2003–04 Philippine Basketball League season

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

2003–04 PBL season
DurationNovember 8, 2003 – June 19, 2004
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)ABS-CBN Sports (Studio 23)
Season MVPPeter June Simon
Arwind Santos
Platinum Cup championsFash Liquid Detergent
  Platinum Cup runners-upWelcoat Paints
Unity Cup championsViva Mineral Water-FEU
  Unity Cup runners-upWelcoat Paints

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 StandingsWinLossHead Coach
Welcoat Paints93Leo Austria
Sunkist-UST84Aric del Rosario
Fash Liquid Detergent75Junel Baculi
Blu Star Detergent75Leo Isaac
Montaña Pawnshop57Bong Go
Viva Mineral Water-FEU48Koy Banal
ICTSI-La Salle210Franz 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 StandingsWinLossPCT
Viva Mineral Water-FEU91.900
Welcoat Paints64.600
Hapee Toothpaste55.500
Toyota Otis-Letran46.400
Montaña Pawnshop46.400
Sunkist-UST46.400
Blu Star Detergent46.400
Lee Pipes-Ateneo46.400

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 three of Fash-Welcoat finals series, 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.[4] [5]

References
  1. "'Liga ng bayan' gets going with Platinum Cup". Philippine Daily Inquirer - Google News Archive.
  2. "Fash foils Welcoat, captures PBL title". Philippine Daily Inquirer - Google News Archive.
  3. "Viva-FEU breaks through". Philippine Daily Inquirer - Google News Archive.
  4. "Trinidad quits, Welcoat wins". Philippine Daily Inquirer - Google News Archive.
  5. "Simon MVP, courtesy of players, media". Philippine Daily Inquirer - Google News Archive.
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