2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals

Basketball cup finals 2003 All-Filipino Cup Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Joel Banal 4 Coca Cola Tigers Chot Reyes 2 July 2–13, 2003 Asi Taulava NBN/IBC Radyo PBA 2002 2004–05 2002 All-Filipino 2003 Invitational The 2003 Samsung-PBA All-Filipino Cup finals was the best-of-7 basketball championship series of the 2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Talk 'N Text Phone Pals and Coca Cola Tigers played for the 84th championship contested by the league.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cVU1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=fCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1970%2C31583279 Pals seek 1st PBA title Philippine Daily Inquirer Talk 'N Text Phone Pals overcame a 0–2 overhaul and wins their first-ever PBA title in 13 years, (not counting the 1998 PBA Centennial Cup) winning four straight over the defending champions Coca Cola Tigers in a 4–2 series victory. Series scoring summary TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6WinsTalk 'N Text 79 89 67 99 97 78 4Coca Cola 93 92 59 91 92 76 2 Games summary Game 1 #eee July 2 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay NBN/IBC recap Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 79 Coca Cola Tigers |score2=93 Coca Cola leads series, 1–0 Down by 17 at 46–63, the Phone Pals came back to trailed within five at 64–69 as Asi Taulava and Felix Belano starred in a key run stretch, but Coca Cola stopped the Talk 'N Text rally with Jeffrey Cariaso hitting 13 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter. Game 2 #eee July 4 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC recap Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 89 Coca Cola Tigers |score2=92 Asi Taulava 40 Coca Cola leads series, 2–0 Game 3 #eee July 6 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC recap Talk 'N Text Phone Pals |score1=67 Coca Cola Tigers 59 17–13 19–20 15–8 16–18 Asi Taulava 20 Rafi Reavis 16 Coca Cola leads series, 2–1 Bong Ravena drained a short jumper and converted two pressure-packed free throws that neutralized a comeback by the Tigers. Both teams fared poorly from the perimeter. Game 4 #eee July 9 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City NBN/IBC recap Talk 'N Text Phone Pals |score1=99 Coca Cola Tigers 91 Jimmy Alapag 27 Series tied, 2–2 Game 5 #eee July 11 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City OT NBN/IBC Talk 'N Text Phone Pals |score1=97 Coca Cola Tigers 92 23–15 17–26 21–20 20–20 16–11 Asi Taulava 26 Rudy Hatfield 23 Talk 'N Text leads series, 3–2 Talk 'N Text came back from a 9-point deficit midway in the final quarter, a triple by Bong Ravena tied the game at 79-all, Asi Taulava shoved the Phone Pals ahead with two free throws, 81–79, with 32 seconds to go, Ato Morano's twisting layup with 20 seconds left tied the count at 81-all, the game went into overtime after Morano's potential game-winner rimmed out at the buzzer. In the extension period, the Tigers took an 87–81 advantage on Johnny Abarrientos' back-to-back jumpers and assist, a 13–2 run by the Phone Pals bucked a sizzling Coca Cola start in overtime, clutch hits by Victor Pablo and Patrick Fran gave Talk 'N Text a 94–89 lead.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cFU1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=fCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2031%2C30972575 Never-say-die TNT rules in OT, seizes 3–2 lead Philippine Daily Inquirer Game 6 #eee July 13 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay NBN/IBC Talk 'N Text Phone Pals |score1=78 Coca Cola Tigers 76 12–23 18–21 22–14 26–18 Asi Taulava 25 Johnny Abarrientos 20 Talk 'N Text wins series, 4–2 The Tigers led by as many as 14 points before the Phone Pals tied the game for the first time at 58-all early in the last quarter, Coca Cola led for the last time at 71–68 when a three-pointer by Bong Ravena tied the count, Asi Taulava broke the deadlock with a short jumper and then Jimmy Alapag unloaded another triple after a free throw by Ato Morano as Talk 'N Text opened up a 76–72 lead in the last 43 seconds, two free throws by Johnny Abarrientos followed by two charity misses by Taulava and another free throw by Rudy Hatfield pulled the Tigers within one, 75–76, with 29 seconds to go, Taulava finally made his second free throw with 13 seconds left and Ravena contributed another to seal the win, 78–75, after Morano missed a hurried three-point attempt.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=clU1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=fCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2372%2C32285022 TNT rules All-Filipino on historic 4-win streak Philippine Daily Inquirer 2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup Champions Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 1st title Rosters Talk 'N Text Phone Pals #79A3DD #FDD501 #000000 #FFFFFF 00 William Villa F 6 2 BYU-Hawaii USA 1 Bong Ravena G 6 1 UE PHI 3 Jimmy Alapag G 5 9 Cal State San Bernardino USA 4 Harvey Carey F 6 3 Sonoma State USA 8 Patrick Fran G 6 0 UST PHI 13 Mark Telan F 6 6 De La Salle PHI 15 Expedito Falcasantos F 6 4 Cebu PHI 19 Norman Gonzales F 6 4 San Beda PHI 28 Jojo Manalo GF 6 2 UPHSD PHI 33 Victor Pablo F 6 4 FEU PHI 38 Angelo David C 6 6 FEU PHI 42 Donbel Belano G 5 8 Visayas PHI 88 Asi Taulava C 6 9 BYU-Hawaii TON PHI Joel Banal PHI Ariel Vanguardia PHI Virgil Villavicencio PHI Aric del Rosario Coca-Cola Tigers 4 Rafi Reavis F 6 6 Coppin State USA 5 Rob Wainwright basketball G 6 5 Solano CC USA 10 Ato Morano G 6 0 San Beda PHI 14 Johnny Abarrientos G 5 8 FEU PHI 16 Bong Hawkins F 6 4 UPHSD PHI 18 Leo Avenido G 6 2 FEU PHI 21 Reynel Hugnatan F 6 3 Manila PHI 22 Jeffrey Cariaso G 6 2 Sonoma State USA 24 Cris Bolado C 6 7 National-U PHI 25 Freddie Abuda F 6 4 Cebu PHI 31 William Antonio G 6 3 Chaminade USA 32 Poch Juinio C 6 5 UP PHI 99 Rudy Hatfield F 6 3 UM–Dearborn USA PHI Chot Reyes PHI Nash Racela PHI Biboy Ravanes PHI Binky Favis PHI Aboy Castro PHI Mike Reyes Broadcast notes Game Play-by-play Analyst Courtside ReportersGame 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Sev Sarmenta Quinito Henson TJ Manotoc and Paolo Trillo References External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 2003 Category:2003 PBA season Category:TNT Tropang 5G games Category:Powerade Tigers games PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals