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(PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2002

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. It started on February 10 and ended on May 26, 2002. The tournament requires two imports per each team.

Rule changes

To prepare the national team for the upcoming

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rules were adopted for this conference: *Zone defense will be allowed. *Total time of the game would be reduced to 40 minutes, 10-minute quarters. *The time allowed for an offensive team to cross the halfcourt line was reduced from 10 to eight seconds. In addition, the pool of the national team was distributed into two teams: the Selecta-RP team and the Happee-RP team.

Imports

Each team were allowed two imports. The first line in the table are the original reinforcements of the teams. Below the name are the replacement of the import above. Same with the third replacement that is also highlighted with a different color. GP is the number of games played.

Rule changes

Imports

Elimination round

Team standings

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (8) San Miguel

(2) Coca-Cola vs. (7) Sta. Lucia

(3) Purefoods vs. (6) Red Bull

(4) Alaska vs. (5) FedEx

Semifinals

(2) Purefoods vs. (3) Coca-Cola

(4) Alaska vs. (8) San Miguel

Third place playoff

Finals

References

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