1992 Shell Rimula X season

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

1992 Shell Rimula X season
Head coachRino Salazar
First Conference results
Record17–7
(70.8%)
Place1st
Playoff finishFinals
All-Filipino Conference results
Record5–13
(27.8%)
Place5th
Playoff finishSemifinals
Third Conference results
Record5–7
(41.7%)
Place7th
Playoff finishEliminated
Shell Rimula X seasons

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
Shell Rimula X roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
G 5 Magsanoc, Ronnie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UP-Diliman
G 9 Isaac, Leo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Mapua Tech
F 10 Martin, Jojo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) NCBA
PG 11 Altamirano, Eric (NP) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UP
F 12 Dela Rosa, Romeo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SWU
C 14 Paras, Benjie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UP-Diliman
F 15 Relosa, Ricky 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua (Jrs)
G 17 Loyzaga, Joey 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Beda College
F/C 18 Cuenco, Rey 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) GAUF
F 28 Orillosa, Mulong 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Adamson
F/C 32 Escobar, Jolly 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UE
G 33 Tuadles, Calvin 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) SWU
F 71 Marquez, Manuel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Beda College
Head coach
  • Rino Salazar
Assistant coach(es)
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (NP) Not played in the First Conference Finals
    • Injured

    Transactions

    Recruited Imports
    Import Conference No. Pos. Ht. College
    Bobby Parks First Conference 22 Forward 6"3' Memphis State University
    Steve Colter Third Conference 20 Guard 6"2' New Mexico State University
    Kelvin Upshaw 7 Guard-Forward 6"2' University of Utah
    Jason Matthews 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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