2003 San Miguel Beermen season

2003 San Miguel Beermen San Miguel Beermen Jong Uichico All-Filipino Cup 13 8 N/A QF Invitational Cup 2 2 N/A N/A Reinforced Conference 13 12 2nd Runner-up San Miguel Corporation Robert NonHenson Joaquin M. Quinito Henson 2003-03-26 Dream come true https://www.philstar.com/sports/2003/03/26/200357/dream-come-true 2024-08-07 Philstar.com 2002 2004–05 The 2003 San Miguel Beermen season was the 29th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Draft picks 2003 PBA draft Finals stint After missing out the finals in the last five conferences, the Beermen made it to the championship playoffs in the Reinforced Third Conference. The Beermen dropped their first five games in the eliminations, playing without an import in their first game before returnee Shea Seals suited up. Seals was replaced by Eric Dailey, who played one game before the Beermen reactivate Seals only to be replaced again this time by former Sta. Lucia import Kwan Johnson, who led the team to their first victory in their six outing, an 85–73 win over Purefoods TJ Hotdogs on September 26.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GLljAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=740,43821817 Beermen ends losing spell with Johnson Philippine Daily Inquirer – Google News Archive Search 26 October 2016 San Miguel had five wins and eight losses at the end of the elimination round. The Beermen scored a two-game sweep off FedEx Express in the best-of-three quarterfinals and a three-game sweep over Sta.Lucia Realtors in the best-of-five semifinals to make it all the way to the championship series against the Coca-Cola Tigers. The Beermen led 2–1 in the series but lost to the Tigers in seven games. 2003 PBA Reinforced Conference finals Occurrences Center Dorian Peña was suspended for two games during the All-Filipino Cup when he was tested positive of traces of marijuana in a drug test conducted by the PBA. On June 12, two-time MVP Benjie Paras came out of retirement to sign a two-month contract with San Miguel, only his second team in a 14-year PBA career that started in 1989. The former Shell franchise player announced his retirement earlier in the year.http://www.arabnews.com/node/232845 Paras Comes Out of Retirement as a Beerman 13 June 2003 26 October 2016 When Kwan Johnson suffered a groin injury in Game one of the PBA Reinforced Conference finals, San Miguel played importless in the second game of the title series which they lost via rout. The Beermen decided to tap NBA veteran Cedric Ceballos as a temporary replacement in Game three and then opted to stick with Kwan Johnson for the rest of the finals series.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yERaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZSUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=672%2C24416631 Johnson expected to suit up for SMB Philippine Daily Inquirer Roster San Miguel Beermen 2003 1 Boybits Victoria G 5 10 San Beda College PHI 2 Bryan Gahol F 6 4 University of the Philippines 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 University of Cebu PHI 10 Danny Ildefonso FC 6 6 National University (Philippines) PHI 11 Arnold Calo F 6 3 Manuel L. Quezon University PHI 14 Benjie Paras C 6 5 University of the Philippines 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 29 Marlon Legaspi F 6 5 Manuel L. Quezon University PHI 41 Eric Dailey F 6 4 Western Carolina USA I 32 Shea Seals G 6 3 Tulsa USA I 23 Kwan Johnson G 6 3 New Orleans USA I 24 Cedric Ceballos F 6 4 Cal State Fullerton USA I PHI Jong Uichico PHI Siot Tanquingcen PHI Arturo Dela Cruz (I) Import Game results All-Filipino Cup Date Opponent Score Top scorer Venue Location February 28 Coca-Cola 67–72 Makati Coliseum Makati City March 5 Red Bull 93–90 Philsports Arena Pasig March 9 Talk 'N Text 79–83 Araneta Coliseum Quezon City March 14 Brgy.Ginebra 80–76 Philsports Arena Pasig March 19 Alaska 81–76 Philsports Arena Pasig March 22 Shell 89–81 Lamberto Macias Sports Center Dumaguete City March 28 Purefoods 85–88 Hontiveros (22 pts) Araneta Coliseum Quezon City April 4 Red Bull 93–96 Philsports Arena Pasig April 11 Sta.Lucia 80–77 OT Makati Coliseum Makati City April 16 FedEx 81–91 Belasco (21 pts) Philsports Arena Pasig April 23 Purefoods 72–82 Philsports Arena Pasig April 26 Alaska 78–69 Ynares Center Antipolo City May 3 Sta.Lucia 81–70 Puerto Princesa, Palawan May 7 Brgy.Ginebra 103–97 Phil sports Arena Pasig May 14 Coca-Cola 82–77 Philsports Arena Pasig May 16 Shell 76–58 Ynares Center Antipolo City May 23 FedEx 88–79 Makati Coliseum Makati City May 28 Talk 'N Text 106–102 Belasco (27 pts) Philsports Arena Pasig #FFFF99 Win #ccffcc Win via OT #FFFFCC loss #ccccff loss via OT References Category:San Miguel Beermen seasons San