2003 PBA Reinforced Conference

The 2003 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) 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.

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

• The teams were divided into 2 groups.

• 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.^[1]
• 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.

The following is the list of imports with the replacement imports being highlighted. GP is the number of games played in the conference.

Team	Name	GP	Debut	Game Result (Total points)
Alaska Aces	Chris Carrawell	3	September 3 vs Sta.Lucia	78-82 loss (17 pts)
	Isaac Fontaine	14	September 17 vs Purefoods	97-91 win (38 pts)
Barangay Ginebra Kings	Ricky Price	9	August 31 vs SMB	85-82 win
	Rosell Ellis	7	October 15 vs TNT	95-90 win (25 pts)
Red Bull Barako	Ramel Lloyd	3	August 30 vs FedEx in Baguio City	100-92 win (43 pts)
	Scott Burrell	13	September 14 vs Sta.Lucia	89-74 win (19 pts)
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 (29 pts)
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs	Harold Arceneaux	6	September 3 vs Coca-Cola	87-97 loss
	Lenny Cooke	8	October 3 vs FedEx	105-121 loss (49 pts)
San Miguel Beermen	Shea Seals	3	September 5 vs FedEx	76-84 loss (14 pts)
	Eric Dailey	1	September 12 vs Purefoods	76-77 loss
	Kwan Johnson	18	September 26 vs Purefoods	85-73 win (26 pts)
	Cedric Ceballos	1	December 5 vs Coca-Cola (finals game 3)	86-81 win (11 pts)
Shell Turbo Chargers	Sedric Webber	4	August 31 vs TNT	114-101 win (28 pts)
	Tim Breaux	1	September 27 vs Brgy.Ginebra in Calape, Bohol	96-110 loss (10 pts)
	Jamal Kendrick	6	October 1 vs SMB
Sta. Lucia Realtors	Nate James	8	September 3 vs Alaska	82-78 win (31 pts)
	Damian Owens	5	October 12 vs Purefoods	93-84 win
	Raymond Tutt	5	November 12 vs Alaska	88-79 win (19 pts)
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	Damian Cantrell	20	August 31 vs Shell	101-114 loss (34 pts)

Red Bull had one win and two losses in their first three games with Ramel Lloyd as their import. When Scott Burrell, an eight-year NBA veteran and member of the 1998 NBA champion Chicago Bulls, came in to replaced Lloyd, the Barakos went on a 10-game winning streak and finish on top of Group B standings in a tie with Coca-Cola.^[2][3]

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