1991 PBA season explained

1991 PBA season
Year:	1991
Duration:	February 17 – December 15, 1991
No Of Teams:	8
Tv:	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Draft:	1991 PBA Draft
Top Pick:	Alejandro Araneta
Picked By:	Alaska Milkmen
Mvp:	Alvin Patrimonio
Conf1:	First Conference
Conf1 Link:	1991 PBA First Conference
Conf1 Champ:	Ginebra San Miguel
Conf1 Runner-Up:	Shell Rimula X
Conf2:	All-Filipino Conference
Conf2 Link:	1991 PBA All-Filipino Conference
Conf2 Champ:	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
Conf2 Runner-Up:	Diet Sarsi Sizzlers
Conf3:	Third Conference
Conf3 Link:	1991 PBA Third Conference
Conf3 Champ:	Alaska Milkmen
Conf3 Runner-Up:	Ginebra San Miguel
Prevseason Link:	1990 PBA season
Prevseason Year:	1990
Nextseason Link:	1992 PBA season
Nextseason Year:	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
		Wilfred Steven Uytengsu
		Carlos Palanca III
		Luis Lorenzo, Sr.
		Elmer Yanga
		Lance Gokongwei
		Renato Buhain
		Nazario Avendaño
	Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation	Ric Lara

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 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:

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