1992 PBA Third Conference Finals

1992 PBA Third Conference Finals

Team Coach Wins Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs Yeng Guiao 4 7-Up Uncolas Derrick Pumaren 0
Dates	December 6–13, 1992
Television	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Radio network	DZSR
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The 1992 PBA Third Conference Finals was the best-of-7 basketball championship series of the 1992 PBA Third Conference, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs and 7-Up Uncolas played for the 53rd championship contested by the league.

Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs won their first PBA title with a 4-0 sweep over 7-Up Uncolas, becoming only the second team to score a sweep in a best-of-seven championship series.

Qualification[]

Swift		7-Up
Finished 9–2 (.818), 1st	Eliminations		Finished 7–4 (.636), tied for 2nd
Finished 14–5 (.737), 1st	Semifinals		Finished 12–7 (.632), 2nd
	Playoff		Won against San Miguel, 102-91

Series scoring summary[]

Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Wins
Swift	121	101	125	119	4
Seven-Up	109	97	107	106	0
Venue	PSC-NAS	PSC-NAS	PSC-NAS	PSC-NAS

Games summary[]

Game 1[]

Nelson Asaytono, Al Solis and Ricric Marata combined for 59 points to take over from a shackled Tony Harris, who was limited to his lowest output of the conference with only 31 points. The Meaties were never seriously threatened after a hot third period in which they outscored Seven-Up, 14-8 in a span of four minutes to seize a 71-59 lead.^[1]

Game 2[]

Tony Harris pumped in all but two of Swift's 23 points in the final period to salvaged a win. Harris capped his brilliant game with six straight points in the last 55 seconds to outlast the entire Seven-Up crew.

Game 3[]

Swift broke the game apart in the third quarter under a 21-point barrage in a stretch of eight minutes to forge ahead at 88-75. Seven-Up could only come closest at 87-98, before falling back as many as 18 points, 91-109. The Meaties' local starters; Jack Tanuan, Nelson Asaytono, Rudy Distrito and Al Solis combined for 63 points while Tony Harris scored 49 points.^[2]

Game 4[]

Seven-Up led at the end of the first quarter at 25-21, but the Meaties outscored them, 38-20 in the second period to take a 59-45 halftime lead. It was all Swift in the last 24 minutes of play as Tony Harris dominated, finishing with a triple-double of 58 points, 19 rebounds and 12 assists in a fitting finale on the last playing day of the PBA at the ULTRA.^[3]

1992 PBA Third Conference Champions
Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs First title

Rosters[]

Swift Mighty Meaties roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 8 Solis, Al 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) University of Visayas F 10 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Ateneo de Manila F 11 Asaytono, Nelson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of Manila C 12 Balingit, Bonel 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) University of Visayas (Jrs) F 13 Villamin, Elpidio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) G 14 Distrito, Rudy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE G 15 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Adamson F 17 Saldaña, Terry 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Letran (Jrs) G/F 22 Harris, Tony (I) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) New Orleans G 23 Marata, Ric-Ric 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SWU F 24 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) F 26 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern C 41 Tanuan, Jack 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Far Eastern	Head coach Yeng Guiao Assistant coach(es) Roehl Nadurata Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

7-Up Uncolas roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. C 1 Victorino, Manny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jose Rizal College C 4 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Trinity College G/F 5 Demps, Dell (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of the Pacific G 7 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) San Sebastian F 9 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) La Salle-Bacolod G 10 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SWU G 11 Tallo, Mark 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) SWU G 13 Austria, Leo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Lyceum F 22 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) University of Visayas C 25 Babilonia, Gido 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) UST F 29 Carpio, Bernardo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Ateneo de Manila C 32 Guidaben, Abet 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) San Jose-Recoletos F 50 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Sebastian	Head coach Derrick Pumaren Assistant coach(es) Gabby Velasco Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

Broadcast notes[]

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst
Game 1
Game 2		Quinito Henson
Game 3
Game 4		Quinito Henson

References[]

External links[]

• PBA official website