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
←  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

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
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 5 Magsanoc, Ronnie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Philippines-Diliman G 9 Isaac, Leo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Mapúa F 10 Martin, Jojo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) NCBA PG 11 Altamirano, Eric  (NP) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Philippines F 12 Dela Rosa, Romeo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Southwestern-U C 14 Paras, Benjie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Philippines-Diliman F 15 Relosa, Ricky 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa G 17 Loyzaga, Joey 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Beda F/C 18 Cuenco, Rey 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) De La Salle Araneta 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) Southwestern-U F 71 Marquez, Manuel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Beda	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.