1992 Shell Rimula X season

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

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.

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]

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.

1992 Shell Rimula X roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 5 Ronnie Magsanoc 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UP Diliman G 9 Leo Isaac 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Mapúa F 10 Jojo Martin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) NCBA G 11 Eric Altamirano 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Philippines F 12 Romeo Dela Rosa 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Southwestern-U C 14 Benjie Paras 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UP Diliman F/C 15 Ricky Relosa 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa G 17 Joey Loyzaga 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Beda C 18 Rey Cuenco 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) De La Salle Araneta F 28 Mulong Orillosa 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Adamson C 32 Jolly Escobar 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UE G 33 Calvin Tuadles 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Southwestern-U F 71 Manuel Marquez 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Beda

Head coach Rino Salazar Assistant coach(es) Manuel Pineda Cris Calilan Team manager Charlie Favis Legend (C) Team captain Injured

^{Swift own the rights to Rey Cuenco when they traded Sonny Cabatu to Ginebra. Likewise Pepsi own the rights to Leo Isaac when they traded Tonichi Yturri to Ginebra}