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2003 PBA All Filipino Cup

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TV partner(s)
  
NBN/IBC

Best Player
  
Asi Taulava (TNT)

Runners-up
  
Coca Cola Tigers

Finals MVP
  
Asi Taulava (TNT)

Duration
  
February 23 – July 13, 2003

Champions
  
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals

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.

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Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

  • The teams were divided into 2 groups.
  • 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

    • 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.

    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.

    References

    2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup Wikipedia
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