2003 PBA Invitational championship
The 2003 Philippine Basketball Association Samsung-Invitational championship, was the second conference of the 2003 PBA season. It started on July 27 and ended on August 23, 2003. The tournament features three guest foreign teams from Korea, China and Yugoslavia along with the Philippine national team.
The Alaska Aces captured their 11th PBA title by beating the Coca Cola Tigers, 2-1, in their best-of-three finals series.
Brandon Cablay won on his first Finals MVP in Invitational Cup championship.
Qualification
PBA Philippine Cup
- Top 5 teams qualify outright
- Bottom 5 teams proceed to last chance qualifying via Mabuhay Cup
Samsung-PBA Mabuhay Cup
The Alaska Aces made it as the sixth entry by defeating Barangay Ginebra Kings on July 20 at the Cuneta Astrodome for a perfect 4-0 slate.
Elimination round
Group A
Red Bull gained the last slot in the crossover semis on August 13 at the Cuneta Astrodome in a bizarre ending, Talk 'N Text, which won 88-87, needed to win 8 points, went to the extent of shooting to the Red Bull's goal while enjoying the lead in the closing seconds to possibly force an overtime.Group B
Bracket
Semifinals
Third place playoff
Finals
The 2003 Philippine Basketball Association Invitational Conference finals was the best-of-3 basketball championship series of the 2003 PBA Invitational Conference, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. Alaska Aces and Coca-Cola Tigers played for the 85th championship contested by the league.Alaska Aces won their 11th championship.
Series scoring summary
The following scoring summary is written in a line score format, except that the quarter numbers are replaced by game numbers.† denotes the number of overtimes