2002 PBA Governors' Cup finals

Basketball tournament 2002 Governors Cup Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Ryan Gregorio 4 Alaska Aces Tim Cone 3 May 12–26, 2002 Kerby Raymundo Viva TV (IBC) DZSR 2001 2011 2001 Governors 2002 Commissioner's The 2002 Samsung-PBA Governors Cup finals was the best-of-7 basketball championship series of the 2002 PBA Governors Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs and Alaska Aces played for the 81st championship contested by the league.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tq41AAAAIBAJ&sjid=dyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1882%2C25383985 Hotdogs, Aces start best-of-7 series Philippine Daily Inquirer The Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs captured their 1st title in five years and sixth overall crown, coming back from a 0–2 overhaul and defeated the Alaska Aces in a seven-game series, it was also the first championship of the Purefoods franchise under a new ownership San Miguel Corporation, the finals victory made rookie coach Ryan Gregorio the youngest mentor to lead his team to a PBA title.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wa41AAAAIBAJ&sjid=dyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1847%2C32416961 Aces-Hotdogs do-or-die tiff tonight Philippine Daily Inquirer Series scoring summary TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7WinsPurefoods 73 102 80 82 84 78 91 4Alaska 79 106 66 76 72 85 76 3 Games summary Game 1 #eee May 12 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Viva TV recap Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 73 Alaska Aces |score2=79 21–16 14–27 18–16 20–20 Derrick Brown 35 James Head 23 Alaska leads series, 1–0 The aces forced the hotdogs into costly turnovers as Derrick Brown flubbed an attempt at point-blank while Rey Evangelista and Kerby Raymundo missed their shots down the stretch. The hotdogs were trying to come back from a 71–74 deficit in the last 46 seconds but Ron Riley and Bryan Gahol alternated in handcuffing Brown as the aces pulled away. Game 2 #eee May 14 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Viva TV 2OT recap Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 102 Alaska Aces |score2=106 21–22 19–21 22–28 22–13 9–9 Derrick Brown 45 Ron Riley 43 Alaska leads series, 2–0 Ron Riley hit three of his team's five triples in the third quarter as the aces slowly broke loose at 71–62 entering the fourth period. The game went into two overtimes, John Arigo missed a game-clinching running jumper with three seconds left in regulation, forcing the first extension, Bryan Gahol flubbed a free throw from a potential three-point play with 8.9 seconds remaining and threw away a finger roll, forcing the second overtime. Game 3 #eee May 16 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Viva TV recap Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs |score1=80 Alaska Aces 66 29–18 23–14 16–19 12–15 Derrick Brown 21 James Head 21 Alaska leads series, 2–1 Game 4 #eee May 19 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Viva TV recap Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs |score1=82 Alaska Aces 76 20–14 20–27 23–14 19–21 Derrick Brown 46 James Head 23 Series tied, 2–2 Game 5 #eee May 21 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Viva TV Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs |score1=84 Alaska Aces 72 17–20 25–11 22–16 20–25 Derrick Brown 25 John Arigo 22 Purefoods leads series, 3–2 The hotdogs built a 42–31 spread at halftime and padded the lead at 64–44, a few minutes left in the third quarter. Alaska coach Tim Cone was assessed a second technical foul and was ejected during the opening minutes of the final period, Ron Riley and John Arigo tried to rally the aces to trimmed the gap, 62–75, but Derrick Brown proved to be unstoppable as he led the attack for the hotdogs.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=va41AAAAIBAJ&sjid=dyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1872%2C30585583 Hotdogs a win away from crown Philippine Daily Inquirer Game 6 #eee May 23 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Viva TV Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 78 Alaska Aces |score2=85 16–18 17–24 12–19 33–24 Derrick Brown 27 James Head 23 Series tied, 3–3 The aces smothered the hotdogs in the third quarter and went to Rodney Santos, James Head and Ron Riley on the offensive end, a triple by Santos midway in the third period set the stage for a rout as Alaska took a comfortable 61–45 lead going into the last 10 minutes, the hotdogs suddenly crumbled without Kelvin Price on the floor. Purefoods coach Ryan Gregorio opted to save Price for last and left Derrick Brown to contend with Head and Riley.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v641AAAAIBAJ&sjid=dyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1905%2C31298771 Aces forced Game 7 against Hotdogs Philippine Daily Inquirer Game 7 #eee May 26 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Viva TV Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs |score1=91 Alaska Aces 76 24–10 20–20 21–24 26–22 Derrick Brown 21 James Head 29 Purefoods wins series, 4–3 The hotdogs sizzled hot and started strong, taking a 24–10 advantage at the end of the first quarter. The aces mounted a 16–4 run in the third quarter to come close but the hotdogs simply quelled the uprising, old reliables Ronnie Magsanoc and Alvin Patrimonio had their shining moments, a Magsanoc' triple and Derrick Brown's seven straight markers in the fourth halted Alaska's last-ditch stand.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wq41AAAAIBAJ&sjid=dyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1912%2C32983467 Purefoods captures PBA crown Philippine Daily Inquirer 2002 PBA Governors Cup Champions Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs Sixth title Rosters Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 2 Richard Yee F 6 4 UST PHI 3 Bonel Balingit C 6 9 Visayas PHI 5 Ronnie Magsanoc G 5 9 UP PHI 7 Rey Evangelista F 6 3 UST PHI 10 Marc Victoria F 6 3 FEU PHI 13 Roger Yap G 6 1 USJ-R PHI 14 Junel Mendiola G 6 1 PSBA PHI 16 Alvin Patrimonio F 6 3 Mapua PHI 18 Paul Guerrero F 6 4 Letran PHI 21 Kerby Raymundo C 6 6 Letran PHI 32 Derrick Brown basketball, born 1974 G 6 3 Providence USA I 33 Chris Cantonjos C 6 6 UST PHI 34 Jolly Escobar F 6 5 UE PHI Kelvin Price F 6 8 Charlotte USA I PHI Ryan Gregorio PHI Ramon Jose (I) Import Alaska Aces #C70309 #FFFFFF #000000 #FFFFFF 1 Philip Newton G 6 2 USA 6 Jojo Lastimosa G 6 0 USJ-R PHI 8 Don Allado C 6 6 De La Salle PHI 9 Rodney Santos G 6 1 San Sebastian PHI 10 Eric Reyes basketball F 6 3 Ateneo PHI 11 Richie Ticzon G 5 8 Ateneo PHI 21 Bryan Gahol F 6 4 UP PHI 22 James Walkvist C 6 10 USA 31 John Arigo F 6 4 Tampa USA 32 Ron Riley basketball, born 1973 F 6 5 Arizona State USA I James Head basketball F 6 7 Eastern Michigan USA I 41 Miguel Noble F 6 5 Utica USA USA Tim Cone PHI Richard Bachmann PHI Gilbert Reyes PHI Luigi Trillo (I) Import Broadcast notes Game Play-by-play Analyst Courtside ReportersGame 1 Noli Eala Tommy Manotoc Game 2 Ed Picson Quinito Henson Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Ed Picson TJ Manotoc Game 6 Noli Eala Quinito Henson Game 7 Ed Picson Quinito Henson TJ Manotoc and Chiqui Roa-Puno References 2002 Category:2002 PBA season Category:Alaska Aces (PBA) games Category:Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots games PBA Governors' Cup Finals