1991 Philippine Basketball League season
| 1991 PBL season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | February 9 - July 24, 1991 |
| Number of teams | 8 + 1 |
| Conferences | |
| Maharlika Cup champions | Crispa 400 |
| Runners-up | Mama's Love |
| Challenge Cup champions | Triple-V Foodmasters |
| Runners-up | Crispa 400 |
| Seasons | |
| Qualified for semifinals |
| Qualified for finals |
The 1991 season of the Philippine Basketball League (PBL).
Two new teams join the league, they are the Triple-V Saisaki Restaurant Group and RC Cola. Burger City takes a conference-leave while Philips Sardines transfer its franchise to A&W Rootbears.
The season opens on February 9. After the double-round eliminations, Magnolia defeated Swift, 80-76, in a playoff game on March 27 for the sixth and last semifinals berth.
Crispa 400 and Cebu's Mama's Love, in their second finals appearance since 1985, played in the championship. The Crispa 400s wins their 2nd PBL title in a 3-1 series victory. After losing Game One, 78-91, the 400s came back to take the next three games and clinch the crown. In a riotous second game which Crispa won, 99-95, the Powder Makers rallied from 21 points down to within two points with 24 seconds left but a bad call from the referee prompted fans from Cebu-based squad to react furiously and started pelting the court and in the process halting play for nearly 20 minutes.
Crispa coach William "Bogs" Adornado, who took over the coaching position from Fortunato "Atoy" Co at the start of the season, won his first title as a mentor. Among his players are Johnny Abarrientos, Victor Pablo, Felix Duhig, Saturnino Garrido, Alejandro Lim, Kevin Ramas, Maximo Delantes, Roberto Jabar, Gil Lumberio, Victor Villarias and Edward Joseph Feihl.
Mama's Love's Stevenson Solomon emerged as the league's leading rebounder and was adjudged Most Valuable Player.
The import-laced tournament reeled off on May 18 at the Loyola Center in Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City, under new PBL Commissioner Atty. Gregorio "Ogie" Narvasa. The respective teams' imports were Mark Anthony Tillmon of Crispa 400s, who played for the Utah Jazz in the NBA, another NBA veteran Trent Jackson of Sta.Lucia, played one month for the Milwaukee Bucks in 1989, Hollman Harley of Mama's Love, Joey Johnson of Triple-V, Patrick Thompkins of Swift Hotdogs, Johnny Bell of the returning Burger Machine (formerly Burger City), Dominique Stephens of RC Cola, Melvin Reid of A&W Hamburger, and Richard Morgan of Magnolia Ice Cream.
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