2005–06 PBA season

2005–06 PBA season
2005–06 PBA season
	2005–06 PBA season
Duration	October 2, 2005 –July 21, 2006
Number of teams	9
TV partner(s)	Local: ABC; International: The Filipino Channel
Draft
Top draft pick	Jay Washington
Picked by	Air21 Express
Conferences
Fiesta Conference champions	Red Bull Barako
Runners-up	Purefoods Chunkee Giants
Philippine Cup champions	Purefoods Chunkee Giants
Runners-up	Red Bull Barako
Awards
Season MVP	James Yap (Purefoods Chunkee Giants)
Seasons
	< 2004–05 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
Coca-Cola Tigers	Nikki Gil
Purefoods Chunkee Giants	Kelly Misa
Red Bull Barako	Dana Gajtandzievova
San Miguel Beermen
Sta. Lucia Realtors
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	Kristine Hermosa

2005–06 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[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Purefoods Chunkee Giants	10	6	.625	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Barangay Ginebra Kings	9	7	.563^[a]	1	Advance to semifinals
3	Red Bull Barako	9	7	.563^[a]	1	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	9	7	.563^[a]	1	Advance to quarterfinals
5	Air21 Express	9	7	.563^[a]	1	Advance to wildcard phase
6	Alaska Aces	7	9	.438^[b]	3
7	Sta. Lucia Realtors	7	9	.438^[b]	3
8	San Miguel Beermen	6	10	.375^[c]	4	Twice-to-beat in survivor playoffs
9	Coca-Cola Tigers	6	10	.375^[c]	4	Twice-to-win in survivor playoffs

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head-to-head differential: Red Bull +31, Barangay Ginebra +4, Air21 −7, Talk 'N Text −28; fifth-seed playoff: Talk 'N Text 101–91 Air21; second-seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 109–102 Red Bull
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head differential: Alaska +9, Sta. Lucia −9
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head differential: San Miguel +12, Coca-Cola −12

Playoffs[]

Survivor playoffs (#8 has twice to beat advantage)			Wildcard phase (Best-of-3)			Quarterfinals (Best-of-5)			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)

8	San Miguel	1+1
9	Coca-Cola	1	8	San Miguel	1
			5	Air21	2
						5	Air21	3
						4	Talk 'N Text	2


									5	Air21	2
									1	Purefoods	4






												1	Purefoods	2
												3	Red Bull	4
			6	Alaska	2
			7	Sta. Lucia	0
						6	Alaska	0
						3	Red Bull	3


									3	Red Bull	4
									2	Barangay Ginebra	3
												Third place playoff

												5	Air21	108
												2	Barangay Ginebra	98

Finals[]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
Purefoods Chunkee Giants	2–4	Red Bull Barako	102–107 (OT)	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[]

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.

Classification round[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Purefoods Chunkee Giants	12	4	.750	—	Advance to semifinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	11	5	.688	1	Advance to semifinals
3	Red Bull Barako	9	7	.563^[a]	3	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Alaska Aces	9	7	.563^[a]	3
5	Coca-Cola Tigers	7	9	.438^[b]	5
6	Air21 Express	7	9	.438^[b]	5	Advance to wildcard phase
7	Barangay Ginebra Kings	7	9	.438^[b]	5
8	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	6	10	.375	6
9	Sta. Lucia Realtors	4	12	.250	8

Source: [www.pba.ph PBA.ph]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head differential: Red Bull +11, Alaska −11
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head differential: Air21 +16, Coca-Cola +10, Barangay Ginebra − 26; fifth-seed playoff: Coca-Coca 87–73 Air21

Wildcard round[]

Cumulative standings

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
6	Barangay Ginebra Kings	10	9	.526	—	Advance to quarterfinals
7	Air21 Express	9	10	.474	1
8	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	6	13	.316	4
9	Sta. Lucia Realtors	5	14	.263	5

Source: PBA.ph

Wildcard phase standings

Pos	Team v t	W	L
6	Barangay Ginebra Kings	3	0
7	Air21 Express	2	1
8	Sta. Lucia Realtors	1	2
9	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	0	3

Source: PBA.ph

Playoffs[]

Quarterfinals (Best-of-5)			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)

			1	Purefoods	4
4	Alaska	3	4	Alaska	3
5	Coca-Cola	1				1	Purefoods	4
						3	Red Bull	2
			2	San Miguel	3
3	Red Bull	3	3	Red Bull	4
7	Barangay Ginebra	2				Third place playoff

						4	Alaska	102
						2	San Miguel	95

Finals[]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
Purefoods Chunkee Giants	4–2	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[]

Team	GP	W	L	PCT	Best finish
Purefoods Chunkee Giants	57	36	21	0.632	Champion
Red Bull Barako	67	38	29	0.567	Champion
Alaska Aces	49	25	24	0.510	Third place
Barangay Ginebra Kings	49	25	24	0.510	Fourth place
Air21 Express	47	26	26	0.500	Third place
San Miguel Beermen	48	22	23	0.489	Fourth place
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	41	18	23	0.439	Quarterfinalist
Coca-Cola Tigers	39	16	23	0.410	Quarterfinalist
Sta. Lucia Realtors	37	12	25	0.324	Wildcard qualifier

Classification rounds[]

Includes one-game playoffs.

Team	W	L	PCT
Purefoods Chunkee Giants	22	10	0.688
Red Bull Barako	19	14	0.576
San Miguel Beermen	17	15	0.531
Barangay Ginebra Kings	17	16	0.515
Alaska Aces	16	16	0.500
Air21 Express	16	18	0.471
Talk N' Text Phone Pals	15	17	0.469
Coca-Cola Tigers	14	19	0.424
Sta. Lucia Realtors	11	21	0.344

Playoffs[]

Team	W	L	PCT
Purefoods Chunkee Giants	14	11	0.560
Red Bull Barako	19	15	0.559
Air21 Express	10	8	0.556
Alaska Aces	9	8	0.529
Barangay Ginebra Kings	8	8	0.500
San Miguel Beermen	8	8	0.500
Talk N' Text Phone Pals	3	6	0.333
Coca-Cola Tigers	2	4	0.333
Sta. Lucia Realtors	1	4	0.200

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

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[table_hth_ALA0.39418057603491-2] Head-to-head differential: Alaska +9, Sta. Lucia −9

[table_hth_COKE0.39418057603491-3] Head-to-head differential: San Miguel +12, Coca-Cola −12

[table_hth_ALA0.24046977201499-4] Head-to-head differential: Red Bull +11, Alaska −11

[table_hth_A210.24046977201499-5] Head-to-head differential: Air21 +16, Coca-Cola +10, Barangay Ginebra − 26; fifth-seed playoff: Coca-Coca 87–73 Air21

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