2004–05 PBA season

30th PBA season February 2023 February 2023 2004–05 PBA season Pba2004.jpg October 3, 2004 – July 10, 2005 10 Local: ABCInternational: The Filipino Channel 2004 PBA Draft Rich Alvarez Shell Turbo Chargers Eric Menk (Barangay Ginebra Kings) Philippine Cup 2004–05 PBA Philippine Cup Barangay Ginebra Kings Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Fiesta Conference 2005 PBA Fiesta Conference San Miguel Beermen Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 2003 PBA season 2003 2005–06 PBA season 2005–06 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 2004-05 PBA 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MFg1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=kCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1886%2C2096177 Reyes bares possible RP players Philippine Daily Inquirer Classification round Playoffs Wildcard phase Series y (3) Shell Turbo Chargers* 1–0 (10) Red Bull Barako 98–77 — (4) Alaska Aces* 1–0 (9) FedEx Express 96–93 — |}3 (5) San Miguel Beermen 2–0 (8) Sta. Lucia Realtors 98–84 81–77 — (6) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 2–1 (7) Coca-Cola Tigers 91–95 74–81 74–71 |}*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice. Quarterfinals 3 (3) Shell Turbo Chargers 2–1 (6) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 71–69 71–90 106–95 (4) Alaska Aces 0–2 (5) San Miguel Beermen 87–91 86–97 — |} Semifinals 5 (1) Barangay Ginebra Kings 3–2 (5) San Miguel Beermen 87–96 100–92 91–96 94–92 76–71 (2) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 3–0 (5) Shell Turbo Chargers 101–89 92–84 102–96 — — |} Third place playoff (3) Shell Turbo Chargers 100–105 (4) San Miguel Beermen Finals 7 (1) Barangay Ginebra Kings 4–2 (2) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 71–89PBA 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. PHI 106–105 66–102 85–90 85–95 2 96–86 — |}PHI Finals MVP: Eric Menk (Brgy. Ginebra) Best Player of the Conference: Eric Menk (Brgy. Ginebra) 2005 Fiesta Conference 2005 PBA 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Dq41AAAAIBAJ&sjid=fiUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1910%2C9291256 Shell gets PBA leave of absence Philippine Daily Inquirer 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 Playoffs Wildcard phase Series y (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 |}3 (5) FedEx Express 1–2 (8) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 87–98 99–89 86–94 (6) Red Bull Barako 2–0 (7) Barangay Ginebra Kings 99–84 90–89 — |}*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice. Quarterfinals 3 (3) Alaska Aces 1–2 (6) Red Bull Barako 89–80 71–84 86–87 (9) Shell Turbo Chargers 2–0 (8) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 86–79 87–80 — |} Semifinals 5 (1) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 3–1 (9) Shell Turbo Chargers 97–74 92–94 91–78 96–91 — (2) San Miguel Beermen 3–1 (6) Red Bull Barako 89–81 77–79 80–70 88–86 — |} Third place playoff (6) Red Bull Barako 86–102 (9) Shell Turbo Chargers Finals 7 (1) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 1–4 (2) San Miguel Beermen 66–74 79–81 103–77 82–87 87–91 — — |} 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 main WL percentage no no 1 none complete ALA 24 21 Alaska Aces BGK 28 21 Barangay Ginebra Kings COKE 15 25 Coca-Cola Tigers FDX 16 24 FedEx Express PF 21 26 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs RBT 20 27 Red Bull Thunder SHL 28 26 Shell Turbo Chargers SLR 16 24 Sta. Lucia Realtors SMB 35 22 San Miguel Beermen TNT 34 21 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals F C C QF 3rd QF SF WC WC WC Best finish before gold Champions silver Finalist #CD7F32 Third place green1 Semifinalist blue1 Quarterfinalist yellow1 Wildcard phase Classification round main WL percentage no no 1 none complete ALA 20 16 Alaska Aces BGK 21 15 Barangay Ginebra Kings COKE 14 22 Coca-Cola Tigers FDX 15 21 FedEx Express PF 16 20 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs RBT 15 21 Red Bull Thunder SHL 19 17 Shell Turbo Chargers SLR 16 20 Sta. Lucia Realtors SMB 20 16 San Miguel Beermen TNT 24 12 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Playoffs main WL wins no no none complete ALA 4 5 Alaska Aces BGK 7 6 Barangay Ginebra Kings COKE 1 3 Coca-Cola Tigers FDX 1 3 FedEx Express PF 5 6 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs RBT 5 6 Red Bull Thunder SHL 9 9 Shell Turbo Chargers SLR 0 4 Sta. Lucia Realtors SMB 15 6 San Miguel Beermen TNT 10 9 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals References External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ August 9, 2017 PBA