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2002 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals season

Field	Value
PBAyear	2002
team	TNT Tropang Giga
team2	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
coach	Louie Alas
Bill Bayno
Paul Woolpert
1c-name	Governor's Cup
1c-wins	11
1c-losses	7
1c-place	1st seed
1c-playoffs	Semifinals
2c-name	Commissioner's Cup
2c-wins	13
2c-losses	10
2c-place	7th seed
2c-playoffs	Runner-up
3c-name	All-Filipino Cup
3c-wins	5
3c-losses	5
3c-place	4th seed
3c-playoffs	QF (lost to Alaska)
owners	Smart Communications
(an MVP Group subsidiary)
manager	Frankie Lim
prevseason	2001
nextseason	2003

Draft picks

Main article: 2002 PBA draft

Transactions

Players Added	Players Lost

Occurrences

Center Asi Taulava and guard Patrick Fran played for Philippine-Selecta team while forward Celedon Camaso played for Philippine-Hapee during the Governor's Cup. Taulava was among the 15 players chosen to play for the national team, Fran and Camaso went back to their mother ballclub starting the Commissioner's Cup.

Talk 'N Text coach Bill Bayno was fined by the PBA for lambasting the league and its commissioner for being a San Miguel Corporation-run league. For two conferences, the former University of Las Vegas coach has caused quite a stir with accusations and comments that cost him over P250,000 in record fines.

Starting the All-Filipino Cup, Talk 'N Text has tapped another American coach Paul Woolpert to replaced Bill Bayno, who abandoned the Phone Pals after a short but controversial stint in the league.

Finals stint

The Talk 'N Text Phone Pals reach the Commissioner's Cup finals opposite defending champion Batang Red Bull by winning over the Alaska Aces, three games to two, in their best-of-five semifinal series. The Phone Pals led in the finals series all throughout until the last two games which Red Bull won to successfully defend their Commissioner's Cup title.

Roster

(G) Governor's Cup Import

(A) Acquired via trade
(T) Traded
(M) Moved to Ginebra
(NA) Newly-acquired in the AFC

Eliminations (Won games)

a	#FDD501	2px}}" width="10%"	Date
February 22	RP-Hapee	95–62	Ynares Center
February 28	San Miguel	82–81	Makati Coliseum
March 7	Sta. Lucia	98–96	Makati Coliseum
March 16	Brgy. Ginebra	87–82	Cuneta Astrodome
March 23	RP-Selecta	83–76	Ynares Center
March 31	Shell	93–86	Araneta Coliseum
April 6	Alaska	84–67	Philsports Arena
April 9	Red Bull	98–90	Cuneta Astrodome
April 20	FedEx	101–90	Philsports Arena
June 16	Shell	89–72	Araneta Coliseum
June 22	FedEx	96–90	Cuneta Astrodome
June 27	Sta. Lucia	83–71	Cuneta Astrodome
July 14	Purefoods	109–92	Ynares Center
August 11	Alaska	80–76	Araneta Coliseum
October 30	FedEx	69–64	Ynares Center
November 9	Purefoods	78–75	Centennial Arena (Laoag City)
November 15	Red Bull	77–67	Ynares Center
November 24	Alaska	73–66	Araneta Coliseum
December 1	Brgy. Ginebra	86–65	Araneta Coliseum

References

"TNT move okay as long as it follows rules-Jun B". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
"Talk 'N Text storms to 6th straight win". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
"Talk 'N Text trounces Shell". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
"Pals clobber Kings, reach quarterfinals". Philippine Daily Inquirer.

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