1992 PBA First Conference

1992 First Conference February 9 – May 5, 1992 Vintage Sports (PTV) Bobby Parks (Shell Rimula X Zoomers) Shell Rimula X Zoomers San Miguel Beermen 1991 PBA First Conference 1991 1991 Third 1991 PBA Third Conference 1992 All-Filipino 1992 PBA All-Filipino Conference The 1992 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) First Conference was the first Conference of the 1992 PBA season. It started on February 9 and ended on May 5, 1992. The tournament requires a 6'5" and below import for each team. Format The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference: The teams were divided into 2 groups. Group A: Ginebra San Miguel Presto Ice Cream Purefoods TJ Hotdogs San Miguel Beermen Group B: Alaska Milkmen Pepsi Hotshots Shell Rimula X Zoomers Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs Teams in a group will play against each other once and against teams in the other group twice; 11 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams. Standings will be determined in one league table; teams do not qualify by basis of groupings.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EKJOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3148%2C4544624 Swift books ticket to semis Manila Standard The top five teams after the eliminations will advance to the semifinals.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EKJOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3282%2C5144122 Alaska subdues Presto Manila Standard Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the remaining teams. Results from the elimination round will be carried over. A playoff incentive for a finals berth will be given to the team that will win at least five of their eight semifinal games. The top two teams (or the top team and the winner of the playoff incentive) will face each other in a best-of-seven championship series. The next two teams will qualify for a best-of-five playoff for third place. Elimination round Team standings main WL percentage yes yes none complete PEP 4 7 Pepsi Hotshots ALA 6 5 Alaska Milkmen GIN 3 8 Ginebra San Miguel PF 5 6 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs Semifinal berth playoff: Swift 123–117 Purefoods PRE 7 4 Presto Ice Cream SHL 7 4 Shell Rimula X Zoomers SMB 7 4 San Miguel Beermen SWI 5 6 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs PF SF SF SF SF SF Q before green1 Semifinal round Semifinal berth playoff #eee March 26 The NASA, Pasig Vintage Swift Mighty Meaties 123 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 117 Semifinal round Team standings main WL Overall standings percentage yes yes none complete ALA 11 8 Alaska Milkmen Head-to-head record: San Miguel 2–2 Alaska, San Miguel +11 PRE 8 11 Presto Ice Cream SHL 13 6 Shell Rimula X Zoomers SMB 11 8 San Miguel Beermen ALA SWI 9 10 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs F PO2 PO 3rd Q before green1 Advance to the finals 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. yellow1 Proceed to third place playoffs blue1 Guaranteed finals berth playoff blue2 Qualify to finals berth playoff main WL Semifinal round standings wins no yes none complete ALA 5 3 Alaska Milkmen PRE 1 7 Presto Ice Cream SHL 6 2 Shell Rimula X Zoomers SMB 4 4 San Miguel Beermen SWI 4 4 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs PO Q before blue2 Qualify to finals berth playoff Shell advanced to the finals outright as #1 seeded team; finals berth playoff: San Miguel 118–97 Alaska Finals berth playoff #eee April 23 The NASA, Pasig Vintage San Miguel Beermen 118 Alaska Milkmen 97 Third place playoffs #eee April 26 The NASA, Pasig Vintage Alaska Milkmen 111 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 108 April 28 The NASA, Pasig Vintage Alaska Milkmen 127 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 132 #eee April 30 The NASA, Pasig Vintage Alaska Milkmen 121 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 130 May 3 The NASA, Pasig Vintage Alaska Milkmen W Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs L #eee May 5 The NASA, Pasig Vintage Alaska Milkmen 115 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 107 Alaska wins series, 3–2 Finals 1992 PBA First Conference finals #eee April 26 The NASA, Pasig OT Vintage Shell Rimula X Zoomers 112 San Miguel Beermen 105 April 28 The NASA, Pasig Vintage Shell Rimula X Zoomers 98 San Miguel Beermen 89 #eee April 30 The NASA, Pasig Vintage Shell Rimula X Zoomers 93 San Miguel Beermen 115 May 3 The NASA, Pasig Vintage Shell Rimula X Zoomers 104 San Miguel Beermen 98 #eee May 5 The NASA, Pasig Vintage Shell Rimula X Zoomers 102 San Miguel Beermen 92 Shell wins series, 4–1 References External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 Category:PBA First Conference First Conference