2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup

2003 All-Filipino Cup February 23 – July 13, 2003 NBN/IBC Asi Taulava (Talk 'N Text Phone Pals) Asi Taulava (Talk 'N Text Phone Pals) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Coca Cola Tigers 2002 PBA All-Filipino Cup 2002 2004–05 PBA Philippine Cup 2004–05 2002 All-Filipino 2002 PBA All-Filipino Cup 2003 Invitational 2003 PBA Invitational Championship The 2003 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) All-Filipino Cup, or known as the 2003 Samsung-PBA All-Filipino Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2003 PBA season. It started on February 23 and ended on July 13, 2003. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which doesn't require 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 Thunder Shell Turbo Chargers Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Teams were divided into two groups but will play a two-round eliminations; 18 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams. The top four teams per group will qualify to the quarterfinals Quarterfinals will be a single round robin affair within the groups. Results from the elimination will not be carried over. The top two teams per group will qualify to the semifinal round. Best-of-five semifinals: SF1: A1 vs. B2 SF2: B1 vs. A2 Third-place playoff: losers of the semifinals Best-of-seven finals: winners of the semifinals Elimination round Group A Group B Batang Red Bull won 10 of their first 11 games of the season.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m0RaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZSUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3389%2C1709055 Red Bull whips Coke Philippine Daily Inquirer The Thunder were on a nine-game winning streak before suffering back-to-back losses to Talk 'N Text and FedEx.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_Fk1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2365%2C32187378 Purefoods fights for life vs Red Bull Philippine Daily Inquirer Quarterfinal round Group A Alaska beat Sta.Lucia, 75-66, and the Aces got a free ride to the semifinals from the San Miguel Beermen, which beat FedEx, 96-87. The Express were hoping to create a possible three-way tie.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zVk1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3173%2C8689455 SMB win allows Alaska to advance Philippine Daily Inquirer Group B Talk 'N Text and Coca Cola advances to the semifinals, the Phone Pals defeated Barangay Ginebra, 99-86, while the Tigers nip Batang Red Bull, the team with the best record in the eliminations, 80-79.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y1k1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=541%2C7003994 Phone Pals oust Kings Philippine Daily Inquirer Bracket Semifinals(Best-of-5) Finals(Best-of-7) Third-place playoff A1 Alaska 2 B2 Talk 'N Text 3 B1 Coca-Cola 3 A2 Sta. Lucia 1 B2 Talk 'N Text 4 B1 Coca-Cola 2 A1 Alaska 102 A2 Sta. Lucia 79 Semifinals (A1) Alaska vs. (B2) Talk 'N Text #eee June 20 PhilSports Arena, Pasig OT NBN/IBC recap Alaska Aces 109 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 115 June 22 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC recap Alaska Aces 86 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 77 #eee June 25 PhilSports Arena, Pasig NBN/IBC recap Alaska Aces 74 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 87 June 27 PhilSports Arena, Pasig OT NBN/IBC recap Alaska Aces 87 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 86 #eee June 29 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC recap Alaska Aces 88 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 92 Talk 'N Text wins series, 3–⁠2 (B1) Coca Cola vs. (A2) Sta. Lucia #eee June 20 PhilSports Arena, Pasig NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers 85 Sta. Lucia Realtors 70 June 22 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers 87 Sta. Lucia Realtors 90 #eee June 25 PhilSports Arena, Pasig NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers 94 Sta. Lucia Realtors 80 June 27 PhilSports Arena, Pasig NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers 99 Sta. Lucia Realtors 93 Coca Cola wins series, 3–⁠1 Third place playoff #eee July 2 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay NBN/IBC Alaska Aces 102 Sta. Lucia Realtors 79 Finals 2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals #eee July 2 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers 93 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 79 July 4 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers 92 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 89 #eee July 6 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers 59 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 67 July 9 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers 91 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 99 #eee July 11 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City OT NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers 92 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 97 July 13 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay NBN/IBC Coca Cola Tigers 76 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 78 Talk 'N Text wins series, 4–⁠2 References External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 All-Filipino Cup Category:PBA Philippine Cup