1992 PBA season

The 1992 PBA season was the 18th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1992 PBA season
Duration	February 9, 1992 – December 13, 1992
Number of teams	8
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (PTV)
1992 PBA Draft
Top draft pick	Vergel Meneses
Picked by	Presto Ice Cream
Season MVP	Ato Agustin (San Miguel Beermen)
First Conference champions	Shell Rimula X Zoomers
First Conference runners-up	San Miguel Beermen
All-Filipino Cup champions	San Miguel Beermen
All-Filipino Cup runners-up	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
Third Conference champions	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs
Third Conference runners-up	7-Up Uncolas

Executive committee

• Reynaldo G. Marquez (Commissioner)
• Luis Lorenzo, Sr. (Chairman, representing Pepsi Hotshots)
• Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (Vice Chairman, representing Alaska Milkmen)
• Lance Gokongwei (Treasurer, representing Presto Tivolis)

Teams

Team	Company	Governor
Alaska Milkmen	General Milling Corporation	Wilfred Steven Uytengsu
Ginebra San Miguel	La Tondeña Distillers, Inc.	Bernabe Navarro
Pepsi Hotshots	Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc.	Luis Lorenzo, Sr.
Presto Tivolis	Consolidated Foods Corporation	Lance Gokongwei
Purefoods Hotdogs	Purefoods Corporation	Renato Buhain
San Miguel Beermen	San Miguel Corporation	Nazario Avendaño
Shell Rimula X	Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation	Ric Lara
Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	Republic Flour Mills Corporation	Elmer Yanga

Season highlights

• PBA Commissioner Rudy Salud stepped down from his post to become the campaign manager of Danding Cojuangco for the upcoming presidential elections. League chairman Rey Marquez succeeded Atty. Salud as the new PBA Commissioner.
• The pre-season annual PBA draft was highly anticipated with six members of the national team that took home the basketball gold in the recent Southeast Asian Games joining the rookie draft. Five-time national player Zandro "Jun" Limpot appealed earlier to PBA commissioner Rudy Salud that he'l be allowed to enter the PBA draft despite a league rule prohibited a player younger than 23 years old to play in the league. The PBA board of governors has rejected Jun Limpot's request.^[1]
• Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs won the four-team PBA battle of champions from January 26 – February 2, which includes the Chinese national team. The other two teams that participated are last year's third conference champion Alaska Milkmen and Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs, taking the spot from last year's first conference champion Ginebra San Miguel.^[2]
• League mourns the passing of the great sportscaster Joe Cantada, who succumbed to cancer in the United States on March 22.^[3]
• The PBA's playing venue, the ULTRA was renamed NASA, now controlled by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC). By the end of the year, the league left the Pasig Arena after eight years. The PBA transferred to the newly built Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay the following season.
• The PBA suffered in gate attendance with lean crowds watching the games during the All-Filipino, among several factors were the absence of crowd-drawer Ginebra San Miguel from the semifinals and the deteriorating venue. The league introduced the Whiplash dancers during halftime to entertain the fans watching live.
• The league's first NBA-styled coliseum announcer, Vince St. Price, made his debut during the All-Filipino Conference finals. He became the regular venue announcer for the league's second game during doubleheaders.
• Swift Mighty Meaties found an import named Tony Harris, known as the "Hurricane", Harris broke all sorts of record for the most points scored in a single game by scoring 105 points in Swift's 151-147 win against Ginebra on October 10, 1992, in Iloilo City.^[4] He was easily the unanimous choice for the best import award and led Swift Mighty Meaties to their first-ever PBA championship. Swift coach Yeng Guiao won his first title as a head mentor.
• Presto Ice Cream, one of the two remaining pioneers in the PBA, played its final season. The Gokongwei franchise had earlier signed former grandslam coach and the comebacking Tommy Manotoc to replace coach Jimmy Mariano on the bench before the start of the third conference. The team won just once in their final conference and formally bid goodbye and played their last game on November 5, losing to 7-Up.^[5][6] The ballclub was sold to Sta.Lucia Realty just before Christmas Eve in December 1992.^[7]

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Team	Muse
Alaska Milkmen	Amelia Dela Cruz
Ginebra San Miguel	Rea Ordonez and Andrea Bautista
Pepsi Hotshots	Pops Fernandez with Martin Nievera
Presto Ice Cream	Selina Manalad
Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	Bettina Barrientos
San Miguel Beermen	Ruffa Gutierrez
Shell Rimula X Zoomers	Ina Remedios and Liza Arevalo
Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	Kris Aquino

Champions

• First Conference: Shell Rimula-X Zoomers
• All-Filipino Conference: San Miguel Beermen
• Third Conference: Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs
• Team with best win–loss percentage: Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs (43-26, .623)
• Best Team of the Year: San Miguel Beermen (3rd)

First Conference

Main article: 1992 PBA First Conference

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Presto Ice Cream	7	4	.636	—	Semifinal round
2	Shell Rimula X Zoomers	7	4	.636	—
3	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636	—
4	Alaska Milkmen	6	5	.545	1
5	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 1]	2
6	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 1]	2
7	Pepsi Hotshots	4	7	.364	3
8	Ginebra San Miguel	3	8	.273	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Semifinal berth playoff: Swift 123–117 Purefoods

Semifinal round

Cumulative standings Pos Team v t e W L PCT GB Qualification 1 Shell Rimula X Zoomers 13 6 .684 — Advance to the finals[lower-alpha 1] 2 San Miguel Beermen 11 8 .579[lower-alpha 2] 2 Guaranteed finals berth playoff 3 Alaska Milkmen 11 8 .579[lower-alpha 2] 2 Qualify to finals berth playoff 4 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 9 10 .474 4 Proceed to third-place playoff 5 Presto Ice Cream 8 11 .421 5 Source: [citation needed] Notes: If a team outside the top two teams wins at least five semifinal round games, then it and the second-placed team will playoff for the last finals berth; otherwise, the top 2 teams qualify outright. Head-to-head record: San Miguel 2–2 Alaska, San Miguel +11

Semifinal round standings: Pos Team v t e W L Qualification 1 Shell Rimula X Zoomers 6 2 2 Alaska Milkmen 5 3 Qualify to finals berth playoff[lower-alpha 1] 3 San Miguel Beermen 4 4 4 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 4 4 5 Presto Ice Cream 1 7 Source: [citation needed] Notes: Shell advanced to the finals outright as #1 seeded team; finals berth playoff: San Miguel 118–97 Alaska

Third-place playoffs

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
(3) Alaska Milkmen	3–2	(4) Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	111–108	127–132	121–130	W–L	115–107

Finals results

Main article: 1992 PBA First Conference finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
(1) Shell Rimula X Zoomers	4–1	(2) San Miguel Beermen	112–105 (OT)	98–89	93–115	104–98	102–92	—	—

• Best Import of the Conference: Bobby Parks (Shell)

All-Filipino Conference

Main article: 1992 PBA All-Filipino Conference

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	8	2	.800	—	Semifinal round
2	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	7	3	.700	1
3	San Miguel Beermen	7	3	.700	1
4	7-Up Uncolas	6	4	.600	2
5	Shell Rimula X Zoomers	5	5	.500	3
6	Ginebra San Miguel	3	7	.300	5
7	Alaska Milkmen	2	8	.200	6
8	Presto Ice Cream	2	8	.200	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinal round

Cumulative standings Pos Team v t e W L PCT GB Qualification 1 San Miguel Beermen 14 4 .778 — Advance to the finals[lower-alpha 1] 2 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 12 6 .667 2 Guaranteed finals berth playoff 3 7-Up Uncolas 12 6 .667 2 Qualify to finals berth playoff 4 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 10 8 .556 4 Proceed to third-place playoff 5 Shell Rimula X Zoomers 5 13 .278 9 Source: [citation needed] Notes: If a team outside the top two teams wins at least five semifinal round games, then it and the second-placed team will playoff for the last finals berth; otherwise, the top 2 teams qualify outright.

Semifinal round standings: Pos Team v t e W L Qualification 1 San Miguel Beermen 7 1 2 7-Up Uncolas 6 2 Qualify to finals berth playoff[lower-alpha 1] 3 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 4 4 4 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 3 5 5 Shell Rimula X Zoomers 0 8 Source: [citation needed] Notes: San Miguel advanced to the finals outright as #1 seeded team; finals berth playoff: Purefoods 81–77 7-Up

Third-place playoffs

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
(3) 7-Up Uncolas	0–3	(4) Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	88–96	98–103	94–106	—	—

Finals

Main article: 1992 PBA All-Filipino Conference finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
(1) San Miguel Beermen	4–3	(2) Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	85–77	94–100	111–112	114–102	99–98	99–107	105–86

Third Conference

Main article: 1992 PBA Third Conference

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	9	2	.818	—	Semifinal round
2	7-Up Uncolas	7	4	.636	2
3	Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636	2
4	San Miguel Beermen	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 1]	4
5	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 1]	4
6	Alaska Milkmen	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 1]	4
7	Shell Rimula X Zoomers	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 1]	4
8	Presto Ice Cream Kings	1	10	.091	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Head-to-head quotient: Purefoods 1.013, Shell 1.007, San Miguel 0.996, Alaska 0.983; semifinal round berth playoffs: Purefoods 119–110 Alaska, San Miguel 115-102 Shell

Semifinal round

Cumulative standings Pos Team v t e W L PCT GB Qualification 1 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 14 5 .737 — Advance to the Finals[lower-alpha 1] 2 7-Up Uncolas 12 7 .632 2 Guaranteed Finals berth playoff 3 San Miguel Beermen 11 8 .579 3 Qualify to Finals berth playoff 4 Ginebra San Miguel 10 9 .526 4 Proceed to third-place playoff 5 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 6 13 .316 8 Source: [citation needed] Notes: If a team outside the top two teams wins at least five semifinal round games, then it and the second-placed team will playoff for the last Finals berth; otherwise, the top 2 teams qualify outright.

Semifinal round standings: Pos Team v t e W L Qualification 1 San Miguel Beermen 6 2 Qualify to Finals berth playoff[lower-alpha 1] 2 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 5 3 3 7-Up Uncolas 5 3 4 Ginebra San Miguel 3 5 5 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 1 7 Source: [citation needed] Notes: Swift advanced to the Finals outright as #1 seeded team, 7-Up guaranteed playoff as #2 seeded team; Finals berth playoff: 7-Up 102–91 San Miguel

Third-place playoffs

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
(3) San Miguel Beermen	0–3	(4) Ginebra San Miguel	124–130	99–114	93–107	—	—

Finals

Main article: 1992 PBA Third Conference finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
(1) Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	4–0	(2) 7-Up Uncolas	121–109	101–97	125–107	119–106	—	—	—

• Best Import of the Conference: Tony Harris (Swift)

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Ato Agustin (San Miguel)
• Rookie of the Year: Bong Ravena (San Miguel)
• Most Improved Player: Pido Jarencio (Ginebra)
• Mythical Five:
  • Al Solis (Swift)
  • Ato Agustin (San Miguel)
  • Ramon Fernandez (San Miguel)
  • Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods)
  • Nelson Asaytono (Swift)
• Mythical Second Team:
  • Ronnie Magsanoc (Shell)
  • Elmer Cabahug (Purefoods)
  • Benjie Paras (Shell)
  • Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods)
  • Alvin Teng (San Miguel)
• All-Defensive Team:
  • Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods)
  • Glenn Capacio (Purefoods)
  • Alvin Teng (San Miguel)
  • Art dela Cruz (San Miguel)
  • Chito Loyzaga (Ginebra)

Cumulative standings

Team	GP	W	L	PCT
Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	69	43	26	.623
San Miguel Beermen	74	43	31	.581
Pepsi Hotshots / 7-Up Uncolas	53	28	25	.509
Shell Rimula-X Zoomers	54	27	27	.500
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs	58	28	30	.482
Alaska Milkmen	47	21	26	.446
Ginebra San Miguel	43	19	24	.441
Presto Ice Cream	40	11	29	.275

References

1. "Limpot's 'hardship case' appeal thrown out". Manila Standard.
2. "Ma Jian-less Sinos vs Purefoods". Manila Standard.
3. "Smokin' Joe throws in towel vs Big C". Manila Standard.
4. "Harris fires 105 as Swift posts No.6". Manila Standard.
5. "Presto fate up in PBA meet today". Manila Standard.
6. "Presto blows farewell game". Manila Standard.
7. "Sta.Lucia buys Presto franchise". Manila Standard.