2005 PBA Fiesta Conference

2005 PBA Fiesta Conference
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	Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel)
PBA Fiesta Conference chronology
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PBA conference chronology
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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]

List of imports[]

Name	Team	Debuted
	Alaska Aces	March 4 vs. San Miguel
Eddie Elisma	Barangay Ginebra Kings	March 6 vs. Red Bull
	Coca-Cola Tigers	March 4 vs. Sta.Lucia
Anthony Miller	FedEx Express	March 6 vs. Purefoods
Antonio Smith	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	March 6 vs. FedEx
	Red Bull Barako	March 6 vs. Barangay Ginebra
Chris Burgess	San Miguel Beermen	March 4 vs. Alaska
	Shell Turbo Chargers	March 6 vs. Talk 'N Text
	Sta. Lucia Realtors	March 4 vs. Coca-Cola
Jerald Honeycutt	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	March 6 vs. Shell
Dickey Simpkins	Alaska Aces	March 31 vs. Talk 'N Text
Andre Brown	Barangay Ginebra Kings	April 29 vs. Alaska
Bakari Hendrix	Coca-Cola Tigers	March 30 vs. Shell
Lorenzo Coleman	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	May 4 vs. Coca-Cola
Earl Barron	Red Bull Barako	May 13 vs. Purefoods
Tommy Smith	San Miguel Beermen	May 27 vs. FedEx
Melvin Robinson	Shell Turbo Chargers	April 28 vs. Purefoods
	Sta. Lucia Realtors	March 9 vs. Alaska
	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	March 13 vs. Sta.Lucia
Hiram Fuller	Barangay Ginebra Kings	May 27 vs Talk 'N Text
	Coca-Cola Tigers	April 8 vs. Red Bull
	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	June 9 vs. FedEx (WC)
Ace Custis	San Miguel Beermen	June 24 vs. Red Bull (SF Game 3)
	Shell Turbo Chargers	May 13 vs Talk 'N Text
	Sta. Lucia Realtors	April 6 vs. Barangay Ginebra
Noel Felix	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	March 31 vs. Alaska
Mark Sanford	Coca-Cola Tigers	April 28 vs. San Miguel

Jerald Honeycutt played for TNT in their first game and was replaced by Earl Ike (two games). He returned on April 15 vs. Purefoods, replacing Noel Felix (three games) and played for the rest of the conference.

Chris Burgess played 17 games in the Classification round and was replaced by Tommy Smith in the Beermen's last game. Burgess returned in the first two games of the semifinal series vs Red Bull before being replaced by Ace Custis.

Classification round[]

Team standings[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	12	6	.667	—	Advance to semifinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	11	7	.611[a]	1
3	Alaska Aces	11	7	.611[a]	1	Twice-to-beat in wildcard phase
4	Sta. Lucia Realtors	10	8	.556	2
5	FedEx Express	9	9	.500[b]	3	Best of-3 wildcard phase
6	Red Bull Thunder	9	9	.500[b]	3
7	Barangay Ginebra Kings	8	10	.444	4
8	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs	7	11	.389[c]	5
9	Shell Turbo Chargers	7	11	.389[c]	5	Twice-to-win in wildcard phase
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
	9	Shell	85	87
							9	Shell	2
		(Best-of-3)					8	Purefoods	0			9	Shell	1
	5	FedEx		1								1	Talk 'N Text	3
	8	Purefoods		2
																	1	Talk 'N Text	1
		(#3 twice-to-beat)															2	San Miguel	4
	3	Alaska		86
	10	Coca-Cola		66								2	San Miguel	3
							3	Alaska	1			6	Red Bull	1
		(Best-of-3)					6	Red Bull	2								Third place playoff
	6	Red Bull		2												9	Shell	102
	7	Barangay Ginebra		0													6	Red Bull	86

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.

(3) Alaska vs. (10) Coca-Cola[]

(4) Sta. Lucia vs. (9) Shell[]

(5) FedEx vs. (8) Purefoods[]

(6) Red Bull vs. (7) Barangay Ginebra[]

Quarterfinals[]

(3) Alaska vs. (6) Red Bull[]

(8) Shell vs. (9) Purefoods[]

Semifinals[]

(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (9) Shell[]

(2) San Miguel vs. (6) Red Bull[]

Third place playoff[]

Finals[]

References[]

External links[]

• PBA.ph