2004–05 PBA Philippine Cup

Basketball cup finals 2004–05 Philippine Cup PBA2004-05 philcup.png October 3, 2004 – February 11, 2005 ABC (Local)The Filipino Channel (International) Eric Menk (Barangay Ginebra Kings) Eric Menk (Barangay Ginebra Kings) Barangay Ginebra Kings Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup 2003 2006 PBA Philippine Cup 2006 2004 Fiesta 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference 2005 Fiesta 2005 PBA Fiesta Conference The 2004–05 PBA Philippine Cup, or known as the 2004–05 Gran Matador Brandy-PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the All-Filipino Conference of the Philippine Basketball Association's (PBA) 2004–05 season. The Barangay Ginebra Kings won its first back-to-back titles with a 4–2 conquest of the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals. The series was marred by a controversial reversal of the Phone Pals' Game One victory after fielding in an ineligible Asi 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SVg1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=kCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1155%2C13867986 PBA commish gets veiled threats Philippine Daily Inquirerhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P1c1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=hyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2378%2C19166398 Kings get their crown Philippine Daily Inquirer Eric Menk won another Best Player of the Conference Award, his third in his PBA career. Classification round Team standings Second seed playoff #eee January 7 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Shell Turbo Chargers 79 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 85 Fourth seed playoff #eee January 7 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC recap Alaska Aces 98 San Miguel Beermen 91 Bracket Wildcard phase 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) Shell vs. (10) Red Bull #eee January 11 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC recap Shell Turbo Chargers 98 Red Bull Barako 77 Shell wins series in one game (4) Alaska vs. (9) FedEx #eee January 11 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC Alaska Aces 96 FedEx Express 93 Alaska wins series in one game (5) San Miguel vs. (8) Sta. Lucia #eee January 9 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC recap San Miguel Beermen 98 Sta. Lucia Realtors 84 January 12 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC recap San Miguel Beermen 81 Sta. Lucia Realtors 77 San Miguel wins series, 2–0 (6) Purefoods vs. (7) Coca-Cola #eee January 9 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 91 Coca-Cola Tigers 85 January 12 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 74 Coca-Cola Tigers 81 #eee January 13 PhilSports Arena, Pasig ABC Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 74 Coca-Cola Tigers 71 Purefoods wins series, 2–1 Quarterfinals (3) Shell vs. (6) Purefoods #eee January 14 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC Shell Turbo Chargers 71 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 69 January 16 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Shell Turbo Chargers 77 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 90 #eee January 18 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC recap Shell Turbo Chargers 106 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 95 Shell wins series, 2–1 (4) Alaska vs. (5) San Miguel #eee January 14 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC Alaska Aces 87 San Miguel Beermen 91 January 16 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC recap Alaska Aces 86 San Miguel Beermen 97 San Miguel wins series, 2–0 Semifinals (1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) San Miguel #eee January 19 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC recap Barangay Ginebra Kings 87 San Miguel Beermen 96 January 21 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Barangay Ginebra Kings 100 San Miguel Beermen 92 #eee January 23 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Barangay Ginebra Kings 91 San Miguel Beermen 96 January 26 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC recap Barangay Ginebra Kings 94 San Miguel Beermen 92 #eee January 28 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Barangay Ginebra Kings 76 San Miguel Beermen 71 Barangay Ginebra wins series, 3–2 (2) Talk 'N Text vs. (3) Shell #eee January 19 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 101 Shell Turbo Chargers 89 January 21 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC OT recap Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 92 Shell Turbo Chargers 84 #eee January 23 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC recap Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 102 Shell Turbo Chargers 96 Talk 'N Text wins series, 3–0 Third place playoff #eee January 30 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Shell Turbo Chargers 100 San Miguel Beermen 105 Finals 2004–05 PBA Philippine Cup finals #eee January 30 Barangay Ginebra Kings |score1=71 |team2=Talk 'N Text Phone Pals|score2=89 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC 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. February 2 Barangay Ginebra Kings 106 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 105 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC #eee February 4 Barangay Ginebra Kings 66 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 102 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC February 6 Barangay Ginebra Kings 85 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 90 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC #eee February 9 Barangay Ginebra Kings 95 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 85 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City 2OT ABC February 11 Barangay Ginebra Kings 96 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 86 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–2 References External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 Philippine Cup Category:PBA Philippine Cup