1992 PBA Third Conference

1992 Third Conference September 20 – December 13, 1992 Vintage Sports (PTV) Tony Harris (Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs) Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 7-Up Uncolas 1991 PBA Third Conference 1991 1992 All-Filipino 1992 PBA All-Filipino Conference 1993 All-Filipino 1993 PBA All-Filipino Cup The 1992 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Third Conference was the third and last conference of the 1992 PBA season. It started in September 20 and ended on December 13, 1992. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player 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 Kings Purefoods TJ Hotdogs San Miguel Beermen Group B: Alaska Milkmen 7-Up Uncolas 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=1ls0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=WQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3508%2C1852161 San Miguel, Purefoods gain semis over Shell, Alaska 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=5JgVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2AoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4845%2C315277 Gins crash out 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 7UP 7 4 7-Up Uncolas ALA 5 6 Alaska Milkmen Head-to-head quotient: Purefoods 1.013, Shell 1.007, San Miguel 0.996, Alaska 0.983; semifinal round berth playoffs: Purefoods 119–110 Alaska, San Miguel 115-102 Shell GIN 7 4 Ginebra San Miguel PF 5 6 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs ALA SHL 5 6 Shell Rimula X Zoomers ALA PRE 1 10 Presto Ice Cream Kings SMB 5 6 San Miguel Beermen ALA SWI 9 2 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs SF SF SF SF SF Q before green1 Semifinal round Semifinal round berth playoffs #eee November 8 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 119 Alaska Milk 110 November 8 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage San Miguel Beermen 115 Shell Rimula X Zoomers 102 Semifinal round Team standings main WL Overall standings percentage yes yes none complete 7UP 12 7 7-Up Uncolas GIN 10 9 Ginebra San Miguel PF 6 13 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs SMB 11 8 San Miguel Beermen SWI 14 5 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 7UP 5 3 7-Up Uncolas GIN 3 5 Ginebra San Miguel PF 1 7 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs SMB 6 2 San Miguel Beermen SWI 5 3 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs PO Q before blue2 Qualify to Finals berth playoff Swift advanced to the Finals outright as #1 seeded team, 7-Up guaranteed playoff as #2 seeded team; Finals berth playoff: 7-Up 102–91 San Miguel Finals berth playoff #eee December 3 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage recap 7-Up Uncolas 102 San Miguel Beermen 91 Third place playoffs #eee December 6 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage San Miguel Beermen 124 Ginebra San Miguel 130 December 8 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage San Miguel Beermen 99 Ginebra San Miguel 114 #eee December 10 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage San Miguel Beermen 93 Ginebra San Miguel 107 Ginebra wins series, 3–0 Finals #eee December 6 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 121 7-Up Uncolas 109 December 8 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 101 7-Up Uncolas 97 #eee December 10 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 125 7-Up Uncolas 107 December 13 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 119 7-Up Uncolas 106 Swift wins series, 4–0 References External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 Category:PBA Third Conference Third Conference