17th PBA season
Sports season
1991 PBA season |
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Duration | February 17 – December 15, 1991 |
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Number of teams | 8 |
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TV partner(s) | Vintage Sports (PTV) |
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1991 PBA Draft |
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Top draft pick | Alejandro Araneta |
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Picked by | Alaska Milkmen |
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Season MVP | Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods TJ Hotdogs) |
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First Conference champions | Ginebra San Miguel |
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First Conference runners-up | Shell Rimula X |
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All-Filipino Conference champions | Purefoods TJ Hotdogs |
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All-Filipino Conference runners-up | Diet Sarsi Sizzlers |
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Third Conference champions | Alaska Milkmen |
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Third Conference runners-up | Ginebra San Miguel |
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Seasons |
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← 1990 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
Season highlights
- The PBA Rookie draft was aired on TV live for the first time in league history. [1]
- 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. [2]
- 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".[3]
- By the end of the season, Rudy Salud resigned as the commissioner of the league. [4]
Opening ceremonies
The muses for the participating teams are as follows:
Champions
First Conference
Elimination round
Source: [citation needed]
Semifinal round
Source: [citation needed] Notes: - ^ a b Head-to-head record: Shell 3–1 Ginebra
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: Diet Sarsi 3–1 San Miguel
| - Semifinal round standings:
Source: [citation needed] |
Third place playoffs
Finals
All-Filipino Conference
Elimination round
Source: [citation needed]
Semifinal round
Source: [citation needed] Notes: - ^ a b Head-to-head differential: Purefoods +2, Diet Sarsi −2
- ^ 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.
| - Semifinal round standings:
Source: [citation needed] Notes: - ^ Purefoods advanced to the Finals outright as #1 seeded team; Finals berth playoff: Diet Sarsi 100–95 San Miguel
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Third place playoffs
Finals
Third Conference
Elimination round
Source: [citation needed]
Semifinal round
Source: [citation needed] Notes: - ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 2–1 Ginebra
| - Semifinal round standings:
Source: [citation needed] |
Third place playoffs
Finals
Awards
Cumulative standings
References
- ^ "Draft of PBA live on TV 4". Manila Standard.
- ^ "Liaoning debuts vs Presto 5 today". Manila Standard.
- ^ "Patrimonio a cinch for PBA MVP award". Manila Standard.
- ^ "New PBA commissioner envisions jump into the future". Manila Standard.
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