2003–04 Philippine Basketball League season

2003–04 PBL season
Duration November 8, 2003 – June 19, 2004
Number of teams 8
TV partner(s) Studio 23
Conferences
Platinum Cup champions Fash Liquid Detergent
  Runners-up Welcoat Paints
Unity Cup champions Viva Mineral Water-FEU
  Runners-up Welcoat Paints
Awards
Season MVP Peter June Simon / Arwind Santos
Seasons

The 2003–04 season of the Philippine Basketball League (PBL).

New theme

The Philippine Basketball League (PBL), in partnership with the giant network ABS-CBN through Studio 23 and ABS-CBN Sports presentation of the league, adopted a new slogan "Ito ang tunay na ligang bayan". [1]

2003-04 Platinum Cup

Team Standings Win Loss Head Coach
Welcoat Paints 9 3 Leo Austria
Sunkist-UST 8 4 Aric del Rosario
Fash Liquid Detergent 7 5 Junel Baculi
Blu Star Detergent 7 5 Leo Isaac
Montaña Pawnshop 5 7 Bong Go
Viva Mineral Water-FEU 4 8 Koy Banal
ICTSI-La Salle 2 10 Franz Pumaren

Finals

February 7
Fash Liquid Detergent 61, Welcoat Paints 55
Fash wins series, 3-2

Fash (formerly Hapee) leaned on a couple of three-pointers by Larry Fonacier in the last quarter of the deciding fifth game to down Welcoat Paints and clinch the championship. Fash coach Junel Baculi now match former Stag coach Alfrancis Chua as the winningest mentor in the PBL with seven titles. [2]

Platinum Cup awards

2004 Unity Cup

Team Standings Win Loss PCT
Viva Mineral Water-FEU 9 1 .900
Welcoat Paints 6 4 .600
Hapee Toothpaste 5 5 .500
Toyota Otis-Letran 4 6 .400
Montaña Pawnshop 4 6 .400
Sunkist-UST 4 6 .400
Blu Star Detergent 4 6 .400
Lee Pipes-Ateneo 4 6 .400

Finals

June 12
Viva Mineral Water 59, Welcoat Paints 54 (OT)
June 15
Viva Mineral Water 35, Welcoat Paints 52
June 17
Viva Mineral Water 66, Welcoat Paints 64
June 19
Viva Mineral Water 60, Welcoat Paints 55
Viva-FEU wins series, 3-1

Viva Mineral Water-FEU wins their first championship since joining the league in this same conference last year, where they lost to Hapee after taking a 2-1 series lead in the finals. Welcoat threatened to extend the series by taking an eight-point lead, 43-35, midway in the third quarter, but the Water Force ended their scoring drought with eight unanswered points for a 43-all deadlock entering the final period. [3]

Unity Cup awards

Occurrences

PBL Commissioner Chino Trinidad resign unexpectedly at halftime of Game 3 of Fash-Welcoat finals series, [4] Trinidad admitted his frustration and displeasure on a display of defiance by Welcoat players following the choice of Fash' Peter June Simon as MVP over Welcoat' Jercules Tangkay. Deputy commissioner Tommy Ong was named interim chief of the league. [5]

References

External links

www.philippinebasketball.ph

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