2005 LNBP season explained

Prevseason:2004
Nextseason:2006
2005 LNBP season
Season:6
Champions:Halcones UV Xalapa
Runners Up:Lobos de la UAdeC
Teams:20
Dates:June 30, 2005 – November 21, 2005
Efficiency Leader:Justin Howard[1]
Epg:1130
Epg N:USA
Top Scorer:Ryan Moore
Ppg:993
Ppg N:USA
Rebounds Leader:Reginald McKoy
Rpg:523
Rpg N:USA
Apg:248
Apg N:MEX

The 2005 LNBP was the 6th season of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, one of the professional basketball leagues of Mexico. It started on June 30, 2005 and ended on November 21, 2005. The league title was won by Halcones UV Xalapa, which defeated Lobos de la UAdeC in the championship series, 4–1.

Format

20 teams participate. The teams are divided in two groups of 10 teams each, called Zonas (zones): Zona Norte (North) and Zona Sur (South). The first 8 teams in each group qualify for the playoffs. The group playoffs have quarterfinals (best-of-5), semifinals (best-of-7) and finals (best-of-7). The winner of each group series qualify for the championship series (best-of-7), named Campeón de Campeones (Champion of Champions).

Teams

TeamCityStateJoinedSeason No.
Algodoneros de la ComarcaTorreónCoahuila
Barreteros de ZacatecasZacatecas CityZacatecas
Cometas de QuerétaroQuerétaro CityQuerétaro
Correcaminos UAT MatamorosMatamorosTamaulipas
Correcaminos UAT ReynosaReynosaTamaulipas
Ciudad VictoriaTamaulipas
Fuerza Regia de MonterreyMonterreyNuevo León
Galgos de TijuanaTijuanaBaja California
Gambusinos de FresnilloFresnilloZacatecas
Halcones UV VeracruzVeracruzVeracruz
Halcones UV XalapaXalapaVeracruz
Lechugueros de LeónLeónGuanajuato
Lobos de la UAdeCSaltilloCoahuila
Lobos Grises de la UADDurango CityDurango
La Ola Roja del Distrito FederalMexico CityDistrito Federal
Panteras de AguascalientesAguascalientes CityAguascalientes
Santos Reales de San LuisSan Luis Potosí CitySan Luis Potosí
Soles de MexicaliMexicaliBaja California
Tecos de la UAGGuadalajaraJalisco
Tuberos de ColimaColima CityColima

Regular season

Zona Norte standings

Note: the LNBP website calculates 59 points for Lobos Grises de la UAD.

Zona Sur standings

Playoffs

The playoffs were played between October 17 and November 21, 2005.[2] The team seed is indicated after the team name. The winning team is bolded.[3]

Zone quarterfinals

Zona Norte

Zona Sur

Zone semifinals

Zona Norte

Zona Sur

Zone finals

Zona Norte

Zona Sur

Championship finals

Copa Independencia

The second edition of the Copa Independencia took place in September in Saltillo, and was played between the 8 best ranked teams at the end of the first part of the season[5] (the first 4 ranked of each Zona).[6] The competition was won by Lobos de la UAdeC (their second title), which defeated Correcaminos UAT Victoria in the final game, 101–83.[7]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

All-Star Game

The 2005 LNBP All-Star Game was played in Veracruz at the Auditorio Benito Juárez on September 15, 2005.[8] The game was played between a team of Mexican players (Mexicanos) and a team of foreign players (Extranjeros). The Foreigners won, 105–96.[9]

Teams

Mexicanos

Extranjeros

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20120210031758/http://www.lnbp.com.mx/web2/admin_lv2/estadisticas/Excel/concentrados2005.xls. Concentrados 2005. lnbp.com.mx. February 10, 2012. May 2, 2020.
  2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20120217012456/http://www.lnbp.com.mx/web2/uploads/excel/rol_2005.xls. Rol de Juegos Temporada 2005. es. lnbp.com.mx. February 17, 2012. May 2, 2020.
  3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20051216180142/http://www.lnbp.com.mx/PotentiaWeb/portal/genera/VistasV2_1/PlantillasV2/1010.asp?CL=1&Portal=217. Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional. lnbp.com.mx. es. December 16, 2005. April 30, 2020.
  4. News: Premiación oficial al campeón 2005 de la LNBP Halcones UV. Morales Ortiz, Santiago. January 9, 2006. es. uv.mx. April 30, 2020.
  5. News: Puerto de Veracruz, sede del Juego de Estrellas 2005. Espinosa, Alma. May 2, 2005. uv.mx. May 2, 2020.
  6. News: Debutan Galgos y Soles en la LNBP. Díaz Reyes, Adriana. June 24, 2005. May 2, 2020.
  7. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20100928192305/http://lnbp.com.mx/web2/nota.php?idnota=4046. Copa Independencia 2005. November 24, 2005. es. lnbp.com.mx. September 28, 2010. May 2, 2020.
  8. News: Listos los equipos para la Copa Independencia de la LNBP. es. Morales Ortiz, Santiago. uv.mx. May 2, 2020.
  9. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160305201301/http://www.lnbp.com.mx/web2/nota.php?idnota=14071. JUEGO DE ESTRELLAS, LA EXHIBICIÓN DE PODER. lnbp.com.mx. March 5, 2016. es. April 29, 2020.