2005 PBA 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 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.
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 | edit source]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 | edit source]Team standings
[edit | edit source]| 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-three 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 | edit source]Bracket
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]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 | edit source](4) Sta. Lucia vs. (9) Shell
[edit | edit source](5) FedEx vs. (8) Purefoods
[edit | edit source](6) Red Bull vs. (7) Barangay Ginebra
[edit | edit source]Quarterfinals
[edit | edit source](3) Alaska vs. (6) Red Bull
[edit | edit source](8) Shell vs. (9) Purefoods
[edit | edit source]Semifinals
[edit | edit source](1) Talk 'N Text vs. (9) Shell
[edit | edit source](2) San Miguel vs. (6) Red Bull
[edit | edit source]Third place playoff
[edit | edit source]Finals
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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.