- 2005-06 PBA season
Infobox sports season
title =2005-06 PBA season
logo =31stlogo.png
league =Philippine Basketball Association
sport =Basketball
duration =October 2 ,2005 -July 21 ,2006
TV =ABC
season =Season
MVP =James Yap (Purefoods Chunkee Giants)
MVP_link =PBA MVP
season2 =Fiesta Conference
season_champs2 =Red Bull Barako
season_champ2_name=Champions
second_place2 =Purefoods Chunkee Giants
season3 =Philippine Cup
season_champs3 =Purefoods Chunkee Giants
season_champ3_name=Champions
second_place3 =Red Bull Barako
seasonslist = List of PBA seasons
seasonslistnames = PBA
prevseason_link =2004-05 PBA season
prevseason_year =2004-05
nextseason_link =2006-07 PBA season
nextseason_year =2006-07The 2005-06 PBA Season is the 31st season of thePhilippine Basketball Association . It began onOctober 2 ,2005 and ended onJuly 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.Fiesta Conference
Red Bull Barako won the 2005-06 Fiesta Conference defeating thePurefoods Chunkee Giants in six games. TheAir21 Express defeatedBarangay 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 onNovember 26 ,2005 , the North All-Stars defeated the South All-Stars. Ginebra's Jayjay Helterbrand won the All-Star Game MVP honors.Final results
*Fiesta Conference Finals: (3) Red Bull (9-7) def. (1) Purefoods (10-6), 4 games to 2
**Finals MVP: Lordy Tugade (Red Bull)
*Third place: Air21 (def. Brgy. Ginebra 108-98 in a one-game playoff)
*Best Player of the Conference: Enrico Villanueva (Red Bull)
*Best Import Award: Marquin Chandler (Purefoods)Philippine Cup
The
Purefoods Chunkee Giants defeated theRed 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 theSan Miguel Beermen .The South All-Stars defeated the North All-Stars 122-120 in the All-Star Game held in
Cagayan de Oro City ,Misamis Oriental onApril 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.Final results
*Philippine Cup Finals: (1) Purefoods (12-4) def. (3) Red Bull (10-6), 4 games to 2.
**Finals MVP: Marc Pingris (Purefoods)
*Third place: Alaska (def. San Miguel 102-95 in a one-game playoff)
*Best Player of the Conference:Danny Seigle (San Miguel)Cumulative standings
Overall standings
Individual 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)External links
* [http://www.pba.ph PBA.ph]
PBAseason2
year=2005-06
yearA=2005-06
Conference 1=Fiesta Conference
yearB=2006
Conference 2=Philippine CupPBA seasons
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