2005–06 PBA season

31st PBA season February 2023 February 2023 2005–06 PBA season 2005-06 PBA season logo.png October 2, 2005 – July 21, 2006 9 Local: ABCInternational: The Filipino Channel 2005 PBA Draft Jay Washington Air21 Express James Yap (Purefoods Chunkee Giants) Fiesta Conference 2005–06 PBA Fiesta Conference Red Bull Barako Purefoods Chunkee Giants Philippine Cup 2006 PBA Philippine Cup Purefoods Chunkee Giants Red Bull Barako 2004–05 PBA season 2004–05 2006–07 PBA season 2006–07 The 2005–06 PBA season was the 31st season of the Philippine Basketball Association. It began on October 2, 2005, and ended on July 21, 2006. The season had two conferences played, the import-laiden 2005–06 San Mig Coffee Fiesta Conference and the season-ending 2006 Gran Matador Brandy Philippine Cup. Opening ceremonies The muses for the participating teams are as follows: Team Muse Air21 Express Bianca King Alaska Aces Kyla Barangay Ginebra Kings Gabriela Leguia Coca-Cola Tigers Nikki Gil Purefoods Chunkee Giants Kelly Misa Red Bull Barako Dana Gajtandzievova-Leitner San Miguel Beermen Jenny Hernandez Sta. Lucia Realtors Maan Biot Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Kristine Hermosa 2005–06 Fiesta Conference 2005–06 PBA Fiesta Conference Red Bull Barako won the 2005–06 Fiesta Conference defeating the Purefoods Chunkee Giants in six games. The Air21 Express defeated Barangay Ginebra Kings to capture third place in a one-game playoff. Enrico Villanueva of Red Bull won the Best Player of the Conference honors while Purefoods' import Marquin Chandler won the Best Import Award. The league introduced a Give Me 5 Promo, in which tickets for Upper Box B and General Admission seats would cost only five pesos. The marketing scheme paid off as the league had multiple soldout games during the conference. In the 2005 PBA All-Star Game held in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte on November 26, 2005, the North All-Stars defeated the South All-Stars. Ginebra's Jayjay Helterbrand won the All-Star Game MVP honors. Classification round Playoffs Survivor playoffs Series y (8) San Miguel Beermen* 1–1 (9) Coca-Cola Tigers 82–85 69–67 |}*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice. Wildcard playoffs 3 (5) Air21 Express 2–1 (8) San Miguel Beermen 97–88 103–104 100–86 (6) Alaska Aces 2–0 (7) Sta. Lucia Realtors 108–104 95–90 — |} Quarterfinals 5 (3) Red Bull Barako 3–0 (6) Alaska Aces 100–92 80–73 81–65 — — (4) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 2–3 (5) Air21 Express 111–109 87–90 93–98 99–89 110–117 |} Semifinals 7 (1) Purefoods Chunkee Giants 4–3 (5) Air21 Express 94–89 88–87 87–101 100–90 99–100 100–79 — (2) Barangay Ginebra Kings 4–3 (3) Red Bull Barako 105–100 83–86 85–93 85–88 97–83 85–77 79–83 |} Third place playoff (2) Barangay Ginebra Kings 98–108 (5) Air21 Express Finals 7 (1) Purefoods Chunkee Giants 2–4 (3) Red Bull Barako 102–107 84–98 103–97 96–91 86–91 73–83 — |} Finals MVP: Lordy Tugade (Red Bull) Best Player of the Conference: Enrico Villanueva (Red Bull) Best Import Award: Marquin Chandler (Purefoods) 2006 Philippine Cup 2006 PBA Philippine Cup The Purefoods Chunkee Giants defeated the Red Bull Barako, 4–2, in their best-of-seven finals series to win the Philippine Cup. On the third place playoff, the Alaska Aces defeated the San Miguel Beermen. The South All-Stars defeated the North All-Stars 122–120 in the All-Star Game held in Cagayan de Oro on April 29, 2006. Asi Taulava was named as the All-Star Game MVP. On May 14, 2006, an incident occurred when Purefoods' Eugene Tejada suffered a career-threatening injury against Red Bull, suffering extensive neck and spinal cord injuries. Classification round Wildcard round Playoffs no 2006 PBA Philippine Cup Bracket Quarterfinals 5 (3) Red Bull Barako 3–2 (7) Barangay Ginebra Kings 95–86 103–112 85–97 118–97 120–98 (4) Alaska Aces 3–1 (5) Coca-Cola Tigers 95–94 81–75 75–77 94–69 — |} Semifinals 7 (1) Purefoods Chunkee Giants 4–3 (4) Alaska Aces 92–94 77–86 82–79 77–99 85–74 99–96 90–89 (2) San Miguel Beermen 3–4 (3) Red Bull Barako 78–94 114–98 95–99 106–82 101–107 116–101 84–86 |} Third place playoff (2) San Miguel Beermen 95–102 (4) Alaska Aces Finals 2006 PBA Philippine Cup finals 7 (1) Purefoods Chunkee Giants 4–2 (3) Red Bull Barako 101–97 93–82 79–89 99–81 93–98 90–83 — |} Finals MVP: Marc Pingris (Purefoods) Best Player of the Conference: Danny Seigle (San Miguel) Cumulative standings Overall standings main WL percentage no no 1 none complete A21 26 26 ALA 24 24 BGK 25 24 COKE 16 23 PF 36 21 RBB 38 29 SLR 12 25 SMB 22 22 TNT 18 23 Air21 Express Alaska Aces Barangay Ginebra Kings Coca-Cola Tigers Purefoods Chunkee Giants Red Bull Barako San Miguel Beermen Sta. Lucia Realtors Talk 'N Text Phone Pals C C SF 3rd 3rd SF QF QF WC Best finish after gold Champions silver Finalist #CD7F32 Third place green1 Semifinalist blue1 Quarterfinalist yellow1 Wildcard phase red1 Elimination round Classification rounds main WL percentage no no 1 none complete A21 16 16 ALA 16 16 BGK 16 16 COKE 13 19 PF 22 10 RBB 18 14 SLR 11 21 SMB 17 15 TNT 15 17 Air21 Express Alaska Aces Barangay Ginebra Kings Coca-Cola Tigers Purefoods Chunkee Giants Red Bull Barako Sta. Lucia Realtors San Miguel Beermen Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Playoffs main WL wins no no none complete A21 10 10 ALA 8 8 BGK 9 8 COKE 3 4 PF 14 11 RBB 20 15 SLR 1 4 SMB 5 7 TNT 3 6 Air21 Express Alaska Aces Barangay Ginebra Kings Coca-Cola Tigers Purefoods Chunkee Giants Red Bull Barako Sta. Lucia Realtors San Miguel Beermen Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Awards Most Valuable Player: James Yap (Purefoods) Rookie of the Year: Larry Fonacier (Red Bull) Most Improved Player: Marc Pingris (Purefoods) Mythical Five: Kerby Raymundo (Purefoods) James Yap (Purefoods) Roger Yap (Purefoods) Enrico Villanueva (Red Bull) Lordy Tugade (Red Bull) Mythical Second Team: Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra) Dorian Peña (San Miguel) Danny Seigle (San Miguel) Mike Cortez (Alaska) Marc Pingris (Purefoods) All-Defensive Team: Dorian Peña (San Miguel) Marc Pingris (Purefoods) Wynne Arboleda (Air21) Topex Robinson (Red Bull) Nic Belasco (Alaska) Awards given by the PBA Press Corps Coach of the Year: Ryan Gregorio (Purefoods) Mr. Quality Minutes: Ronald Tubid (Air21) Comeback Player of the Year: Danny Seigle (San Miguel) Referee of the Year: Luisito Cruz All-Rookie Team Paolo Bugia (Red Bull) Dennis Miranda (Coca-Cola) Leo Najorda (Red Bull) KG Canaleta (Air21) Larry Fonacier (Red Bull) References External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ August 9, 2017 2005 PBA