1992 Shell Rimula X season
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| 1992 Shell Rimula X season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Rino Salazar |
| General Manager | Charlie Favis |
| Owner(s) | Pilipinas Shell |
| First Conference results | |
| Record | 17–7 (70.8%) |
| Place | 1st |
| Playoff finish | Champions |
| All-Filipino Conference results | |
| Record | 5–13 (27.8%) |
| Place | 5th |
| Playoff finish | Semifinals |
| Third Conference results | |
| Record | 5–7 (41.7%) |
| Place | 7th |
| Playoff finish | Eliminated |
| Shell Rimula X seasons | |
The 1992 Shell Rimula X season was the 8th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
| Round | Pick | Player | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Jolly Escobar | UE |
| 2 | 14 | Romulo Orillosa | Adamson |
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.
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.
