2004–05 PBA Philippine Cup finals

Philippine basketball championship 2004–05 Philippine Cup Barangay Ginebra Kings Siot Tanquingcen 4 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Joel Banal 2 January 30 – February 11, 2005 Eric Menk ABC 2003 2006 2004 Fiesta 2005 Fiesta The 2004–05 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup finals was the best-of-7 basketball championship series of the 2004–05 PBA Philippine Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. Barangay Ginebra Kings and Talk 'N Text Phone Pals played for the 88th championship contested by the league. The Barangay Ginebra won their 6th league championship with a 4–2 series victory over Talk 'N Text. Qualification Barangay Ginebra Kings The top seed qualified for the best-of-seven semifinals outright. Earned bye up to the semifinals. Won semifinals against San Miguel, 3–2. Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Finished tied for second with Shell in the group stage. Won second-seed playoff against Shell, 85–79. Won semifinals against Shell, 3–0. Roster Barangay Ginebra Kings 9 Rodney Santos GF 6 1 San Sebastian PHI 10 Rommel Adducul C 6 6 San Sebastian PHI 13 Jayjay Helterbrand G 6 0 Kentucky State PHI 14 Banjo Calpito F 6 5 San Sebastian PHI 16 Ernesto Ballesteros F 6 3 UST PHI 22 James Walkvist C 6 10 USA 30 Eric Menk CF 6 6 Lake Superior State USA 34 Miguel Noble F 6 5 Utica PHI 47 Mark Caguioa G 6 0 Glendale Community College (California) PHI 52 Andy Seigle C 6 9 New Orleans USA 80 Sunday Salvacion F 6 3 Benilde PHI 88 Aries Dimaunahan G 6 0 UST PHI PHI Siot Tanquingcen PHI Binky Favis PHI Juno Sauler PHI Allan Caidic (I) Import Talk 'N Text Phone Pals #2631C2 #F4EB51 #F4EB51 #FFFFFF 1 Bong Ravena G 6 1 UE PHI 3 Jimmy Alapag G 5 9 Cal State San Bernardino USA 4 Harvey Carey F 6 3 Sonoma State USA 8 Patrick Fran G 6 0 UST PHI 11 Willie Miller basketball G 5 10 Letran PHI 13 Mark Telan F 6 6 De La Salle PHI 14 Niño Gelig GF 6 2 UST PHI 18 Yancy De Ocampo C 6 9 Saint Francis of Assisi College System PHI 20 Don Camaso F 6 6 Metro Manila Colleges PHI 24 Allan Salangsang F 6 5 Letran PHI 33 Victor Pablo F 6 4 FEU PHI 42 Donbel Belano G 5 8 Visayas PHI 88 Asi Taulava C 6 9 BYU-Hawaii TON 99 Jonathan De Guzman basketball G 5 11 Adamson PHI 00 Kahi Villa F 6 2 BYU-Hawaii USA PHI Joel Banal PHI Ariel Vanguardia PHI Virgil Villavicencio Series summary TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5*Game 6WinsBarangay Ginebra 71 106 66 85 95 96 4Talk 'N Text 89 105 102 90 85 86 2VenueAranetaAranetaAranetaAranetaAranetaAraneta*overtime Games #eee January 30 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City 14,093 Cruz, Montiel, Quilinguen ABC Barangay Ginebra Kings |score1=71 |team2=Talk 'N Text Phone Pals|score2=89 19–24 18–22 16–22 18–21 boxscore Jimmy Alapag 19 Eric Menk 23 Willie Miller 10 Sunday Salvacion 13 Willie Miller 8 Rodney Santos 4 Talk 'N Text leads series, 1–0 PBA commissioner Noli Eala forfeits Game 1, 71–89 in favor of Barangay Ginebra since Asi Taulava, who was still suspended by the league, participated in the game. Barangay Ginebra leads series, 1–0 #eee February 2 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City 8,698 Ilagan, Ramos, Herrera ABC Barangay Ginebra Kings 106 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 105 boxscore 35–32 32–22 22–24 17–27 Willie Miller 22 Eric Menk 27 Willie Miller 10 Eric Menk 11 Willie Miller 10 Mark Caguioa 6 Barangay Ginebra leads series, 2–0 February 4 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City 11,149 Cruz, Calungcaguin, Culanag ABC Barangay Ginebra Kings 66 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 102 boxscore 12–25 20–29 19–25 15–23 Willie Miller 25 Menk, Caguioa 14 each de Ocampo, Pablo 9 each Eric Menk 9 Jimmy Alapag 6 Aries Dimaunahan 8 Barangay Ginebra leads series, 2–1 #eee February 6 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City 14,257 Ilagan, Ramos, Aldaba ABC Barangay Ginebra Kings 85 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 90 boxscore 26–19 21–22 23–20 15–29 Willie Miller 29 Mark Caguioa 43 Yancy de Ocampo 10 Sunday Salvacion 12 Jimmy Alapag 8 Eric Menk 5 Talk 'N Text ties series, 2–2 February 9 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City 11,723 Cruz, Montiel, Aldaba ABC 2OT Barangay Ginebra Kings 95 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 85 boxscore 14–23 19–9 24–26 16–15 8–8, 14–4 Victor Pablo 27 Mark Caguioa 26 Victor Pablo 10 Eric Menk 16 Jimmy Alapag 11 Dimaunahan, Santos 6 each Barangay Ginebra leads series, 3–2 #eee February 11 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City 18,287 Cruz, Montiel, Culanag ABC Barangay Ginebra Kings 96 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 86 boxscore 20–14 22–31 22–12 32–29 Jimmy Alapag 23 Eric Menk 39 Mark Telan 12 Eric Menk 19 Miller, Alapag 4 each Caguioa, Santos 4 each Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–2 On January 26, 2005, Judge Rogelio Pizarro of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 222 issued a writ of preliminary mandatory injunction "commanding and directing" the PBA to allow Taulava "to play in the current All Filipino Conference and succeeding Conferences of the PBA" during the term of his contract. This was after Taulava passed citizenship papers that should've allowed him to play in the league; earlier, he was indefinitely suspended from playing after his Filipino citizenship was nullified (only Filipinos are allowed to play in the Philippine Cup).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Rlg1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=kCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2273%2C11769207 No Asi 'fastbreak', says PBA commish Philippine Daily Inquirer The PBA Board of Governors refused to honor the court order, upholding Commissioner Noli Eala's suspension of Taulava after consultation with the league's legal counsel. Taulava's lawyer Ed Francisco charged Eala with giving the board wrong legal advice. Taulava did play at game 1, in which Talk 'N Text won easily 89–71. As Taulava was being introduced, the pro-Ginebra crowd jeered him as the outnumbered Talk 'N Text crowd greeted him with cheers, displaying placards with a message "Welcome Back!" Eala himself had considered quitting his commissioner's post as he received a phone call "to make sure that Asi Taulava be allowed to play". After the game, Barangay Ginebra filed a protest to the commissioner's office. Talk 'N Text intends to play Taulava for the entire duration of the series.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NFc1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=hyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2494%2C13828047 Ginebra files protest, cites 3 TNT violations Philippine Daily Inquirer Barangay Ginebra reportedly indicated that the team may forfeit the finals series if Taulava continues to be allowed to play and game 1 won't be forfeited. The league has issued a motion for reconsideration on the court order, and Eala said that Talk 'N Text may face sanctions for violating league rules. In a board meeting on February 1, there was a "heated clash" between Eala and Talk 'N Text alternate representative Paul Gueco in which Gueco reportedly challenged Eala to make a decision on the Taulava case by himself and to tell Talk N Text what his decision was, a statement supported by board chairman Buddy Encarnado of the Sta. Lucia Realtors.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NVc1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=hyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3078%2C14203999 No violation in fielding of Taulava-TNT Philippine Daily Inquirer Talk 'N Text did not field Taulava in game 2 "in the interest of the Philippine Basketball Association and the public", even though Eala was filed of contempt charges, and Talk 'N Text's game 1 win was forfeited against Ginebra. The Gin Kings won against Talk 'N Text by one point, thanks to Eric Menk's last basket with 5.2 seconds left to play. Ginebra's defense disallowed an attempt from the Phone Pals, leading to the 2–0 series lead.Menk lifts Kings to 2–0 lead over Phone Pals //pba.ph/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=292&Itemid=59 PBA.ph 3 February 2005 29 January 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20050218223251/http://pba.ph/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=292&Itemid=59 18 February 2005 Francisco pointed out that new rules and regulations covering the eligibility of Filipino-foreign players such as Taulava, who was declared eligible by the PBA based on the Bureau of Immigration clearance and Department of Justice (DOJ) affirmation in 2001, cannot be subject to additional rules or conditions imposed retroactively and any such changes can only be applied prospectively. The DOJ, for its part, considered on intervening and seek a reversal of the court's ruling allowing the cager to play anew in the PBA despite the DOJ's findings that he is not a Filipino; although they won't intervene if the Court of Appeals would rule favorably on the justice department's petition seeking to lift an injunction against it issued by the Manila RTC on the separate issue of Taulava's deportation. DOJ Secretary Raul Gonzalez said that the rulings of the Quezon City and Manila RTC constitute "undue interference by the courts." Parañaque Congressman Eduardo Zialcita would seek a congressional inquiry into Eala's "continued defiance" on the court orders.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R1g1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=kCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1874%2C12462702 Gonzalez slams QC court ruling Philippine Daily Inquirer Negros Oriental Congressman Jacinto Paras asked the Games and Amusement Board (GAB) to investigate Eala for his "questionable and dictatorial acts" as the PBA is under the direct jurisdiction of the GAB. Meanwhile, the Phone Pals appealed to the Board of Governors to reverse Eala's prior decisions of forfeiting game 1 and for the reinstatement of Taulava.Randy Caluag Ronnie Nathanielsz Romie Evangelista Asi lands PBA on carpet http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=news01_feb04_2005 Manila Standard 4 February 2005 29 January 2009 Meanwhile, with all of the publicity, the tournament scored the highest TV ratings in years, with ratings of at least 11% and an audience share of at least 17.4%.PBA enjoys high TV ratings http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=sports03_feb04_2005 Manila Standard 4 February 2005 29 January 2009 2004–05 Philippine Cup Champions Barangay Ginebra Kings Six title Finals Most Valuable Player Eric Menk (Barangay Ginebra Kings) Broadcast notes The PBA on ABC broadcast the games nationwide on primetime. References External links Philippine Basketball Association official website https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 2005 Category:2004–05 PBA season Category:Barangay Ginebra San Miguel games Category:TNT Tropang 5G games PBA Philippine Cup Finals PBA Philippine Cup Finals