Polluelos de Aibonito was a Puerto Rican professional basketball team of the

Baloncesto Superior Nacional The Baloncesto Superior Nacional, abbreviated as BSN, is the first-tier-level professional men's basketball league in Puerto Rico. It was founded in 1929 and is organized by the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation. The Baloncesto Superior Nac ...

based in

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. They won their only national championship in 1986, defeating the 1985 champions Atleticos de San German, 4 games to 3, helped by stars

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and Enrique Aponte, among others. They returned to the BSN finals in 1987 but lost, also in seven games, to the

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. The Polluelos franchise folded in 2002 after facing financial trouble.

Notable players

* Ángel Santiago * Enrique Aponte *

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* Bob McCann *

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References

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