to-head: Alaska 2–1 San Miguel 8 22 21 9 20 10 13 17 14 16 17 13 ALA 10 20 16 14 19 11 4 7 7 14 Alaska Aces Barangay Ginebra Kings Batang Red Bull Thunder Coca-Cola Tigers FedEx Express Purefoods TJ Hotdogs San Miguel Beermen Shell Turbo Chargers Sta. Lucia Realtors Talk 'N Text Phone Pals RP-Hapee Toothpaste G RP-Selecta Ice Cream G Playoffs main WL wins no no 1 none complete ALA CC SMB RB PF TNT FED SLR SHL BGK 14 15 0 0 9 8 10 7 1 2 8 5 10 9 0 2 1 4 8 9 Alaska Aces Barangay Ginebra Kings Batang Red Bull Thunder Coca-Cola Tigers FedEx Express Purefoods TJ Hotdogs San Miguel Beermen Shell Turbo Chargers Sta. 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