1992 Shell Rimula X season (original) (raw)

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Basketball team season

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

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.

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]

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.

1992 Shell Rimula X roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 5 Magsanoc, Ronnie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UP Diliman G 9 Isaac, Leo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Mapúa F 10 Martin, Jojo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) NCBA G 11 Altamirano, Eric 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Philippines F 12 Dela Rosa, Romeo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Southwestern-U C 14 Paras, Benjie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UP Diliman F/C 15 Relosa, Ricky 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa G 17 Loyzaga, Joey 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Beda C 18 Cuenco, Rey 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) De La Salle Araneta F 28 Orillosa, Mulong 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Adamson C 32 Escobar, Jolly 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UE G 33 Tuadles, Calvin 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Southwestern-U F 71 Marquez, Manuel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Beda

Head coach Rino Salazar Assistant coach(es) Manuel Pineda Cris Calilan Team manager Charlie Favis Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Swift own the rights to Rey Cuenco when they traded Sonny Cabatu to Ginebra. Likewise Pepsi own the rights to Leo Isaac when they traded Tonichi Yturri to Ginebra

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.