1992 Shell Rimula X season
| 1992 Shell Rimula X season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Rino Salazar |
| First Conference results | |
| Record | 17–7 (70.8%) |
| Place | 1st |
| Playoff finish | Finals |
| 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).
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 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, 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 Beermen, 102–115, in a 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 |
| Ricardo 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 |
| Jason Matthews 3rd conference import | Guard-Forward | 6"2' | University of Pittsburgh |
