The 2005 PBA Fiesta Conference was the 2004–05 season's PBA Fiesta Conference of the Philippine Basketball Association. It was the second-staging of the Fiesta Conference.
| 2005 PBA Fiesta Conference | |
|---|---|
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| Duration | March 4 – July 10, 2005 |
| TV partner(s) | ABC |
| Finals | |
| Champions | San Miguel Beermen |
| Runners-up | Talk 'N Text Phone Pals |
| Awards | |
| Best Player | Willie Miller (Talk 'N Text Phone Pals) |
| Best Import | Jerald Honeycutt (Talk 'N Text Phone Pals) |
| Finals MVP | Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel Beermen) |
| PBA Fiesta Conference chronology | |
| PBA conference chronology | |
The Shell Turbo Chargers won third place over Red Bull Barako in a one-game playoff. It was the last appearance of the Turbo Chargers in the league as it filed a leave of absence in August 2005, eventually selling their rights to Welcoat.
The league finally allowed Asi Taulava to play in the finals series (who was indefinitely suspended) but still lost to the veteran-laided Beermen.[1]
Talk N' Text's Willie Miller was named the Best Player of the Conference while teammate Jerald Honeycutt won the Best Import plum.
The San Miguel Beermen won its 17th PBA title with a 4–1 series victory over Talk 'N Text Phone Pals in the finals.[2]
List of imports edit
Jerald Honeycutt played for TNT in their first game and was replaced by Earl Ike (two games). He returned on April 15 vs. Purefoods, replacing Noel Felix (three games) and played for the rest of the conference.
Chris Burgess played 17 games in the Classification round and was replaced by Tommy Smith in the Beermen's last game. Burgess returned in the first two games of the semifinal series vs Red Bull before being replaced by Ace Custis.
Classification round edit
Team standings edit
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Phone Pals | 12 | 6 | .667 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 11 | 7 | .611[a] | 1 | |
| 3 | Alaska Aces | 11 | 7 | .611[a] | 1 | Twice-to-beat in wildcard phase |
| 4 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2 | |
| 5 | FedEx Express | 9 | 9 | .500[b] | 3 | Best of-3 wildcard phase |
| 6 | Red Bull Thunder | 9 | 9 | .500[b] | 3 | |
| 7 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4 | |
| 8 | Purefoods TJ Hotdogs | 7 | 11 | .389[c] | 5 | |
| 9 | Shell Turbo Chargers | 7 | 11 | .389[c] | 5 | Twice-to-win in wildcard phase |
| 10 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 6 | 12 | .333 | 6 |
Notes:
Second-seed playoff edit
Bracket edit
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
Wildcard playoffs edit
The #3 vs. #10 and the #4 vs. #9 matchups are in the "twice-to-beat" format; the team with the higher seed only needs to win once to advance, but needs to be beaten twice in order to be eliminated. The other two matchups are a best-of-three series.
(3) Alaska vs. (10) Coca-Cola edit
(4) Sta. Lucia vs. (9) Shell edit
(5) FedEx vs. (8) Purefoods edit
(6) Red Bull vs. (7) Barangay Ginebra edit
Quarterfinals edit
(3) Alaska vs. (6) Red Bull edit
(8) Shell vs. (9) Purefoods edit
Semifinals edit
(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (9) Shell edit
(2) San Miguel vs. (6) Red Bull edit
Third place playoff edit
Finals edit
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| Dates | July 1–10, 2005 | |||||||||
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| MVP | Danny Ildefonso | |||||||||
| Television | ABC | |||||||||
The 2005 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Fiesta Conference finals was the best-of-7 basketball championship series of the 2005 PBA Fiesta Conference, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. Barangay Ginebra Kings and Red Bull Barako played for the 89th championship contested by the league.
The San Miguel Beermen won their 17th league championship with a 4–1 series victory over Talk 'N Text Phone Pals.
Danny Ildefonso was named Finals MVP.
Games edit
References edit
- ^ "Taulava to see action for Phone Pals today". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
- ^ "Gritty Beermen back on top with 17th title". Philippine Daily Inquirer.