Picked by Shell Turbo Chargers Fiesta Conference champions San Miguel Beermen Number of teams 10 TV partner PBA on ABC (now TV5) | Philippine Cup champions Barangay Ginebra Kings Start date 2004 Top draft pick Rich Alvarez | |
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Duration October 3, 2004 - July 10, 2005 Season MVP Eric Menk (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) Similar 2005–06 PBA season, 2006–07 PBA season, 2003 PBA season, 2008–09 PBA season, 2000 PBA season | ||
The 2004–05 PBA season was 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.
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Opening ceremonies
The muses for the participating teams are as follows:
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
Classification round
NA* = teams tied for 2nd and 3rd would have to play an extra game regardless of the results of their classification round games.
Final results
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.