2002 PBA All-Filipino Cup

2002 PBA All-Filipino Cup
Duration October 20 - December 25, 2002
TV partner(s) Viva TV on IBC
Finals
Champions Coca Cola Tigers
Runners-up Alaska Aces
Awards
Best Player Jeffrey Cariaso (Coca-Cola)
Finals MVP Rudy Hatfield (Coca-Cola)
PBA All-Filipino Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

The 2002 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) All-Filipino Cup, or known as the 2002 Selecta-PBA All-Filipino Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the 2002 PBA season. It started on October 20 and ended on December 25, 2002. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which doesn't require an import or a pure-foreign player for each team. [1]

Format

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

  • Single-round robin eliminations; 9 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win-loss records.
  • The top two teams after the eliminations will automatically qualify to the semifinals, the next four teams will advance to the quarterfinals.
  • Quarterfinals:
    • Knockout round.
    • QF1: #3 vs. #6
    • QF2: #4 vs. #5
  • Best-of-three semifinals:
    • SF1: #1 vs. QF2
    • SF2: #2 vs. QF1
  • Third-place playoff: losers of the semifinals
  • Best-of-five finals: winners of the semifinals

Elimination round

Team standings

Qualified for semifinals
Qualified for quarterfinals
#TeamWLPCTGB
1 Red Bull Thunder81.889--
2 San Miguel Beermen63.6672
3 Coca Cola Tigers63.6672
4 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals54.5563
5 Alaska Aces54.5563
6 Sta. Lucia Realtors45.4444
7 Shell Velocity45.4444
8 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs36.3335
9 Barangay Ginebra Kings36.3335
10 FedEx Express18.1117

Note: San Miguel gain the semifinals berth due to a higher winning quotient against Coca Cola.

6th-seed playoff

Playoff bracket

  Quarterfinals
(knockout)
    Semifinals
(best-of-three)
    Finals
(best-of-five)
                           
        1 Red Bull 1  
  4 Talk 'N Text 63     5 Alaska 2    
  5 Alaska 82         5 Alaska 1
      3 Coca-Cola 3
        2 San Miguel 1    
  3 Coca-Cola 64     3 Coca-Cola 2   Third place
  6 Sta. Lucia 61   1 Red Bull 81
  2 San Miguel 83

Quarterfinals

Best of three semifinals

Red Bull-Alaska series

December 15
Red Bull Thunder 71, Alaska Aces 80
Alaska wins series, 2-1.

San Miguel-Coca Cola series

December 15
San Miguel Beermen 62, Coca-Cola Tigers 74
Coca-Cola wins series, 2-1.

Playoff for third place

December 18
San Miguel Beermen 83, Red Bull Thunder 81
San Miguel clinch third place

Finals

December 25
Coca-Cola Tigers 78, Alaska Aces 63
Coca-Cola wins series, 3-1.

References

  1. "SMB faces FedEx; Gin vs Purefoods". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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