2005 PBA Fiesta Conference explained

Year:2005
Conference Name:Fiesta Conference
Duration:March 4 – July 10, 2005
Tv:ABC
Best Player:Willie Miller
Best Import:Jerald Honeycutt
Finals Mvp:Danny Ildefonso
Champion:San Miguel Beermen
Runner-Up:Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
Prevconf Link:2004 PBA Fiesta Conference
Prevconf Year:2004
Nextconf Link:2005–06 PBA Fiesta Conference
Nextconf Year:2005–06
Prev Conf:2004–05 Philippine
Prev Conf Link:2004–05 PBA Philippine Cup Finals
Next Conf:2005–06 Fiesta
Next Conf Link:2005–06 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals

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
March 4 vs. San Miguel
March 6 vs. Red Bull
March 4 vs. Sta.Lucia
March 6 vs. Purefoods
March 6 vs. FedEx
March 6 vs. Barangay Ginebra
Chris Burgess March 4 vs. Alaska
March 6 vs. Talk 'N Text
March 4 vs. Coca-Cola
Jerald Honeycutt March 6 vs. Shell
March 31 vs. Talk 'N Text
April 29 vs. Alaska
March 30 vs. Shell
May 4 vs. Coca-Cola
May 13 vs. Purefoods
May 27 vs. FedEx
April 28 vs. Purefoods
March 9 vs. Alaska
March 13 vs. Sta.Lucia
May 27 vs Talk 'N Text
April 8 vs. Red Bull
June 9 vs. FedEx (WC)
June 24 vs. Red Bull (SF Game 3)
May 13 vs Talk 'N Text
April 6 vs. Barangay Ginebra
March 31 vs. Alaska
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

Second-seed playoff

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.

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

Quarterfinals

(8) Shell vs. (9) Purefoods

Semifinals

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

Finals

Year:2005
Conference:Fiesta Conference
Champion Games:4
Runnerup Games:1
Date:July 1–10, 2005
Next Conf:2005–06 Fiesta

The 2005 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Fiesta Conference finals was the best-of-7 basketball championship series of the 2005 PBA Fiesta Conference, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. Barangay Ginebra Kings and Red Bull Barako played for the 89th championship contested by the league.

The San Miguel Beermen won their 17th league championship with a 4–1 series victory over Talk 'N Text Phone Pals.

Danny Ildefonso was named Finals MVP.

Games

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Taulava to see action for Phone Pals today. Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  2. News: Gritty Beermen back on top with 17th title. Philippine Daily Inquirer.