2002 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals

The 2002 Selecta-PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals was the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 2002 PBA All-Filipino Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Coca Cola Tigers and Alaska Aces played for the 83rd championship contested by the league. [1]

2002 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals

Team Coach Wins Coca Cola Tigers Chot Reyes 3 Alaska Aces Tim Cone 1
Dates	December 18–25, 2002
MVP	Rudy Hatfield
Television	VTV (IBC)
Radio network	DZRH

Coca Cola Tigers wins their 1st PBA title with a 3-1 series victory over the Alaska Aces as history was made on Christmas Day with the Tigers becoming the first team to win a championship in their very first season. [2]

Series scoring summary

Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Wins
Coca Cola	67	72	62	78	3
Alaska	70	69	60	63	1

Games summary

Game 1

VTV

December 18

Coca Cola Tigers 67, Alaska Aces 70

Alaska leads series, 1-0

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City

Game 2

VTV

December 20

recap

Coca Cola Tigers 72, Alaska Aces 69 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 14-18, 18-14, 15-14, 12-13, Overtime: 13-10
Pts: Renato Morano 23		Pts: Kenneth Duremdes 23
series tied, 1-1

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Ato Morano pumped in 8 of his game-high 23 points in the extension period as he filled in for the Tigers' reliable scorers, Johnny Abarrientos and Jeffrey Cariaso, who were sideline by injuries they sustained in the finals and semifinals, respectively, Rudy Hatfield buried a triple barely a minute left in overtime that keyed the Tigers' breakaway, Morano's free throws made it 70-64 but Kenneth Duremdes and Don Allado converted five straight points in the final 16 seconds that kept the Aces in the game, Rob Duat could have sent the game into second overtime but his two three-pointers rattled out at the final buzzer.

Game 3

VTV

December 22

recap

Coca Cola Tigers 62, Alaska Aces 60 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 20-7, 13-13, 5-16, 13-15, Overtime: 11-9
Pts: Rudy Hatfield 19		Pts: John Arigo 23
Coca Cola leads series, 2-1

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Kenneth Duremdes missed a potential game-winning shot with 4 ticks left as Coca Cola stole another overtime victory and moved the Tigers to within a win of capturing the title, the Aces were contesting what looked like a three-point shot drained by John Arigo in the last 43 seconds. Arigo's jumper could have tied the game at 60-all but referee Mario Montiel assessed the shot as only two points, giving the Tigers a one-point lead in the process, Television cameras showed Arigo's attempt was way out of the three-point line, the final count was an all-time low for a PBA championship series with the Tigers scoring only five points in the third quarter and typified the game's offensive drought in some stretches.

Game 4

VTV

December 25

Coca Cola Tigers 78, Alaska Aces 63
Scoring by quarter: 27-22, 10-11, 22-14, 19-16
Pts: Rudy Hatfield 20		Pts: Ali Peek 19
Coca Cola wins series, 3-1

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Rafi Reavis led a big third quarter attack as he buried three triples, including a buzzer-beater that towed the Tigers to a 59-47 advantage entering the final period, from there, it was an all Coca Cola show with Ato Morano's hot-shooting and Rudy Hatfield, adjudged the finals MVP, battling for every possession, the Tigers cemented their place in PBA history. [3]

2002 PBA All-Filipino Cup Champions
Coca Cola Tigers First title

Roster

Coca-Cola Tigers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G/F 3 Manalo, Jojo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UPHSD C 4 Reavis, Rafi 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Coppin State C 9 Lao, Gilbert 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) UST G 10 Morano, Renato 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Beda College G 14 Abarrientos, Johnny  5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Far Eastern G 18 Avenido, Leo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern G 22 Cariaso, Jeffrey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sonoma State C 24 Bolado, Cris 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) National University F 25 Abuda, Freddie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) University of Cebu C Sese, Jovie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) MLQU G 31 Antonio, William 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Chaminade C 32 Juinio, Poch 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) State U F 99 Hatfield, Rudy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Michigan-Dearborn	Head coach Chot Reyes Assistant coach(es) Biboy Ravanes Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Alaska Aces roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 1 Newton, Philip 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) F 2 Peek, Ali 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Saint Mary's F 5 Duat, Rob 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Menlo College G 6 Lastimosa, Jojo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Jose-Recoletos G 7 Ordonio, Jon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Master's College C 8 Allado, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) De La Salle G 9 Santos, Rodney 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Sebastian F 10 Reyes, Eric 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Ateneo de Manila G/F 19 Duremdes, Kenneth 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Adamson F 31 Arigo, John 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) University of Tampa C 32 Feihl, EJ 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Adamson F 41 Noble, Miguel 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Utica College	Head coach Tim Cone Assistant coach(es) Richard Bachmann Gilbert Reyes Luigi Trillo Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Broadcast notes

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst
Game 1	Anthony Suntay	Quinito Henson
Game 2	Noli Eala	TJ Manotoc
Game 3	Anthony Suntay	Quinito Henson
Game 4	Noli Eala	Tommy Manotoc

References

1. "Pivotal Aces-Tigers All-Filipino duel up". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
2. "Coke dreams of Merry Xmas tonight". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
3. "Tigers capture All-Filipino crown". Philippine Daily Inquirer.