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 Phone Pals)
Best Import	Jerald Honeycutt (Talk 'N Text Phone Pals)
Finals MVP	Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel Beermen)
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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]

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.

Pos	Team v t e	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-three 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

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.

2005 PBA Fiesta Conference finals

Team Coach Wins San Miguel Beermen Jong Uichico 4 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Joel Banal 1
Dates	July 1–10, 2005
MVP	Danny Ildefonso
Television	ABC
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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.

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