2004-05 PBA season

Infobox sports season
title =2004-05 PBA season
logo =Pba2004.jpg
league =Philippine Basketball Association
sport =Basketball
duration =October 3, 2004 - July 2005
TV =ABC
season =Season
MVP =Eric Menk (Barangay Ginebra Kings)
MVP_link =PBA MVP
season2 =Philippine Cup
season_champs2 =Barangay Ginebra Kings
season_champ2_name=Champions
second_place2 =Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
season3 =Fiesta Conference
season_champs3 =San Miguel Beermen
season_champ3_name=Champions
second_place3 =Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
seasonslist = List of PBA seasons
seasonslistnames = PBA
prevseason_link =2003 PBA season
prevseason_year =2003
nextseason_link =2005-06 PBA season
nextseason_year =2005-06

The 2004-2005 PBA season is the 30th season of the Philippine Basketball Association. Instead of the usual calendar year of February-December, the league changed its schedule to the current October-July format, while limiting the number of conferences from three to two. As part of the new league format, the season was preceded with a transition conference known as the 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference.

2004-05 Philippine Cup

Barangay Ginebra 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 1 victory after fielding in an ineligible 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.

The San Miguel Beermen won third place after beating the Shell Turbo Chargers in a one-game match.

Eric Menk won another Best Player of the Conference Award, his third in his PBA career.

Chot Reyes left his post as the Coca Cola Tigers head coach to become the new coach of the Philippine national basketball team

Final results

6TeamBracket-with 3rd | RD1=Quarterfinals
Best-of-three
RD2=Semifinals
Best-of-five
RD3=Finals
Best-of-seven
RD1-seed1=4
RD1-team1=San Miguel
RD1-score1=2
RD1-seed2=5
RD1-team2=Alaska
RD1-score2=0
RD1-seed3=3
RD1-team3=Shell
RD1-score3=2
RD1-seed4=6
RD1-team4=Purefoods
RD1-score4=1
RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1="'Barangay Ginebra
RD2-score1=3
RD2-seed2=4
RD2-team2=San Miguel
RD2-score2=2
RD2-seed3=2
RD2-team3=Talk 'N Text
RD2-score3=3
RD2-seed4=3
RD2-team4=Shell
RD2-score4=0
RD3-seed1=1
RD3-team1=Barangay Ginebra
RD3-score1=4
RD3-seed2=2
RD3-team2=Talk 'N Text
RD3-score2=2
RD3-seed3=4
RD3-team3=San Miguel
RD3-score3=1
RD3-seed4=2
RD3-team4=Shell
RD3-score4=0
* Philippine Cup Finals: Brgy. Ginebra def. Talk N' Text 4-2
** Finals MVP: Eric Menk (Brgy. Ginebra)
* Third Place: San Miguel def. Shell
* Best Player of the Conference: Eric Menk (Brgy. Ginebra)

Finals

basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=January 30 |place=Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |attendance=14,093 |referee=Cruz, Montiel, Quilinguen |TV=ABC
team1=Talk 'N Text Phone Pals |score1=89
team2=Barangay Ginebra Kings |score2=71
Q1=24-19 |Q2=22-18 |Q3=22-16 |Q4=21-18
points1=Jimmy Alapag 19 |points2=Eric Menk 23
rebounds1=Willie Miller 10 |rebounds2=Sunday Salvacion 13
assist1=Willie Miller 8 |assist2=Rodney Santos 4
series=Talk 'N Text leads series, 1-0basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=February 2 |place=Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |attendance=8,698 |referee=Ilagan, Ramos, Herrera |TV=ABC
team1=Talk 'N Text Phone Pals |score1=105
team2=Barangay Ginebra Kings |score2=106
Q1=32-35 |Q2=22-32 |Q3=24-22 |Q4=27-17
points1=Willie Miller 22 |points2=Eric Menk 27
rebounds1=Willie Miller 10 |rebounds2=Eric Menk 11
assist1=Willie Miller 10 |assist2=Mark Caguioa 6
series=Barangay Ginebra leads series, 2-0basketballbox|date=February 4 |place=Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |attendance=11,149 |referee=Cruz, Calungcaguin, Culanag |TV=ABC
team1=Talk 'N Text Phone Pals |score1=102
team2=Barangay Ginebra Kings |score2=66
Q1=25-12 |Q2=29-20 |Q3=25-19 |Q4=23-15
points1=Willie Miller 25 |points2=Menk, Caguioa 14 each
rebounds1=de Ocampo, Pablo 9 each |rebounds2=Eric Menk 9
assist1=Jimmy Alapag 6 |assist2=Aries Dimaunahan 8
series=Barangay Ginebra leads series, 2-1basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=February 6|place=Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |attendance=14,257 |referee=Ilagan, Ramos, Aldaba |TV=ABC
team1=Talk 'N Text Phone Pals |score1=90
team2=Barangay Ginebra Kings |score2=85
Q1=19-26 |Q2=22-21 |Q3=20-23 |Q4=29-15
points1=Willie Miller 29 |points2=Mark Caguioa 43
rebounds1=Yancy de Ocampo 10 |rebounds2=Sunday Salvacion 12
assist1=Jimmy Alapag 8 |assist2=Eric Menk 5
series=Talk 'N Text ties series, 2-2basketballbox|date=February 9 |place=Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |attendance=11,723 |referee=Cruz, Montiel, Aldaba |TV=ABC
team1=Talk 'N Text Phone Pals |score1=85
team2=Barangay Ginebra Kings |score2=95 (2OT)
Q1=23-14 |Q2=9-19 |Q3=26-24 |Q4=15-16 |OT=8-8, 14-4
points1=Victor Pablo 27 |points2=Mark Caguioa 26
rebounds1=Victor Pablo 10 |rebounds2=Eric Menk 16
assist1=Jimmy Alapag 11 |assist2=Dimaunahan, Santos 6 each
series=Barangay Ginebra leads series, 3-2basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=February 11 |place=Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |attendance=18,287 |referee=Cruz, Montiel, Culanag |TV=ABC
team1=Talk 'N Text Phone Pals |score1=86
team2=Barangay Ginebra Kings |score2=96
Q1=14-20 |Q2=31-22 |Q3=12-22 |Q4=29-32
points1=Jimmy Alapag 23 |points2=Eric Menk 39
rebounds1=Mark Telan 12 |rebounds2=Eric Menk 19
assist1=Miller, Alapag 4 each |assist2=Caguioa, Santos 4 each
series=Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4-2

2005 Fiesta Conference

San Miguel won its 17th PBA title with a 4-1 series victory over Talk N' Text in the finals. The league finally allowed Taulava to play in the series but still lost to the veteran-laided Beermen. Shell won third place over Red Bull in a one-game match, the last appearance of the Turbo Chargers in the league, as it filed for a leave of absence in August 2005, eventually selling the rights to Welcoat.

Talk N' Text's Willie Miller was named the Best Player of the Conference while teammate Jerald Honeycutt won the Best Import plum.

Final results

* Fiesta Conference Finals: San Miguel def. Talk N' Text
** Finals MVP: Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel)
* Third Place: Shell def. Red Bull
* Best Player of the Conference: Willie Miller (Talk N' Text)
* Best Import Award: Jerald Honeycutt (Talk N' Text)

Individual Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Eric Menk (Brgy. Ginebra)
* Rookie of the Year: Rich Alvarez (Shell)
* Most Improved Player: Enrico Villanueva (Red Bull)
* Mythical Five
** Eric Menk (Brgy. Ginebra)
** Jimmy Alapag (Talk N' Text)
** Willie Miller (Talk N' Text)
** Nic Belasco (San Miguel)
** Dorian Pena (San Miguel)
* Mythical Second Team
** Mark Caguioa (Brgy. Ginebra)
** Olsen Racela (San Miguel)
** Mark Telan (Talk N' Text)
** Tony Dela Cruz (Shell)
** Rommel Adducul (Brgy. Ginebra)
* All-Defensive Team
** Enrico Villanueva (Red Bull)
** Rich Alvarez (Shell)
** Junthy Valenzuela (Red Bull)
** Johnny Abarrientos (Coca Cola)
** Dennis Espino (Sta Lucia)

ee also

* Philippine Basketball Association Champions

External links

* [http://www.pba.ph PBA.ph]

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prev=<<2004 PBA Fiesta Conference
year=2004-05
yearA=2004-05
Conference 1=Philippine Cup
yearB=2005
Conference 2=Fiesta ConferencePBA seasons