2002–03 Philippine Basketball League season

The 2002–03 season of the Philippine Basketball League (PBL).

Team standings
Welcoat Paintmasters is the top team in the eliminations and will enjoy a twice-to-beat advantage against the fourth finisher in the crossover semis. Welcoat will meet the winner of ICTSI and LBC-Batangas. Blu Detergent and Dazz finished with identical 7-4 won-loss cards and will play in the other crossover semis.

Crossover semifinals
Welcoat and Dazz had a twice-to-beat advantage against the two other semifinalist and they made it to the championship round.

Finals
Comebacking Welcoat Paintmasters completed a three-game sweep over Dazz. Coach Leo Austria now won three PBL titles, two of which came when he was a Shark Energy Drink mentor. The Welcoat franchise won their fifth PBL championship, and all their series victories were via sweeps.

Individual awards

 * Most Valuable Player: Rommel Adducul (Welcoat)
 * Sportsmanship Award: Alex Compton (LBC-Batangas)
 * Most Improved Player Award: Paul Artadi (Welcoat)
 * Top Newcomer: Mark Cardona (ICTSI-La Salle)
 * Finals MVP: Rommel Adducul and Ronald Tubid (Welcoat)
 * Mythical First Team
 * Rommel Adducul (Welcoat)
 * Eddie Laure (Welcoat)
 * Ronald Tubid (Welcoat)
 * Aries Dimaunahan (Blu)
 * Mark Cardona (ICTSI-La Salle)

2003 Sunkist-Unity Cup
Two new teams joined the league, replacing Cheeseballs-Shark and Sunkist-Pampanga, these are Viva Mineral Water, coach by Koy Banal, and Nutrilicious, handled by Monel Kallos.

Hapee (formerly Dazz) and Viva Mineral Water advances to the championship after the double-round semifinals among the top four teams in the eliminations.

Finals
Hapee Toothpaste won their first title since the 1996 Reinforced Conference, denying Viva Mineral Water a championship in their very first try. Hapee mentor Junel Baculi won his sixth title as a coach.