2002 PBA Governors' Cup

2002 PBA Governors' Cup
2002 PBA Governors' Cup
Duration	February 10 – May 26, 2002
TV partner(s)	Viva TV on IBC
Finals
Champions	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
Runners-up	Alaska Aces
Awards
Best Player	Rey Evangelista; (Purefoods TJ Hotdogs)
Best Import	Derrick Brown; (Purefoods TJ Hotdogs)
Finals MVP	Kerby Raymundo; (Purefoods TJ Hotdogs)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
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PBA conference chronology
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The 2002 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2002 Samsung-PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2002 PBA season. It started on February 10 and ended on May 26, 2002. The tournament requires two imports per each team.^[1]

Rule changes

To prepare the national team for the upcoming 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, the following FIBA rules were adopted for this conference:

Zone defense will be allowed.
Total time of the game would be reduced to 40 minutes, 10-minute quarters.
The time allowed for an offensive team to cross the halfcourt line was reduced from 10 to eight seconds.

In addition, the pool of the national team was distributed into two teams: the Selecta-RP team and the Hapee-RP team.

Imports

Each team were allowed two imports. The first line in the table are the original reinforcements of the teams. Below the name are the replacement of the import above. Same with the third replacement that is also highlighted with a different color. GP is the number of games played.

Team	Name	GP	Name	GP
Alaska Aces	Muntrelle Dobbins	7	Ron Riley	24
Alaska Aces	James Head	17
Barangay Ginebra Kings	Bubba Wells	3	Jarrod Gee	11
	Desmond Ferguson	3
	Bryan Green	5
Batang Red Bull Thunder	Joe Bunn	11	Julius Nwosu	10
Batang Red Bull Thunder	Sean Lampley	1	Antonio Lang	2
Coca Cola Tigers	Fred Williams	4	Rosell Ellis	18
Coca Cola Tigers	Ron Hale	14
FedEx Express	Rodrick Rhodes	2	Jermaine Walker	12
FedEx Express	Tim Moore	10
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs	Leonard White	11	Derrick Brown	24
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs	Kelvin Price	13
San Miguel Beermen	Keith Hill	2	Lamont Strothers	19
San Miguel Beermen	Mario Bennett	17
Shell Turbo Chargers	Derrick Grimm	3	Askia Jones	11
	Nantambu Willingham	7
	Cedric Webber	1
Sta. Lucia Realtors	Lelan McDougal	3	Johnny Taylor	1
Sta. Lucia Realtors	Mark Davis	9	Victor Thomas	11
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	Jerald Honeycutt	13	Richie Frahm	13

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Coca-Cola Tigers	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1
3	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1
4	Alaska Aces	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3
5	FedEx Express	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Batang Red Bull Thunder	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3
7	Sta. Lucia Realtors	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	4
8	San Miguel Beermen	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	4
9	RP-Hapee Toothpaste (G)	4	7	.364^{[lower-alpha 4]}	5
10	RP-Selecta Ice Cream (G)	4	7	.364^{[lower-alpha 4]}	5
11	Barangay Ginebra Kings	3	8	.273	6
12	Shell Turbo Chargers	2	9	.182	7

Source: PBA.ph
(G) Guests
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head record: Coca-Cola 1–0 Purefoods
1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Alaska +9, FedEx +6, Red Bull −15
1 2 Head-to-head record: Sta. Lucia 1–0 San Miguel
1 2 Head-to-head record: Hapee 1–0 Selecta

Bracket


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

Coca Cola Tigers 75, Sta. Lucia Realtors 65
Coca-Cola wins series in one game

Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 82, Batang Red Bull Thunder 77
Purefoods wins series in one game

Alaska Aces 74, FedEx Express 71
Alaska wins series in one game

Rule changes

Imports

Elimination round

Team standings

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (8) San Miguel

(2) Coca-Cola vs. (7) Sta. Lucia

(3) Purefoods vs. (6) Red Bull

(4) Alaska vs. (5) FedEx

Semifinals

(2) Purefoods vs. (3) Coca-Cola

(4) Alaska vs. (8) San Miguel

Third place playoff

Finals

References

External links