1991 PBA First Conference

1991 First Conference February 17 – May 19, 1991 Vintage Sports (PTV) Bobby Parks (Shell Rimula X) Ginebra San Miguel Shell Rimula X 1990 PBA First Conference 1990 1992 PBA First Conference 1992 1990 Third 1990 PBA Third Conference 1991 All-Filipino 1991 PBA All-Filipino Conference The 1991 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) First Conference was the opening conference of the 1991 PBA season. It started on February 17 and ended on May 19, 1991. The tournament allows one-import each per 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 Pepsi Hotshots Presto Tivoli Ice Cream San Miguel Beermen Group B: Alaska Milkmen Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers Purefoods Hotdogs Diet Sarsi Sizzlers 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=Nq8mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2092%2C4992676 San Miguel battles Shell, Sarsi takes on Pepsi Manila Standard The top five teams after the eliminations will advance to the semifinals. 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bKAVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5208%2C138235 Surging Gins outplay Shell Manila Standard 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 ALA 4 7 Alaska Milkmen GIN 5 6 Ginebra San Miguel PEP 4 7 Pepsi Hotshots PF 6 5 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs PRE 4 7 Presto Tivolis SAR 6 5 Diet Sarsi Sizzlers SHL 8 3 Shell Rimula X SMB 7 4 San Miguel Beermen SF SF SF SF SF Q before green1 Semifinal round Semifinal round Team standings main WL Overall standings percentage yes yes none complete GIN 12 7 Ginebra San Miguel Head-to-head record: Shell 3–1 Ginebra PF 10 9 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs SAR 9 10 Diet Sarsi Sizzlers Head-to-head record: Diet Sarsi 3–1 San Miguel SHL 12 7 Shell Rimula X GIN SMB 9 10 San Miguel Beermen SAR F F 3rd 3rd Q before green1 Advance to the finals yellow1 Proceed to third place playoffs main WL Semifinal round standings wins no yes none complete GIN 7 1 Ginebra San Miguel PF 4 4 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs SAR 3 5 Diet Sarsi Sizzlers SHL 4 4 Shell Rimula X SMB 2 6 San Miguel Beermen Third place playoffs #eee May 5 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Diet Sarsi Sizzlers 133 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 113 May 7 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Diet Sarsi Sizzlers 147 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 124 #eee May 9 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Diet Sarsi Sizzlers 131 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 122 Diet Sarsi wins series, 3–0 Finals 1991 PBA First Conference finals #eee May 5 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Ginebra San Miguel 109 Shell Rimula X 114 May 7 The ULTRA, Pasig OT Vintage Ginebra San Miguel 125 Shell Rimula X 114 #eee May 9 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Ginebra San Miguel 113 Shell Rimula X 120 May 12 The ULTRA, Pasig OT Vintage Ginebra San Miguel 125 Shell Rimula X 127 #eee May 14 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Ginebra San Miguel 116 Shell Rimula X 90 May 16 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Ginebra San Miguel 123 Shell Rimula X 119 #eee May 19 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Ginebra San Miguel 104 Shell Rimula X 102 Ginebra wins series, 4–3 References External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 Category:PBA First Conference First Conference