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1991 PBA season

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Top draft pick
  
Alejandro Araneta

First Conference champions
  
Ginebra San Miguel

All-Filipino Conference champions
  
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs

Number of teams
  
8

Picked by
  
Alaska Milkmen

Runners-up
  
Shell Rimula X

Start date
  
1991

Season MVP
  
Alvin Patrimonio

Duration
  
February 17, 1991 – December 15, 1991

TV partner
  
PBA on Vintage Sports (People's Television Network)

Similar
  
1990 PBA season, 1994 PBA season, 1996 PBA season, 1998 PBA season, 1985 PBA season

The 1991 PBA season was the 17th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Contents

Season highlights

  • The PBA Rookie draft was aired on TV lived for the first time in league history.
  • 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 won his first of his four MVP awards.
  • Before the third conference finals, the PBA took a break on November 24-December 5, with the staging of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Manila.
  • By the end of the season, Rudy Salud resigned as the commissioner of the league.

    • Opening ceremonies

    The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

    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)

    • Individual 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)

    • Board of governors

  • Rodrigo Salud (Commissioner)
  • Luis Lorenzo, Sr (Chairman, Pepsi Cola Products Philippines, Inc.)
  • Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (Vice-Chairman, General Milling Corp.)
  • Ruben Cleofe (Secretary)
  • Lance Gokongwei (Treasurer, Consolidated Food Corp.)
  • Carlos Palanca III (La Tondeña Distillers, Inc.)
  • Renato Buhain (Purefoods Corp.)
  • Elmer Yanga (Republic Flour Mills Corp.)
  • Ric Lara (Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp.)
  • Nazario Avendaño (San Miguel Corp.)

    • References

    1991 PBA season Wikipedia
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