2002 Alaska Aces season

2002 Alaska Aces season
Head coach Tim Cone
Governor's Cup results
Record 1311
(.542)
Place 2nd
Playoff finish Finals
Commissioner's Cup results
Record 99
(.500)
Place 4th
Playoff finish Semis (lost to TNT)
All-Filipino Cup results
Record 98
(.529)
Place 2nd
Playoff finish Finals

Stats @ PBA-Online.net
Alaska Aces seasons

The 2002 Alaska Aces season was the 17th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft pick

Transactions

Players Added

Via Draft

  • Miguel Noble

Via Free Agency

Via Trade

Players Lost

Via Free Agency

Via Trade

Finals stint

The Alaska Aces made it to the finals twice in the 2002 season, they lost to Purefoods TJ Hotdogs in seven games for the Governor's Cup title. After placing fourth in the Commissioner's Cup, the Aces reach the All-Filipino Cup finals with a 2-1 series win over top-seeded Red Bull Thunder in their best-of-three semifinals. Alaska went on to play the Coca-Cola Tigers in the championship, the Aces lost in four games to the first-year ballclub in the best-of-five finals series.

Roster

Alaska Aces roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
G 1 United States Newton, Philip 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
F 2 United States Peek, Ali 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Saint Mary's
F 3 Philippines Yap, Glen Peter 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Adamson
F 5 United States Duat, Rob (A) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Menlo College
G 6 Philippines Lastimosa, Jojo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Jose-Recoletos
G 7 United States Ordonio, Jon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Master's College
C 8 Philippines Allado, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) De La Salle
G 9 Philippines Santos, Rodney 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Sebastian
F 10 Philippines Reyes, Eric 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Ateneo de Manila
G 11 Philippines Ticzon, Richie 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Ateneo de Manila
F 18 Philippines Teng, Alvin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Arellano University
G/F 19 Philippines Duremdes, Kenneth 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Adamson
F 31 United States Arigo, John 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) University of Tampa
C 32 Philippines Feihl, EJ (A) 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Adamson
F 41 United States Noble, Miguel 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Utica College
F 32 United States Riley, Ron (G) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Arizona State
F United States Head, James (G) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Eastern Michigan
F/C 42 United States Dobbins, Muntrelle (G) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Arkansas-Little Rock
G/F 23 United States Carawell, Chris (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Duke University
F/C 3 United States Williams, Ajani (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Eastern Michigan
F 21 Philippines Gahol, Bryan (T) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) State U
C 22 United States Walkvist, James (T) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (G) Governor's Cup imports
    • (C) Commissioner's Cup imports
    • (A) Acquired via trade
    • (T) Traded
  • Injured

Elimination round

Games won

Date Opponent Score Top scorer Venue (Location)
February 15Brgy.Ginebra68-63Ron Riley (20 pts)Centrodome (Malolos, Bulacan)
February 21RP-Selecta56-52Ron Riley (26 pts)Makati Coliseum [1]
March 2Red Bull81-58Ron Riley (28 pts)Cuneta Astrodome
March 21RP-Hapee68-61Muntrelle Dobbins (19 pts)Makati Coliseum
April 13Shell83-55Philsports Arena
April 21San Miguel74-58Araneta Coliseum
June 20San Miguel77-69Chris Carawell (25 pts)Cuneta Astrodome
June 30Purefoods83-79Araneta Coliseum
July 6FedEx82-73Chris Carawell (20 pts)Araneta Coliseum [2]
July 27Brgy.Ginebra80-63Ynares Center
August 2Coca-Cola73-72Philsports Arena
August 4RP-Selecta84-59Ajani Williams (24 pts)Araneta Coliseum
October 23Shell69-67John Arigo (21 pts)Philsports Arena
November 8FedEx85-84Cuneta Astrodome
November 16Coca-Cola85-68(Dumaguete City)
November 22Brgy.Ginebra79-75Ali Peek (22 pts)Philsports Arena [3]
November 30Sta.Lucia67-57Kenneth Duremdes (16 pts)Ynares Center

  Governor's Cup
  Commissioner's Cup
  All-Filipino Cup

References

  1. "Alaska trips Selecta-RP 5". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  2. "Duat, Arigo wax hot as Aces rip Express". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  3. "Aces edge Kings, near semis". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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