1991 PBA season

17th PBA season February 2023 January 2023 1991 PBA season February 17 – December 15, 1991 8 Vintage Sports (PTV) 1991 PBA Draft Alejandro Araneta Alaska Milkmen Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods TJ Hotdogs) First Conference 1991 PBA First Conference Ginebra San Miguel Shell Rimula X All-Filipino Conference 1991 PBA All-Filipino Conference Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Diet Sarsi Sizzlers Third Conference 1991 PBA Third Conference Alaska Milkmen Ginebra San Miguel 1990 PBA season 1990 1992 PBA season 1992 The 1991 PBA season was the 17th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Board of governors Executive committee Rodrigo L. Salud (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. Carlos Palanca III Pepsi Hotshots Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc. Luis Lorenzo, Sr. Diet Sarsi Republic Flour Mills Corporation Elmer Yanga 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 Season highlights The PBA Rookie draft was aired on TV live for the first time in league history.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=elw0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=JwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5236%2C1955563 Draft of PBA live on TV 4 Manila Standard A PBA-China exhibition series took place during the pre-season from January 27 – February 3. The three PBA champions last year played the Liaoning basketball team which boast of three Beijing Asian Games veterans in a four-game series. Presto and Shell won over Liaoning but the Chinese cagers prevail against Purefoods in their third outing. Finally, a PBA All-Star selection won over Liaoning in their final assignment.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gFw0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=JwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6770%2C4530980 Liaoning debuts vs Presto 5 today Manila Standard Vintage sports commentator Joe Cantada covered his final game on TV during the April 9 replay of the controversial Shell-Purefoods game that took place on March 17. An era in Philippine Basketball ended on April 21 when Virgilio "Baby" Dalupan resigned as head coach of Purefoods Hotdogs. Dalupan cited his difference with management as the reason for his resignation. On May 19, Ginebra San Miguel made history in the PBA record books as the first team to come back from a 1–3 series deficit and beat Shell Rimula-X in game 7 of the best-of-seven 1st conference championship showdown. Rudy Distrito made a difficult baseline fadeaway shot against two Shell defenders with one second remaining to give Ginebra their third PBA title. After the contract of Alvin Patrimonio with Purefoods expired in June, Pepsi Hotshots offered Patrimonio a P 25.3 million salary and a benefits package for 5 1 2 years, Purefoods matched Pepsi's multi-million peso contract to retain Patrimonio's services. Due to numerous players requesting megabuck deals, the league initiated a "salary cap" starting the 1992 season. Swift, Shell, Alaska, Tivoli, Pepsi and Ginebra will have a P12 million cap while Purefoods and San Miguel will have a cap of P15 million. Alvin Patrimonio of Purefoods won the season's Most Valuable Player award. The PBA Awards Night took place on December 19 at the ULTRA and it was billed as "Pasasalamat".https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_bxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2842%2C3307611 Patrimonio a cinch for PBA MVP award Manila Standard By the end of the season, Rudy Salud resigned as the commissioner of the league.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Br1OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6655%2C4767850 New PBA commissioner envisions jump into the future Manila Standard Opening ceremonies The muses for the participating teams are as follows: Team Muse Alaska Milkmen Christine Jacob Diet Sarsi Sizzlers Gretchen Barretto Ginebra San Miguel Shireen Ledesma Pepsi Hotshots Emily Artadi Presto Tivolis Carmi Matic and Jane Ashley Purefoods Hotdogs Sofia Zobel San Miguel Beermen Nanette Medved Shell Rimula X Jennifer Pingree and Maricel Laxa Champions First Conference: Ginebra San Miguel All-Filipino Conference: Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs Third Conference: Alaska Milkmen Team with best win–loss percentage: Alaska Milkmen (31–25, .554) Best Team of the Year: Ginebra San Miguel (1st) First Conference 1991 PBA First Conference Elimination round elimsstandings Semifinal round semisstandings Third place playoffs 5 (3) Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 0–3 (4) Diet Sarsi Sizzlers 113–133 124–147 122–131 — — |} Finals 1991 PBA First Conference finals 7 (1) Shell Rimula X 3–4 (2) Ginebra San Miguel 114–109 114–125 120–113 127–125 90–116 119–123 102–104 |} Best Import of the Conference: Bobby Parks (Shell) All-Filipino Conference 1991 PBA All-Filipino Conference Elimination round elimsstandings Semifinal round semisstandings Third place playoffs (3) San Miguel Beermen 1–2 (4) Alaska Milkmen 99–101 106–96 93–108 |} Finals 1991 PBA All-Filipino Conference finals 5 (1) Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 3–2 (2) Diet Sarsi Sizzlers 107–111 112–102 105–109 115–105 107–100 |} Third Conference 1991 PBA Third Conference Elimination round elimsstandings Semifinal round semisstandings Third place playoffs (3) Pepsi Hotshots 1–2 (4) San Miguel Beermen 116–119 109–105 109–114 |} Finals 1991 PBA Third Conference finals 5 (1) Alaska Milkmen 3–1 (2) Ginebra San Miguel 93–92 105–107 122–103 99–90 — |} Best Import of the Conference: Wes Matthews (Ginebra) Awards Most Valuable Player: Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods) Rookie of the Year: Eugene Quilban (Alaska) Most Improved Player: Ato Agustin (San Miguel) Mythical Five: Jojo Lastimosa (Alaska) Allan Caidic (Tivoli) Ramon Fernandez (San Miguel) Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods) Benjie Paras (Shell) Mythical Second Team: Ronnie Magsanoc (Shell) Ato Agustin (San Miguel) Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods) Alvin Teng (San Miguel) Elpidio Villamin (Sarsi/Swift) All-Defensive Team: Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods) Glenn Capacio (Purefoods) Alvin Teng (San Miguel) Biboy Ravanes (Alaska) Chito Loyzaga (Ginebra) Cumulative standings main WL percentage no no 1 none complete ALA 31 25 Alaska Milkmen GIN 33 27 Ginebra San Miguel PEP 19 25 Pepsi Hotshots/7-Up Uncolas PRE 21 28 Presto Tivolis/Tivoli Milkmasters PF 27 30 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs SAR 31 27 Diet Sarsi Sizzlers/Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs SMB 33 31 San Miguel Beermen SHL 23 25 Shell Rimula X C C F 3rd F C SF SF Best finish after gold Champions silver Finalist #CD7F32 Third place green1 Semifinalist red1 Elimination round Elimination round main WL percentage no no 1 none complete ALA 17 16 Alaska Milkmen GIN 16 17 Ginebra San Miguel PEP 15 18 Pepsi Hotshots/7-Up Uncolas PRE 16 17 Presto Tivolis/Tivoli Milkmasters PF 15 18 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs SAR 18 15 Diet Sarsi Sizzlers/Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs SMB 19 14 San Miguel Beermen SHL 16 17 Shell Rimula X Playoffs main WL wins no no 1 none complete ALA 14 9 Alaska Milkmen GIN 17 10 Ginebra San Miguel PEP 4 7 Pepsi Hotshots/7-Up Uncolas PRE 5 11 Presto Tivolis/Tivoli Milkmasters PF 12 12 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs SAR 13 12 Diet Sarsi Sizzlers/Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs SMB 14 17 San Miguel Beermen SHL 7 8 Shell Rimula X References PBA