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) |
| Best Import | Jerald Honeycutt (Talk 'N Text) |
| Finals MVP | Willie Miller (Talk 'N Text) |
| 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]
Classification round
| Qualified for semifinals | |
| Qualified for wildcards with the twice-to-beat advantage | |
| Qualified for wildcards | |
| Qualified for wildcards with the twice-to-win-disadvantage |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Phone Pals | 12 | 6 | .667 | -- | |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 11 | 7 | .611 | 1 | 
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| 3 | Alaska Aces | 11 | 7 | .611 | 1 | 
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| 4 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2 | |
| 5 | FedEx Express | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3 | +15 |
| 6 | Red Bull Thunder | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3 | -15 |
| 7 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4 | |
| 8 | Purefoods TJ Hotdogs | 7 | 11 | .389 | 5 | +6 |
| 9 | Shell Turbo Chargers | 7 | 11 | .389 | 5 | -6 |
| 10 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 6 | 12 | .333 | 6 |
Second-seed playoff
Bracket
| 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
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.
Alaska–Coca-Cola series
Sta. Lucia–Shell series
FedEx–Purefoods series
Red Bull–Barangay Ginebra series
Quarterfinals
Shell–Purefoods series
Alaska–Red Bull series
Semifinals
Talk 'N Text–Shell series
San Miguel–Red Bull series
Third-place playoff
Finals
References
- ^ "Taulava to see action for Phone Pals today". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
- ^ "Gritty Beermen back on top with 17th title". Philippine Daily Inquirer.