2004–05_PBA_season

2004–05 PBA season
2004–05 PBA season
Duration	October 3, 2004 – July 10, 2005
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	Local: ABC; International: The Filipino Channel
2004 PBA Draft
Top draft pick	Rich Alvarez
Picked by	Shell Turbo Chargers
Season MVP	Eric Menk; (Barangay Ginebra Kings)
Philippine Cup champions	Barangay Ginebra Kings
Philippine Cup runners-up	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
Fiesta Conference champions	San Miguel Beermen
Fiesta Conference runners-up	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
Seasons
	← 2003 2005–06 →

2004–05 PBA season

30th PBA season

The 2004–05 PBA season was the 30th season of the Philippine Basketball Association. Instead of the usual calendar year of February–December, the league changed its schedule to the current October–July format, while limiting the number of conferences from three to two. As part of the new league format, the season was preceded with a transition conference known as the 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference.

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2004-05 Philippine Cup

The league began using Molten GL7 basketball as their official tournament ball starting this season.
Barangay Ginebra won its first back-to-back titles and sixth overall crown with a 4-2 conquest over Talk 'N Text Phone Pals. The series was marred by a controversial reversal of the Phone Pals' Game 1 victory after fielding in an ineligible Taulava in the said game. Taulava was serving an indefinite suspension after being cited as one of six Filipino-American players with questionable citizenship papers.
The San Miguel Beermen won third place after beating the Shell Turbo Chargers in a one-game match.
Eric Menk won another Best Player of the Conference Award, his third in his PBA career.
Chot Reyes left his post as the Coca Cola Tigers head coach to become the new coach of the Philippine national basketball team. ^[1]

2005 Fiesta Conference

San Miguel won its 17th PBA title with a 4-1 series victory over Talk N' Text. The league finally allowed Asi Taulava to play in the finals series.

Shell won third place over Red Bull in a one-game playoff, which turn out to be the last appearance of the Turbo Chargers in the league as it filed a leave of absence in August 2005. ^[2] Shell eventually sell their rights to Welcoat.

Talk N' Text's Willie Miller was named the Best Player of the Conference while teammate Jerald Honeycutt won the Best Import plum.

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[table_hth_SHL0.74076610605268-2] Second-seed playoff: Talk 'N Text 85–79 Shell

[table_hth_ALA0.74076610605268-3] Head-to-head differential: Alaska +16, San Miguel +11, Purefoods −27; fourth-seed playoff: Alaska 98–91 San Miguel

[table_hth_FDX0.74076610605268-4] Head-to-head differential: Sta. Lucia +15, FedEx +4, Red Bull −19

[5] PBA commissioner Noli Eala reversed Talk 'N Text's Game 1 win due to Asi Taulava, who was not cleared to play by the league and was therefore ineligible, played in the game.

[table_hth_ALA0.49086207965895-7] Second-seed playoff: San Miguel 73–71 Alaska

[table_hth_FDX0.49086207965895-8] Head-to-head differential: FedEx +15, Red Bull −15

[table_hth_PF0.49086207965895-9] Head-to-head differential: Purefoods +6, Shell −6

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"Reyes bares possible RP players". Philippine Daily Inquirer.

[6] [2]
"Shell gets PBA leave of absence". Philippine Daily Inquirer.

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Team	Muse
Alaska Aces	Maricel Soriano
Barangay Ginebra Kings	Maureen Larrazabal
Coca-Cola Tigers	Angel Locsin
FedEx Express	Cesca Litton
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs	Karel Marquez
Red Bull Thunder
San Miguel Beermen	Cindy Kurleto
Shell Turbo Chargers	April Rodriguez
Sta. Lucia Realtors	Tessa Prieto
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	Anne Curtis

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Barangay Ginebra Kings	13	5	.722	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	12	6	.667^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1	Advance to semifinals
3	Shell Turbo Chargers	12	6	.667^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1	Twice-to-beat in wildcard phase
4	Alaska Aces	9	9	.500^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4	Twice-to-beat in wildcard phase
5	San Miguel Beermen	9	9	.500^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4	Best of-3 wildcard phase
6	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs	9	9	.500^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4
7	Coca-Cola Tigers	8	10	.444	5
8	Sta. Lucia Realtors	6	12	.333^{[lower-alpha 3]}	7
9	FedEx Express	6	12	.333^{[lower-alpha 3]}	7	Twice-to-win in wildcard phase
10	Red Bull Thunder	6	12	.333^{[lower-alpha 3]}	7	Twice-to-win in wildcard phase


Wildcard phase			Quarterfinals (Best-of-3)			Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)

(#4 twice to beat)

4	Alaska	96
						1	Barangay Ginebra	3
9	FedEx	93
			4	Alaska	0	5	San Miguel	2
(Best-of-3)
			5	San Miguel	2
5	San Miguel	2
									1	Barangay Ginebra	4
8	Sta. Lucia	0
									2	Talk 'N Text	2
(#3 twice to beat)

3	Shell	98
						2	Talk 'N Text	3	Third place playoff
10	Red Bull	77
			3	Shell	2	3	Shell	0
(Best-of-3)
			6	Purefoods	1				5	San Miguel	105
6	Purefoods	2
									3	Shell	100
7	Coca-Cola	1

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	12	6	.667	—	Advance to semifinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	11	7	.611^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1	Advance to semifinals
3	Alaska Aces	11	7	.611^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1	Twice-to-beat in wildcard phase
4	Sta. Lucia Realtors	10	8	.556	2	Twice-to-beat in wildcard phase
5	FedEx Express	9	9	.500^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3	Best of-3 wildcard phase
6	Red Bull Thunder	9	9	.500^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3
7	Barangay Ginebra Kings	8	10	.444	4
8	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs	7	11	.389^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5
9	Shell Turbo Chargers	7	11	.389^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5	Twice-to-win in wildcard phase
10	Coca-Cola Tigers	6	12	.333	6	Twice-to-win in wildcard phase


Wildcard phase				Quarterfinals (Best-of-3)			Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)

(#4 twice to beat)

4	Sta. Lucia	74	85
							1	Talk 'N Text	3
9	Shell	85	87
				9	Shell	2	9	Shell	1
(Best-of-3)
				8	Purefoods	0
5	FedEx		1
										1	Talk 'N Text	1
8	Purefoods		2
										2	San Miguel	4
(#3 twice to beat)

3	Alaska		86
							2	San Miguel	3	Third place playoff
10	Coca-Cola		66
				3	Alaska	1	6	Red Bull	1
(Best-of-3)
				6	Red Bull	2				9	Shell	102
6	Red Bull		2
										6	Red Bull	86
7	Barangay Ginebra		0

2004–05_PBA_season

2004–05 PBA season

Opening ceremonies

2004-05 Philippine Cup

Classification round

Playoffs

Finals

2005 Fiesta Conference

Classification round

Playoffs

Finals

Awards

Awards given by the PBA Press Corps

Cumulative standings

Classification round

Playoffs

References

External links

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Qualification
1	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	55	34	21	.618	Finalist
2	San Miguel Beermen	57	35	22	.614	Champions
3	Barangay Ginebra Kings	49	28	21	.571	Champions
4	Alaska Aces	45	24	21	.533	Quarterfinalist
5	Shell Turbo Chargers	54	28	26	.519	Third place
6	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs	47	21	26	.447	Quarterfinalist
7	Red Bull Thunder	47	20	27	.426	Semifinalist
8	Sta. Lucia Realtors	40	16	24	.400	Wildcard phase
9	FedEx Express	40	16	24	.400
10	Coca-Cola Tigers	40	15	25	.375