1992 Shell Rimula X season

1992 Shell Rimula X season
Head coach Rino Salazar
First Conference results
Record 17–7
(.708)
Place 1st
Playoff finish 1
All-Filipino Conference results
Record 5–13
(.278)
Place 5th
Playoff finish N/A
Third Conference results
Record 5–7
(.417)
Place 7th
Playoff finish N/A
Stats @ PBA-Online.net
Shell Rimula X seasons
1991 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

The Shell Rimula-X Turbo Chargers bag the First Conference crown, with a 4–1 series win over the San Miguel Beermen, Coach Rino Salazar won his first title as 7-time Best Import Bobby Parks delivered the second championship to the Shell franchise, winning it "officially" this time and victory was complete.

Notable dates

April 21: Shell advances in the finals of the First Conference, 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: First Conference champions Shell Turbo Chargers roared to a 132-114 win over Presto Ice Cream in a rousing debut 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, leading Shell to a 114-98 win over San Miguel Beer 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 comebacking Kelvin Upshaw, who played last season with Swift. [3]

Occurrences

During the Third Conference, the Turbo Chargers were on a verge of a semifinals seat 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 advance in the next round and were ousted by San Miguel Beer, 102–115 in a playoff game on November 8.

Roster

ROSTER # POS HT COLLEGE
Eric Altamirano 11 Guard 5"11' University of the Philippines
Rey Cuenco 18 & 13 Forward-Center 6"4' Arellano University
Romeo Dela Rosa 12 Forward 6"3' South Western University
Jolly Escobar 32 Center-Forward 6"5' University of the East
Leo Isaac 9 Guard 6"1' Mapua Institute of Technology
Joey Loyzaga 17 Guard 6"1' San Beda College
Ronnie Magsanoc 5 Guard 5"9' University of the Philippines
Manuel Marquez 71 Forward 6"2' San Beda College
Joselito Martin 10 Forward 6"3' National College of Business and Arts
Romulo Orillosa 28 Forward 6"2' Adamson University
Benjie Paras 14 Center 6"5' University of the Philippines
Ricardo Relosa 15 Forward-Center 6"3' Mapua Institute of Technology
Calvin Tuadles 33 Guard 5"11' South Western University
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
Jason Matthews 3rd conference import Guard-Forward 6"2' University of Pittsburgh

References

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