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.
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.
List of imports Name Team Debuted Leon Derricks Alaska Aces March 4 vs. San Miguel Eddie Elisma Barangay Ginebra Kings March 6 vs. Red Bull Jaja Richards 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 Dalron Johnson Red Bull Barako March 6 vs. Barangay Ginebra Chris Burgess San Miguel Beermen March 4 vs. Alaska Wesley Wilson Shell Turbo Chargers March 6 vs. Talk 'N Text Richard Jeter 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 Raheim Brown Sta. Lucia Realtors March 9 vs. Alaska Earl Ike Talk 'N Text Phone Pals March 13 vs. Sta.Lucia Hiram Fuller Barangay Ginebra Kings May 27 vs Talk 'N Text Darrell Johns Coca-Cola Tigers April 8 vs. Red Bull Marcus Melvin Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs June 9 vs. FedEx (WC) Ace Custis San Miguel Beermen June 24 vs. Red Bull (SF Game 3) Ajani Williams Shell Turbo Chargers May 13 vs Talk 'N Text Ryan Fletcher 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
Second seed playoff
Bracket
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
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
References
External links PBA.ph