2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup

2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup
2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup
Duration	February 23 – July 13, 2003
TV partner(s)	NBN/IBC
Finals
Champions	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
Runners-up	Coca Cola Tigers
Awards
Best Player	Asi Taulava; (Talk 'N Text Phone Pals)
Finals MVP	Asi Taulava; (Talk 'N Text Phone Pals)
PBA All-Filipino Cup chronology
	< 2002 2004–05 >
PBA conference chronology
	< 2002 All-Filipino 2003 Invitational >

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:

Group B:

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

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	12	6	.667	—	Quarterfinal round
2	FedEx Express	10	8	.556	2
3	Alaska Aces	9	9	.500	3
4	Sta. Lucia Realtors	8	10	.444	4
5	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs	5	13	.278	7

Source: PBA.ph

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Batang Red Bull Thunder	14	4	.778	—	Quarterfinal round
2	Coca-Cola Tigers	11	7	.611	3
3	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	10	8	.556	4
4	Barangay Ginebra Kings	6	12	.333	8
5	Shell Turbo Chargers	5	13	.278	9

Source: PBA.ph

Batang Red Bull won 10 of their first 11 games of the season.^[1] The Thunder were on a nine-game winning streak before suffering back-to-back losses to Talk 'N Text and FedEx.^[2]

Quarterfinal round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	2	1	.667^[a]	—	Semifinals
2	Sta. Lucia Realtors	2	1	.667^[a]	—	Semifinals
3	San Miguel Beermen	1	2	.333^[b]	1
4	FedEx Express	1	2	.333^[b]	1

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–1 Sta. Lucia (Alaska +5)
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: FedEx 1–1 San Miguel (San Miguel +1)

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.^[3]

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Coca-Cola Tigers	3	0	1.000	—	Semifinals
2	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	2	1	.667	1	Semifinals
3	Batang Red Bull Thunder	1	2	.333	2
4	Barangay Ginebra Kings	0	3	.000	3

Source: PBA.ph

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.^[4]

Bracket

Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)

A1	Alaska	2

B2	Talk 'N Text	3
			B2	Talk 'N Text	4

			B1	Coca-Cola	2
B1	Coca-Cola	3

A2	Sta. Lucia	1	Third-place playoff


			A1	Alaska	102

			A2	Sta. Lucia	79

Alaska Aces 88, Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 92
Talk 'N Text wins series, 3–⁠2

Coca Cola Tigers 99, Sta. Lucia Realtors 93
Coca Cola wins series, 3–⁠1

Coca Cola Tigers 76, Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 78
Talk 'N Text wins series, 4–⁠2

2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup

Format

Elimination round

Group A

Group B

Quarterfinal round

Group A

Group B

Bracket

Semifinals

(A1) Alaska vs. (B2) Talk 'N Text

(B1) Coca Cola vs. (A2) Sta. Lucia

Third place playoff

Finals

References

External links