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 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.

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.

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 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 City, Misamis Oriental 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.

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