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28th PBA season
Sports season
The 2002 PBA season was the 28th season of the
Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Board of governors
Executive committee
Emilio Bernardino, Jr. (Commissioner)
Francisco Alejo III (Chairman, representing Purefoods TJ Hotdogs)
Casiano Cabalan Jr. (Vice-Chairman, representing Barangay Ginebra Kings)
Angelito Alvarez (Treasurer, representing FedEx Express)
Teams
Notable occurrences
The league revised its season calendar to accommodate the participation of its players for the upcoming
2002 Asian Games . The Governors' Cup became the first conference of the season while the All-Filipino became the third and final conference.[
citation needed ]
The pool for the national team were divided into two teams: Selecta-RP and Hapee-RP. Both teams participated for the Governors' Cup. The teams were later merged to form the final lineup of the national team in the Commissioner's Cup, retaining the Selecta-RP branding.
Talk 'N Text coach
Bill Bayno was fined
PHP 200,000 after publicly criticizing the league and its official.
[1] This came after Bayno branded the league as "San Miguel Basketball Association" and charged the league officials are favoring the four
SMC -owned teams (
San Miguel Beermen ,
Barangay Ginebra Kings ,
Coca Cola Tigers and
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs ).
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This was the last season in which the
Commissioner's and
Governors Cup were disputed before the tournaments were reinstated in the 2010–11 season. They were replaced in 2003 by the Invitational and Reinforced Conferences in 2003, and eventually the
Fiesta Conference in 2004 after the league reduced the number of conferences in a PBA season to two.
Opening ceremonies
The muses for the participating teams are as follows:
2002 PBA Governors' Cup
Elimination round
Source:
PBA.ph (G) Guests
Notes:
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b Head-to-head record: Coca-Cola 1–0 Purefoods
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b
c Head-to-head differential: Alaska +9, FedEx +6, Red Bull −15
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b Head-to-head record: Sta. Lucia 1–0 San Miguel
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b Head-to-head record: Hapee 1–0 Selecta
Playoffs
Quarterfinals Semifinals (Best-of-5) Finals (Best-of-7) #1 twice-to-beat 1 Talk 'N Text 70 70 8 San Miguel 79 81 8 San Miguel 2 #4 twice-to-beat 4 Alaska 3 4 Alaska 74 5 FedEx 71 4 Alaska 3 #2 twice-to-beat 3 Purefoods 4 2 Coca Cola 75 7 Sta. Lucia 65 2 Coca Cola 2 Third place playoff #3 twice-to-beat 3 Purefoods 3 3 Purefoods 82 8 San Miguel 63 6 Red Bull 77 2 Coca Cola 75
Finals
2002 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Elimination round
Source:
PBA.ph (G) Guests
Notes:
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b Head-to-head record: Red Bull 1–0 Sta. Lucia
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b
c
d Head-to-head record: Alaska 3–0, San Miguel 2–1, Coca-Cola 1–2, FedEx 0–3
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b Head-to-head record: Selecta 1–0 Purefoods
Playoffs
Quarterfinals Semifinals (Best-of-5) Finals (Best-of-7) #1 twice-to-beat 1
Red Bull 73 8
Shell 54 1 Red Bull 3 #4 twice-to-beat 4 San Miguel 1 4
San Miguel 80 90 5
Coca-Cola 84 84 1 Red Bull 4 #2 twice-to-beat 7 Talk 'N Text 3 2
Sta. Lucia 79 70 7
Talk 'N Text 87 80 7 Talk 'N Text 3 Third place playoff #3 twice-to-beat 3 Alaska 2 3
Alaska 76 82 4 San Miguel 88 6
FedEx 79 67 3 Alaska 85
Finals
2002 PBA All-Filipino Cup
Elimination round
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b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Coca-Cola
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b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text
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b Sixth-seed playoff: Sta. Lucia 70–69 Shell
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b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 Purefoods
Playoffs
Quarterfinals (Single elimination)
Semifinals (Best-of-3)
Finals (Best-of-5)
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
6
Sta. Lucia
61
Third place
1
Red Bull
81
2
San Miguel
83
Finals
Awards
Awards given by the PBA Press Corps
Coach of the Year :
Ryan Gregorio (Purefoods)
Mr. Quality Minutes : Ato Morano (Coca-Cola)
Executive of the Year : George C. Chua (Red Bull)
Comeback Player of the Year :
Ronnie Magsanoc (Purefoods)
Referee of the Year : Mario Montiel
Cumulative standings
Champion
Runner-up
Semifinalist
Quarterfinalist
Eliminations
Elimination round
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b Elimination round head-to-head: Alaska 2–1 San Miguel
Playoffs
References
Team seasons Guest team/s Succession