2004–05 PBA season
Template:Short description Template:Use Philippine English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox PBA season league 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.
Opening ceremonies
The muses for the participating teams are as follows:
| 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 |
2004-05 Philippine Cup
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- 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]
Classification round
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Playoffs
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Wildcard phase
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (3) Shell Turbo Chargers* | 1–0 | (10) Red Bull Barako | 98–77 | — |
| (4) Alaska Aces* | 1–0 | (9) FedEx Express | 96–93 | — |
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Third place playoff
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| (3) Shell Turbo Chargers | 100–105 | (5) San Miguel Beermen |
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Finals
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- Finals MVP: Eric Menk (Brgy. Ginebra)
- Best Player of the Conference: Eric Menk (Brgy. Ginebra)
2005 Fiesta Conference
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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.
Classification round
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Playoffs
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Wildcard phase
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (3) Alaska Aces* | 1–0 | (10) Coca-Cola Tigers | 86–66 | — |
| (4) Sta. Lucia Realtors* | 0–2 | (9) Shell Turbo Chargers | 74–85 | 85–87 |
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Third place playoff
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| (6) Red Bull Barako | 86–102 | (9) Shell Turbo Chargers |
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Finals
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- Finals MVP: Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel)
- Best Player of the Conference: Willie Miller (Talk 'N Text)
- Best Import Award: Jerald Honeycutt (Talk 'N Text)
Awards
- Most Valuable Player: Eric Menk (Brgy. Ginebra)
- Rookie of the Year: Rich Alvarez (Shell)
- Most Improved Player: Enrico Villanueva (Red Bull)
- Mythical First Team
- Eric Menk (Brgy. Ginebra)
- Jimmy Alapag (Talk N' Text)
- Willie Miller (Talk N' Text)
- Nic Belasco (San Miguel)
- Dorian Peña (San Miguel)
- Mythical Second Team
- Mark Caguioa (Brgy. Ginebra)
- Olsen Racela (San Miguel)
- Mark Telan (Talk N' Text)
- Tony dela Cruz (Shell)
- Rommel Adducul (Brgy. Ginebra)
- All-Defensive Team
- Enrico Villanueva (Red Bull)
- Rich Alvarez (Shell)
- Junthy Valenzuela (Red Bull)
- Johnny Abarrientos (Coca-Cola)
- Dennis Espino (Sta. Lucia)
Awards given by the PBA Press Corps
- Coach of the Year: Siot Tanquincen (Barangay Ginebra)
- Mr. Quality Minutes: Ronald Tubid (Shell)
- Comeback Player of the Year: Jayjay Helterbrand (Barangay Ginebra)
- Referee of the Year: Luisito Cruz
- All-Rookie Team
- Paul Artadi (Purefoods)
- James Yap (Purefoods)
- Rich Alvarez (Shell)
- Ranidel de Ocampo (Air21)
- Sonny Thoss (Alaska)
Cumulative standings
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Classification round
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Playoffs
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References
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External links
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