1992 Shell Rimula X season

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1992 Shell Rimula X season
Head coachRino Salazar
First Conference results
Record17–7
(.708)
Place1st
Playoff finishFinals
All-Filipino Conference results
Record5–13
(.278)
Place5th
Playoff finishSemifinals
Third Conference results
Record5–7
(.417)
Place7th
Playoff finishEliminated
Shell Rimula X seasons
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1993 →

The 1992 Shell Rimula-X season was the 8th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Off-season transactions[]

TRANSACTIONS
Eric Altamirano Acquired from Pepsi
Jolly Escobar Drafted Rookie; 3rd overall pick
Romulo Orillosa Drafted Rookie
Joey Loyzaga Acquired from Swift
Leo Isaac Acquired from Pepsi, which owns the rights to Isaac when they traded Tonichi Yturri to Ginebra
Rey Cuenco Acquired from Swift when they traded Richard Bognot

Championship[]

Shell Rimula-X took home the First Conference crown with a 4–1 series win over San Miguel Beermen. Winning coach Rino Salazar won his first title as a coach and seven-time Best Import Bobby Parks delivered the second championship to the Shell franchise, winning it "officially" this time and victory was complete.

Main article: 1992 PBA First Conference Finals

Notable dates[]

April 21: Shell advances in the finals of the First Conference by scoring a 133-100 rout off San Miguel Beer in the last day of the semifinals, leaving the Beermen and the Alaska Milkmen in a playoff to dispute the other finals slot.

June 9: Shell Rimula-X roared to a 132-114 triumph over Presto Ice Cream in their first game in the All-Filipino Conference. [1]

June 18: Shell escaped with a 97-96 win over Purefoods in the battle of early leaders to take solo lead in the All-Filipino Conference with three wins without a loss. [2]

October 8: Import Steve Colter scored 50 points in leading Shell to a 114-98 win over San Miguel in his farewell game. Colter played five games and led the Turbo Chargers to two victories. The nine-year NBA veteran will be replaced by the comebacking Kelvin Upshaw, who played for Swift last season. [3]

Occurrences[]

During the Third Conference, Shell was one win away from a semifinals berth when import Kelvin Upshaw was found positive on a random drug test conducted and was banned by the PBA. [4] Upshaw was replaced by Jason Matthews in their last two games and Shell lost a chance to make it to the next round and were eliminated by San Miguel Beermen in the playoff game on November 8.

Roster[]

ROSTER # POS HT COLLEGE
Ronnie Magsanoc 5 Guard 5"9' University of the Philippines
Leo Isaac 9 Guard 6"1' Mapua Institute of Technology
Joselito Martin 10 Forward 6"3' NCBA
Eric Altamirano 11 Guard 5"11' University of the Philippines
Romeo Dela Rosa 12 Forward 6"3' Southwestern University
Benjie Paras 14 Center 6"5' University of the Philippines
Ricky Relosa 15 Forward-Center 6"3' Mapua (Juniors)
Joey Loyzaga 17 Guard 6"1' San Beda College
Rey Cuenco 18 & 13 Forward-Center 6"4' Gregorio Araneta University
Romulo Orillosa 28 Forward 6"2' Adamson University
Jolly Escobar 32 Center-Forward 6"5' University of the East
Calvin Tuadles 33 Guard 5"11' Southwestern University
Manuel Marquez 71 Forward 6"2' San Beda College
Bobby Parks 1st conference import 22 Forward 6"3' Memphis State University
Steve Colter 3rd conference import 20 Guard 6"2' New Mexico State University
Kelvin Upshaw 3rd conference import 7 Guard-Forward 6"2' University of Utah
3rd conference import Guard-Forward 6"2' University of Pittsburgh

References[]

  1. ^ "Life for Shell after Parks as Rimulas scuttle Presto". Manila Standard.
  2. ^ "Shell stops Purefoods". Manila Standard.
  3. ^ "Colter farewell lifts Shell past San Miguel". Manila Standard.
  4. ^ "Shell import banned for using drugs". Manila Standard.
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