2003 PBA Reinforced Conference
The 2003 Philippine Basketball Association PBA Reinforced Conference, or known as the 2003 Samsung-PBA Reinforced Conference, was the third conference of the 2003 PBA season. It started on August 30 and ended on December 14, 2003. The tournament requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.
Format
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:- The teams were divided into 2 groups.
- Alaska Aces
- FedEx Express
- Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
- San Miguel Beermen
- Sta. Lucia Realtors
- Barangay Ginebra Kings
- Coca-Cola Tigers
- Red Bull Barako
- Shell Turbo Chargers
- Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
- Teams in a group will play each other twice and in the other group once; 13 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win-loss records. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams.
- The top four teams per group will qualify to the quarterfinal round.
- Best-of-three quarterfinal pairings:
- G1: #1 vs. #4 / #2 vs. #3
- G2: #1 vs. #4 / #2 vs. #3
- The two winners in each group will play in the Best-of-five semifinals.
- The two remaining teams that came out on top in their respective group will play in the Best-of-seven championship series. Losers of the semifinal series will battle for a one-game playoff for third place.
Imports
Team | Name | GP | Debut | Game Result |
Alaska Aces | Chris Carrawell | 3 | September 3 vs Sta.Lucia | 78-82 loss |
Alaska Aces | Isaac Fontaine | 14 | September 17 vs Purefoods | 97-91 win |
Barangay Ginebra Kings | Ricky Price | 9 | August 31 vs SMB | 85-82 win |
Barangay Ginebra Kings | Rosell Ellis | 7 | October 15 vs TNT | 95-90 win |
Red Bull Barako | Ramel Lloyd | 3 | August 30 vs FedEx in Baguio City | 100-92 win |
Red Bull Barako | Scott Burrell | 13 | September 14 vs Sta.Lucia | 89-74 win |
Coca Cola Tigers | Artemus McClary | 25 | September 3 vs Purefoods | 97-87 win |
FedEx Express | Terrence Shannon | 15 | August 30 vs Red Bull in Baguio City | 92-100 loss |
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs | Harold Arceneaux | 6 | September 3 vs Coca-Cola | 87-97 loss |
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs | Lenny Cooke | 8 | October 3 vs FedEx | 105-121 loss |
San Miguel Beermen | Shea Seals | 3 | September 5 vs FedEx | 76-84 loss |
San Miguel Beermen | Eric Dailey | 1 | September 12 vs Purefoods | 76-77 loss |
San Miguel Beermen | Kwan Johnson | 18 | September 26 vs Purefoods | 85-73 win |
San Miguel Beermen | Cedric Ceballos | 1 | December 5 vs Coca-Cola | 86-81 win |
Shell Turbo Chargers | Sedric Webber | 4 | August 31 vs TNT | 114-101 win |
Shell Turbo Chargers | Tim Breaux | 1 | September 27 vs Brgy.Ginebra in Calape, Bohol | 96-110 loss |
Shell Turbo Chargers | Jamal Kendrick | 6 | October 1 vs SMB | |
Sta. Lucia Realtors | Nate James | 8 | September 3 vs Alaska | 82-78 win |
Sta. Lucia Realtors | Damian Owens | 5 | October 12 vs Purefoods | 93-84 win |
Sta. Lucia Realtors | Raymond Tutt | 5 | November 12 vs Alaska | 88-79 win |
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals | Damian Cantrell | 20 | August 31 vs Shell | 101-114 loss |